Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-07-14

made a few remarks upon Press
work. She stated that the press
was the greatest educational factor
Of the day and that women as
educators could help greatly in
this work, and she belived reforms
would move on faster if more edu-
Gated women devoted themselves
to newspaper work because it is
through the daily and weekly
newspapers that most minds are
reached. It is the first duty Of
the w. @. T. U. and the women's
clubs to establish reading rooms,
public libraries to supply mental
food for the young men and girls
whom they r trying to reform.
When women are united and or
ganized they can easily obtain a
hearing through the press. Editors
are glad to print any new ideas
and advocate methods Of reform
if they are asked to do s. Mrs.
Gates offered to bring before the
State Editorial association which
meets at Grand Forks this month
any petitions or resolutions which
any woman's club in the state
might desire presented.
Miss Preston next made a plea
for the White Ribbon Bulletin,
an exclusively woman's paper,
owned, managed, edited by women
for women. It is published at the
expense of the State w. G.. 7. U.
and sold at the nominal price of
Is cents per year. Attention was
also called to the merits Of the
Union Signal which is not only a
good family paper but a first class
busy mans paper since it contains
SO much of the news Of the world
in condensed form.
In the afternoon, Mrs. Scoville
talked on "Hygienic Dress" call
ing attention to the various evils
and inconvenience of modern
dress. Expecting an audience Of
women, she had intended to en-
large upon this subject more than
she thought best to do before a
mixed audience. She said, how
ever; they were more than pleased
to see so many men Of brains and
culture who think it worth while to
attend these sessions of the w. G.
T. U.
j. Adam Bede's lecture on
Passing Problems was filled with
suggestive solutions of the many
so-called political problems. He
treated on the gold standard diff
fculty and seemed to solve it SO
easy, that politicians present
wondered how they never thought
of it before. The Chinese ques-
ton, the race question, in the
North and South, in fact all the
leading political issues, Of the day
were SO mingled with pithy and
humorous illustrations, that Mr..
Adam Bede stamped himself in
the thoughts Of old politicians as
a man who could drive a coach
and four through the seemingly
impossible solutions of all kinds
now at issue. Efforts are being
made to induce him to remain over
for Farmers Day-Monday-at
least.
The leading number on the
evening program was an address
by Prof. Mcfarland, on the
Dangers Of Democracy.
Professor Mcfarland in introducing
his address said that Democracy means
equality and that anything tending tt
destroy human equality wa dangerou:
to Democratic institutions. A survey
of the wonderful development o.
Democratic institutions fills one will
en- admiration surpassed only by thu
modern perils. The establishment o.
our government is the greatest eve
in history, because it is the consum
nation of centuries of progress. Oul
constitution is the clear expression o
individual freedom and equality TO.
which the Anglo-Saxons have stood TO:
q Thousand wears. Under tho horof3