The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-10
WORKERS FOR TEMPERANCE.
WOMEN WHO A1E AT HEAD o.
WEST WASHINGTON ". c. =. c.
n Chssss YsssA - Aessvssy-Ov-
gassssss~a rsAsS Leadership -
Miss Aasy l. PaOs, % O1y0D1s.

8boo Sowv - bD0Ss - Wsy1UOs
TIE w. G. r. y. Of Western Washington
10 particularly forfunais IN having at TO
head women who have had long service
In the ranks of workers for temperance re-
form. and who have thereby gained sx-
pers~nce invaluable 10 them In the per-
formance Of their official duties. II IL safe
10 say that during the coming national
convention OF White Ribponers. which
meets IN Seattle October ~ no individual
organization will be better rcpresented
than the wesl Washington division The
following are Biographical sketches Of the
leading officers Of the organisation:
Miss Mary Z. Psss, PsesiAsss.
West washington y. G.. 7. T.. has az
ways been a temperance reformer. ~
were her fathers before her. Her quaker
nos the r .ai h ri FL Nsv as ss sss T.
banish liquor from his harvest reid az
well ~ from his household. II was pre-
dsctsd that ne would be unable 10 get
little farther than usual the frss year;
bat his wife. who was In perfect accord
with him, took pains 20 send out sppstsx-
m lunches. With plenty Of MN: tea ana and
the harvesting was done more quickly and
easily than that Of any OF his neisnbors.
Afterwards no had no trouble In getting
Miss PAGE was born and educated in
Illinois. graduating from the college OF
architecture OF the University OF Illinois
In ISIS. She was successful In her work
~ craftsman, holding positions In strsa-
tor. H.. and Kansas City. Mo. Occasion
ally she took her place behind the teach
err: desk. In MO she came to this state
T. u. Of West Washington. and since
that time all other interests have been
made subservient TO work "for God and
Under her leadership the work In this
state has gone steadily forward. the state
conventions under her wise rulings have
sssn nas%sn !: ana SpEs and the
particularly interested In the lines OF work
that have TO do with saving the children.
and Child In the MIDST and "Co-opera.
tie themes with her when speaking to the
public. She is a close student Of ptera-
ture and has q wide knowledge Of tenn
peranes publications She 10 an indie
fatigable worker and q sincere Christian
Mrs. Maria Goss, Vice Presidess.
wes, wsshInston ' w. z. p !. .. in y is IS
Horace Gre.lsy.s aavice BY going Wet. &C.
sscmpanied by her parents. and st,lsd IN
w the line OF march with. her husband.
they came by stage coach to Boulder.
Col. Afterward. In the city OF Leadville.
she had her baptigm OF active w. &. T. u.
work when the union there carried on n
.inch counter. conducted "a noon-prayer
meeting each day and held weekly socials
for the homeless miners. beside street
prayer meetings. nursing and visiting the
sick and other reform and philantnropic
work.
1859 Mr. and Mrs. Goss moved on and
took w their next abode In Chehalis coun-
~, Wash. Wherever her lot IL cast Mrs.
Gs has the rbbnn sse ana ba, BEEN
heard TO say that: Pioneer life removes
one from many advantage. but furnishes
unprecedented and almost unlimited op-
portunities."
Miss Clara Louise Ansorge. treasurer Of
the West Washington w. c. 7. u. en-
Joys all the advantages OF heredity AMI
environment that nativity In Boston can
confer She graduated u,sa, at an ga, sasy ase;
normal school, and soon after removed 10
Oregon with her parents and one sister.
Her father has rather stern ideas about
Ing. and urged this upon his daughter. She
became a school teacher. She has a
i.udas,e habit o, tol,SSwnS up her ps w,,s
a loving care that never ceases.
Miss Ansorge came TO Shelton nine years
ago. and with the. versatility or a many
sided nature, she has turned her hand %
whatever offered and achieved success In
a business wav. School teaching. music
teaching. typewriting. poultry raising ana
sewing all have served their turn In heip-
ing her on She has built a home OF her
own and delights In making constant I'M
provements.
Through the W. c. T. Y. Miss Ansorgss
gets her widest outlook on NE ann
TO her She has long been gathering PIC
lures and pen Sketches Of leading white
ribboners. so that now she has Doubtless
the finest collection In that line In WASH
inrton In 1897 she was elected treasurer
OF the West WASHINGTON w. c. T.. Y.
with instructive thoroushness she SET ner.
seIf 70 the study Of that department from
the local union up TO the national. and now
/. ore Of the ciearest and most helpiul
authorities on finance problems TO be
found In the ranks.
Mrs. Ellen X. simisOn.
Mrs Ellen X Simsson. recording secre-
.ary OF West Washington w. c. t. u. Ia
not only a loyal white-ribboner but also
prominent club woman, having held the
offices OF vice president and corresponding
secretary Of the woman's Century Club OF
Seattle From, her earliest years she has
possrs~ed temperance principles and early
tolned the W. C.. r T.. She Immediately
developed marked executive ao'hiy ana
which office she has held FOR several years
10 the entire satisfaction OF her ccnsti,-
uency
She has also been treasurer OF the Gem
tai Union FOR over six years and II
member OF the finance committee OF tho
seattle w C. r II. federation where her
good Judgment and financial ability and
experience are highly valued
Mrs SiYnison comes OF German stock and
as a native Of Lancaster, Wis. where her
early days were spent. In her young ~o-
manhood she took III the profession OF
teaching and 80 developed the self reliance
and Independence OF thought and action
which are Characteristic Of 50 many Amer
lean women today.
Mrs. Margaret n. PIatt.
The new corresponding secretary OF the
VIC IT T. OF Western Washington, In a
newcomer to this state. but lis well known
10 whlte-r bboners throughout the country,
Though not belonging to the society. Mrs.
Piatt Is a true Daughter or the Revolution.
ore az her grandfathsrs having been ac-
tive IN that war Her early life was spent