The Portland daily press., 1894-09-28
THE WHITE RIBBONERS.
Much Business Transacted at Yes.
terday's Session.
LADY SOMERSET A PROMINENT
FIGURE AT THE CONVENTION.


Interesting Reports From the Various
Committees-what the Flower Mission
Has Done.
Auburn, September 27.-The busin ess
session of the W.C.T.U. began at 9.45.
By recommendation Of the executive
committee, the following superintendents
of departments were appointed:
Securing homes for homeless children
Miss Harriet A. Leavitt of Portland.
Work among soldiers and sailors-Mrs.
f. c. Johnston of Portland
Work among mbermen-Mrs. A. L.
Harvey of Orono.
Sabbath observance-Mrs.F E. A. Rollins
of Winthrop Centre.
Purity-Mrs. Flora A. Wright.
Purity in literature and art-Mrs. A. L.
Page of Houlton.
Mercy Mrs. Clara W. Mumford of Win
throp Centre.
Work among railroad employes-Mrs.
r. S. Thomas of Greene.
Portland.
State and county fairs-Miss Edith N.
Oakes of Foxcroft.
Legislation and petition-Mrs. L. G..
Lamb of Livermore Falls.
Franchise-Louise Titcomb of Stroud
water.
Peace and arbitration Miss Alice NJ.
Douglass of Bath.
Vice dents--Androscoggin, Mrs.
NO. Oplin of Lewison; Aroostook, Mrs.
L. j. .Spaulding of Caribou; Cum berland,
Miss Cornelia M. Dow of Portland Frank
lin, Mrs. Helen B. G. Beedy of Farming
ton; Hancock, Mrs. r. P. Grindle of Blue
hill; Kennebec, Mrs; N; n; Wyman Of Au-
gusta; Knox, Mrs. r. 9. Hall of Rock
land; Lincoln, Mrs. S. F. Winslow of WAL
doboro; Oxford, Mrs. Eden Pierce Of Hi
ram and Mrs. Minnie Robinson of South
Paris; Penobsoot, Mrs. Annie v. Curtis
Of Dexter; Piscataquis, Mrs, Ella f.
Getchell of Foxcroft; Somerset, Mrs.
Mary L. Houghton OF Fairfield, Sagada-
hoe, Mrs. Helen NJ. Delano of Bath; WAL
do, Miss A. A. Hicks OF Belfast, Wash
ington, Mrs. Bernard Rogers of Penn
broke; York, Mrs. S. P. Smith of Corn
ish.
Mrs. L. j. Spaulding of Caribou report
ed that fermented wine had been ban
ished from nearly every church in the
state.
Mrs. h. Bailey reported on the re-
| form atory prison for women that the
project had moved but slowly.
| Mrs. f. A. Rollins reported on Sabbath
| observance.
Mrs. Emma Potter of Lincoln read the
| report on ssprison, Jail and almshouse
ISsD ID. HI
| ard of Lewiston.
Rev Dr. Penney addressed the conve :
tion briefly, as did also N. 4. Woodbury.
Esq, OF Auburn.
On motion of Mrs Barker it was voted
to rebuke the press for the prominence
given to prize fights and similar per-
farmances. The matter was referred to
the committee on resolutions.
Work among railroad employees was re-
ported by Mrs. r. S. Thomas of Greene.
This work has been in progress but one
year.
Mrs Helen Barker of South Dakota
spoke briefly on this subject and empha-
| sized its Importance. She said that rail
road work in the West, not only among
the employees. but visitation among the
wives and mothers, was in successful
progress.
Miss Edith Libby OF Portland present.
| ed the report of the flower mission. She
said that over 400 bouquets have been
| distrib buted in Portland, and each was
portions of Maine report extensive work
in this line.
Mrs. Edith N. Oakes reported for de-
partment of state and county fairs that
a large amount of literature has been
distributed and missionary work per-
| formed at the various fairs.
These superintendents of departments
were elected:
Work among foreign speaking people
Mrs. Gertrude Stevens Leavitt.
| Young Woman's work-Miss Lubelle
Patrick of Groveville.
Juvenile work-Miss Annie G. Bagley
| of Springvale.
Kindergartens-Mis Louise Woodman.
| Hygienic reform and heredity-Mrs.
| Annie B. Emerson of Dover.
| Scientific temperance instruction-Mrs.
| q. Il. French of Portland.
Sunday school work-Mrs. E. A. g.
Stickney Of East Brownfeld.
| Temperance literature-Mrs. NJ Fer
nald of Portland.
Influencing the press-Miss Mary L.
| French of Auburn.
| Narcotics-Mrs. L. S. Wentworth Of
| Dexter.
| Bible reading and evangelistic work
| Mrs. Lucy A. Snow of Windhan Centre.
| Unfermented wine at sacrament-Mrs.
| l.. .Spaulding of Caribou.
| Systematic giving-Mrs. Anna M. Hus-
| sey of North Berwick.
| Prison, Jail and almshouse work-Mrs.
| B. Minard of Lewiston.
The following delegates to the nation
| al convention at Cleveland, O., were
| chosen Aroostook, Mrs. F. A. Wright of
Carl bou; Cum berland, Miss Cornelia NJ.
Dow of Portland; Androscoggin and
Waldo, Miss A. A. Hicks of Belfast, ale
ternate, Mrs. DeaLison of Auburn; Ok.
| ford, Somerset and York, Mrs. Anna NJ.
Hussey of North Berwick; Franklin and