Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-02-02

II lean only place little brick in the pave
ment of the Lords highway will place II
there. that coming generations may walk
thereon to the Heavenly City. - Phillips
Brooks.
An active white ribbon woman re-
Gently said to q co-worker: with so
many societies in the town we must
see to it, that tho w. G. L. U. is not
| pushed aside" and there is wisdom in
her admonition, for under the condi-
tions named it is possible to have it
pushed aside. " And yet the Woman's
| Christian Temperance Union appeals
| to the interest of the good people of
our communities, in that it PURPOSES to
make the world better, and happier
place, by lifting from humanity the
awful curse of tho liquor traffic. All
| of its roads-the more than 40 depart
ments OF work-paved with carefully
devised methods, lead to this end.
But notwithstanding the claim Of our
organiza ion to hearty support, the
facts confront us that many whose CO.
operation We desire regard total alb
stinence from intoxicants as fanaticism,
and treat this broad and vital reform
with utter indifference. Accepting the
| situation We can try to exercise the
charity that 'hopeth all things" and
patiently pursue our work. There are
ways and ways of "seeing to it, that
1.-THE W. G. I. U. is not pushed aside"
some of which We state.
See TO IT. that the best W. @. 7.
U. speakers address our people ns often
as possible.
''See to it, that Scientific Temper.
ancc is taught in our public schools,
4 n, ,l ha4 a.,
| organized in each town.
See TO it, that the members Of our
unions read The Union Signal, even If
several copies must be taken by each
union to effect 1t.
See to it, that the departments of
work adapted to the needs of each
locality are adopted by each union.
| See to it, that our work is promptly
| reported to those who with pen in
hands wait to pass w. G. L. U. news
along the lines of the press. s.-l
''See to it'' as individual white
ribboners that we are loyal to our State
county and local officers, and that we
attend the meetings of our respective
unions, and try to take with us some
plan for the advancement of the work.
"See to it, first, last and always,
that we remember the foundations of
the Woman's Christian temperance
Union were laid with prayer and that
I'm the Lord Jehovah is everlasting
strength. "
The following letter to The New
Voice, from Mrs. II. Hunt, is worthy
of attention:
Editor of The New Voice: Fourteen
years ago certain State in the United
States enacted rather loose temper
ance education law, giving much lati-
tude to school boards and teachers. In
one city in that State the teachers
said, We will teach this subject from
the positive side, the ideal; we will
not tell the children what they should
not do, nor much about the beer or any
other alcoholic drink. We will fiji
their minds SO full of good and beauti-
full things that there will be no room
for the bad. Nineteenth of those
children came from homes where beer
is as common ms water, and saloons
abound. Last April 600 young men
from the public schools Of that city
enlisted in our army. Although not
in battle, they returned home to die in
| great numbers in spite of the best
medical skill and care. Investigation
| shows that these 600 young men, whom
| the schools had taught nothing of its
true nature, landed in Santiago, each
with bottle of whisky in his pocket.
More than three glasses each was theii
daily habit. Poisoned with alcohol,
, said the surgeon, they did not respond
to remedies and had no recuperativC
{ pow r with which to throw off the
| malaria. They had the legal right to q
, sound education in the public schools
, in laws Of hygiene, but they died vic.
} tins Of that fatal sophistry which
under the guise of teaching only the
IDEAL does not teach all that the Law
demands and the exigencies call for.
In the same regiment were two com
a panies of young men from other sec
tions of that State, where the temper
ance education law had been enforced
i in an honest, Straightforward way
, with indorsed, well graded text book.
in the hands of 'the pupils above thu
primary, and with good oral instruction
| in the lower grades. These young men
: abstainers almost to a man, on return
, ing to their native climate quickl,
!. threw off the malaria, and returned K
i useful private life.
The Union Signal of January 12tt
8 contains the following message t.
unions:
n "By action Of the National Conyen
ton, February 18th was set apart as
q day of memorial for her whose nam,
4 will be inseparable from that of tn,
: organization of which she was for s,
many years the head and front.
1.-THE meetings held on that day
while commemorative of Miss Willard
: beautiful life, are not to be memoria
services. but occasions upon which tn,
u aim and work Of the W. G. r. U. shall
= be emphasized, its pillars broatlened
9 its bulwNks strengthened. And rs
part of the accomplishment OF this ide;
J the thought ever uppermost in Mis-
2 Wizards mind and heart lit is aske,
that every local union send two dollar
2 of the collection taken at such meeting
Z to the national treasurer as memoria
q fund to be devoted to the work of up
s building
: MAY the results of the Observance
n of this new red letter day, the frs
anniversary Of our leaders, heavenI
u birth, be such as TO cause roioicinI
# among the workers with God in heaveI
Z and upon earth. !"
! HELD FOE COURT