The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-09-05
W. T.U. COLUMN.


Sir John Hall in a recent address
in London spoke Of the resultOf wOmau's
franchise in New Zealand. when the
temperance question was at stake, the
wOman's vote had very strong influence
the percentage Of women who voted
being largely in excess Of the men.
The elections were quiet and the re-
turning officer said: II would rather
poll 200 women than seventy men,"
A New Zealand correspondent in the
Christian Commonwealth writes: ''0ne
of the best social movements in this
country is the Young WOman's Christian
Temperance union. At meeting Of this
society held recently it was decided,
1. That it be an indictable Offense for
any woman under twentyone to be found
in brOthel or earning money by prosti-
tuition.
Q. That steps be taken to enforce the
act already on the statute book suppress
ing brOthels.
3. That the age of consent be raised
to eighteen.
4. That women be urged to vote for
pure men, before party men, for parlia-
ment.
5. That the women of this colony de-
mand that their law makers be law
keepers.
6. That steps be taken to have such
an act placed upon the statute book as
shall make it compulsory to establish the
paternity Of illegitimate children"
And yet it is within the memory of
the middle-aged that New Zealand was
ranked among the nations to which il
was suitable to send missionaries.
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The annual convention of the National
W. c. T. U. will be held in Cleveland
November 16 to 21 inclusive. Among
the distinguished speakers will bt
Madam Layah Barakat, Syrian woman
Of great talent and piety, who is in this
country for the education of her children
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Frances Willard is Ostensibly resting
at her eyrie of summer home in th'
Catskill mountains, but she receives
from fifty to seventyfve letters day an(
works with stenOgraphers from six t,
eight hours day.
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Neal Dow, at the celebration of his 90tl
birthday, said: 'When christians sa.
go, and vote go, the liquor traffic viii
CO." There are in the United State
about five millions Of church member
who are voters. If they were to unite t
make the liquor traffic an outlaw, ther
is no political party they could no
bring to terms.
1t is a star of hope in the temperanc
sky, that thirtynine out Of our fOrtyiv
states have now made scientific temper
ance education mandatory in the CON
mon schools. 1t is another sign Of hop
that many series Of temperance text book
adapted to this instruction have been is
sued by the foremost publishing houses
and are all keyed up to the level of tOts
abstinence.
1t is third star of hope that tn
weight and power of temperance litert
ture, as well as its diffusion and popl
larity, are rapidly increasing.
1t is fourth star Of hope that I'll
Methodist, Presbyterian, Baptist, COngr
gatiOnalist, and several protestant relil
ioUs denominations refuse to admit liQuC
dealers to membership. 1t is fifth sts
Of hope that the Roman Catholic churcl
, approving the pastoral letter of BishC
J WatersOn, has adopted the policy Of g,
, cluding rum-sellers from their sOcieti
/ and Of refusing the sacraments to Roma
: Catholic rum-sellers who violate the law
, especially those against Sunday liquo
[ selling. The reply Of Archbishop Corr
, gan to the challenge Of 1.-THE Wine al
! Spirit Gazette" that he has yet to leal
} what fear is in the discharge Of dut
: marks significant epoch in the ROmf
! Catholic world and its relation to reforr
! 1t a sixth star Of hope that the Met
! odist church declares that the ligur traf