The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-07-18
At THE ASSEMBLY.
The Interesting Exercises Continue
at MoupdsviIlo.
a STEREOpTICEH LECTURE given
BY Mr.. Nichols. of Bos.On.-The Tenc-
meut District and its vIce and
equator "Tho Legal Status Of
Women" the Theme OF MOcttDG.
Rev. pir. Pickard's First Talk.

The sterooptIcan lecture by John A.
Nichols, Of Boston, in tho auditorium
Of tho Ohio Valley Prohibition Assem-.
DIV at Moundsville. was moro largely
attended than any former session Of tho
assembly this season, and whllo the
scenes did not represent go great de-
gree Of squallor and misery as thosc ex-
hibiled by Louis Bank, Of Boston, In his
"Whlto slaVOa or tho slums Of Boston"
last year, tho situation was bad enough
to bring blush Of shame to tho face of
every American citizen and compel
every Christian man Of woman 20 ask,
What are the causes that lead to such @
condition OF thtugs2" Tho tlrst cansc
assigned BY the speaker was tho drink
habit and tho vicious Influences, both
social and political. Of the suloon sys'
tom Of America, and the second was
tho cruel oppressive sweating system
growing ont Of the tleTco and relentless
competition between the manufacture
ing interests Of tho great metropolis.
He showed one view from tho tcna'
mont district, whore no stated tho pop
ulation was moro dense than in any
other known spot on tho earth, the
number being $4,000 10 the square
milo, double the number who live In
tho most crowded section OF London.
Tho death ratio in this section is fear.
fuL Filth, disease and vice abound,
and from this quarter at an early ago
arc graduated the persons who tiguro In
tho criminal courts and people the
houses Of detention and reform IN later
lifS. Morality and intelligence are we'll
nigh impossible, for the social virtues
arc sacrificed for tho means 10 continue
existence, and in the sharp struggle
for life no timo is allowed to acquire
knowledge except that derived from tho
surroundings or rendered imperative by
tho necessity Of tho case. Contrasted
TO this was tho brighter side, and tho
speaker related many instances OF con-
version aud devotion to tho cause OF hn.
manlsy. Altogether the lecture was Of
q nature to awaken thought, and its et'
fOcts cannot but be good in that dircc'
ticn. At tho close Of the physical cul.
ture cIass yesterday morning tho
school Of methods was called to order
by Mrs. Buei, and opened with prayer
by Nre. Engio, OF Wheeling.
Tho subject Tor consideration was the
Legal Status oil Women"
Mrs. Englc. OF Wheeling, road u paper
giving tho principal points as regards
West Virginia, and gavo 10 Colonel
Robert Whito, Of Wheeling, the honor
OF inaugurating tho new law passed in
1891 that enlarged her privileges.
Mira McClcrkin spoko in regard to
Michigan, and called particular atsen-
ton to tho fact that white the unmar-
ried women were entitled 10 use their
property as they pleased and bad con.
troll OF their own children, tho married
woman did not cvon own hcr children,
thus putting premium on vice anu
discouuting morality.
Mrs. Esther Pugh spoke for Ohio, and
among other things said that on the
death Of o vito and mother the surviv-
Ing husband could hire housekeepcr
aud conduct his homo az before, but on
the death OF q husband tho law stopped
| in, took IN inventory Of tho goods, and
determined the disposition Of tho chill
dren and tho property.
Mrs. Graham, OF New York. described
the law OF that state as much more
favorable than those already given, and
showed that much OF the credit was
due 10 the action OF tho w. q. I. u.
and tho Woman's Suffrage Association
in petitioning against tho passage OF
unjust and hurtful laws. Mrs. Nc.
Clcrkin, at tho request OF members prcs-
ent, read information that had been
s6nt to her from various statos, In
Louisiana woman did not evon own
tho clothes she wore-they belong to
hor husband. A burglar stoIe woman 9
clothing and was tried in the courts OF
that statc. and tho proof was autlicions
10 convict him, but tho husband lost
tho caso because no sued in his wite,s
name when he should hnvo used his
own. Ills vito owned no clothing,
therefore no one could steal thou.
The exsrciees were interesting and In.
gtructivc, calculated to promote a pub
lie aautimcnt that will demand the 70.
peal OF unjust and oppressive lave
against woman, and tho enactment Of
others that shaIl give woman her proper
legal status as tho companion and equal
Of man.
Tho afternoon session Of tho assembly
opened with temperature Of 95' in
tho SHADE, and tho people who gathered
in the auditorium seemed to feel the et.
fects OF the hot weather. But tho soul-
inspiring music Of the Silver Lake
Ouartette and the shaking up OF the au'
dicnce by Prot. Hawke mndo the people
wide awake 70 greet Rev. Ward b. Pick
ard, OF Buffalo, \. Y, who kept thom
awake and In good hHmor the bal.
anco Of tho afternoon.
His subject was tho "Beaa. aud Our
Boys," and II no had takon text no
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