New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-20
FOREIGN W. C. T. l. WORK.
NEWS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CON
GRESS TO BE HELD IN PARIS
FACTS ABOUT THE WORK IN BURMA AND NOR
wAY-CLARA PARRISH. THE GREAT TEN
PERANCE TRAVELLER.

PERANCE TRAVELLER
At the international Congress Of Temperance
Workers. TO he held in Paris next April. Lady
Henry Somerset will be represented by a paper
and Miss Slack will give an address The
Place Of Woman in the Womans Temperance
Reformation" The Societe de Restaurants de
Temperance has offered the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union space at the International
Exposition; 10 he held next year. and 1t is hoped
by those interested that the cause will he greatly
promoted In France and Continental Europe.
Ii was In June 1895 at The Conference de Yer
sailles" that Miss Agnes Slack. honorable secre-
tary OF the Worlds Woman's Christian Temperance
Union gave the address on total abstinence that
was followed by enrolment Of thirty members.
including some Of the most representative
IN Paris. Although the work inaugurated
FIVE years before this address placed II on frmer
basis than ever.
Miss Clara Parrish founded the work OF the
''Y" in Burma last February. by forming a So
ciety al RangoOn Later two more unions were
formed in Moulmein. more than a hundred young
women becoming members. TWO OF these societies
are Of English and Is Of native girls. The
girls OF the Rangoon "Y' have already planned
for visits to hospitals to make study OF par
llamentary law. TO form physical culture classes
and 10 organize A white ribbon chorus to sing
at temperance rallies OF the city federation.
The first ~" union in Australasia was organized
b. Mrs BrentnaI colonial president Of Queens
land in Brisbane. in 1889 Her daughter. Mrs
Flora B. Harris. is now superintendent for Aus
tralasia and the work has been extended TO all
the seven colonies Tho membership is about five
hundred and in three years nearly $3.50 was COL
llected for the work and something Ike six hun
drAd thousand pages a literature were distributed
Five unions in one colony for several years paid
the salary OF A Bible woman in India, who resu-
larry visited the homes OF twenty-five natives.
Miss Tami Mitani Miss Yae YAKIMA and Miss
Tami Inai are in charge OF the ~ work In Japan
as secretarv assistant secretary and treasurer OF
the national union. Since 1897. when Miss parrish
formed the first society. the growth OF the y mas
been steady. over a thousand young girls claim
membership. and there are unions in nearly every
large school and college in Japan
There were twenty ~ unions In the south
African colony according the report read at the
last convention, with a regular membership OF 44o
and an honorary list OF 80 names Since then three
new unions have been organized. The work taken
I'D is on the same lines in the older countries
with separate department. for work among the
native races An interesting member OF the society
Il Fanny Mabuda who is the eldest daughter OF the
native pastor OF the Zulu church at Umzumoe'
Natal For years or more che mas oeen con-
nected with the Umzumbe Home. boarding schooi
for girls first as a pupil and for several years as
teacher.
tn. schools OF Natal DO not afford opportunity
FOR advanced education 10 natives, and Miss
Mabuda has given up her classes for a time ana
has entered the Lovedale School for three years
normal course.
The centre Of the work In Spain is at Biarritz,
where the international Institute is engaged IN the
.ducation OF Young women More than two hun
dred girls have received the benefit Of instruction
in the Home. and there are now forty-eight IN at
tendance Seven are daughters OF Spanish pastors.
and three others have brothers pastors.
The National organization at its annual conven-
ton at stavanger showed that the temperance
movement is increasing in strength with great
rapidity although Il is Of recent Introduction Mrs
Alice Hanson writes Interestingly Of the convention
10 the official organ OF the Women's Christian Tenn
perance Union in this country. as follows:
The white ribbon movement is new in Norway
and the women have taken up only rev uePdl,,
ments, but all seemed willing ana ANXIOUS 70 lily
their best The hall was beautifully decorateo VIII
green foliage. q profuslon or beauuiul I -
white silk and satin banners made IN me shape %
large bows on the wall hung NE size poTt Ol
AsbiOrn Rloster the originator or the TOTAL an
stinence movement In this country " one siue a
n was a picture OF our own sainted Miss WIZARD.
white ribbon secretary in Norway 49, .
Tne secretary. Mrs. Espenak, OF Eergen. IS
v-id-aWake American born woman, VINO mas Deen
eight years in Norway, and speaks the IahsIasgI
well Among the leaders were mattonIy scn 100,
the benefit OF long experience and training IN ther
field Of observation 49,.
ord SWeden Lady Henry Somerset, Mrs. Wedel
Jarlsberg and others were read anna great IN
The Convention has left a fine impression. and the
outlook for the future Is good a reception was
accorded the delegates by me stavaneSr b ubior
ornfscs unfiI a late hour The following day was
enioyed In an outing 10 Rloster Island where me
historic convent from tho twelfth century was
/ vislted and an impromptu reception at the nome
OF Miss Edland. on an adjoining ,sIs sl Di '
! az Inc best conventions ever held IN Norway