The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-20
She Tells the Delegates that Some of
the Objects Of the Society Are to
Make People More Joyous,
TO LESSEN VARIOUS EVILS
AND TO HELP TOILING MILLIONS IN
THEIR FIGHT FOR EXISTENCE.
White RfbbOners Also Longing for
r franchised-RepOrt on Suffrage.

LONDON. June 1.-THE third annual con-
vention of the Worlds Women's Christian
Temperance Union opened in Queens Hall.
this city, at $50 o'clock a. m. with prayer
meeting led by Mrs. Charles Archibald,
president of the Maritime Provinces w. c.
L. L. of Canada. AT 10 a. m. the conven-
ton was called to order by the president
Miss Frances f. Willard. The roll call of
official members followed, and then came
the appointment of committees on creden-
tials. courtesies, finances and resolutions
Then followed the report of the executive
committee. the address of welcome by Lady
Henry Somerset, president of the British
Womans Temperance Association, and the
singing of There Are Bands of Ribbons
Mute" by the White Ribbon Choir of five
hundred voices Miss Willard then ad-
dressed the meeting. She said. in part:
IF a passer-by were asked why. we are
they are busybodes in other peoples af
from all over the world, or They like to
set everybody by the ears or They are
what they want. except to take away the
poor mans glass of beer and spoil his
hours Of recreation If we were asked why
too. / have put the Question to myself
in these pleasant weeks of spring., when
Castle, recruiting in health and preparing
for these days Of stress and crisis, and
1 have many :, time me imagined YOU Sonversing
Of the globe. seeking humanity's capital.
the center Of the worlds joy and the
worlds world woe-the whispering gallery of the
mH hsart sSe Mhy a aoa they Gomez
my interest never once said. Because they
are teetotalers; because they believe in pro-
ap5En because zee they are Opposed to the
OF living pictures: because they would en-
franchise women or even because they
ss ae IF the for
to cover all the meaning Of your sacred
pilgrimage. Looking out over the serene
listening to the bright bird songs. and gaz-
ing up into the radiant heavens / said in
my my heart ,ea They are coming. those dear
would increase the common joy For / be-
iieve. as one of our poets has said, Joy
Is the grace We say to God
THE PURSUIT OF JOY.
White ribbon women in the peoples
love of pageantry the token of those days
to come when through slow processes and
under the guidance of calm and steady
brain the pageant shall become possible to
thronging to the palace, the peop4e to the
theater; what are they seeking, each and
all? That which is fit and beautiful, that
which is gracious and self-poised. that
which looks outward with calm eye. that
which knows instead of guessing, realizes
instead of hoping, enjoys not in expecta-
ton, but enjoys now. The poor factory
girl, the sad-faced seamstress, the weary
workingman-why do they seek the music
instinct of the pursuit of joy; their lives
are colorless. but the theater is roseate;
their their daily occupation Is deadly prose;
take glass of fiery stuff and have their
theater at home. or become sodden and for
get that their lives totally devoid Of
JOY. Others seek. sins that shall be name
less here. and degrade that which is high
est to that which is most base. AS a bro
Ken mirror distorts the features Of the
face so the pursuit Of joy under conditions
defraud her of the beauty that God has
spread with lavish hand over the world
ana made brilliant under the CLEAN OF
would not take a single jot of Joy from
and life, but would hold up the sungass of
purity to catch the wavering beams and
tans, but we hope we are rational lovers of
whatever in the drama, the orchestra the
tuneful human voice, the glowing canvas
can add one throb of joy to any heart that
beats a throb natural, holy and sweet
as that of the skylark's yonder singing
above the meadow.
Under the searchlight of knowledge in
these later days IL Is folly for temperance
people to ignore the mighty power of pow
erty to- induce evil habits of every kind.
1t was only our ignorance of the condition
OF the industrial classes that magnified a
single propaganda and minimized every
other that led the temperance people i'm
women were temperate ali other material
good would follow in the train of this great
grace: But we know now that the rapid
fishing the number of workmen required in
the different lines of industry. We know
bean Minn u rev years machine has
Intervention of the human hand, SO that
one man can do as much with this ma
chine as five could accomplish in the same
time without IT, We know that electricity
has but begun to play its part as mans
proxy in the world OF forces. For instance,
by means of platinum wire stretched be-
to whiteness by electricity, trees are now
felled much more quickly and by a cleaner
stroke than In the past; and eight trees
one is being brought low by means of AK
and saw. The steam laundry successfully
cor, the WasherWoman's means of gain
ing her livelihood. The steam plow thresh-
er, roller and scores of other ingenious con-
trivances are replacing the silent force of
the human hand by the cyciopean power
OF the unhasting, unrestng force of steel
agencies. harnessed by mans skill.
RELENTLESS COMPETITION.
There are millions of men and women
in Great Britain and America who
would gladly work, but the
pitiless. restraining hand of fnven-
tion and monopoly hold them back, so that
an opportunity to earn their bread by the
sweat of the brow is already fought for as
strenuously as men in other times fought
for their lives. And the condition of things
grows more threatening. and must continue
to do as new races enter the competition
and rise to the level of utilizing all the in
ventions OF all the nations of the earth
Under this pressure Of relentless COMPETE
ton men are ground into dust. and that
by a heavier heel than ld-time tyrann.es
could boast, and they seek forgetfulness
in those indulgences whose Authorizations
deteriorate body and soul. They drink and
debauch themselves, they gamble they
seek gross scenes of amusement and revel-
ry; on the one hand they try to forget
and the other crowd into the brief
space given them for recreation the utmost
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