Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-03-15

We quote the following from an article
in the Union Signal entitled Success
full Work in the Local Union, by Mar
garet B. Platt:
"A union. in order to do the best
work, must be an intelligent union.
Its members must be thoroughly we'll
informed concerning the origin, the
history, the principles, the methods,
the leaders, the successes, and the de-
feats of our organization. Intelligent
also concerning our publications and
our general policy. 1t is absolutely
necessary if we would have best results
that our rank and file be familiar with
our annual Leahet, and the W. I. p.
A. catalogue, and also possess a copy
OF the National and State reports and
study them. Every member should read
the Union Signal, and should have
always at hand, at least few copies OF
our best leaflets for study and distribu-
ton. If she will do this she will
always be prepared to give an answer =
an intelligent, convincing, voluminous,
oy overwhelming answer-to that perennial
question, what is the W. G. I. u.
doing anyhow" Every local union
should take up the study of our depart
ments; not only their purposes and
present doings. but their history and
| their literature, for each department
has its own literature, and the success
full white-Iibboner should be an all.
| around woman, familiar to, at least
some extent with every department.
These studies will be found as fas.
cinatipg and thousand times mott
useful than the study and discussion Of
some musty, moth eaten question whose
| decision pro or con can have no possible
bearing upon the present veal or woe
of humanity in general, or an immorta
soul in particular.
1T is vastly more important that We
study to find the best methods by which
TO stem the tide Of immortality tha
surges about us, to reach the drunkarc
with the Gospel Of Salvation, to lif
the fallen, establish the weak, remove
tine swarming temptations which infec
our streets, close the saloon and replace
it with something elevating and help
full, abolish the den Of impurity ant
in its place give helping hand tt
those willing to toll and the Gospel o
personal purity to all-.it is vastly NOR,
important that these things be done
which make for the betterment o
humanity than IL Is 10 STUDY the relil
tive merits Of deud poets OF spent
months in discussing the question, o.
Others of rs little moment, as to whethe
he or some one else wrote the play
attributed TO dramatist long since
passed away.
.If one had an eternity at command
'one might have time for all, but life j
short and time is feeting, and for tn
earnest soul there must be choic
between essentials and non essentials
and the earnest intelligent union viii
waste no time in discussing subject
which do not make primarily and con
clusively for the good OF humanity
Let us study 10 be intelligent workers
A union intelligent is a union enthused
and union enthused in union sue
cessful.
"A union which will give half hou
of its meeting to study and discussion
will be intelligent, enthusiastic AM
successful. 1t will be a city set on
hill, light in dark place, q rose in
wilderness, cool spring in desert
and those about it seeing its pre-
eminence, guided by its radiance, AM
delighted with its fragrance, will 500
be blessed by being. partakers of it
life-giving qualities.