The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-03-05

1 7, .hal ntS uer. LOOK OF the
Deam In their own eye and try ant
i,nd out what you can do to make Tho
meetings interesting
ana now have q word for eyer,
one or us. You each one know whcI
you Join this Union that one OF Tho
conuitions is that you pay sixty cents q
year as dues. Now, hope there 10 no,
member present to-day who 10 M,
PAID up In full to date. but I know there
are some In this district who have not
puld cent Tor several vars and vet
they consider and call themselves mem
oers How they can do this ! do NOT
see. IL II was one of your missionary
societies or any other kind of society
winch you Joined you would have IN
pay your dues. and much more thnn
sixty cents. or course. do not mean
TINS TO apply to any OF you members who
are poor and cannot afford to pay. You
Gun Keep their names on your books and
pay their State and district dues from
your treasury. l mean Gods Door
poor inoeed-not those coming under the
neau OF Sam. Jones poor widow" I
know one Union where different mem
bers have paid the sixty cents for dear,
faithful members who they knew loved
our cause. but could not afford to nav
anything. There are some Unions where
tney pay Il certain amount each yenr
TOT dues, whether they have the required
u.
iault Is this. the presidents or the
treasurers?, DO these Unions never ex-
pect TO crow any more? If they do. how
rs the state to know It? Do they never
gam any new members? If they do.
90 they lose the same number gained
each year by cid members not payfn.r
up? Our constitution says we must nav
SiSty cents Il year, and how easy we
could do 1t IL we would lust DENY our
selves a little pleasure or luxury.
twenty-five cents of that amount must
be paid to the State per member How
YOU can get around that | don't sne
lreaslrers. lind out your duty and do II.
Dear sisters. there Is another mat
Yer l WISH To mention lust here, and
lhat is our iinpolitencss and dscourtesy.
a superintendent told me that she had
written TO each union and Y I'm this dis
trict I'm regard to her department. and
lnd received Just two answers Now. is
this right? Would you like to be treat
cd so? Please remember the Golden
Rule.
Ihcre is one other matter which I
wish to bring before you and close
una that is your state paper, the Vir-
Eliha Call. believe each president
taxes II. | wish to call your attention
10 the table published in the February
where the number Of members
each union has Is given. and the num-
Der of Virginia Calls subscribed for
You VIII see how few papers are taken
compared to your membership This
ought not so TO be. If your members
call not afford to pay twenty-five cents
4 year FOR their own State paDer that
Lhey may know what the w. G. T. u.
IS doing in Virginia, then. presidents,
ny 10 you get up an entertainment of
Scme kind and make enough money to
nave IL sent to each one. You will then
not nave TO complain SO much about Your
members not being Interested i'm the
WORK OF the union. No workman can
work without tools. | would like To
ask of presidents and members how
many OF you who take The Call have
thought enough OF II to carry to YOUR
union and read extracts or items from
It's pages. If YOU have not done il. II
Is not because there was nothing worth
reading I'm it. for 1t is ALWAYS filed with
interesting matter. and it does seem to
me II two women I'm the State are will
ing TO give free of charge their tima
ana energy all through the year and
sometimes money to publish IA State m
per III the interest of our holy cause
that the rest of the women might sub.
scribe tn IL or get subscribers for IL
TO Keep II out of debt or from Tailinl,
entiteE' ana II YOU only knew the work
done by your editor YOU would surely
appreciate her efforts enough TO road
ana nave read what she writes
sincerely hope. my sisters that yor
viii take all that | have said in love bnt
l nave been so stirred up az go I'm ma
out among YOU on these important nues-
lions that ! cannot refrain from spcpk-
ing oil them before lose the opportunitv
MS inns may be my last chance for
Shall he more than glad To welcome i,
successor To this office. which | r.,ro
so lmperfcctly filed the past Cour yn,r.
|. want TO recommend that VIC h,v.
bylaws framed, governing our district
work 'e'
:. want TO recommend that we have
Surcrintendents of departments c,crtc,,
from the district.
j. That by all means. WI, Inv, , Y
secretary, who will be willing to attanl
10 the iahors and duties of that office
FROM March, 1895. TO March 1896
nave attended regular meetings of tho
UNIONS, ITO; PUBLIC meetings. and tool,
part III Il few. 20; paror sociables. nnd
TOOK part In most all. 10: l.. II. l.. meet
lnES. ana took part in all. s: convcr-
Inns hHtu, presided over 4: cond,r,nd
election of officers. 10: written unstaI
CARDS lZ5; written letters liza: ontcrtoi,,
ea MISS Ensign, one OF our national Icc
,urcrs' ordered thousands of pages of
literature and l.. r. l.. supplies: assist
cu IN the procuring OF the charter for
me a. L. Union: given advice and inCor-
hallon times innumcrablc when soupIt
lnr ny those interested in our work ana
ald WHAT could to advance the interest
OF mat institution whenever and whnr,-
ever | possibly could.
ANA now. dear sisters. nv the law or