The Portland daily press., 1899-09-27

healthful sign in the trend OF literature.
Our New England poets sing no drink
ing songs nor does Kipling. 1t Ia not
popular for q man TO drink and the ranks
Of iDtemperanoe could not supply sue
cessor to MIR. Reed, and If such man be
nominated sin spite of all the monopoly
Of the Republican party he would be
turned down" He closed with an elo-
queDt axhortatlon to the members of the
W. g. L. U. and urged them to work for
"God, Home and Every Land"
Mrs. George S. Hunt voiced a welcome
from the local union In well chosen
words and referred to the basic principles
OF the w. g. L. U. Mrs. Sarah Lord
Cram Of Biddeford spoke In behalf of the
state and the closing address Of the even
ing was by Miss Anna A. Gordon of
Evanston. Illinois, national vice presi-
dent of the association. der address was
"a foroeful one and at times quite humor-
Gus. --lShe spoke most fiatteringly Of Mrs.
Stevens and referring to the people of
Maine said '.they were delightfully."- clan
Iiish but broadly hospitable.' She
pleasantly described a trip across the
country with Mrs. Stevens and the latter
thought that every good looking person
she met came from Mains. The speaker
could not quite understand II, Maine was
such a fine state why so many good pso-
pie had left 1t, but after her vein of fun
was constrained to admit that there was
''more right down genuine goodness In
Maine than any state in the Union"
A reading was given by Miss Emma
Littlefleld. student Of the Boston School
of oratory, after which an adjournment
was taken.
Following is list of delegates and the
places of their entertainments
Mrs. Rita NJ. Fernald, Mrs. Blanche
IL. Hardy, at Mrs. Richard Acres's, AGA
Cumberland street.
Mrs. Evelyn A. Harvey, Kenduskeag,
and Mrs. E. X. Horton, Dexter, at Mrs.
j. p. Baxuer's, 81 Desiring.
Mrs. e. A. G. .Stickney and Mrs.
Julia Bean, East Brownfeld, at Mrs. ID.
Ii. Burgess's, IA Atlantic.
Mrs. Almira Irish and Mrs. Minnie
Gerrish, Buckfleld, Mrs. Il. &. Bottoms
Mrs. H. A. Clifford, Old Orchard,
and Mrs. I. 3. Wentworth, Berwick at
Mrs. W. S. Bovard's, 81 North.
Mrs. L. A. Hall and Mrs Josephine
Hardy, Winterport, at Mrs. A. b. Coles
10 Avon.
Mrs N. e. Jordan and Mr.. Priscilla
Robinson, New Gloucester at Mrs. j. e.
Curriers'. Cedar.
Mrs. &c. Bickneil and Mrs Irene Locke,
Norway, at Mrs. G. II. Crockett's. e5
Grant.
Mrs. Susan III. Grant East stuben, and
Mrs. Charlotte A. Huokins, Millbridge,
at Mrs. u. II. Sunnss 2o8 krackstt.
Mrs Helen Thomas, Green, and Mrs.
L. q. Lamb, Lewiston, at Mrs. Margie
| Dsnnizon's, 100 Federal.
Mrs Ellen Wyman and Mrs. g. ID.
Holmes. brunswick, at Mrs. j. Il. Don
| neil's, IlG4 Braekett.
Mrs. EloIa Sturtexant, Mrs. Annie III.
Frost, Mrs. Sarah l.. Rogers, Pfttsfleld,
at Airs. D. Ii. Dnnham's, IS Green.
Miss sbuliatte Nickerson, Bar Harbor,
and Mrs. A. w. Clark, Southwest Har-
hor, at Mrs. S. j Farnald's, 247 Brack-
EFT.
Miss Iiuballe Patrick, iGroveville, and
Mrs. Laura Merritt, Houlton, at w. C..
Il. u. HeadQunrters, 150 Bree.
Mrs. Matte e. Freesa, Mrs. Carrie
Estabrook, Bangor, at Mrs. w. X. Crib
ben'e, ed franklin.
Miss Arnie Cross. Bethel, and Mrs. s.
K. w. Curtis, West Paris. at Mrs. J. NJ.
Gonsd's I4s Pearl
Mrs. 0rpha Chapman, Mrs. j ennie NJ.
johnson, Wayne. at Mrs. George q am.
IMAGES, 10. Eastern Prom.
Mrs. Belle Nulty, Mrs. u. K. Spauld-
ing, Buck field. at Mrs. augusta n.
Hunts, go snate.
Miss Alice N. Douglass. Mrs. LOuins