The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-18
EVERY STATE
REPRESENTED.
The National WOman's Christian
Temperance Union
Opens Its 29th Annual COnven-
tion at Portland, Me.
w. C. t. U. OF WORLD
Is Represented by Lady Henry
Somerset and Others.
Reports of Officers and Organ
izers Are Read.

Portland, Me-, Oct. 1S-With pleasant
skies and ideal fall weather the twenty
ninth annual convention of the Ma
tional Womans Christian Temperance
union opened here. Every state and ter
ritory in the union is represented. The
sessions will continue until next Wed
nesday. Mrs. L. NJ. Stevens. president
of the National W. c. T. L., and vice
president-at-large of the worlds w. C.
T. U. presided Lady Somerset, presi-
dent of the worlds w. G. 7. u, and
Rev. Henry S. Sanders, Of London, Eng
land, are among the distinguished work.
ers present.
The convention was called to order
by President Stevens. who delivered her
annual address. The report of the ex-
ecuttve committee, which contained
many recommendations, was adopted,
and it will be referred to further in
regular order of business.
Mrs. Susanna NJ. D. Fry, of Illinois.
made her report as corresponding secre-
tary. The report stated that the. Manila
organizer reported that some i'll will
had been engendered by the "canteen
victory. The Manila union has provided
for leaflets in Spanish and Tagalog, and
had its first native woman signer of the
w. G T. u. pledge a Tagalog and the
wife Of native preacher.
In late letter Mrs. Faxon the unions
worker in the Philippines, said there
were three things she had determined
to do:
ITO get the union where it will live
dIlcT u.s. TO get lnIO lne ScnOOlS SCAGA-
tific temperance instruction.. and to In
augurate a system for distributing leaf
lets throughout the islands,
Encouraging reports have been re-
ceived from the Bermudas, Cuba and
Mexico. Giving extracts from reports
of 18 organizers Mrs. Frye said:
THE total number of w. G. T. U.
unions organized by the Is organizers
is 100: total number of young women's
unions, 40; total active w. and Y. mem
/ bers secured, 4,702; number Of new loyal
temperance legions, 60; number OF new
L. T. l. members secured. 2,291: num-
ber of total abstinence pledges secured.
$500.
Ten state unions among the coIored
women increases the number of state
and territorial unions to So. Mrs,
Amanda Ritchey &c Oklahoma union
No 2, and working under an appropria-
tion from the Frances e. Willard me-
mortal fund, organized 21 new unions.
The national treasurer. Mrs. Helen
Horton Baker reported that the Ma
tional w. C. T. U. fund had made a
net gain of $7,097, and receipts from the
Frances E. Willard memorial fund We're
S4,417, more than in any previous year.
| Pledges amounting to $1,132 for Manila
missionary work had been received. the
| treasurer said.
An evangelist hour was conducted by
| Miss Eliza beth Greenwood. national
| evangelistic superintendent. Lady Som
erset, president of the Worlds W. c. T.
u, officiated at noon day DraDer.
Parish Wright. OF Illinois. reported for
the young women's branch, of which she
is general secretary
Mrs Helen G. Rice of Massachusetts.
gave her report as general secretary OF
the loyal temperance legion.