The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-11-21

The department Of prevention report
was next presented, followed by an adj
| dress from Mrs. Annette Shaw of Wiscon-
! sin upon Health, Hereditary
Mrs. Mary Hunt. superintendent OF
! scientific temperance instruction, reported
! on that subject, showing great progress
| along these lines.
After song service, Mrs. Frances W.
Setter spoke on the subject or physical
culture.
The recording secretary then read num-
| erous further kilograms of greeting.
The audience sang God Be With You
| Till We Meet Again" and, after prayer,
! the convention adjourned until 7:30 p. m.
| In the evening Music hall was again
I crowded. Ten minute addresses of well
come were made. as follows: For the
! federated unions. by Mrs. s. NJ. Perkins;
for the city, by Mayor Blee; for the state
J w. G. T.. u, Mrs. II. l.. Monroe, and for
the Cleveland temperance alliance, by Mrs.
! H. E. Hammond. Ten minute responses
were made by Mrs. Mary T. Burt of New
/ York, Mrs. Emma A. Cranmer Of South
! Dakota, Mrs. Frances +. Beauchamp of
! Kentucky. Mrs. Katherine Lente Steven
! son Of Massachusetts, and Mrs. Narcissa
/ White Kenney of Oregon.
The days proceedings closed with music
| and the benediction
| The W. c. T. U. press department says:
! 1T is certain that never before have the
! great dailies given Of their influence so
literally to furthering the cause of tenn
/ perance. Religious papers have given I'M
! precdented attention to the subject and
/ so also TO great extent have many agri-
/ cultural and labor papers. Especially
| noticeable is the advance in this respect
I OF leading magazines. One household
! magazine does not allow a culinary recipe
| calling for liquor printed in its pages,
/ another which has fixed rule that wine
/ drinking must form no part of its stories.
/ The Associated Press has been most gen.
! erous in sending our news on lightning
| wings around the world
| CLEVELAND. Nov. 19.-The opening
! session of the w. c. T. u. convention,
which began this morning. was not so
! well attended as the previous sessions of
/ the convention. On the platform besides
| the secretaries sat Miss Frances Z. Will
| lard the president, Mrs. Thompson, Mrs.
| Stewart, Mrs. Helen NJ. Barker, treasurer
| Of the union, and others. Huge bouquets
/ OF chrySan themums gTaced the platform.
| Reports of superintende nts were taken up
| under the evangelistic department, the
\ general topic being. What are the differ
! ent departments grouped under he head
\ of evangelistic work doing to save from
the sin of intemperance, and what results
! can we expect as contributing to the
! overthrow of the liquor traffic and the
esta blishment of Gods kingdom"
| Miss r. w. Greenwood of Brooklyn was
( the first superintendent to report on the
evangelistic work She told of the dis
/ tributiOn of eva1gelistic literature, and
/ Oh ARRANGEMENTS Tor Simultaneous prayer
! meetings in different localities. She rec
| commended a return to the system of hold
| ing an hour of prayer from IL to II o'clock
/ in the morning at national conventions.
| Her report was adopted.
Mrs. Minnie English of Illinois made a
| very favorable report concerning work
among the miners.
| Mrs. Mary +. Lowell of Massachusetts
| reported for the department of mercy,
| and spoke against the use of birds for
! adprnment of ladies' hats, against killing
| of seals for cloaks and urged her hearers
Of the slaughter-hOuse. She offered
| resolution, which was unanimously
| adopted. urging the creation of a sent
| ment among the young people of the coun-
| try against the practice of vivisection,
| which she denounced as cruel and unnec-
! essary for the promotion of science.
The Rev. Mary Woo Allen next respond
| ed for the purity of the department. She
| complained of a lack of funds to carry
! out the work of the department. but other
| wise offered an encouraging report.
! Mrs. c. NJ. Woodward reported for work
| among railroad men, barring the inter
| ruption caused by the big strike the work
| had been very encouraging.
| When the afternoon session was re-
| sumed the department reports were con-
| tinued. Mrs. Eme.ie Martin, general SUI
| perintendent of the department of purity
| in literature and art, reported and recon-
/ mended the reading of certain specified
! books and publications.
Mrs. Alice Robinson spoke briefly for
| the purity Of the press.
| Mrs. Matilda Is. Carse made a most in
! tereSting report upon the wOman's tenn
/ pie. The report was encouraging and
! was received with great enthusiasm Ii
! was referred 10 the executive committee.
Mrs. Anna NJ Commings of South At
! RIGA spoke briefly. telling of the enthu-
/ siasm Of the white ribboners of the Dark
| continent.
Mrs. Shorer of Wisconsin, wife Of the
| ship-owner, who recently christened a
| steamship with water instead of wine,
| spoke briefly
| Mrs. E. a. Blair Of California, who for
! two years has trave.ed 1900 miles by
| relay wagon and canal boat, spoke at
some length. She had organized thirty
| four temperance leagues and had devoted
| her entire time to the work.
| A large number of detailed reports
| were offered, which al indicated great
| enthusiasm in the work.
Mrs. Annie Hicks Of London, the lead
! ing woman in Great Britain in the labor
| movement, sailed on Nov. II in the
! steamship Paris of the American line
/ with Lady Henry Somerset. and is a
/ fraternal delegate to the great labor con-
| clave in Denver next December.
| In the afternoon session Mrs. Campbell
| OF Wisconsin arose to call attention 10
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| convention a woman who had christened
| steamship by breaking bottle Of water
/ over its bow in place OF champagne.
This woman, who was called to the
! platform, was introduced as Mrs. F. A.
| Shores. In presenting her, Miss Willard
| said I'VE will certainly hold up a woman
! who VIII bring In a new custom so good
| as that. We think a great deal Of Mrs.
| Cleveland and of how she stood for total
| abstinence under difficult conditions, and
| yet we cannot help but think that water
would have been better TO pour over the
| recently launched st. Louis than cham
! payne
| The evening session was a celebration
| in honor of the anniversary or the cru
SADIE movement. Mrs. Henrietta L. Mon
| roe, president Of the Ohio w. c. T. u,
! was In the chair Addresses of felicita-
| ton and OF Renaissance were delivered
| by Mrs. Jennie f. Willing OF Chicago.
| Mrs. e. j. Thompson of Ohio, Mrs. Mary
| Il. Ingham of Cleveland, Mrs S. S. Fes-
| sender of Massachusetts and Miss VIII
lard. The feature Of the celebration was
| the presentation to Miss Cornelia Dow.
| for her father, the famous Gen. Neal
Dow, who is unable to be at the conven-
ton, Of a handsomely engrossed testl-
| mOnlal from the White Ribbon people
OF England and America.