The morning times., 1896-06-01
II. {. 7. L. NOTES.

a very interesting meeting of North
Capitol w &. T L. was held Wedne eSday.
May 20, in North Capitol Church. Mr.
william II Armstrong, an honorary meal-
her, reaG au original paper. which was
followed by selections on Hygiene, by
Mrs 5 b. Elaine. The union voted to
raise 81 FOR each member, 10 lie given for
the fund for securing a W. c. 7 L build
ing in this city.
Mrs. r. q Jones. District Superinte endeut
Of the Flower Mission department, as
sisted by Mrs. Belle Luckett. aud local
superintcndcnts, is making elaborate prep
aratiOnS for the celebration of June 90
annual Flower Mission day. A rev feat
ure introduced viii be the printing of
Scripture texts upon Japanese fans. which
will Ice presented to invalidS, prisoners,
aud others. instead of the usual text CARDS
Much care and discrimination will be used
in the selection ard distribution Of these
texts. and good results are looked for as
a result Of this labor of love.
The general officers OF the District w
C. T. L request local unions not to omit
any of their meetings during the Summer
but to plan for an aggressive hot weather
campaign. Have meetings in the cool Of
the evening, i'll some church parlor, or on
the lawn; plan interesting programs; in
vite in, by special invitation, those who
do not iiciong: make it pleasant and inter
eSting for them aud induce them to join
Have refreshments 10 sell aud raise money
to help the building fund Give the
children part in the program. Keep the
work moving. Take no backward step
60 for ward.
Mrs. 5. b. Blaine, the District superin-
tendent of juvenile work, is planning with
her local assistants for a juvenile mass
meeting to take place III North Capitol
Church on the afternoon OF Sunday, June
Z, at half past 3 O'Clock. An interest
ing program will be given, and large at
tendance of the juvenile is expected.
Katherine L. Stevenson writes as fol
lows i'll the Union Signal:
The yaStness of this far Western country
| impreSscs and almost oppresses one when
she is upon the ground to see t for herself
as 10 careful study of the map can. |
thought l knew something of the size OF
! Colorado, but when / came 10 realize that
the run from Denver to Pueblo. which Deo-
pie here speak of as if it were a before
| breakfast iaunt, is equal to the entire dis
| tance pcroSS MasSa Chusets: when | met Il
lady oh the way out who was going from
| Cheyenne Wells to Denver-a distance OF
140 miles-foT little shopping" expect
| ing to return that night l realized not onl y
| that Colorado is Il State of magnificent
| distances but that people learn to accom-
modatc themselves to those distances and
to scorn space as an insignificant barrier
| to any work they desire to accomplish. Ger
| tainly Colorado's brave president, Mrs. N
| ]. TelfGTG, has learned this lesson.
4 am filled with awe and admiration
| as | realize what she is doing here She
| literally counts not her life dear unto
! herself in her superb zeal for our work
| in this State, but without money and
without price she traversed it day and
night, ana seemed absolutely lifted bove
the thought of bodily weariness and per
soual discomfort, if only she can advance
it's needs. Twenty-eight unions have beer
| already organized this year. and about
| 500 new members are reported -Four
| hundred of these were secured through
Major Hilton in the series Of meetings he
has held in Colorado Springs, Canon City