Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-26
DISTRICT W. c. T. u.
Twenty-First Annual Convention Of
the Organization.
Big ATTENDANCE At FOUNDRY CHURCH
interesting Reports Showing the
Work Accomplished Last Year.
THE PRESIDENTS ADDRESS

The interior of Foundry NJ. e. Church
was appropriately decorated this morning
on the occasion of the twenty-first annual
convention of the Woman's Christian Tenn
perarce Union Of the District of Columbia.
The convention, which is to last through
tomorrow evening, Is the celebration of the
coming of age of the local union, and is
naturally the occasion Of great joy and
qualification mong the devoted women who
give SO much of their time and energies to
the cause of temperance.
The. chancel was set with palms, and on
an easel rested large portrait, draped in
the stars and stripes, of Miss Frances E.
Willard, the president Of the National W.
c. T. U. The organ rail in the rear Of the
chancel was also draped with old glory.
Along the organ and under the galleries
hung 1.-The Voice of the Churches" long
petition for prohibition in the District The
various petitions were attached in the form
of a long ribbon, and, hanging in graceful
lines, made an effective decoration.
The District union consists of thirteen
local unions and eight "Y'' unions as the
societies made up Of the younger members
are called. One or more pews were as
signed to each Of these smaller bodies, and
were marked by little white bannerets
bearing the names of the different unions.
The general officers of the District of Co.
lumbia are as follows: President, Mrs. NJ.
e. Griffith; vice observation-disclosures. Mrs. M.
E. Cohen; corresponding secretary, Miss L.
s. Weightman; recording secretary, Mrs.
Emma F. Shelton; treasurer. Mrs. s. NJ.
Westcott. An election of officers will be
feld tomorrow morning, but the chances
for these are all tried and true workers.
and enjoy the love and confidence of their
fellow workers in the fight against the
liquor evil.
The Convention Opened.
There was very fair attendance Of men,
bers at $50 O'clock this morning, when the
convention began. 1t was opened by devo-
tional exercises, which were conducted by
Mrs. Jennie Bartlett.
The convention was called to order by
Mrs. Griffith. after which the roll call was
read by the recording secretary. as were
also the minutes of the last meeting. The
enrolled officers, most of whom were pres
ent when the convention was called to
order, are as follows:
Cohen; West End, Mrs. Alice Baxter;
Northwest, Mrs. T. A. Williams; Capitol
Hill, Mrs. Jennie S. Bartlett: Anacostia,
Mrs. E. L. Sherwood; North Capitol. Mrs.
Gotwald, Frances E. Willard, Mrs. A. NJ.
Faehtz; Southeast, Mrs. NJ. A. Mahoney;
Lincoln Memorial. Mrs. Sarah G. Johnson:
Brookland, Mrs. r. r. West; LIE Droit Park,
Mrs. L. D. Merrick; Georgetown, Mrs.
Isaac Birch.
Presidents of Y unions-vermont Avenue,
Miss Mary E. Drown; Crusader. Miss Cora
Thomas: First Baptist, Miss Katherine
Donovan; Ryland. Miss Maggie Larcombe;
West End, Miss Carrie NJ. McGlue.
Superinte ndents of departments-Juvenile
and Sunday school, Mrs. Alfred Wood:
temperance and literature, Mrs. Margaret
B. Plat: legislative and petition. Mrs. Clin-
ton Smith: prison and jail. Mrs. ]. d.
Smith: unfermented wine, Mrs Emma E.
Falconer; young woman's work, Mrs. S. ID.
La Fetra; flower mission, Mrs. F. G. Jones;
work among foreigners Mrs. Hannah Cros-
by; scientific temperance instruction. Mrs
Anna F. Boiler; Sabbath observance, Mrs
NJ. e. Catlin: evangelistic, Mrs. NJ. E. Hart
sock; press. Mrs. Margaret B. Plat: purity
in literature and art Mrs. E. A. Chambers;
narcotics, Mrs. Alice Chapman: social pur-
ity, Mrs. J. H. Robinson; mothers meet
ings Mrs Sophia Smith: heredity and n.y.
giene, Mrs. c. E. Ritter: parliamentary.
Mrs. Anna F. Beiler: messenger boys, Mrs.
Nellie H. Bradley; firemen, Mrs. Maria Mer-
rick; mercy. DR.. Alice Burritt; railroad,
people, Mrs. T. A. Williams; auditor. Miss
Lizzie Kessler; state reporter, Mrs. Clinton
Smith.
Trustees Of the W. C. T: U. District of
Weightman, Mrs. Emma F. Shelton, Mrs.
S. NJ. Wescott, Mrs. Alma V. Davis, Mrs.
E. Moffatt, Mrs Anna c. Mcdowell, Mrs.
E: X. Knowles, Mrs. H. T. Brian.
different unions and two delegates from
each are members Of the District union.
Committees Appointed.
The committees for the convention were
appointed this morning as follows:
Credentiais-Afrs. T. A. Williams, chair
man; Miss L. s. Weightman and Mrs. EN-
ma F. Shelton.
Courtesies-Mrs. H. A. CLEARWATER, chair
man; Mrs. Walter Brown and Mrs. Anna
Bovee.
Finance-Mrs. s. NJ. wescott, chairman:
Mrs. Bier Mrs. Hartsock.
Resolutions s. Mrs. Margaret B. Plat,
Mrs. NJ E. Hartscck, Mrs. Clin-
ton Smith. Mrs. Anna c. Mcdowell, Miss
Weightman.
Rev. Dr. Oliver A. Brown, the pastor of
Foundry Church, extended hearty greet
ing to the union on behalf of the congre-
cation of the church. From the beginning
of the work for temperance, he said, the
portals of the Methodist Church had ever
been open to the w. c. T. u, but on this
happy occasion. marking the close of twen-
ty-one years of active work. it gave him
pleasure to bid them thrice welcome. He
them upon the success which
had crowned their work, saying that there
was no organization which had accom-
plished more for the general welfare Of
than the W. c. T. u. The skies
of temperance, he said. were never brighter
than they are today, for the people are be-
coming educated to the realization Of the
blessings that temperance beStoWS upon
all peoples and all lands. Give us tenn
perate families" said DR.. Brown, land
novels become homes and alleys become
avenues. Give US temperate families and
disease becomes health and poverty
wealth."
Mrs R. R. West made an eloquent and
worded response to DR.. Browns
address of welcome.
Hygiene and Heredity.
The report of the superintendent of n.y.
giene and heredity, Mrs. c. E. Ritter, was
then read. The work on this line was be-
gun after January last, she has been out
of town much of the summer, but still
good deal has been accomplished in the
matter of arousing general interest in this
important subject. She urged all the
unions to take up an earnest study of the
subject of health reform. If more atten-
ton were paid to hygiene, she said, and
to the securing Of healthy minds in sound
bodies tho war against liquor would be q
much easier matter. The cigarette fac
tories would soon disappear from the land
along with the distilleries, for If there
were no abnormal appetites there would
be no abnormal products to supply it.
Department of Purity.
The superintendent of the department of
purity, Mrs. E. A. Chambers, read her re-
port of the years work.
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