Evening star., 1897-02-13

Mrs Frances j. Barnes, the general sec
retary Of the Y branch in both worlds and
national organizations, was born in Skanea-
teles, N. Y, and is Of Quaker training.
She entered the temperance ranks at the
time of the crusade, although she did not
begin public work until few years later
when she was associated with Miss Will
lard in conducting gospel temperance meet
ing in lower Farwen Hail. At the Balti-
more convention she was made member
of the committee on young woman's work,
which has ever since been in her hands
until it has grown from committee 10 a
branch, with herself as its general secre-
tary. To her tact and womanliness is due
the increasing success of the associations
work among young women. She Is a pleas
ing speaker, and possesses the less com
mon ability of planning wisely and practi-
cally for the furtherance of her work. III
1890 she went as fraternal delegate from
the National w. c. T, L. to the British
conv .ntion in London. She was there in
strumental in having the department
adopted, which was placed under the sup
erintendency of Lady Henry Somerset.
Mrs. Ellis.
Mrs. Margaret Dye Ellis, daughter of Dr.
Clarkson Dye of New York, a California
pioneer. is of Scotch-D,lten ancestry; born
in New York city, and received her bap-
tism of crusade fire at Alameda, Cal,
where she had gone for her health. She
with other women, organized a prayer
meeting which led to the crusade in that
state. Returning to her adopted state,
New Jersey, she was, made state corre-
spending secretary of the W. c. T. l.. in
1881, which office she held for fifteen years
wren she was elected national superinten-
dent of the department. Of legislation and
enft rcement Of law, which position she
service in the ". G r. O. Mrs. Ellis has as
ads hodre nssdiaay s in rss;
states, Where plain practical truths were
disseminated concerning the mental moral
and physical training of children Mrs.
mans IS Of an nerns sYansea, Ga power and S MG
and eloquent in, fbe W. {. T. L. '''''
Mrs. Mabel l.. Conksin, organizcr for pur-
eral secretary of White Cross branch; lives
In brooklyn. n. Y, and is niece Of Mrs.
Heller NJ Cougar of suffrage fame. Mrs
Conhli is almost constantly in the field,
organizirgi she has withiu the last six
months. III various. cities OF the Union. es-
satlished ifty-three mothers meetings.
with combined membership OF nearly one
thousand women, all of whom are pur-
SURG the plan for this work as laid down
by the purity department of N. w. CT.
U. Just row she IS especially earnest in
promoting the White Cross work-purity
surest and speediest way to lift the bur-
dens Of degraded womanhood is to an
peal to the chivalry OF men for their pro-
lection.
DIR. Mary Wood Allen.
DR.. Mary Wood Allen was born in Delta,
Ohio, In 1S41, the village at that time con-
sisting of but two log cabins. Her public
career began when she was fourteen years
old, and she taught the primary depart
ment of the public school in her native vii
iage for one year. At fifteen her sphere
pIoaaeheo and she went away from home
10 take position as music teacher, hay-
ing class of more than twenty pupils.
only TWO oi whom were younger than her
sen: IN 1888 she entered the classical de-
partment OF the college at Delaware, Chic,
was graduated therefrom in 1861, Just at
the beginning Of the civil war. Her first
appearance upon the platform as a speaker
was In the presentation of a flag to The
Hrst company OF volunteers raised in the
state OF Ohio. She, was married in 1888,
ana mas two living children, a son and a
daughter. e She spent the years from 1871
to 1874 in Europe IN travel and study. She
received the degree Of MD. from the regu-
lar department Of medicine Of the Uni
versity OF Michigan In 1875. and was for
Newark, M.
IN 1855 she read paper on "Heredity'
al al 1ne state convention of the w. c. T. U.
In PORTLAND, NY, Miss Frances Willard
piesiaing: and at the national convention
IN Philadelphia, which followed immedi-
ateiy, she was appointed national lecturer
IN the department of heredity and hygiene.
IN 1917 she was made superintendent of
me department of'purity at the national
convention which met in Denver, Col.
The purity department under her man.
agement has been divided into six sec
nons, those Of reform and legislation, rescue
work, mothers meetings. child-culture Cir
cles. the White Cross and the White Shield
societies. Each of these is under the care
OF competent general secretary, and all
are working together at the fundamental
problem OF the, uplifting Of humanity
through right instruction
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