Griggs courier., 1893-10-13

How can n man come to know him.
self: Never by thinking, but by doing.
Fry to do your duty, and you will know
at once what you are worth.-Gethe.
Members of the union should bear in
mind that it is the duty of each one to
be present at the regular meetings, and
especially important that the officers
should be there. 1t may require lit
tie planning and possibly the setting
aside Of some other daty for the time;
but the cause is certainly worth this
much devotion. There may be times of
course when circumstances forbid at
tendance.
The Larimore Pioneer gave very gen.
erous space for the report of the w. C..
L. U. state convention. The editorial
mention was also very kindly and COM
prehensive, from which we quote a
paragraph OF two.
"Ihere exists among some preju-
dice against the organization of women
for almost any parpose. If any such
attended the late convention their pre- :
judices must have been modified. The
delegates were remarkably intelligent
and most of them were from
refined homes. Evidences of talent
and culture were to be seen constantly
A common spirit seemed to inspire
them with zeal for common end: that
of making the conditions of humanity
better through the influences of the
home. Their program was made. up
chiefly of subjects considering how best
to place safeguards for the protection
Of the home and how best to admins.
ter its affairs. The influence
of such efforts ss the w. c. T. U. puts
forth is positive and deep rooted if not
always immediate and manifest. \
The organization has to be
considered as one of the benign forces
on which depend the continued pro.
gress of our civilization"
The writer evidently does not share
the impression of many who imagine
the W. c. T. U. to be body of women
who are interested in public lite than a
domestic one, and who are clamoring
for equal suffrage without knowing just
why they wantlt, or simply for the
sake of using the right. These workers
do not ask that woman shall be given
an Exceptional position" as one has
expressed it, but that her actual posi-
tion shall be taken account of that she
may more fully utilize her capabilities
for lettering the conditions of life.
through its great fountain head-the
home. Mr.. Palmer, president of the
national commission, said in his speech
on Michigan day: 1--WE shall never en-.
ter upon the highest plane of politics
until women bring their keen moral
senses, their truer intuitions, their
regard for the economics of life to our
aid"
The union decided at the last regular
meeting to have public meeting early
in November. The president desires
brief explanation and report from the
superintendents of their respective
lines of work at that meeting.
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The next regular meeting is to be
held Tuesday, October 18th, at p. M.
at the residence of Mrs. G. N. Stork.
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Onr union has just taken up three
new departments of the work: The
Juvenile Work, School Savings Banks
and Scientific Instruction. The work
OF the w. C. r. U. is not simply to try
to close up these places where liquor
Is being sold contrary to law. 10 al
careful investigator of the work, it is
simply wonderful how far reaching it's
efforts are, and what a powerful influ-
ence real live w. C. I. U. can have
OH community.
The chief aim of the Scientific TEN.
perance Department is to insure tenn.
perance education for every child in
our public schools. This can be done
by securing feur essentials: 1st. En-.
dorsed text books. I'd. A regular
course Of study. Sd. The same tests