San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-11-16
The National w. G. T. U. Convention

| Inc National w. y. L. v. convention
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Nov. l6.-The
National Women's Christian Tenn
perance Union will hold their con-
vention at Music Hall, commence
ing this evening and closing No.
vember 81. 1t will be the most
notable meeting ever held in this
city. Speakers Of worldwide re-
putation will be here to discuss the
good cause Of temperance. Miss
Frances Willard, president of the
Union, also Of the Worlds Union,
will address the meeting during
the week. Lady Henry Somerset,
vice-president.at-large of the
Women's Christian Temperance
Union, who sailed October 81 for
England to preside and speak at an
important executive committee
meeting Of the society Of which she
is president, and which met at
Birmingham November y, will
return to America and come d.
rectly here to give "benetit" lee
ture, the proceeds to be equally
divided between the National and
the Worlds w. G. II. U. Neal
Dow, "the Grand Old Man Of Pro-
hibition," is also expected here
during the convention, and will
make an address. There will be
two sessions each day, and dele
gates from every city, in the Union
will come to the gathering. The
National w. c. T. L. was organ
lied In Cleveland, Ohio, in 1874,
and is the sober secoud thought Of
the great woman's crusade. 1t is
now regularly organized in the
forty-four States of the Union, and
in every Territory except Alaska.
Its headquarters are in Chicago,
ILL.,, where it has Woman's Tenn
perance Publishing, House that
sends out about l35,00000O pages
annually, and has seven editors
and $50 employees. This publish
ing house is stock company, and
all it's directors and stockholders
are women, as is its business man
ager. The "Union Signal" is the
organ OF the society, and has an
average circulation Of $4,000. The
cash receipts Of the publishing
house in 1912 were, in round
numbers, 100000. The Woman's
Lecture Bureau sends speakers to
all parts of the country and Cana
da. The Woman's National Tenn
perance Hospital demonstrates the
value Of nOn-alcoholic medication.
The Woman's Temperance Tenn
pie, costing over $1,0O0,0OO has
been built in Chicago. The Ma
tional society handled over 10000
in 1912 at its headquarters in
Chicago, and its local auxiliaries
expended not less than half a mil
lion dollars in their work. There
are about 10000 local unions with
a membership and following, in
Guiding the children's societies, of
about half million. The w. G.
7. U. has forty-four distinct de-
| partments OF work, presided over
by as many women experts in the
| National society, and in nearly
every state. All the states in the
Republic except six have laws re-
quiring the study Of scientific tenn
perance in the public schools, and
all these laws were secured by the
w. c. Il. e.; also the laws forbid
ding the sale OF tobacco to minors.
Most industrial homes for girls
were secured through the efforts of
| this society, as were the refugees for
erring women. Laws raising the
age of consent and providing for
| better protection for women and
girls have been enacted by many
| Legislatures through the influence
Of the department for the promo
tion of social purity, Of which the
president of the society has, until
the present year, been superin-
| tendent. The Worlds w. @. T. U.
was founded through the influence
! Of the National society in 1888, and
already has auxiliaries in more
than forty countries and provinces.
The white ribbon is the badge
of all the w. G. Il. Z. members, and
is now a familiar emblem in every
civilized country. A great petition
is being circulated in all parts Of
the world against legalizing the
sale OF opium and alcoholics.
When two millions of names have
been secured, this petition is to be
presented to all the governments
of the world by a commission Of
women appointed for that purpose.
General Booth at Toledo.