The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-19

Yesterday afternoons session of the W.
c. i. L. was addressed Dy superintendent
Harlan OF Tho public schools, who spoke
Oh " .at WAS being done III tho way Of
toHuhiLg the effect of alcohol and tobacco
III tho schoois. lie closed by inviting the
delegates TO visit tao schools. Miss liiile5
expressed the thanks OF the union for
til courtesy extend ii.
Four little girls sang temperance song
10 the air of "Ol1 Onkun l;ucket.o Mrs.
Slaymaker mads a report OF the work
done IN tho schools.
Mr.. Fisher. OF Sussex, spoke of tho work
there.
Mrs Mllligun recommended q temper.
auce journal which she showed to the
delegu' os.
A motion was adopted that n commit.
tee OF three DO appointed TO act with the
committee OF tho Nsw-Uentury CLUB on
compulsory education 10 Delaware. Mrs.
Mary HuWund from Now. Century Club,
stated In Delaware 50 per cent. of the
children OF school age were not In sc'ioo.
Mrs Mary l.. Boole then gave WORD
of greeting. She came to speak In tho
place OF aliss Willard. She was not Miss
Willard she said but she WAS wonder.
ful enthusiast Tor tho w. q. L. U. Tho
union, In many places, was the only pro.
test against the saloon. Mrs. Boole was
made member OF The convention.
Mrs. Marion Ptice spoke Tor The Loyal
Legion. She said that the trouble was
that the greatest part OF the unions
throughout the state were chIldlsss
unions, During the year nlne Loyal Le-
giOns disbanded end fourteen failed to
report. she app ,alsd to members OF
cLild!ess unions to 40 to work.
Those WHO hui dIsd during tho year and
were spoken abou were Mrs. Euphemia
Hitch, Mrs. LiciGra II. Hazard, Miss A.
Vaughan, Miss Martha Dercickson. Mrs.
Anna Gleaver. aud Mrs Lydia II Strang.
Mrs. Matack ap0ke OF DeYsn Phillips. of
Lewes, ana Lewis W. Davis, OF Oak Grove.
Tho Rev Lafayette MARKS and the Rev.
7. j. Morgan were introduced and each
nude a few remrris. The secretary
read a paper by Mrs. L. X. Butler OH
temperance literature. After oil address
by Miss Greenwood the convention ad.
journcd and was dismissed with the bane-
dctian by the Rev Adam Stengle.
The meeting In Grace Church iast night
was presided oyor by Roy Merritt Hui.
burd.
ON tine platform was a number of city
ministers. IL was expected that iather
Flynn Of st. Patrlok's II. q. Church
would hs there, but he cent a letter saying
that he regretted hls inability To be pies.
Ont. He expressed his sympathy with the
work. Tota abstinence. ho SAID, Ha5 tho
safeguard of tns home, and every one.
who believed in the home must sympa.
thzo With the w. C. H. U. in their noble
worh.
Tho reading of tho letter ellcited great
applause. Isaac L. Johnson spoke for ths
Law and Order Society and reviewed tho
work of the organization. The speech OF
tho evening however, was made by Mia.
Ella N. Booie. The address was strong
plea for total abstinence for the individual
and prohibition tor the state. For more
than N hour Mrs. Boole neld the audience
with Ler argument and eloquence. She
made goUd point by reading the law for
tho protection ct birds in the stat9 of New
York. Birds wore pi oteeted. she said, but
boys had no protection.
The Rev. s. b. Aeeser. OF the Secoud
Baptist Church, wa5 to speak, but tho hour
was too late and after the collection was
tnkon tho meeting was dtsmissad with the
beIediction by the Rev. Dr. W. l.. i. Muir.
ray.