The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-11-17
,erspher, and the stenographer
,nould be one who could edit the pa
~. I'll could have had such pa

a
D through which to speak to each of
You every month Of the year, L would
n we esteemed it privilege and
blessing, and we could make 1t a
pbwer in our mission work. Each
State Superintendent would thus have
trumpet put to her lips with which
to blow blast that would reach the
tartherest corner Of our work.
speak elsewhere of keeping Mrs
Field in Kentucky for the Loyal Tenn
perance Legion work. Ii we could
combine LOYAL Temperance Legion
and Organizer it might be we'll We
| need Slate Organizer that could
aud would go up aud down the State
working up the new territory, and we
are fortunate In being able ID find
one who could combine l., T. l.. and
W. c. 7. U. Organiz"r. Every cent OF
money put in this work is fine IN
vestment; every new Union furnishes
new hands to help lift the temperance
banher and throw OIL the load of the
liuuor traffic. There is one other
question that is very near my heart.
In the eastern part OF our State there
are whole counties without the gospel
In all that territory there are few
women who know how to make
i ned, sweep or dust a room, oT 10
make or bake loaf of bread, l wish
the w. G.. T. u. would establish a
settlement on the plan OF a college
settlement, in some portion OF Thu
destitute territory, and try what
could be done toward teaching dome,-
tic sciences Inasmuch az 'clean!l-
ness is next to Goodness" and as the
"bodv is the temple of the Holy
Ghost" and should therefore be prop
eriy nonrished and clothed, l believe
, that the funds necessary to carry on
this work, with the proper effort,
could be raised entirely outside of the
working force of the W. Z. L. L .
| among our well-wishers who would
, eive to this work, but would not give
? 10 Their lines of our work. L believe
r the returns would be infinitely greater
t than in any city settlement.
u What are you doing along the line
$ of purity This work can best be
Il effected through the mothers meet
= ings or parents meetings. Many
: lost soul will fear, point to mother
K and father and say, sYou are tC
= blam,; you knew the truth anc
d YOU did not tell me, or L would have
Z been saved :" The outcas', down
= trodden women are increasing eaci
i wear. There are two hundred ant
It thirty thousand women between thu
/. ACES of Is and 80 living this awfu
> death in the United States, and at tn
l. lowest estimate not loss than five mel
= to one woman Every year abou
II forty-six thousand of these womel
IT find graves in the pOtter's field, am
1t still the hand of the despoiler takes
k. larger number from honest homes
II thus making the total every year
&c increase. Where is the remedy
lo Where is relief to be foand! w
n. answer, in intelligence set owe
~ against ignorance. First, let us wor
al for better laws; let the disgraceit
% law that the gir!-child of twelve,
al mere baby, can consent to her rui
IN and consign herself to life of sham
he before she knows what she is doini
at while her partner in the awful tras
H. edy may 90 scot free, though a villai
&c of mature years--let such law
d. expunged from our statute books.
Id hope and expect our superintendent
nd of this department to put before yo
nd the form OF such bill, and that
ire may be introduced into our next Lee
sy islature; Also the form Of petitio
he which we want each local Union
II circulate. Let us send in to our me-
m session OF the Legislature such Ii
OF, of petitioners that they will not da
m to adjourn u,til law Is put on OF
ne statute book that will be a protectit
of to innocent, ignorant girlhood. l.
to the parent reverence the human boz
of as the temple of the Holy Ghost, al
he then they can teach their childre
,re Let the child get its first lessons
co. the origin of life from the parent, al
I'D not from an impure source. Ii pa
or, ents shrink from this plain duty 1t
lb- becau.e they have not been proper
m taught / recommend aa helps
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