The morning times., 1896-08-03
". c. T. U. NOTES.

The annua, school of methods of the
National Woman's Christian Temperance
Union convened at Mountain Lake Park
on Friday night, July "a, with Mrs. l..
NJ. n SteyeEs, vice president at-large. and
Mrs. Helen NJ. Barker, national treasurer,
in charge. Sixteen States and the District
of Columbia were represented. The at
tendance on the opening day WAC .Guch
larger than that OF last year, and great
interest was manifested in the lines of work
presented. Notwithstanding the difficulty
attending travel consequent upon the re-
cent floods the speakers We're all on the
ground by Saturday night nd the meetings
progressed with their usual interest.
Sunday morning Mrs. Barker preached
from the second chapter OF Nehemiah Oh
! The Duty of the Hour, and Sunday night
| Miss Belle Kearney of Mississippi gave an
eloquent Gospel Temperance address
| On Monday night Miss Eva Shontz gave
| a dramatic rendition OF Elizabeth Stuart
| Phelps new novel, entitled "A Singular
| Life Miss ShontZ must be heard to be
| appreciated. No words can fiuy express
! the beauty and pattOs OF her rendering OF
| this remarkable story. IL lis inexEressibly
| sad, and yet exqusitely lovely, and holds
| the listener enthralled until tie last word
| is spoken.
| Among the topics presented and dis
| cussed were: The New Woman" by Mrs
| Morrow, president OF the West Virginia
| W. c. 7. u; Finance by Mrs. Barker;
Christian Citizenship by Mrs. La Fetrl:
The Public School vs.. the Salon school,
| by Mrs. NJ. b. Plat. and How May We
Best Sustain tie Meetings of the Local
| Unions by Mrs. N. r. Hasiup of Mary
land. The parliamentary drills. conducted
| by Mrs. A. s. benjamin, were thoroughly
| enjoyed by all.
| Miss Jimmie Smith, the well-beloved rail-
| road evangelist, was present. and added
| greatly to the spiritual upift of the meet
| ing The continued rains detTacted some
| what from the attendance, but the interest
| was maintained throughout, AMI all united
| in pronouncing the school both pleasant
and profitable.
! The effect of high license on Drunkenness
is set forth by a New York papers statis-
tics obtained from the police officials Of
ninety five cities. Forty-six high license
cities $500 and over. including Chicag go.
| Philadelphia, Boston, PittsbUrg, and Min
neapuiis, averaged 2T5 arrests for drunk
| eh1tss per lO,ctc pOp1IdtiOh III vic ioIty
| nine low license cities, among which
were numbered, New York, Brooklyn and
| Cincinnati, there were 243 drink ar
rests, an average OF fifteen per cent
| less In view of such facts as these,
| can high license claim superiority over
low license as temperance O. meas
ure?
! Sixty-ciGht ministers OF New York city
! and vicinity, in il ministerial decla ration,
| protested against the recent attempt to in
troducc into the State Leg stature an
enactment to license soc ial vice. This
they justly stated would be morally wrong,
| unjus. TO women and degrading to men.
a menace to the home, to society. to the
municipality and to the State.
The annual convention of the W. c. 7
U. of the District of Columbia will ia Ike
pace the first week in October Local
treasurers are urged to hasten the cole
| ton OF dues SO that every mem Der can be
reported. This is of prime Importance, as
much depends upon it Tie last night OF
the convention will probably he demon
stration night when the prize banner will
be presented and an address delivered by
some noted speaker.