The Monitor-register., 1896-08-21
N New Jersey.
GLEANINGS.

GLEANINGs.
This is the time of vacations, with
plans for country, mountain and seaside.
Many nerve and brain. .wearied women
have eagerly waited for this much needed
rest. Local unions have suspended
weekly meetings until September. County
conventions throughout the State are
over, and schools of methods are fully
inaugurated.
Looking over New Jersey to-day, we
have no reason to feel disheartened; we
find more effective work done, money and
sympathy given by those not with US,
more courageous effort on the part of our
women to increase mem bership, hard,
voluntary service, with more trust in
Him from whom cometh all our strength.
Mrs. Bourne, State President, set out
to make 1896 tell for the work as never
before, and she has succeeded wonder
fully so far. She says, ''lf we persevere
during the next few months as we have
already done, we will have good show.
ing next October" She has been most
abundant in labors, in weariness, in
journeyings often, attending nearly every
county convention, and in many practical
ways aiding in their success. She has
prepared "catechism" on the State
minutes. Each union at our county con-
vention was given be eforehand a certain
nu amber of questions to answer, with the
understanding that some one of each
delegation would be prepared to respond
for their abssntees, so that every question
was answered very quickly, and the
result was most fortunate, and as it has
been used at all of our conventions, it has
proved to our women that large amount
of information and inspiration may be
gained by careful study of the same.
Amid other honors, our president was a
delegate to the Pittsburg convention.
Mrs. Hammer, of Pennsylvania, and
mrs. Bourne, Of New Jersey, were the
only W. g. T. U. State Presidents there,
except Mrs. Beauchamp, of Kentucky,
who represented the National officers.
The School of Methods at that cosmo-
politan place, o cean Grove, second and
third of July, was grand success in
every way. A lady writing of it says:
II never attended meeting in which the
spirit of kinship-of fellowship, was so
marked; we be sisters in this glorious W.
G. I. u"
Three hundred women attended the tri-
state conference, Prob ibition Park, Staten
Island, and listened to grand addresses
upon methods of temperance evangelistic
work. The summer meetings at Ocean
City, Pitman Grove, Mount Tabor and
Malaga, will each have many good things
educational and encouraging. Fine pro-
grams are in circulation.
Miss Alice M. Guernsey is pushing the
work for the L. T. LIS. She is an inde-
fatigable superintendent. The State
motto for Loyal Temperance Legion is,
King Alcohol must CO."
Miss Mary Campbell, our gifted Y
secretary, came to our town to visit
friends at Drew Seminary and during her
stay among us organized the first Y
union in Morris county at Madison, which
starts out with twelve members under
most favorable auspices, being the result
of earnest prayer, both from tn ose who
have been engaged in the work since
1874 and from one who has recently gone
from labor to reward. 1t was with great
regret we learned that our dear sister,
Miss Campbell, expects to move to
Washington, D. c., in September. 1t
will be a sad day for the Y's as we'll as
the WIS, when she departs from New
Jersey. Many blessings 60 with her.
And what shall record for our press
department ? In the year 1890 there were
only fifty newspapers in New Jersey
willing to publish temperance matter
when furnished; only nine papers having
a W. G. T. U. column and only twelve
counties reported work along this line.
Now over eighty six papers have W.
9. T. U. column and almost all are will
ing to insert line for temperance, many
donate full column or more and all of
the counties have press superintendent
All of these are helpful to the cause,
keeping the subject before the people.
There is marked improvement in all
the departm ents of work, increase in
membership of both WIS and Y's with
great accessions among the colored
people. We have been favored with
much talent from abroad at different
times during the year, all of whom have
left the impress of their thought upon the
people. We are so glad to be able to
record the fact, that almost without
exception the clergy stand by u.s. and
their fervent "God bless you," cheers us
on in our la Dor Of love.
The time for our state convention 10
Bridgeton has been fixed for October 30
to "a Miss Willard is to sail for home
early in October, and New Jersey will
give her and Anna Gordon a reception at
Jersey City on her arrival.
HELEN M. BRITTIN,
State Reporter Madison.
Good night,