The evening times., 1895-10-25

There will be one OF the greatest temper
ance meetings ever held In the Metropoli-
tan N. E. Caurch. corner OF Four-and- a half
and c STREETS northwest, On Sunday after
noon, October 81, at 3 O'Clock
1t is entitied the WORLDS w. C. T. u,
Mass-neeiinx." and Is under the auspices
OF the department OF Christian Citizen
ship Mrs s. ID. La Fetra, the worlds su
perintendent, viii preside.
tsiia' ineetiiis,, iO--O".-.s as 1t does. so
eioeeiy upon The meeting OF the national
convention of the w. G. 7. u, recently held
In Baltimore. viii be attea..esi by some of the
brightest lights In the temperance world.
Many yoff:setieiegatesa Nd prominent workers
In the cause VINO attended the Baltimore
rally will remain in this city until suutia v
afternoon. in order 10 participate in this
assembly.
At gas O'Clock p. m. Prof. Gibson will
render appropriate music OF welcome on the
bells, and the first thing ON the programme
Is music by the ~" chorus and others.
This Will be followed by an Invocation ty
the Rev Dr. Hugh johnson.
THOSE WHO WILL SPEAK.
Brief speeches and echoes Of the great
convention will then be delivered by Mrs
Louise Rounds, president OF the Illinois
W. &. I. L.; Mrs a 5. Benjamin. president
or the Michigan ". c. T. L., and Mrs.
Mattice Mcclellan Brown, delegate from
Ohio
An address on Christian Citizenship. I"
by Mrs. Katharine Lente Stevenson. win
then follow.
1t is thought that there will be about
seventyrive who viii participate in some
degree in the programme.
MIS-. Louise s. Rounds, OF Illinois, is Of
New England parentage. being a lineal de-
scenda mt or John Alden, OF the Mayflower
MIS-. Rounds spent about nine years in
New York as teacher, but has been q
Resident of Chicago for the last thirty
years.
She entered the temperance work when
IL was 1Irst agitated, For several years
Sue was secretary of the Central Union Of
that city and also had cfage OF the gos-
pei meetings. which 1T that time numbered
about thirteen week.
In 1885 she was elected State president,
an office to which she has been annually re-
elected. In 1895 she was sent to represent
her State in the Worlds W. C. T. U. con-
vention in London. As a speaker, she is
earnest, logical and eloquent.
Mrs. A. s. Benjamin of Michigan, is one
of the strongest workers the W C. T. U. has.
She is a thorough pariamentarian. She is
a graduate OF 0heriin College and a teach.
CT of high standing. Mrs. Benja min Is gift
ell speaker and has !ectured on the various
ilfeS OF temperance Work III many States.
On the death of Mrs. Lathrap she was selected
TO the presidency Of the State
PIONEERS IN THE WORK.
Mrs. Martha Mcclellan Brown is one OF
the pioneers in temperance work She
was educated in Pennsylvania and was
given two literary titles from the colleges
in that State. In that State she declined
the superintendeucy of schools, IL being
offered her by a great political ma gnate.
She aided in founding the Prohibition
party, copyrighted the first Bible tenn
perance lessons, and was nine years the
editor of a secular paper. She is pleas
ing writer, a ready speaker and philo-
sophie thinker. Mrs. Brown is from Bal
timore.
Katharine Lent Stevenson, the cores
pondin- secretary OF the W. c. I. L.. was
born in Copake, Columbia County, n. Y,
MAY = is53. Mrs. Stevenson graduated
from the Boston School of Theology in
1881. She was the only woman in her
class.
The general conference of the II. E. church
refused TO recognize women as ministers.
and thus terminated her connection with
the Allston. Mass. church. In 1898 she
went to Chicago us editor of the temper
ance hooks and leaflets of the association.
In 1894 she was elected corresponding
secretary of the W. C. 7. L.
Mrs Stevenson is brilliant platform
speaker and excellent writer. and has
made a most enviable record as an officer
OF the W. C. T. L.
The temporary headquarters of the W.
O. 7. u, Is at Mrs La Fetra's, corner of
Eleventh ami q streets northwest.