The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-09-07
FOR ONE STANDARD
S. Burger Makes an Eloquent
Appeal For Purity.
W. c. 7. U. Closes Friday Night = Nat
ioual Delegates Minneapolis
Selected For Next Convention.

-. L. u. COuNSuG1Ou, WhAOh Will OO
held at Washington, D. c., the last
week in November, were elected :
Mrs Anna A Lyon, Minneapolis
Mrs. Hanna Eggleston, Wykoff Miss
Ella Cook, Austin; Mrs. A. Bushnell,
st. James; Mrs. r. w. Phillips, ST.
Paul; Mrs. Angie Harper, Renville
and Mrs. A. G. Brayrell, Crookston.
The following standing committees
were appointed:
Auditing-Mrs B. F. Nelson, Min
neapolis and Mrs. W. E. Rodgers, st.
Paul
Finance-Mrs. G. S. Soule, Mrs.
Lizzie Roberts, Springfield and Mrs
Isabella Sterling, Red Wing.
Resolutions-Miss NJ. R. Hendrix,
Minneapolis; Mrs. R. R. Briggs Du-
luth; Dr. Mary Milestone, Minneapo-
lis; Mrs. H. D. Brooke, Redwood
Falls; Mrs. Hanna Eggleston, Wykof ;
Mrs. R. NJ Barnes, Redwood Falls,
and Mrs. A. G. McCurdy.
The convention then listened to a
report from the committee on resolu-
tions after which a report was made
by the committee on finance.
Mrs Cynthia Woodbury. addressed
the convention on 1.-THE White Rib
boner'' for which she is editor.
A report by the state secretary, Miss
Louise E. Hollister, of the young
woman's branch, was read showing a
very rapid increase in membership.
A conference of the young woman s
branch, led by Mrs. Nellie Burger,
national organizer, assisted by Miss
Anna Gordon and Miss Louise E.
Hollister, was held.
After transacting other miscellaneous
business the session adjourned.
Friday evenings session of thew. C.
T. .. was in the hands of the "Y's",
Miss Hollister presiding. The session
W as opened with musical number
a trio, with the Misses Schoyen with
violin and cello and Miss Leonardo at
the piano, and the number was much
enjoyed by the audience. The pro-
ceedings of the evening were well in
terspersed with music, which was an
enjoyable feature
The visiting "Ys'' were welcomed
by Mr. Earl A. Kiefer. who made a
few well chosen remarks, and who
was followed by Miss Roberts, of
Cambria, in response.
Mrs. Nellie Burger, of Missouri.
gave the address of the evening, her
subject being knights of the Nine
teenth Century," and it was strong
and eloquent appeal for social purity,
delivered in most ladylike manner,
and was not devoid of humor as well
as the deepest pathos.
She opened with a description of the
knights of the olden time, giving a
brief description Of them, their pur-
poses and their armor and shield. But
it was not of the knight of the 18th
or of the 10th century that she came
to talk, but of the knight of the 10th
century-of today. He is much
grander knight than the one of old.
He, too, has an armor and shield.
And on that shield she said she would
ask the knight of the 10Th century to
place this slogan: 81 promise to treat
all women with respect and to en-
deavor to protect them from all deg
radiation. This is grand slogan,
she said, broad one, as high as God S
love and as deep as his mercy. Her
ideal of a man, she said, was one that
spoke well of all women, who en-
deayors to protect all, and who will
treat every woman as he would wish
his sister, his wife or his mother
treated by others.
Said she had often heard it said that
chivalry was dead, that it did not
exist in the young men of today. She
did not believe it. Evidence was
daily given that this is not SO, but
that it is as prevalent today as it ever
has been in the past, and she gave
numerous illustrations of chivalrous
attentions which she had witnessed.
The true knight, said the speaker,
will not indulge in indecent language,
coarse jest or salacious stories of any
kind nor upon any occasion. 1t is a
habit that men and boys have fallen
into when they congregate in places
alone, or upon street curb and corner.
And it is a habit which the speaker
thought could be broken up in any
place under the leadership of one mar
of courage who would speak out
against it. The education of the street
is injurious to the greatest degree. Il
is no place for boy he listens tc
what is said, the coarse remarks made
and in time repeats them, and they
never lose anything at second hand
But the fault of the present condition
of affairs, said the speaker, is mo-
alone confined to the men, Women are
often given to making remarks and
repeating stories that ought to bring
the blush of shame to their cheeks
and she appealed to them for higher
standard of morality in this line i
few men and women would call fol
the discontinuance of such talk, i
would soon become very unpopular.
Turning to the relation of the sexes
she said there were two standards BY
which the morals of men ant
women were measured. The standard
set forth by the Bible for women and