The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-13

EUCHRES SCORED.
Mrs. Bourne Tells thew. C.
T. U. Playing for Prizes
is Gambling.
Mr.. RANDOLPH on PURE LITERATURE
Liquor Selling in Department
Stores Deplored by the Rev.
Biddle = His Views
Applauded.

The thirteenth anniversary OF Loca
union No. /, of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union was celebrated yes
terday afternoon and evening in the Sun
day school room of the Centenary Metho-
dist Church. The unlucky number
proved anything but unlucky in this case
for the meeting was one of the best tttt
Union has ever had. There was a largt
attendance the meeting was ullusu-
ally interesting. Mrs schlersth LED ths
prayer meeting by the Rev. MI. Wildiug
Mrs. G. H. Banta, President of the Union
re sad the Crusade psalm y Ne Nosn l4S. .star I,
Trinity Church, spoke of Pure Litera-
ture. He said literature had come to
mean magazines and Time
novels. but that seemed no longer neces-
sary. He thought it was mons too soon
to to di rsa5niia e. against aga i ms th the s,nt two jour
The Rev. Mr.. Winding Talked of Tenn
perance in Sabbath Schools" He favored
the teaching of temperance lessons in The
Sweetly Solemn Thought" and Miss Usher
recited, An present joined in singing
The Rev. Arney s. Biddle talked about
m pnRssGsme OF the ssorS y. c. ne i. s. 5ais and 'n at
pasronize department stores that sold
liquor. The high profits in those goods
enabled them to sell other things cheaper
for goods rather than buy where liquor
is sold.
miss Alice Guernsey. State President of
the Legion She said many branches
We're needed in Jersey City and that the
good effects of the Legion are dncalcul-
Mrs. Randolph, the colored evangelist,
spoke of the need of work among the
colored people. She said she was very
anxious to nave a home established here
for r0lnra2 pirlS Mrc SaupAru- folA IF
the work accomplished by the Band Of
Hope of Newark avenue. Mrs. Schlereth,
a9som n antsdna by Mrs + ., Bia Ms g, sang,
ncunced the benediction and the meeting
adjourned for supper. A delicious supper
the rear of the meeting room. The la
dies who served the supper were.-Misses
Fannie MARBLE, Alice Banta, Ella Fisher,
Wright, Everett Mrs. Newman, Mrs
The evening session was opened with a
song service led by Mrs. Schlereth. The
Rev. Mr.. Goodman read the Scriptures
Do With Jesus?" Mrs. Wright gave the
report of the treasurer, showing the So
ciety to be in excellent financial condition.
dae secretary seer sy Mrs: Titus. said the so
honorary, eight of whom are minister's.
Miss Usher recited "a Little Hero.n
The address of the evening was made
by Mrs. Bourne, President of the State
w c. 7. u, on 1.-THE American Home"
She said:-"T ak tonight about the home
because the women are the home makers.
It has always been the glory of the w.
c. 2. U. that it has led to that centre
and not away. The American home
should be the typical home, because of
our glorious ancestry, because it came
into existence at a time when barbarism
and superstition were shorn of their
power and truth was displacing error,
NOW We are menaced by immigration.
which is hostile to our institutions, to
our and to the teachings of our
ancestors.
THE liquor trafic costs more every
year than our entire civil government.
army and navy, river, harbor and pension
Dill, National, State and local debts and
schools. 1t has reduced politics to one
basic principle: party success at any
cost. The time has come when the POI
way is by home influence. We must
teach that patriotism and love for our
nag means not only to be willing to- die
N time of war, but in time of peace to
I'VE Tor our country and face its issues.
We must warn our future citizens against
gambling. impurity and love of gold.
What weight has a fathers words when
ne tells his son to avoid the degrading
influences of the barroom and saloon and
the son knows his father takes his Gus
ner son against playing for gold when
Sne sits down to a charity whist or
euchre and plays for prizes of silver or
a China ornament?
We must train the future citizen TO
understand all phases of temperance re-
form. physical, economic, moral and no.
Iitlcal. The message I give you now is
the one Secretary Seward gave the
cabinet officer deposed by Andrew jack
We need recruits. We do
not want women with little children to
do outside work. Their influence must
be used in the home"