Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-10-18
ANN Al MEETING.
w. {. II. L. of the District to Convene
the Goth Instant

TIE Woman's Christian TemDerance
Union Of the District Of Columbia will hold
its twenty-fcurth annual meeting October
~ and II in the Church of Our Father
| 18th AMI l. streets northwest According
to the program twenty departments of work
are to be reported.
Among the first to be considered will be
the department Of legislation and petition
the object Of which is to keep the society
informed upon the laws of the DISTRICT
both present and prospective; also to pro-
vide petition blanks wher requested by To-
cal unions. In the national association
this department aims secure prohibition
/ by constitutional and ST; tLtory law in ev-
cry state and territory. and also to secure
pr2hibitory amendment to the national
constitution, and to petition legislative
/ bodies and influence legislation. There are
now many bills before Congress in which
White Ribborers are interested. and for
which hundreds of petitions have been sent
: in, such as TO raise the age Of protection
for girls in the District" which has passed
the Senate and in a modified form is pend
ing IN the House, the bill forbidding trans
mission of pictures or descriptions of prize
nights either by mail Oh interstate COM
nerce, which has been favorabIy reported
also Senator Hoar's Till forbiddng kineto-
scope representations of prize fights in the
I--:rict.
The association has co-operated. it re-
ports. with the Anti-Salcon League in sup
port of its bin intended TO strengthen the
prohlbitory features of the local liquor
laws. For seven consecutive years the as
ISOLATION has Detitioned Congress for pro-
| hlhitory legislation and has more than 10 :
eco names on papers reposing in the CAPITOL
archives
The w. C. T. L. has also Interested itself
in many other bills pending in the Senate
and House.
Other subjects 20 be discussed and re-
ported ON by the officers and committees at
the forthcoming meeting will be the sale
or wine in the Cong reSsionaI Library res
| taurdnt, the sale of liquors to soldiers in
the District of Columbia prohibition in
Alaska add the canteen question at the
military camps. The meeting will be one
OF unusual interest and Importance to the
White Ribboners
Some OF the principal features in addition
to the usual reports will be the annual ad-
Dress Thursday at IL: As of the retiring
president. Mrs. NJ. B. Plat. who, with this
convention, sewers ner official relation with
| the District w. C. r. T.. An address at
245 pm. Thursday on the Legal Status
of Women in the District of Columbia by
Mrs Ellen Spencer Mussey: the election of
officers and delegs ties Friday morning and
the memorial service and discussion of
resolutions Friday afternoon.
Among the reports that OF the branch
and the department of work among SOL
diers and sailors will be particularly inter-
esting.
Friday morning will witness the presenta-
tion or the prize banner to the union hav-
| Ing gained the largest per cent of mem
| bers during the past year. This will be
one of the last official acts of the retiring
| president Luncheon will be served each
| day by the ladies of the Church of Our
| Father.