The Portland daily press., 1900-04-23
W. G. I. U.
It's Annual Meeting
Held Friday.
Miss C. N. Dow Chosen as Its Next
President.
What Union Has Done
the Past Year.
How the Production Of Sapho
was Moderated.

among spiders and s,ilors. Mrs.. v. o.
Johnston; literature, Miss Mary y. FL
cen; narcotics, Mrs. A. a. Nicksrson;
jail and almshouse. Mrs. Homssed ;pres
work. Mr.. A. 2. Cole; cvnngelistio
work, Mrs. Elizabeth Bunting; police
uatron work, Mrs. Martha d. Moore;
work among lumbermen, Mrs. Beruaia.
Mrs. Mary NC. Cole. the corresponding
seoretary, pres Inted o very Interesting
report OF which the following Ii an alb
stract; "The year was pisasantly begun
In our new headquarters. Their easy
accessibility and oommodiousness have
resulted In m increase OF attendance.
lie various departments OF work have
been carried on by their upsrintsndsnts.
One new department has bsen partially
organized. Peace and arbitration and
only waits the disoovsry CT the proper
lsader to be fully equipped. The Flower
Mission has hsen discontinued. although
It's observance Of Prison Day'-the
carrying Of flowers to the prisonsrs-wss
cot lost sight Of les discontinuance 10
not that there lie NO further need Of Its
work. but because there IL no superin-
ten dent.
zone Of the pleasant features of our
N settings the past winter, has been the
study Of q number Of these departments
under the Leadership Of their supernten-
dents. Sooal Purity. Suffrage. Sabbath
Observance, Press work. Anti. Narcotics
have received careful attention. Beside
these the Union has had presented pa
psrs upon the following themes: 'The
Wards Of the State originally read be-
fore the WCman's Council and repeated
by courtesy Of the writer. Mrs Andrew
Halves; 'Ths Obedience Of Childhood,
given by Mrs Priest Of New York. state
president Of the W. G. L. o.; 'Girls,' an
exceedingly Interesting and Interestingly
treated subject BY Mrs. Berry Of Cumber-
land Mills; Woman in Education and
Literature, through ths kindnsss of the
S,rou twater Union; 'Psase and Arbitra-
tion,' by Miss Alice May Douglass of
Bath. In continuation Of the Civic
studies Of the previous year papers were
given upen Life In Our Jail and House
Of Correction By the police matron,
and "Portiand's Streets and Sewerage
system by the recording secretary.
"Ihe general work OF the society other
than that to which your attention has
teen called, has been varied in character.
Not many wesks ago when the pulse OF
the community was throbblng with In
diRnatlon at the proposed Introduction to
our city of one of the vilest Of vile French
plays, your president and corresponding
secretary visited the mayor and asked,
In the interest Of the home and social pU-
rity, that he would prohibit Its pressntA-
tion. They were resolved with due cour-
tesy and referred TO tina marshal In whose
hands was vested the proper authority.
The marshal was equally courteous and
advised the ladies to visit the county at
torney whose power In such matters was
gre alter than his own. The ladies were
treated with consideration By the county
attorney and told that he would do what
he could to suppress the performances
Of the play. 1t was not suppressed, hcw-
ever, but in justice to Marshal Sylvester,
we will state that through his interven-
ton some of its most Objectionable vile
ness a. eliminated after Its first per orm-
ancs.
every delightful and refreshing In con-
trast to these official Waits, is the mem
DRY of an afternoon In February, spent
with Junior Endeavor society, when by
request of the leader. your prsaident and
corresponding secretary portrayed the
evils OF the saloon.
"In the early part Uf the summer one
Of our physicians. a man with great
heart, told us Of the two poor little degen-
crates in the comfy jail awaiting their
sentence for IN tempted bank robbery;
boys ten and elsy en- years OF age, the
product OF the lowest form Of city CIV
ilization. Aany OF the women OF the
union sought to mother the psor waits
and teach them right principles and they
| reported that they could see ind ications
that their teaching had produced soEae re-
suits.
"phs State W. q. 7. U. held in Sep
tenn Der was Of special interest to our
union, in that 1t was our guest and as
host We naturally took much pvide In
| it's success, and then, too, being accessible
| to all our members, its influence was
broader and stronger than 1t could have
been II h sid in q remote city.
1.-THE desire OF our union has besn and
still is, to double its numbsrs. Ne have
| now about two hundred and twenty five
pledge msm bers, and We wish tor four
hundred and fifty before ths closa Of the
year. This Wish Is not unrsAsonabls.
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