The record-union., 1895-04-22
The w. c. Il. q. convention.

EDS. RECoRD-UN We deeply regret
that so many men and women in this city
are not members of the W. c. T. L. and
were not sent as delegates to the County
Convention Just closed at Florin. This is
our first sorrow since we left last Thurs
day morning. bent on making the most
of a two-days' sojourn at that delightful
place. Florin the fairest, Florin forever.
If you will just open portion of one of
your columns and let 1t be used as an
escape valve for the pent-up love and
enthusiasm which we entertain for the
Florin folk, we will tell you some things
that will never appear in the regular re-
port.
A jollier lot of women never took their
seats in the cars than the large delega-
tions from the Sacramento and Oak Park
Unions who left Thursday morning for
Florin. There were only two things lack
ing in order that the School Board with
true Don Quixote chivalry, might have
been sent on another trip Of wrong right
ing flor there were the wlndmillS beck
oning them on, but there were no slip
perry walks and no blessed school teacher
in the crowd.
Nothing can exceed the kind hospital
ity OF this people, and as for Florin hoW-
ers, to attempt a description would be
folly-they just grow wild there, and SO
beautiful. We pass to things less difficult.
One, ride around the square; why, the
whole city of Sacramento could be set
down in tnat square, and then have rooms
to let in every hat.
Then there was beautiful young lady
from Elk Grove, with such sweet, refined
face, cheeks that rivaled the delicate rose
tint, eyes that Sparkled like dewdrops
in the sun, whom we addressed as Miss"
when we were suddenly taken to task
with, who are you calling 'Miss?' L
20 Yp.Fs
woman and the mother of seven chill
drenp'
That just took our breath away, but
when restored we said: 1--WE don't
believe it.'' But it was a fact. Then
we were proud that she was W. G.
7. q. woman, and in attendance upon
this convention, and that we belonged to
the sex.
We were entertained one night at the
residence of the swiss Family Robin
son." w. II. One OF the wonders of this
happy experience was being carried
from the church to the house in large
covered wagon, which we entered at the
rear by means of neat step-ladder,
when, presto, change! and we were
handed the most perfect chair, upon
which we seated ourselves feeling that
this finely equipped carry-al would
throw many OF our city rigs in the shade.
If we could draw picture We would
snow crowd OF DrlgnL women at the
Florin station waiting for the train Satur-
day morning, and one of them feeding a
very young canary bird, which she had
taken with her from Sacramento for fear
it would suffer, for it was an orphan, and
our sweet-faced State President, Mrs.
Sturtevant-Pee looked approvingly on
when the County Superintendent of
Song said, with Brand" smile: "It
wants the State President TO feed it, don't
you hear 1t say, 'Peetl PeetY "
And SO the bird was named "Peet +"
and given to the temperance cause, and is
TO be educated in conventions TO sing
from the white Ribbon Hymnal," and
then sold to the highest bidder or exhib-
tied at SO much, to raise funds for the
work.
AS the next convention is to be held at
the Oak Park Pavilion, April Is and 10,
1896, Sacramentans will be admitted free.