Daily Kennebec journal., 1895-05-06
w. G. T. u. COLUMN.

The ninth annual convention OF the
Kennebec county W. G. Z. IT, Will be held
in the Friends church, at Winthrop Cen
ter, on Tuesday, May 2Sth, 1895. This
promises to be one of the most successful
series of meetings ever held in the county.
On Monday evening addresses will be
made by tho State President, Mrs l.. M. N.
Stevens, and by Miss Harriet Leavitt,
who has charge of the department of
finding homes for homeless children. On
Tuesday aside from the reports of super
intendcnt of departments, and routine
work. there will be an address by Miss
Lubello Patrick the State superintendent
of the Y's, and parliamentary drill
conducted by Mrs. Stevens. The event
of the convention, will be the lecture on
Tuesday evening. by Mrs. Helen Bullock.
Reduced fare on the railroad will be Sc
cured And it is probable that special
conveyance from Augusta will be pro-
viled for those who desire to go and re-
turn on Tuesday. While white ribbons
are earnestly invited and expected to be
present, a cordial invitation is extended
to all temperance workers who desire to
partake of the hospitalities of this conven-
tion.
We note with pleasure the formation
of a new union at Waterville. This is as
it should be- While women as individuals
may work quietly, earnestly, and per
sistently for temperance, there is much
strength gained by organization, and
when that is perfected, it seems the most
natural thing in the world to connect the
organization with that grand company OF
women, who, it is uniformly acknowledged
have done more for this cause than any
other existing body. And therefore one
of the pleasant features of the coming con
vention. will be the formal admitting to
our ranks of this newly organized body
the W. c. Il. U. of Waterville. We look
for many more additions of this kind in
the coming months as the State gaining
the largest advance In membership this
year, has the ASSURANCE of welcoming
Miss Frances T.. Willard to it's State con-
vention.
1t has been well said that there are
three kinds of lies, black lies. white lies
and statistics. A fresh illustration of this
is given in a paragraph now floating
through the press concerning the relations
of drink to the accidents treated at tho
POPLAR hospital, London. 1t seems that
a register has been kept for the last six
months, and the number of cases is eight
thousand two hundred and seventy-sIx
or an average of forty-flve day, inciud-
ing Sundays The Hon. Sydney Holland
writes: The result shows that the ma
jority of these cases are caused by drink
and think the figures may be of interest
to the public; 1856 accidents occurred at
home; 24l5 at work, 1870 in streets; 303
only as a result of drink; 155 assaults
mot drunken assaults;) SIT teeth ex-
tracted; total sec We confess these figures
do not strike us as conclusive OF the
point that Mr.. Holland wishes to make
A large majority of the accidents occur
red ''at home" and we all know the
inherited and acquired tendency TO con-
ceal the disgrace of drunkenness In the
home, so that it is q most unwarrantaple
assumption that none of these originated
in the drink craze. The same principle
applies to accidents at work. The WORK
ing man has every motive to conceal his
evil habit, and among drinking men there
il a sort Of free masonry that makes 1t
comparatively easy to "hush up the fact