The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-10
LAST DAY OF
CONVENTION
CLOSING SESSIONS OF THE
WHITE R1BBoNERs.
Deleg ates Worn by the Weeks Elk.
element, Seek Repose but the
vigor of the Speakers Is Unabsted.
An Interview with Belva Lock-
wood--She Never Wore Short Hair.
The Colored Women Prominent.
Unique Feature from Syria.


washington, Dec. 9.-Thc last days
| meetings, with the exception, OF the
evening session, showed some abate-
| ment of the crowd of the week. as many
| delegates were more or less worn by
| the weeks excitement sightseeing.
shopping. and attending the stirring
| meetings in the city Of magnificent
| distances" making combination cal
culated to tire any ordinary woman.
| Those who spoke had not apparently
lost vigor, however. nor had the hon
ored president. from the sounding
blows of the gave when unparliamen-
| tnry attempts at speech were made.
Anyone observing Mrs. stevens will ad-
mire her decision of character. how
ever. and see how necessary are such
attributes as hers in presiding over
these great meetings. With a less de-
cided chairwonian much that is useless
| and tiresome would be said. but Mrs.
stevens is inneXibly prompt and every
one recognizes the justice of her die
tums. Her heavy voice. as one becomes
accustomed to ii, is not displeasng. but
on the contrary gives oNe sense of
| rare confidence in the owner.
BELVA LOCKWOOD.
| Your correspondent was delighted to
have the opportunity of meeting and
| conversing several times with the noted
| Belva Lockwood. who instead of being
| the short-haired, aggressive person We
have repeatedly seen described, is Il
| dear little old lady with peaceful face
| framed in waves of silvery hair. and
| such Il friendly way that I was EN-
boidened to ask her about the truth of
certain newspaper legends ! had read.
Now. did the conductor ever shout
Belvidere. when you were going
through Ohio. and did you want the
men on the cars to punish him for his
remark?" Bless your heart. no." said
the little old lady cheerfully ANY
thing else?" Didn't you ever have
short hair Never since I was ten
years old. DO you feel better. child?
Well, sign my peace petition" which I
willingly did, to her great satisfaction
The women of the Women's Christian
Temperance union evidently take a
proper interest in dress in spite of their
blue stocking propensities, as any
one who saw the "white-ribbon' host
at the white house yesterday would
agree. A proof is that a photographer
wished to take the throng on the treas
ury steps the last afternoon
National Superintendents Of the
Press. the Women's Christian Temper
ance Union Institutes. of Scientific,
Temperance Instruction, Non Alcoholic
Medication, Health and Hereditary.
and Work Among C'olored People, all
gave reports of the years work during
the day that We're very gratifying. One
hopeful fact was that the consumption
of cigarettes had decreased from 4.l50,-
100000 in 1895 tn little over 2,0O000O OOO
for this year.
COLORED WOMEN AS SPEAKERS.
A noticeable feature of the meetings
was the prominence Of colured women,
sixteen attending as delegates. eight
making addresses or prayers from the
platform. and for the first time in the
history of the Women's Christian Tenn
perance union national meetings a
young colored woman was among the
newspaper reporters. Most of them
were of slave parentage, I was in
formed, but they appeared uniformly
at ease on the platform. and spoke with
energy and to the point.
Many of the delegates improved their
last day In gazing at the various and
wonderful sights of the city. some
sion gazing at beauties of the finny
tribe flashing like Jewels through the
pale green waters of the huge tanks
with river weeds and white pebbles
making 1t home-like to them, some
rushing through the Corcoran art gal
lery with but scant time to do" it's
wonders, some climbing winding STAIR
OF the shington monument, others
visiting congress. where the anti-can.
teen bill is pending.
But all joined to fill the Lafayette
opera house at the farewell evening
session, which was IA worthy climax to
so memorable week.
LADY FROM SYRIA.
4 most unique feature was the ad-
dress by Madame Layyah Barakat. of |
Syria, In native costume of pink and
blue plaid with white gauze head dress. |
Bible In hand. Her delivery was most |
impetuous. and her broken English did |
NOT mar the effect of her eIouuence as |
she spoke of the mission and right of |
American women to carry the temper
ance gospel to every land.
Rev. Anna Shaw gave a temperance
lecture OF the old-fashioned sort,
strong arraignment of the "debasing
traffic" with a modern application Of
it's degrading effects in the Philippines,
where the canteen was instituted as a
so-called temperance measure, the fal-
lacy of which with keen logic she en-
posed.
Miss Ksie Lunden. a Swede, spoke
on Coumbia's unique position and re-
sponsibilties among the nations of the
earth. She was very witty, and was
much applauded.
Miss Alice j. Harris, of Massachu-
setts, sung a solo, "Victory," in most
triumphant, clear and bugle-like voice,
With cornet accompaniment.
Mrs. Leonora Lake, of the Catholic
Total Abstinence Union of America,
spoke In u powerful and intensely dra-
matte manner on the evils of intemper-
ance, and the perils of irreligion in our
and. She claimed the great conven-
lion to be as important as the session
'f congress, and to be In the great en-
husiastic assemblase was to believe it.
The closing hymn, God Be with You
rillsWe Meet Again." was sung by the
assembly with joined hands holding a
White ribbon that girdled the audience
'oom and the greatest national tenn
,erance meeting ever held was thing
IF the past, but forever to be an in