The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-24
WORK0F GOOD WOMEN
WHAT THE WORLDS w. c. r. e. Has
ACCOMPLISHED IN TWO YEARS.
BfenpIal Convention Opens ut Toron-
to-Nfss Willard Tells OF the Pro-
gre.s of Arbitration. Abstinence

ventton % the Nori3's WcIan's Christian
Temperance Trio1 was formally opened
e IRE pavilion az the Horticultural garden
today. The battling xas throags3 when
the convention vas called 20 order BY Mss
France. E. willard ths president. ard
great interest was displayed on al sides.
The speakers were received with great ap-
plauss and waving OF hantksrchIets. The
report % t5s executive couTitise vas read
% Miss Agnes +. Slack The notice 10
amend the Qualifications for membership
BY adding TIRE words without distinction
Of race or color" was received With ire
rendoas applause
Mss Frances willard then presented her
biennial address. She sad:
Canada les6s the world today I'm the
great prohibition struggle and IL leads
with cheering prospects o. success IL
great foreign population 70 contend vita
with which We are almost fatally handl-
capped: its nsoDse are ertosls-rnindad and
practical; Is average standard Of morals
and religion Is hIgher than ours.
t'Tha first national convention OF Japan
csc women was held in April last and
marks the most significant temperance
epoch ia that wonderful new land. wnlca
is oldest OF al.
The Victories of Peace.
Mis-. Willard reviewed briefly the work Of
the various delegations II foreign lands.
and. continuing, said:
The cause OF peace has won great vic
tories this year. The arbitration treaty
with our mother country Is only lying over;
already We have reason 20 believe that.
through the influence OF the president. ar
rangements are being made for ths pre-
sentstioa OF another treat " OF wide scope
The siorthing Of Norway appointed
committee Of nine 10 consider the question:
OF forming arbitration trsariss with for
elgn nations and 10 submit, proposals 10
tina; end: France IL moving In the same
. w.
the czar and the emperor Of Germany are
unT'tst skahiy IN favor or pac!nc measures:
while the treaty between Turkey ana
Greece. recently promulgated - the pow
ers. is a peace triumph. even though u
registers the sI0servisucy OF Christian na-
lions "a the great MasIen hierarchy.
Norway has called in the help OF women
IN its efforts 70 solve The drink problem,
ali above p years or axe having been made
voters on tire temperance question, and by
the united efforts OF temperance men and
appear and prohibition viii be the law OF
Norway"
Review of the Years work.
Miss WIZARDS address covered IN SIS
comprehensive scope reference 70 the
queens jubilee: the Indian famine: the
aid given the Armenlans through the ef-
forts Of the Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union. the national society having
forwarded so GO; the splendid gains in
membership snd work In all the large aux
iliaries. the urgent calls that have come
from Burmah. India. China. Ceyion, South
America. Mexico and other countries for
resident white ribbon missionaries and
lecturers; the need for inebriate Industrial
homes: substitutes fer saloons; the plans
OF the Boot1-Tuckers for relieving the
congestion IN great cities. closing with i'm
portsnt recommendations for the extension
OF the work and sppreciative tributes 70
the late Gen. Neal Dow and other workers
who have died since the convention met
in London two wears ago.
The Question of Social Purity.
Regarding the purity question. Miss VII
lard said:
mo good can come OF legalizing the vio-
lations Of two laws OF God-First. Thou
shalt not commit adultery second. Thou
shalt love thy neighhor "a thvself' The
foundation and keynote In the arch or
heathenisIn is the sacrifice OF wonan's
purity on the altar OF mems lity.
and II there Is one monstrous thing which
above another represents the anti-Christ,
Il is that fact II Oriental countries wo-
men are helnless in the hands OF men. as
ries, and the deuths Of degradation 20
which this utter dependence has reduced
them are tevnHd sH power OF Western
comprehension.
The United states Leads.
After an hour devoted 70 devotional serv-
Ices Secretary stack resa ner 0Utciaf re-
port II was an exhaustive ANALYSIS % the
work throughout the world. The United
States. according to this report. ia the
largest auxiliary having enrolled Is SIS
new members with Colorado. Utah and
Idaho showing the other states an exam
pie In woman suffrage. Nearly $1,000 has
been raised by the w. c. T. u. for Arne-
MA
The trisnnlal convention held In Queens
land this spring extended a cordial invita-
ton for the next worlds convention 10 be
held IN Australia
The banner offered by Miss Willard TO
the colony reporting the greatest increase
was won by Queensland. The total men,
bershlp In Australia is .ss9 members and
LILO honorary. members
The executive committee has authorized
the celebration Of Neal Dow's birthday.
March 60 as . national temperance day.
This committee reelected ali the former
officers
still Hope for Arbitration.
The fourth biennial report OF the super
tntendents OF the Worlds ". c. T. Z. de-
partnnent Of peace and arbitration was
presented by Mrs. Hannah J. Bailey, OF
winthrop. Ne. IN the course % her re-
port. she says:
The most disappointing Of all our ex-
ra~terres during the last biennial term