The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-26
GREAT WORK BY WOMEN
SYNOPSIS OF REPORTS READ AT
WORLDS w. C. T. U. CONVENTION.
Lady Henry SOmerset's Scheme for
demned by Mrs. Josephine Butler.

TORONTO, Oct. 25.-When the world S
convention of the w. c. T. U. opened this
morning the pavilion was crowded to the
doors. Mrs. Sanderson read her report as
treasurer. The financial statement covered
the period from June l, 1896, to May 81. 1897
The total receipts from all sources were ST.
oSl with disbursements Of s20S2.
Mrs. Josephine Butler, who was to have
read an address on the Promotion of So
cial Purity" sent a letter of regret from
Switzerland. In 1t she avowed her unalter-
able antagonism to the licensing scheme adj
vocated by Lady Henry Somerset and said
that if there was any compromise or swerv-
ing. undecisive leadership with regard to
the social purity department, she would be
obliged to sever her connection with II. This
letter was seconded in a short address by
Maurice Gregory of London, England, adj
monishing the delegates to come out on the
right side of the controversy and citing
some instances that had taken place in
Paris the home of the movement.
A memorial service was then inaugurated
with great impressiveness. A solo was sung
by Miss Reed. with great effect and short
addresses were given by Miss Tflley and
Mrs. Sanderson, Of Canada; Mrs. K. l..
National w. c. T. u, Of the United States.
Miss Agnes r. Slack, for the secretary of
the worlds w. c. T. U. and Miss Mucit.
of Queensland, Australia
A pleasant feature of the session was the
presentation by Mr.. Ramsey. a commercial
traveller, of magnificent banner for the
country showing the largest increase In
membership. He accompanied the gift with
check for $500, to the Worlds Union if it
doubled it's membership this year.
long letter was read from Lady Henry
Somerset, containing expressions of regret
at her inability to take her accustomed
place in the convention on account of her
recent illness.
This afternoon a paper on scientific tenn
perance instruction was read by Mrs. Mary
H. Hunt, who was followed by Mrs. VIII
bur F. Crafts in a treatise on Sunday
school work
The great polyglot petition which is be-
ing signed the world over was again
brought before the meeting, and a motion
was adopted that the signature of Miss
Willard be affixed in her official capacity.
Inc programme was changed in order to
introduce Mrs. Westover Alden of the
New York Tribune who addressed the con-
yention on Good Humor in Temperance
Work Among Women" She was followed
by her father, Professor MISSIONER. of
southern California, who spoke to the audi
e1d On ms personal experience as miner
ana a pioneer in the West
MISS Anna Gordon presented her renort
"a the juvenile work, Of which she is SUI
per1ntendent. - -
report on humane education ~, n.y.,
POWELL, was read by Miss Stack. the secre.
t9ry. 0-io SoOi e
eThe report of Mrs. Hannah PearsalI
smith, of England, superintendent of the
experiment of schools Of method, was read
by Miss Helen Hood, her associate.
resentfng the Florence 1r, 81 England, rep
tod or f11ty-one missions in existenre viii
SIX thousand girls and little ones. and with
record or success in Is per cent. of the
Miss Agnes Stack, the secretary. brought
IN the report of the department of petitions
ana treaties, and she was followed by Mrs,
f. w. Greenwood of BroolxIvn' n en-.
perintendent of the evange.listic work who
gave report of her work
Mrs: Boden of Derby England. then
read her report as Superintendent of mar
LOT meetings. In part, 1t follows: I'm Great
ibrltaln have corresponded with all our
branches and urged upon them, as I also
wish to urge upon you all, the desirabilitv
or appointing local superintendent for this
department of our work solely women who
would be thoroughly conversant with the
unWritten laws of drawing-roona life and
VINO would make a speciality of their work
lViISuiDeilnS enc meeting We'll managed
and Judiciously conducted will bring better
results than larger number held in the
ordinary stereotyped way. This appeal has
so far been courteously met and willingly
and well responded to. From Mrs WickeS.
OF Atttoa, hear that out of 800 new mem
oers gained by all agencies, our depart
ment gained more than four hundred"
The report of the department. of evan
gelisuc training for the two years ending
Oct /, 1897, was presented by 1. Fowler
Willing, who told of the evangelistic train
ing school to be located in that part of
New York city that used to be known as
'HelPS Kitchen" In our locality" the re-
port said, votes are massed that carry
elections. Greater New York, with its more
than three million people, under skilled and
powerful leadership, may swing the State
politically; and the State, with its heavy
electoral vote, may swing the Urion. So we
hold that the salvation of the packed and
poverty-stricken anarchistic and bigoted
people of this city, means the salvation of
the State, and the Union and the world.
The school has received from unions and
other sources 1850 Expenditures for the
two years, about $780, leaving the balance
paid by me $3.50 We want $1,000 or 49, 900
to improve the building"
The entertainment given in Massey Hall
convention. The programme was largely
musical and was rendered by chorus of
one thousand school children. Miss Willard
received popular ovation and delivered a
characteristic address, Mrs. Lake, of ST.
Louis, made a temperance appeal for the
fancy drills of seventy-two little girls,
twenty-four of them dressed in British coll
ors tWenty-four in the stars and stripes and
twenty-four representing other rationale
ties.