Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1901-01-24

local meetings Of in. portance, official
communications, perpiexing questions
and letters innumerable. together with
the Care of all the Churches" as Paul
would say, have weighed heavily, until
the only hope was that, like St. Christie
pher, they would sometimes find that
they had been carrying the little Christ
across the stream. Indeed, were it not
that your National officers believe that
they are doing the work of the Master,
they could not stand the strain.
Another element which has a part in
the great gain of membership and the
general prosperity OF the work is the
use of the Memorial. Fund of o. gifts
from the local unions In honor of dear
Miss Willard. Mother National has been
able to aid IS needy states and territor-
les by this fund. The entire sum ex.
pended from this source was &2,5s3.93.
Besides the appropriations to state un-
ions, SAG 20 was granted for special
purposes, such as work among Indians,
German soldiers, etc, all of which
brought excellent returns. 1892 .46 was
expended for free literature.
Perhaps no state made ~ persistent,
as insistent, as stubborn fight against
great odds for Benefit Night ~ Tennes-
see. She made q net gain Of $50 mem
bers, 80 her defeat was not ingiorious.
Wood county, Oklahoma, 10 worthy OF
mention as having 200 new members,
aud being second in the race for the
county membership banner. Norfolk
district, Virginia, Is second among the
districts. having gained 252 new mem
beers. The union standing second Is
Passaie, New Jersey, having gained III
members. Another thing which con.
tributed TO the general advance along all
lihes was the holding of our last Con.
vention on the Pacific coast. Many
workers fingered along It's sunny slopes
and gathered In the sheaYes.
The Y's too have taken on new vigor
with the coming of CLARA Parrish and
the work OF Miss Stewart, Mrs. Burger,
and other capable and devoted young
women. God bless the US and make
them &c successors 10 the hosts Of loved
and lost 10 view that have passed the
foods and from Paradise shall watch
the twentieth century women solve the
problem set for them 10 do. / do not
wish 10 tell tales out of school, but Just
between you and me, Y IL to DO on
Benefit Night. II viii not be out Of
place for me 10 say God bless the child.
rem and the Senior l.. T. LIS aud 10 add
that the National organizer for the l..
T. L. Branch, Miss Wihlriger, has had
the privilege Of speaking 10 ten thous-
and pupils OF the public schools in one
hundred school rooms this past year,
and TO eighty different societies among
young people, and 10 her, hundreds OF
ministers have given sympathetic al.
Icntion as she showed what the l.. r l..
would do for the children. with is triple
pledge. or how scientific temperance In
struction should be taught 10 the schools.
The southern states are represented
more fully In this Convention than for
some time previous This Is due. not
only 10 the location Of oar Convention
but 10 the untiring, enthusiastic work
" hich has been done there Ia the last
few months. We welcome our southern
sisters with unbounded warmth, our or.
ganizAilon needs them for q thousand
reasons, we must have them and will
have them, even II II should become
necessary TO move che whsle army Of
white ribbon workers down there, not
only for National Coayontlun, but 10
accept the usual southern hospitality 10
stay--,o stay right along
During the past year We not only
ghs E.tsfg Lrss..s AtsN ~ "a
The Tag into Cuba, Puerto Rico and the
Philippine Islands. Mrs. Ruth ShaffneF.
Elmer has been asked 10 take charge Of
our work In Puerto Rico. Mrs. Major
Roberts In Cuba. where Mira Kate Stew.
art, daughter.i In law of our Mother Stew.
art, organized the FIRST union in Havana.
Mrs, Thatcher Waited Havana during
the year and lent helping hand In the
work among the soldiers. Manila is not
without our victory either, for there Is
an energetic president of a new union
there, Mrs. Cornelia G. Moots, the cor.
secretary being Miss Annie
A. Robbins, Chief Nurse, Santa Mesa,
u. 3. A. Hospital. Plans are on foot TO
push the work, but please let no one
send literature 10 these unions except By
mail In packages Of not over pounds,
otherwise the expense and uncertainties
are too great.
There has been no lack OF official and
semi-oiiicial documents the past year
Among them. the biennial report 10 the
Worlds Convention, memorial against
for the sale OF liquors on the
sn-Amerioan Exposition grounds at
Buffalo, New York. To church gather
ings. asking for expression against the
repeal Of the prohibitory law In Alaska,
and against the sale OF LIQUOR In Hawaii
Puerto Rica, Cuba and the Philippine
Islands. and In favor Of the Bowers0ck
bill; also for declaration In favor Of
the quarterly temperance
Sunday school lessons, and against foul
theaters, and billboards. gambling, prize
lighting. etc To mutascope and bio.
graph company asking its influence
against obscene pictures, and those that
cater TO low or impure taste, and ia IA.
vor OF clean, beautiful pictures such as
would take their children 10
see. To the President OF the United
States and the Secretary Of War, /. G.,
the anli-Cantcen Law and the condition
Of affairs In the army ut Mania as quoted
by Mrs Stevens Ia her Presidents ad.
dress. To the Committee 10 Senate and
House, l. O., the various reform bills be-
fore them To the officers In charge Of
the Springfield, Illinois, eneampment OF
National Home Guards. l. O., the serving
OF beer at mess and sale of II on the
grounds.
Mrs. Barker and have devoted our
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