Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1895-10-24
MISS FRANCES E. WILLARD.

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MISS FRANCES e. WILLARD.
ago, and from which rose the present
w. G. T. U. Mrs. Thompson is in her
SOth year, but her powers seemed UNI
impaired as she led the reading Friday
morning.
Mrs. Henrietta l.. Monroe, president
of the Ohio w. @. T. o., offered fer
vent invocation. Some routine bust
ness was followed by the reading of
the presidents annual address, which
was, in part, as follows:
Miss Wizards Address.
Civilization is but Christianity's effect
on the brain and hands Of the race; SCI
once and invention are its twin Gaugh-
ters. and both lend the totality Of their
influence against the practice Of stimu-
lation. All of the states and territories ex-
cept two Georgia and Arkansas) now require
the teaching OF the laws OF health
to all school children, beginning with
the youngest Mrs. Mary FL Hunt heads
this movement as the representative OF the
Woman's Christian Temperance union Tour
times a year the Sunday school lesson ex-
plicitly teaches total abstinence. This Is an
other point gained by white-ribboners, who
worked ten years for it
1.-THE general assembly Of the Presbyterian
church has this year declared in favor OF nom
alcoholic wine for sacramental purposes
I'm the widening field Of athletics all stimu-
lation is discounted. The bicycle is the most
influential temperance reforme. of the
time and milk Is the favorite beverage
Of those who ride to win Iegisla-
ton follows on after individual progress.
The Canadian parliament this year de-
clared by an overwhelming majority In
favor Of prohibitions: in South Australia
and Utah women have been admitted to
the full rights of citizens Five legislatures
last winter voted to submit this ques-
ton to the people. In New York city
reform has forsaken the line OF least and
sought that Of greatest resistance. Munich
pal politics in that metropolis and many
others turn on the temperance question. Tae
enforcement OF law by Commissioner Roose-
welt and the renewed war upon Tammany. led
by the redoubtable Dr.. ParkhurSt, are the st-
l1euL TEXTURES OF inc time.
1.-THE action Of the Methodist conferences
in voting to admit women to the general con-
ference is the largest straw on the current Of
the times The woman department. of the
Atlanta exposition and the great con-
crosses OF women held in the farther south
are other tokens hardly less significant. A
union of reform forces is contemplated. and
the leaders have agreed to basis. which Is
commended to the goodwill OF all white rib
bon women.
Tho labor movement is the natural ally Of
the white ribboners. The working class
Catholic young women Of Danbury,
Conn, have formed society OF
members pledged not to marry any man who
is not strict abstainer. The unfading hope
Of the social purity movement was Set forth
in the resolution unanimously adopted by our
London convention in June last"
Miss Willard closed her review of the
woman question with these words:
I'm primitive days we had the matr,-
archaic, which means the rule OF the
mothers. and now for painfully length
ened period we have had the patriarchate,
or the rule of the fathers; but we begin to
see the dawn OF the amphiarchate, or the joint
rule of joint world by the joint forces OF its
mothers and its fathers. Happy are they who
put their sturdy shoulders to the wheels of
this white chariot of the sun"
An important part of the address was
devoted to the situation in Armenia,
and an urgent plea was made for the
united efforts of women in collecting
funds and circulating petitions for the
relief of ''our well-nigh martyred Chris
tian neighbors in Asia Minor"
In the midst of her address, while
recommending continuance of total
abstinence on the part Of every dele
gate, Miss Willard requested every
woman present to arise and thereby in
dictate their willingness to renew the
pledge. Every woman in the house,
II n1o toe nd
while great enthusiasm prevailed in
every direction.
New Star Spangled Banner.
A handsome white silk banner, bear
ing fifty gilt stars, representing the
states and territories wherein the w.
C. T. U. have representation, was pre-
sented to Miss Willard by Mrs. w. Jen
nings Demorest, chairman Of the
executive committee, of Sorosis,
N. Y. This beautiful emblem was
waved to and fro by Miss Willard and,
Mrs. Eliza Thompson, while Mrs. Kath-
arine Baldwin, of New York, niece of
the national president, sang the re-
Gently composed song, ''The White
Ribbon Star Spangled Banner" the
first verse of which is:
Filing it out to the breeze Let it tell to the
world ss 81 #
That the faith which has raised It will never
surrender; q
Let 1t tell that the love which our banner un-s
Is tho guard Of the home and the nations
$780, defender.
Let it CLEAN as q star.for the shipwrecked
afar,
Like beacon that warns ii the treaeherous
Lot that banner Of freedom and purity
As signal Of hope midst the perils We
brave.
The enthusiasm was beyond descrip-
ton as the throng arose and sang the
closing stanza Of the hymn. cable
gram Of greeting from Lady Henry
Somerset, Of England, was read.
q At the afternoon session two impor-
tant resolutions were presented and
adopted. Mrs. "A. s. Benjamin, of
Michigan, offered resolution de-
nouncing lynching and other lawless
practices in our own or any other
country, and declaring the belief that
when women have share in making
the laws such atrocities will disappear
from the face of the earth.
Methods Of promoting our prin-
ciples" brought forth number -of
papers, and each speaker was allowed;
en- minutes to present her views.
Colored People Aroused.
Work among cofpred people was:
talked about by Mrs. Lucy Thur
man (colored), Of Jackson, Mich.
During the year, she said, more head
way had been made il the work
than In any other like period. Forty
unions ot eolored women had been 81.