The Monitor-register., 1896-04-24
To Salem County.

In her letter to the New Jersey Gazette.
u State President, Mrs. Emma Bourne.
writes as follows:
DEAR SISTERS: You, of Salem county.
In particular, ! thank very much for the
telegram received last Wednesday. As 7
could not respond to it individually. do
rignt mere and now say it was q gracious
ening to do, and was much appreciated.
l am happy also to know that you made
your county president a life member of
our State Union. She deserved it. for
sne has been abundant in labor, and the
county is prospecting under her admin
lstration. You now have two life mem.
pers gained ibis year, and are ahead of
any other county in this; but Essex and
camden each gained four last year. So
we hope you will keep on until YOU equal
that number.
1t may be we'll to add by way of
explanation as to the contents of the
telegram sent Mrs. Bourne on the date of
u Daretown Convention, that her
daughter entered the holy bonds of
matrimony on that day with n whom
we hope will prove most worthy of the
hand and heart and mind of the daughter
OF our State President. Bless them.
may they dwell in peace, happiness and
usefulness.
a Backward Glimpse of the Balti-
more Convention.
Mrs. Mary j.. Pancoast, Salem, who,
during recess at the Daretown Conven-
tlon continued to give those with whom
she conversed such vivid accounts of the
scenes that took place at that wonder
full gathering of the clans at Baltimore.
gave these two among other glimpses:
Mrs. Laura Ormiston Chant, the noted
English reformer, was the last speaker of
the evening, and created much enthu-
siasm and amusement by her eloquent
and numerous address. sit may not be
bad" she began, '.for England to send
her greetings to this convention among
the other greetings which we have heard
to-day. When l heard the beautiful
story of that most beautiful of national
anthems, "The Star Sprangled Banner"
l thought of the greetings sent by
England in those days-greetings of shot
and shell from the lannon's mouth. But
these that I bring are greetings consisting
of words of love and wisdom and
sympathy. Those days, when England
was stupid and America angry, were,
nevertheless, the dawn of a great day-a
great day for America in her onward pro
gress to her present position, and for
England. In those days the womanhood
of England was asleep"
Mrs. Chant then spoke of the new
woman-the one whose heart is in the
right place, not the one who wears mems
raiment; spoke of the British prejudice
against American women, and said Miss
Willard had done more to conquer Eng.
land than England had ever done to con-
quer America.
A young oma from the Carolinas,
who came to attend the Purity Congress
held just before the National, and
Friends, yearly meeting Immediately
following, naturally, with everybody else
in the city, attended many of the con-
ventiou meetings. Mrs. Pancoast having
met her at the yearly meeting and while
conversing with her seeing she did not
-
SIS thee not o member of the W. G. T.
UP" "No, but since I have seen so
many bright women here assembled
when I return home l shall join the
Union with which 1 lave never identified
myself"
With the ever ready thought character
istic of our women, Mrs. Pancoast
answered her: snow let me tell thee
if. when thee becomes a member of the
home Union-thee does not find the
bright women thee anticipates, do not be
disappointed, but be thysef that bright
ao0mGn."
From the look of intelligence that
%overspread the young woman's face it
was known that the delicate compliment