The morning times., 1896-12-29
w. c. 7. u. NOTES.

The quarterly meeting OF the District W.
C. T. U. will be held January 13 in Ry
land NJ. Z. Church, Tenth and ID streets
southwest. There will be a demonstration
meeting at night, probably in one Of the
centrally located churches. An unusually
interesting program is expected and local
unions areeXpectedto send full delegations.
The work OF the w. c. T. u is that cf
prevention as we'll as healing. 1t is work
of sympathy as well as a work Of uplift-
ing. 1t is beautiful administration OF
love in the Masters name, a helping hand
reached out to the tempted, to the stricken,
to the unfortunate The lines Of work Of
the ". c. T. U. are organization, pre-
ventivc, educational, evangelistic, social.
legal. Some Of the principal results that
the organization has been instrumental N
securing are as follows:
Its auXiliares have been, confesscdly
tile chief factors in State campaigns for
statutory prohibition and constitutional
amendments. 1t began the movement for
scientific temperance education in the
public schools, having been instrumental
in securing laws to that end i'll all but four
of the States; and besides this it has
secured Congressional gislation, by means
of which all the Territories and the
District of Columbia are brought under
the same heneficent statutes.
The work of the National w. C. T. L.
among the children in Sunday schools,
Loyal Temperance Lcgions and Kinder
gartens; it's efforts to influence college
students and to train and organize young
women for a philanthropic life; its evan
gelstC work for nom n-church goers, for
railway employees, soldiers, lumbermcn,
miners-espccially for the drinking ntrn
Of all classes-all these have proved the
breadth OF its comprehension and the
tirelessncss OF its zeal. Its efforts to
reach the pauper and the prisoner, to
establish reformatories and homes for the
wretchcd victims OF inebriety and their
suffering children, and it's temperance
Flower Mission must appeal to every trle
heart.
1t is permeating public sentiment by its
steady advances upon the press through
monthly and weekly Temperance papers,
and by its countless conventions.
1t has sought to purify the holidays ofthe
people, coming with its sisteriy influence
TO the fairs, celebrations encampments.
and expositions, and by its unrequited toll
providing refreshments, keeping alcoholic
poisons off the grounds, and circulating pure
water and pure literature. 1t has battied
for the maintenance OF the Sabbath, sought
to introduce the unfermented juice of the
grape at the sacramental table, and to
secure a day OF prayer for temperance in
the week of prayer.
1t has circulated countless petitions and
addressed synods and conferences, teachers
associations and medical societies, as Well
as legislatures, State and national, always
for one object and with one plea:
I'VE bescech you to refrain from the use
OF alcoholics, and to outlaw the liquor
traffic"
In recent years it has bravely champio ned
the cause Of woman's ballot, the labor
movement and social purity. 1t seeks to
istruct the youth of the nation, uplifting
and preserving them from the ways that
take hold upon death.
1t also strives to redeem outcast women
from a slavery worse than that of chains
and by better laws to secure protection to
women and girls from the outrage OF brutal
men. 1t has been Instrumental in raising
the age OF consent in nearly every State
in the Union, and its influence is being
strongly felt in the publication Of our
| literature and art.
The only conditions of membership in
the w. c. T. L. are signing the total
abstinence pledge and the payment Of 81
annual dues. The organization deserves
the support OF all good women for the
sake Of what it has done to protect women
and children, if for nothing else.
The women OF this District are cordially
invited to attend the quarterly meeting
January 13, and see for themselves what
the w. C. T. L. is doing here, and give
! their membership to the good cause