San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-16
ALL THE S0CIETY'S WORK IN
THE WORLD WILL BE RE
PORTED ON.
A Varied And Interesting Program
For A Week-All The Repre-
sentative Women OF The
Union Will Be Present.
Other Late News,

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w. c. T. U. convention is expected to
be notable affair.
1t is not often that a convention is
either important or large enough to
hold four such meetings as those that
are to be conducted at Massey Hail.
At these meetings the work of the So
ciety will be presented almost as
panorama. The public will view the
Organization as an impressionist pic
| ture drawn in few strong broad lines,
ever one of which is a summing up of
innumerable details.
On Saturday, the 23d, five supern-
tendents from among the forty or
more departments, will give reports
Mrs. Mary II. Hunt, Mrs. Wilbur
Crafts, Mrs. Hanna J. Bailey, Miss An
ME Gordon and Mrs. Frances ].
Barns.
Saturday evening Miss Willard will
preside at a popular platform meet
ing. Miss Krikorian, Armenia; Miss
Lisle, England: Mrs. Hoffman, record
ing secretary of the United States, Ma
tional w. L. L. U; Mrs. Kirk, AustraL
ia; Mrs. Thornley,, president, Ontario
w. c. 4. u, and others will speak.
Monday evening the school children
of Toronto viii give a great demonstra-
ton TO show the world wide influence
OF the W. c. ?. q. This VIII be under,
the patronage of the Toronto school
board. Miss Willard has composed one
song especially for the occasion and
1t has been set to music by Mr.. Cring-
an, who has also arranged music for
the w. G. T. U. welcome song. So
many have been the requests for the
REPETITION of tine song Queen Victoria's
Jubilee" that it has been added to the
program. Miss Eliza Wills, a promi-
nent member Of the w. c. T. U, wrote
the words for this song.
Three flag drills will be given, the
first representing the British nation;
the second the United States, the third
the foreign nations. In this connection
three temperance speeches will be made
by children. The Band of the Royal
Grenadiers will accompany the chill
dren and render patriotic selections.
On Tuesday evening there will be a
white ribbon love feast, such as was a
notable feature of the convention in
London in 1895. 1t is expected that
more than a hundred speeches will be
given, for no enc is to speak more than
one minute.
The purpose of the biennial meeting
of the worlds United Womanhood is
primarily to gather the loose ends in
the weaving of a new social fibre, and
perhaps to plan for new methods and
workers. 1t is in the day session that
these details are dealt with. These
meetings will be held in the pavilion
free to all. Miss Willard will preside.
Saturday morning, the 23d, at 10 a.
m, Miss Willard win call the convention
to order. After the roll call of officers
the appointment of committees and
the report of the executive commit
tee will occur.
Monday morning the work will be
resumed and the reports will be given
on medallion test work by Mrs. Jen-
nings Demorest; on humane education,
by Mrs. LOWELL; on schools of methods
by Mrs. Pearsall Smith; and on Flor
ence Crittenden Missions, by Mrs. Chas.
Edholm. At II o'clock a memorial SER
vice will be conducted by Miss WILL
ard. After this Miss Agnes Weston,
whose name has been associated with |
work among sailors, will give a report |
of her work, as also will Mrs. ]. r. |
Barley, Miss Elizabeth Greenwood and |
Mrs. ]. j. Fowler evangelists of tie |
worlds w. G. T. U.
In the afternoon the question of food |
reform will be presented by Miss Yates; |
anti-opium by Miss Jessie McKeTman,
one of the round-the-world msionar-
les; Franchise, by Miss Eve McLaran.
The superintendent of the flower mis-
sion, amusements, press and labor de-
partments will also give reports.
Tuesday morning the report of the
committee on resolutions will be given
Miss Elizabeth Greenwood will give
the experiences of her recent trip to
Honolulu; Mrs. Mary II. Munt will re-
port on the non-alcohol congress re-
Gently held at Brussels. Miss Stodard |