Evening star., 1900-10-08
National Convention w. G. T. q. to
Meet in Washington.
PLANS FOR ENTERTAINING VISITORS
Annual Session of District Body to
Convene 18th instant.
OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES

The annual convention Of the National
Womans Christian Temperance Union will
be held in the Lafayette Square Opera
House, this city, about November 30 next.
From advices received by the officers OF
the District w. c. T. L. 1t is believed that
not less than 500 delegates will be in at
tendance.
The local unions, with Mrs. Clinton Smith
as president, are devising plans and are
endeavoring TO secure means to make 1t
gathering worthy of the nations capital.
and it Is hoped by them that the citizens of
Washington will be as keenly alive to the
comfort and well being of the nations dele
gates were the good friends of Scotland
in providing for the comforts of the dele
gates from this country to the recent inter
national convention of the w. G. L. L. In
Edinburgh Among the delegates to the
latter were three colored ladies from the
| ntted Sta teS-Mrs. Rosetta +. Lawson or
Washington. D. c.. Miss Lynch of North
Carolina and Mrs. Joseph of Louisiana.
Mrs. Lawson will, 1t is understood make
d report to the convention TO be held here,
and. among other things. will state that
she and her colleagues named were received
with the greatest cOrdiality by the Edn-
burgh convention after being introduced by
Lady Henry Somerset, the president of the
body. Mrs Lawson will further state that
when ii is considered that every delegate in
the worlds convention must represent 900
women. the ma gnanimous spirit of the Off
Ce,s of the ". c. T. L. of this country is,
she thinks to be highly commended in the
appointment of five cDlOred delegates tthree
of whom attendedD. especially when 1t is
known that there not l,oOJ cOlored
members in any state. and that the ap-
pOintment of these based upon the
surplus membership without regard to
color. Il is a lamentable fact, in her opin
Ion, that colOred women do not flock 10 this
organization in greater numbers TO help in
the much needed reform work
Old World Sightseeing.
She will likewise say that at the close
of the convention the mania for seeing the
sights of the old world fairly took posses
sion of the transatlantic delegates, many
Of whom would have fingered longer amid
the historical associations of Edinburgh, The
Trossachs, Melrose and other places made
famous by Walter Scott, Robert Burns, AL
len Ramsey, John Knox, Mary Queen of
Scots and others, did the wonders of the
worlds metropolis about 4p miles away,
not beckon them on. Then, too, the town
of William Shakespeare, hard by the placid
Avon. had TO be explored: the test of
good sailor must be Ventured in crossing
the English Channel 10 Paris: and. return
ing. Liverpool, the greatest commercial sea-
port in the world, with its straight sweep of
six miles of docks. had proffered hospital
ity not 10 be ignored After wandering
through Westminster Abbey, ST. Pauls IA
thedral, the kensnSton Library and Mu-
scum viewing Hyde Park and Trafalgar
Square. Piccadilly and other points Of inter
est in London. and seeing the beautiful
city of Paris and its wonderful exhibition,
one felt inclined. like Alexander the Great,
not 10 weep that there were not ptner
scenes to witness. but that there muHt lie
d limit 10 physical and pecuniary endurance.
The Local Body.
The annual session of the w. G. T |. Of
L.
in the Sunday school house OF Calvary Bap-
tiS, Church. when it is expected that seven
ry-tive delegates from the nineteen branch
IS and six young womens societies will be
present The work of the past year VIII
Toe reviewed and plans made for the yer
to come. a feature of the convention VIII
be the reports of Mrs. Il. S. Wescot; and
Mrs. Elizabeth Catchings. who were dele
gate and alternate. respectively. 10 the
worlds convention of the w. e. 4. T..
held last month in Edinburgh. Mrs. Ro-
+ setta +. Lawson. who was appointed Ceie-
gate 10 the convention for the colored peo-
pie. will also report. Plans for defraying
the expenses Of the national convention VIII
be discussed.
The Committees.
The committees 10 give reports are:
Royal Temperance Legion, Mrs Rosa
T. Pennell.
Temperance literature. Mrs. &. L. LOTUS
Legislative and petition, Mrs. AnsOn ray
lOr.
Prison and Jail. Mrs Grace Mackinson.
Eufermented wine at the Lords table,
Mrs. B. F.. Butler.
Flower mission. Mrs Harry Johnston.
Work among foreigners, Mrs. Hannah
Crosby.
Scientific temperance instruction, Mrs. Nj.
+. kloeber-
Sabbath observance Mrs. NJ. L. Catlin.
Evangeistic, Mrs 81. +. Hartsock.
Press and state reporter. Mrs. Emily
Sherwood.
Purity in literature and art, Mrs. Isaac
Clark.
Purity, mothers meeting. Mrs. M. T..
WelIes.
Health and heredity. Mrs G. f. Ritter.
Parliamentary usage. Miss Grace Ross
Young Aage-earners' club, Mrs. Nellie
Bradley.
Work among railroad and hremen,
Mrs. 5. H. Martin.
NJn-alcohOlic medication, Mrs. Rosa T.
Penne!!.
Peace and arbitration. Mrs. G. A. Warder
Temperance and labor. Mrs. Catharine l..
Chase.
Work among cOlored people. Mrs. X
Douglass Sprague.
Soldiers. sailors and marines. Miss La
Vinia II. Chase.
Systematic giving. Mrs. Martha b. Ham
Auditor Mrs. Jennie s. Bartlett
Director Of music and Federation of Wo-
man CluDs, Miss Eta austin.
Missionary, Mrs. Rosa +. Brown.
Young Women's Branch.
The officers of the young women's branch
are: President, Miss l.. Edes Waring: vice
president. Miss Eta H. Austin; correspond
ing secretary. Miss Mabel Callahan: record
ing secretary. Miss Grace Ross: treasurer
Miss Matte WanstalI.
The committee on finance for the national
convention consists of Mrs. I. A. Williams.
Mrs. NJ. j. HALEY, Mrs. s. G. Ellis, Mrs. A.
+. GOtwald. Mrs. Charles +. Granfeld.
The following are the general officers Of
the District Of Columbia: President, Mrs.
Clinton Smith: vice observation-disclosures Mrs.
NJ. r. Hartsock; corresponding secretary.
! Miss Louisa s. Weightmau: recording sec
retary. Mrs. Emma s. Shelton: assistant
recording secretary Mrs. Clayton E. Emig
! treasurer. Mrs. Theresa A. Williams trus-
! tees. all general officers ex officio and Mrs
| Annie Bovee. Mrs. Alfred Wood. Mrs. Sarah
Denham, Mrs. M. e. Cohen and Mrs. Wal
| ter Brown.
AUCTION SALES OF REAL ESTATE, &C.