Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-11-16
W. C. II. U. Column.


ION for his courtesy in giving them a
colum for the use of the Union.
Something OF interest regarding the
work of the local union, or of the
temperance cause in general, will APP
| pear in the w. G. r. U. column every
week
/ The local union has organized for
a year of active work Committees
have been formed to carry on special
work. These committees, with their
chairmen, are as follows:
Program-Mrs. j. w. Wiles,
Press-Mrs. Henry Hubbard Pierce,
Literature-Mrs. Geo. @. Sturgiss,
! Public Meetings Mrs. j. A. Barbe,
Social-Mrs. w p Wiley,
Philanthropic Mrs. Elizabeth Heikle
Loyal Temperance Legion-Mrs.
Berenice Pollock,
Y. w. G. T. U.-Mrs. w. l.. Buck,
Entertainments Mrs. A. w. Brown
A prize of $25 has been offered to
the young man or woman, writing
the best essay ON the subject, 1.-THE
Woman's Christian Temperance
] " iiOl do IL i00BOi III k1O0lGi iNCtQiIls
The following topics from the sub
jects for discussion at the regular
monthly meetings of the union. 1t
will be seen that they are full of the
most vital interest, and every woman
who desires a clean, pure society, will
stop and think as she reads them, and
will perhaps, consider where she is
lending her influence in the work Of
social purity and social elevation.
Nov. 8 Parenthood and Purity.
Dec. | What shall we, as women
OF Morgantown do, to encourage high
er Heals of living?
Jan. 5 The Woman's Christian
Temperance Union and Woman's
Suffrage
Feb. 2 The Cook Versus the Saloon
Mar. 2 ''The Hope of our Country
is Good Mothers"
April 6 Physical Training as a
Moral Factor
May 4 The Social Conscience.
June The Young Woman in
Society.
INTRINSIC GREATNESS.
Perhaps nothing reveals the in
trinsic greatness of man like the
willingness to promptly and frankly
confess that previously held opin-
ion or judgment was mistaken and
wrong. General Grant was great
and magnanimous enough to do it,
He condemned General Fitz John
Porter, if we remember correctly, for
disobedience and inefiiciency. But
in later years, convinced that he
erred in his former judgment, he
publicly retraeted it and became an
advocate for Porter that Justice be
done him. Emerson was great
enough to say, in substance, that he
was under special obligation to the
man who showed him that he was
wrong, and that he delighted to con-
TESS to day that he was mistaken in
the views expressed yesterday. An
other striking and noble instance is
that Of Mr.. Rudyard Kipling, who
tells the world. through the columns
of the Young Man of London, that
he understands now why the preach
ers rave against drink" better than
that, he has himself been made a
prohibitionist. In this way--in a
concert hall in America he saw two
young men get two girls drunk, and
then lead them reeling down dark
street. Then recanting previous
opinions, he became prohibition
list. Any self-denial that prohibition
may entail, any trouble it may give,
any annoyance it may infict, he be
lieves is better than that he should,
by his drinking, help to bring temp
tation ''to the lips of young fools"
With refreshing candor he says that
it is not good that we should let
drink lie before the eyes of the
children, and II have been fool in
writing to the contrary" Let those
who aspire to climb the heights of
excellence in character building
mediate upon these facts. 1t is diff
ficult to say; Il was wrong" but to
learn to do it is to gain one of the
hardest victories over self-Garrett
Journal.
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