The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-12-04

pun uIoheu iISeo anu prepare " DOSi'
over again the uneven battle of lif'
that the woman has, and slways will
have so long as we have a double stan
dard of morality. By it men are de
based, and women become their prey.
One of the sweetest sights of tn,
Purity conference was to see Mrs
Leach working side by side with hel
young daughter. a bright winsom'
girl, for their forgotten sisters.
The inspiration gained through new
ideas, and the coming in contact will
the grand women of the w. C. I. U.
who are doing such noble work in tht
Purity DEPARTMENT of that organiza
ton was alone worth trip to st Lou
is. Living as we do on the outskirt.
of our country, and in a measure away
from the horrible vices that sap the
vitality of our race, we do not realize
the heroic work done by these women
Mrs. Teats of California one of the
brightest women in the work has Civ.
Ell 700 lectures to men alone in the
rast two years. She says few mer
come to scoff. but they 80 away with
great reverence i'm their hearts fol
purity III all its branches and all its
meaning for both men and women.
On Friday morning began the con.
vention proper, and the hall began tc
fill by eight O'Clock. The number OF
delegates was much greater than was
expected and there was great hurry
and hustle by the reception committee
in getting everyone seated. Music
hall was beautifully decorated, the
white for the immaculate ideals the
w. G. 7. U. represents, forming the
back ground against which the Nat.
ional colors were festooned every.
where. Tie entire hall had touch
of sweetness, with the banners of the
different states and organizations, and
their inspiring mottos. Every thing
had Il Cosmopolitan air, for emblems
and standards were cuiled from every
land Oh tie giOi,e in AhIch the white
ribbon waves. 1t is no exapgeratiOn
to say, that no grander a>stmblage of
women WAS ever held in America than
Was that morning gathered in Music
Hall.
While the purpose ot the w. G. T.
U. is the same as when it was organ
ized-the aiNiih.latiun of the liquor
traHie-the Keynote us ole might say.
has changed. Their purpose now is
not to fight the evil directly, but to
educate the country until it falls of
itself. The presence of Miss Willard
and many of her CO workers, was of
itself enough to inspire one to reach
lofty heights of thought and contem-
plation. There was an exaltation and
loving pride III all women, in looking
over the vast assemlage in which the
mother type predominated. The ma
jority of the heads were thickly sprin-
kled with white, the emblem OF the
cause they love, and in the greater
number of the faces were written the
lines that tell of lifes experience.
After some preliminary work, the
most important of which was making
March goth, the birthday of the saint
ed Neal Dow, "Prohibition Rallying
day, ,"the annual address of the Presi-
dent was given. 1t is common say
ing that the distinguished people of
whom we read, do not wear any par
ticular halo when we meet them face
to face. But of Frances Willard this
cannot be said; around her grave
sweet face one seems to see the aura
OF lofty ideals, a sympathy with hu-
manity, tenderness for everything
that suffers, and the spirit of self sac
riflcing womanhood. that labors year
in and year out for the uplifting of
the Iace.
While Miss Willard has been great
ly honored by men as well as women,
not only in her own land but in many
others, she has never lost through it
all the poise of perfect womanliness.
For the first time in seventeen years
of her presidency she had prepared 10
written address, so completely had her
time been gwen over to Gods Out
casts" the poor suffering Armenians.
However her extempore address
contained perhaps more of her own
quaint humor than she would have
deemed fitting had she bestowed much
time upon it. She went back to the
W. G. L. U. convention Ill st. Louis
in 1884 when the Union frs: declared
in favor of Gospel Politics and
gave her love anew to the Prohibition
party. Paid II tribute to the..manhOOd
of America, that put up such magnif-
icent specimens of the men of the
Nation for Presidential and Vice
Presidential candidates Said they
were ''men having such an outfit of
personal habits, that if every man