The Portland daily press., 1899-09-28


service Is county attorney no temperance
worker raped at the grand iary rom
door to ask for the prosecution OF a rum
seller. The people are not supporting
the officials a. they should. lie said he
was on his way TO Portsmouth, n. H.. to
get list OF every rum seller In Maine.
or this list he should make several copies
and would see that the holders OF United
States llcsnses In Mime are prosecuted.
He said IL means something to be a tenn
perance man in Maine, but he Intended
to prosecute rum sellers no matter what
the cost might be.
Mrs. Stevens said that this had been
tried 10y the W. G. 4. U. once and two
women were prepared to go into court
and certify to the correctness Of the list.
but very few VIC. U. women took ad-
vantage OF It. Mrs. Stevens said the
apathy IN the enforcement Of the prohibit
tory law was on the part OF the men and
not Of women.
Ala o'clock the young ladies OF the
'Y" branch assumed charge and fur
nished very interesting hour. Miss
Lubelle Patrick of Cumberland county
had charge Of this hour. The exercises
were opened by singing the "Y" song.
Then followed reports from the various
"Y'' presidents from all over the state.
Miss Harriet Estabrook of Bangor read
q paper dedicated to the ''Y," and writ
ten by Miss Mary Crosby OF Bangor, en-
titled; "Helping Somewhere"
Mrs. Gertrude Stevens Leavitt Of
Stroudwater. daughter of Mrs. l.. NJ. n. Stew
ems, who has all her mothers gift Of pub.
lilo speaking, made brisf address which
was received with much enthusiasm.
Miss Lubelle Patrick In her annual re.
port, spoke of the work which the young
women are doing in Maine. -Four new
aYs' have been organized during the
year. There are now secretaries In ID
OF the 16 socisties.
Miss Alice Moore of Camden gave u
brief address on missionary work. Sne
told about the work OF Miss Paris In
Japan, and of Miss Carris White Of Ber-
lin In Burmah. She said that.the KS" of
the State of Maine:have done for the:Clara
Paris fund more than any other state
in the Union. The "Ys" at Island Falls
and Camden have done as much alone
as the state of Massachusetts,.
The hour closed with addresses by Miss
Effie Littlefleld, who spoke OF the intlu-
encs Of the "Y" on the young women,
and by the National Vice-P President of
the W. @. T.U., Miss Anna Gordon, who
spoke encouragingly to the "Y'' workers.
Miss Sarah Munroe Hall OF Rockland
In closing the "Y" hour, sang delight
full solo. She Is possessed of a voice OF
great range and sweetness, and her sing
ing has added great deal to the enjoy
ment Of the convention.
The chairman of the committee ON Gre
dentials reported at this time that there
were II county presidents in. attendance
on the convention, IS superintendents,
80 local preside nts and las delegates,
making 21S In all.
Mrs. ]. L. Spaulding of Caribou spoke
UPON "Uufermanted Wine at the Saora-
ment," and asked IL there was church
In Maine where fermented wine Is used.
She paused for an answer to this ques-
tiuD, but received none. She said that
she had been engaged in this work for 10
years. Hancock county was called upon
for song and to the tune of yankee
Doodle" sang about what women would
do when they come to vote. They were
given an encore and sang the last verse
over again. The convention adj ourned
for the afternoon at 5.45 O'Clock.