Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-25

National Woman's Christian Temper ance union, for one year recording sec retary, and at the Cleveland convention in 1894 was, on nomination of Miss Will lard elected ce-president-at-large of the national union. Mrs. Stevens has always been a woman suffragist. When in 1876 Miss Willard introduced into the white ribbon ranks the unwelcome dis cussion of the ballot for woman as the most helpful method of temperance re- form, and led the arguments for four years in the great conventions, Mrs Stevens was one of her staunchest and most helpful allies.
 Mrs Mary Clement Leavitt is of New England ancestry and culture. She con- ducted a private school in Boston for years. until her children were grown up. In 1883, having been president of the Woman's Christian Temperance union of Boston, and a national organizer of the society, she accepted from Miss Willard, as president. rowing commisston as a pioneer for the Worlds Woman's Chris tian Temperance union which was pro- jected in that year. After thorough canvass of the Pacific coast, Mrs. Leavitt sailed for the Sandwich Islands and thence to Australia where she worked for a year or two, then visited Japan, China, India Ceylon and Madagascar. then to England, and after speaking in all it's leading towns and cities, visited Scandinavia, Germany, Franco, Italy. Greece, Egypt and the Holy Land. She also made a voyage up the Congo to see for herself the effects of the rum curse there. introduced by so-called Christian nations. and reported it in that interest ing pamphlet, "The Liquor Traffic in Western Africa
 The Worlds and National Department of Scientific Temperance Instruction. cf which Mrs. Mary H. Hunt of Boston IS superintendent, aims to secure such leg islation as shall make the study and teaching of the laws of health, with special reference to the effects of narcOt- ics on the human body and mind, obliga- tory throughout the entire system or pup- lie education.
 Descent from a long line of devout an cestors distinguished & preachers and educators furnished Mrs. Hunt that quai- ity of heart and brain demanded IF ere attne this great department. Like hardly understood whisper in the ear came to her in 1878 the thought, reach the children the scientific facts about al- cohol today and you save the nation rom drunkenness t@acrrOW. She lnlchly saw that the public school system must be the vehicle for this scientific temper ance education, and that suitable text books must be prepared. She has been instrumental in writing the laws on thiS subject in all the states and terutorlea of the United States except three.
 Miss Anna Adams Gordon was born and bred in Boston. She is graduate of the Newton High school, was student Tn Mt. Holyoke college and has been for eighteen years Miss Willard's s private sec retary and coadjutor. Miss Gordon comes of a percentage of the best New England and middle states ancestry. She is the author of Marching Songs" and the Song Book of the Y's,'' many selec- tions of which were composed and writ ten by herself: also of 'Questions An swered,'' covering the juvenile work un- dertaken by the white-ribboners. She has also compiled the ''White-Ribbon Birthday Book written entertainments for juvenile societies. and during her ex- tended travels has spoken to the children T5n schools. Chautauouas and conventiaas>