The Washington bee., 1896-05-30
woMAN's. PROTECTIVE UNION.

The first annud meeting of the
Woman's Protective Union at the
Shiloh Baptist Church, Sunday after
noon was exceedingly interesting
and highly gratifying to the commit
tee having the SINE in charge. While
the main auditoium was not filled to
overhowing, yet the quality of the
audience was Unsurpassed, the choice
of fWashingtonS women was In attend
ance. The program was replete with
brilliant addresses and finely rendered
music. The participants all being
prominent women for their bright ideas
and wonderful power to interest any
audience. Rev. F. J. Grimes con-
Quoted the devotional portion, and in
opening prayer paid a gloomlng tr1-
butte to woman, recognizing her lntiu-
ence in the good from the most ancient
times down to the present.
The President, Mrs. John F. Cook,
after fine rendition by the choir OF
the church, announced that Miss Emma
F. G. Merritt, Secretary would give
the history of the Union, which she did
in ver5 succinct and interesting man
ner, giving an outline from the con
ception of the plan to present. Mrs
John Cook, the President, then IN
her characteristic manner gave the OBJ
iect ard the work proposed. Mrs
Cook referred briefly to the want O.
some representative of the race on the
Board of Reform School for girls. She
emphasized the fact that the schoo
though proposed for incorrigible girl:
of ali kinds, was filled only by colorec
| girls and because of this discrimina
ton, some representative of the race
should be on Board of Trustees of the
Institution as well as in the faculty
The address of the occasion was giver
by Mrs Fannie Barrier Williams, o
Chicago. Mrs. Williams is brillian
and bfainy little woman, whose mission
| seems best served when directing thoS'
who are seeking the way of reform
Having done much of the reform work
that Of teaching the weak to walk up
rightly by sympathetic hand to hanc
work, she was able to give man
wholesome and much treasured ad
vice. The hungry eager listeners lit
orally drank in the much needed sug
gestion so generously diffused by thi
gifted woman. Example in her cas-
being more potent than precept, tn
lessons were indelibly stamped. Mis-
| A. V. Tompkins followed, giving
good practical talk, which should hav
been listened to by every intereste
mother in the community. The onl
regret being that more were not priv
legged to hear it. Miss M. L. Jorda
in her characteristic manner empha
sized the points stressed by the othe
speakers.
The program was interspersed wit
music, kindly rendered by the choir c
the church, together with solos by Mis-
Chanie Patterson, Mrs. Lee Slade an
Mr.. Orme.
The organization though in its in
fancy shows unmistakable signs c
potency and far reaching influence
But month has elapsed since the pei
manent organization of this body, ye
it roots, ramify every section of tn
city, including eighty organized ladie
comprising membership of betweel
1900 to 1900.
The officers bespeak the characte
of the Union. Mrs. John F. Cook
President, Miss Emma F. G.. Merritt
Secretary Misses Ella D. Barrie!
Lulie S, Chase and Julia c. Grant
Assistants Mrs. B. M. Howard, Trea
surer, and an Executive Board, com
posed of twenty, selected from tha
number of different bodies. The Boar
is filled with workers of the best typ
the CITY can afford.