The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-02
Twentieth Annual Confer
ence of Women Who
Want to Boss
Creation.
SATURDAY NIGHT CLosIN G.
New Freak Of the Busybody Spirit
American Annex Heard
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LONDON. June 2. 1S96-Queen's Han.
London, was crowded last evening with an
enthusiastic audience upon the occasion
of the opening of the twentieth annual
council of the British Women's Temper
ance Association. Agnes Weston presided
and in short address extended q hearty
welcome to Miss Frances Willard, Presi-
dent of the Worlds w. C. T. u, who
was loudly cheered when she appeared
upon the platform.
Miss Willard delivered brief address
in which she declared that the growths
Of temperance and the Christian gospel
were concurrent.
Lady Henry Somerset, the President Of
the British Woman's Temperance Asso-
citation, then delivered her presidential
address. which was received with pro-
longed cheers. Canon WiIberforce, of
Westminster Abbey, also spoke. Lady
Somerset in the course of her address
said:-
There can be no wider evolution Of
Womanhood's organized and systematic
efe1ts for women than this international
movement will afford. and the concentra-
tion of power that it will send out along
lines of benehcent action, as its final
raison d'etre.
THE total admission for the year tol
the London Temperance Hospital have
been LOGS, the best record made during
the twenty-five years since the hospital
was founded. The eut-patient department
is attended by more than five thousand
persons annually. The best result Is.
that the alcoholic consumption has del
creased as much as sixty per cent. in some
OF the London hospitals, while the ten
dency is steadily in favor Of eliminating
alcoholic beverages from hospital practice.
I am glad to learn that our white ribbon
sisters, who founded the women's fhospi-
tai ten years ago in Chicago, and have
since carried it forward successfully in
their own hired house, have since pur-
chased an eligible site near several medi-
cal colleges and hospitals in that city,
and are about to erect permanent build
ings.
"M.s. James B. Hobbs has been the leads
ing spirit in this enterprise for many
years, and can attest by personal OBJ
servaticn the great advantage that has
come to the temperance cause in Amer
| ica from this branch of the work of the
National w, c. T. u.
"One of the greatest hinndrances to the
| success of the wage-working woman IS
| the fact that there are hundreds. espe-
claHy OF young women, who go INTO the
o. pocket money; and who, by accepting
less than a living wage, do an incai-
culdble injustice to their sisters who re-
| with all my heart 1 wish we could
| see a bill brought before u for early
closing on Saturday night. 4g-.- be-
lleve, would effect even more L. -in-
| day closing itself. Thousands woela
saved to the people every week Il + Sas
ing snenf at everV streef .t Corner "
I'm dealing with Sunday closing, while
the whole question must be handled with
.f-1+ - off.
the consciences Of many must be az
ways great, 1 cannot believe that we
have done wisely i'm closing every place
| the attractions set out by the publican.
| That every temperance refreshment
house. coffee house and eating house
| Sunday dawns, seems to me to be play
/ ing into the hands of the enemy in a
way that is not in accord with the spirit
'-fhe worlds W. c. T. Y: goes, on cons.
| quering and to conquer. Since the mem-
| the President, Miss Willard, and Associate.
/ Secretary, Miss Anna Gordon, have made
a trip through all the Southern States Of
| towns in twenty-five States. Miss. Acker--
mann has visited Iceland and founded
a preliminary trip to Holland and Sweden
| and Finland, and Miss Agnes Slack has
| enlisted more than thousand women
4 in Ireland to organize local unions. with
4 a view to their Federation and auxiliary
1 ship in the worlds w. C. T. U.
4 There is a movement on the part or
4 of Massachusetts to found settlement
I in Boston. 1t is my purpose to enter on
| the same work in London at no d1stanr
/ SAmong the deeds of international recip-
1 rocity that this year has witnessed is the
/ work of Mrs. Barney, of Providenee, +
T., superintendent of the Worlds w. G.. T;
| u of the department of prison and Jail'
work This is Mrs, Barney's third visit
! by invitation, and, while each was very
successful, the last is generally pro-.
| so wide an interest that we should rejoice
| to have Mrs Barney with us again when
| ever the demand for her services in her
| own country and Canada Will permit.
| 'I wish to express my gratitude to the
| White Ribbon women OF America for
| their affectionate response to my request
| that Miss Willard might come to us for
helping forward the work of our annual
| meeting. England is now almost as much
| the home of our leader as Is America. for
/ as president of the Worldwide movements
| she Is surely welcome wherever White
| Ribbon home opens it's friendly doors.
| zone hundred and eight branches have
| been organized in England and south
| Wales by means Of which a membership
| of over three thousand has this year been
| added to the association. Scotland has or
| ganized thirty branches and the North
Wales Union thirty-six Total additions.
l one hundred and thirty-four.
'sThe Scottish Christian Temperance.
| Union, which has a membership of four,
| teen hundred and includes sixty branch
tion urging arbitration, in which it
| presses the 'advisab ability of concluding
some treaty arrangement by which all
| disputes between Great Britain and the
1 cation to some tribunal representing both
| nations and uniting them in the common