The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-29
Nancy
Lee....
On the Missfon Of
...he...
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DIX wo or thrse days ago when me
VI. e. r. =. net in Seattle. nsYer
having seen ST heard Z woman
ii gfsaching from a pulpit. /
IL thought would Ike 30 see h0w
L VS. done. ! vert - church
ARD he7r1 a fine and .c-eibse appeal. 10
ranting or mounting. bat az good lee
ture 50 ever man could give. went the
next day 10 see how the vearers ot the
white ribbon bora Themselves IL confer
enea
wornar, whom I know saw me and
hailed me- with. wei. Nancy Lee, you are
the last person erer expected 70 meet a,
O. w r =. T. conference"
To whirr passing remark ] answered,
SIS thy servant saloonkeeoer. that tho.
shoilldst thus aSsail her? Nor Is thy
seTvsGt tner, 20 great q tyonfholder o.
! fnitsd statss government securities that
ere fears 10 sec cur poor and impoverished
nation deprived CT the ore dollar and ten
cents levied az government tar upon each
gallon Of whisky? No? Then way
shouldst thoo smile because I sit among
my peers. the mothers ~ TIE nation. hsv-
Ing at their hearts the wel!-be.rg 0. pcs
terttyr'
Mwx
The first thing that appealed 10 my IN
biased ilixmen. was the character Of the
faces cs the women who had come from
the North. South, Ear and IVES. to meet
In conference upon subject TO each SO
dear. Most OF the women were white
headed and time. which stays not fer man
q: maid, had washed much OF the glow
from the cheek and almost al! " the color
from the iip.
In the place % what the French name
besuts du digbie, hi; what we plain Amer
icans call the freshness OF youth. dig
nifty. A grace a holiness born Of fruitiou
kzH fEz tai g. 1t "
with its glamor and glow. its color and
eternal hope 1t In Ike the spring. an ahid-
Ing PROMISE The autumn also Is beagti-
fui. with shtaYea collected and promises
kept. The most affecting sight IL all this
wirld Ia head ~hlte-powdsred. which
has received its SNOW crown thinking about
good to be done to the world: hands hard
ened with the tool Of upholding the fall
ing. and eyes dimmei with the shedding
OF tesrs OF sympathy and so.ace. Why
In II that tho Catholic church has always
been pre-eminen,y the ole 10 which the
sinner goes In coutritionf is not one Of
her greatest Inducements the ilea VI the
Mother OF God. that all tender. all mer-
cifui Mater Doiorosa. who looking from
the canvas with outstretched hands. speaks
10 the motheriess tAat one WORD. Come =
" " y
|, was truly a touching scene 10 hear
thesa W. &. T. II. women with trembling
Hps tell of their struggles while trying to
belt ting world with the ribbon OF white.
All of,ieayor for good is noble, all effort
III the right direction Is great When /
looked at those women. whose names ] do
not know. aud whom ] shall probably
never see again, my eyes filled With tears.
Why Because / thought OF the bright
and br!liia<t men whom had known
whom drink had slain. Because | pic
tared tho homes made desoIate. Because
j remembered the ittis ragged dirty chill
dren whose drunken fathers had covered
the helpless babies with tl.eir heritage Of
woe
All. me, / thought suppose II were M
con, or brother, 81 father for whom these
women had grown pale and wrinhlea?
Wouldn't / crawl - their feet. and II |
could 40: bless them for saving him, I
could lowe them Tor trying
To drink light dipner wine NJ - par
take in moderation Of any stimulating IL
qunr IN ones own home Is surely not the
worst thing that man % woman can do
* ~ !.
II Is this fashion Of drinking and getting
drank AT public bar which is SO pern-
Ciols. so long rs tire sarkeeper viii. for Il