Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-30
W. G. 7. U. NOTES.

w. U. l, U. NUiEo,
One valuable national organ, the
Union Signal. gives the following in
formation: 1.-THE local union depart
ment, which will be found in the first
issue OF each month, is projected in
the interests of local unions, and we
| earnestly desire to learn from them
| just what is chiefly needed for the
successful prosecution of their work.
| One thing we are certain Of, and that
is a programme for their regular meet
ings; this we are now providing once
| a month.
| We believe that arranged programmes
| for the reuglar meetings of the unions
! would add to the interest OF the meet
! ings, and by giving those who do not
attend the meetings places on the
| programmes eventually lead them to
| become active members of the unions,
and this is desirable, for, as remarked
| by white ribboner, 1.-TWO or three
cannot do the work of the Woman 8
| Christian Temperance Union:" To the
contrary, the work is sufficient to en-
ploy the energies of every paying mem
Der, many of whom are as rule in
active. The programmes given in the
Signal are always good; but if pre-
| ferred, unions can arrange their own,
! so as to adapt them to their needs.
/ There is wisdom in Miss Wizards
aphorism: 1.-THE joy of life is doing
good according to plan, " for the plan
or preparation for doing good, i as
we'll us for the avocations of life,
brings the best results. Applying this
| we'll known fact to the meetings of our
unions, planned meetings will be more
| successful than those for which care
| full preparation has not been made,
Several months ago we received a
| printed programme, in the form of a
pretty booklet, from Mrs. Jennie M.
Kemp, editor of Our Messenger, the
bright w. G. I. U. Kansas paper. Be-
| ing much interested, we wrote Mrs.
| Kemp for Information of the union to
which the programme belonged, and
| she sent us this bit of history, from
which, as Delaware white ribboners,
we may learn lessons of courage and
enterprise.
lie Loup, in which Our Messenger
is published, is hamlet of 50 inhabi-
tants. The union there was organized
a little over a year ago, and is com
posed of % members, divided between
older and younger women, mothers
and daughters, and all but two Of
the members live on farms. There
was building in the village which
was used as joint The w. g. T. u.
appealed to the county attorney, the
keeper of the joint was run out and
the w. @. 7. U. rented the building
for headquarters, and nicely furnished
it. The union has travelling library
of so books, which the people enjoy
very much. :"
| Doubtless the Headquarters serves as
a pleasant resting place for the mem
bers of the union when they come to
the village, and, Judging by the liter
airy character of the programme
mentioned, the union has as its second
airy place the educational value of
a club to the members.
Mrs Kemp, whose acquaintance we
are glad to have made through cores
pondence, is now in Chicago, assisting
on the editorial staff of the Union
Signal during the two months leave of
absence of one of the editors.
| 1t is fitting as State organization
that we thus early in the year look
forward with high aspirations upon
the work of the coming months and
strive to realize them by doing our
best in the little inches we respectively
| fill in the organization, and we are so
dependent upon each other for success
in our work that we should not fail to
be faithful.
1t seems to us that one thing we
need to do this year is to persistently
| give the Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union the place it deserves. in
other words that we do not allow the
| meetings of other societies to push the
meetings Of our unions aside, for our
many sided work stands for the uplift-
ing OF humanity, and the organization,
therefore, in its mission comes close
to Christ's church, which we as white
ribboners love, and to which we have
pledged our loyalty.
A few personal words at this time
may be permitted. 1t is our ambition
to make these notes as far as possible
ill the place of W. G. L. U. State
paper, and we cannot do this without
the regular cooperation of unions in
the. ways often specified, and we again
earnestly ask that the needed help he
given us. We do not presume to think,
that our notes are matter of interest
to those outside of the w. G. 4. u.
though we desire that the work shall
be we'll enough done to command the
attention of other readers, and so WELD
a wider influence for the cause we
represent
"It is reported, =" says recent num-
Der OF the Union Signal, "that Mrs
Leslie M. Shaw, wife of the new Sec
rotary of the Treasury, has very strong
temperance views just such as one
would expect from a sensible Methodist
woman. Since Mrs; Secretary Hay is
in mourning, Mrs. Shaw's social posi
ton will be seconded only to that Of
Mrs. President Roosevelt and as the
premier lady Of the cabinet, she will
have remarkable opportunity for
proving, as did Mrs. President Hayes,
that alcoholic beverages are not indis
pensable tokens OF the finest social
functions.
The same number Of our national
organ makes the following statement
president Eliot of Harvard uniyer-
sity explains that Harvard Union.
which has granted permission to few
societies 70 bring liquor into certain
rooms Of its building, is total ab-
stinence organization, working in en-
tire conformity with the nd-lichnso
laws of the city of Cambridge We nre
glad to have this statement from pres-
dent Eliot, and to be assured that tbe
strong temperance regulations OF thu
club are not abrogatcd Still. VIZ
wonder how it can justify the use a.
any of its rooms for conniyiul pur.
poses and maintain a consistent atti.
tude on total abstinence "
Our w. G. L. u. State executive
committee held meeting in Whining,
ton Wednesday, January 22d.