The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-08-06

at the Dun W. &. T. L. convention
A liquor dealer in a Connecticut
town, who was greatly annoyed by
the white-ribbon women of his
place, said that The letters w. c. I.
u. formed a sentence of most en-
phatic meaning, that TO him and his
business they meant "We'll & To
| U." And so they do. Not only
the liquor traffic, but every form of
existing evil, it is the purpose of
the Women's Christian Temper
ance Union to oppose.
Napoleon said, "Victory comes
only to the persevering."
Every active w. c. T. U. worker
is supplied with an abundance OF
perseverance, and Judging the fu-
ture by the past, we can almost see
the grand final victory that is com
ing, if we only heed the injunction
of Paul, "Watch We, stand fast in the
faith. quit you like men, be strong
But often in the midst of our
labor, we become SO blinded by the
petty details of the work, that we
fail to see clearly the main object
and purpose for which we are striv
ling; so we think we are doing moth
ing to further our cause.
ave sometimes wonder why our Lord
doth place us,
Within sphere so narrow, so obscure,
That nothing we call work can find an
entrance;
There's only room TO suffer-to endure,
But God loves patience. Souls that
dwell in stiffness,
Doing the little things, or resting quiet,
May just as perfectly fulfil their mission,
BE just as useful in the Masters sight.
1t is true, that we have not done
all that we planned to do this year,
but God has revealed other plans of
work which have been greatly
blessed.
Recognizing the value of the ora
torical contest in molding public
opinioa, the medal work has been
given special attention.
Several silver medal contests have
been held by our Co. Sup't. of
medal work.
Another purpose of the Women's
Christian Temperance Uninn is to
train young girls to become happy,
useful and industrious young wo-
men. Skilled labor is always at a
premium. So our county has done
what it could to help the Hadley
Industrial School for Girls. 1t is
useless to give the history of this
institution as you are all familiar
with its origin and growth.
Dubois county is directly inter
ested in this school, for one of our
bright young girls is there, being
trained to some useful industry.
HILLSIDE Union held a necktie
social which was well attended, and
as a result sent S. to the Hadley
School.
The Importance of saving de-
pendent children is not fully un-
derstood by many people, and it re-
quires a great deal of patience as
well as hard work to accomplish
the desired result.
Our county has several children
in its poor asylum, where most
vicious influences surround them.
AS the state has ordered that
homes must be found for them be-
fore the close of the year, our two
Sup'ts of Orphans Homes, Mrs.
Glezen and Mrs. Hobbs, appealed
to the Board of County Commits
sioners to allow the w. c. T. u.
ladies the right to aid in founding a
home for dependent children until
private homes are secured for them.
We do not know what the outcome
will be.
We are glad to report the organi-
zation of a new union within the
last week. Bethel union having
some OF It's faithful
members united with the ladies of
Birch Greek district, and promis-
ng new union was formed.
We know exery white ribboner
oins with us in bidding than God
speed.
The different unions have held
socials Of various kinds for financial
and in this way have been
enabled to forward more local work.
Our motto is, "For God and Home
and Native land" Therefore we
are grateful to any one and every
one who helps to make it easier to
serve God and who tries to protect
the home. 1t is with a heart filled
with gratitude that we speak Of the
victory achieved by the citizens Of
Madison township, who, by petition,
prevented deadly rumshop from
settling in their midst.