The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-26
TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY
Of THE WOMEN'S {. 7. UNION
Workers for Christian Temperance Recount. the
Story of Their Labors In the Hawaiian
Field-An interesting Story.


especially to the Advertiser for fire.
our meetings. We are glad to have
| We are particularly pleased with the
stand the Governor has taken in che
cause of good government, as it Helps
along the temperance cause which is
so dear to our hearts. We wish that
we might report more progress in the
direction of temperance, our hearts are
often made heavy with the knowledge
of what is going on around us.
We must start in the new year with
stronger zeal and more earnest prayers
for the successful working of our diff
ferent branches, and the promotion of
the temperance cause.
CAROLINE H. AUSTEN.
The report of the annual meeting Of
the Hilo branch of the Society was
then read by the Secretary.
REPORT HILo BRANCH.
The Hilo Branch of the Worlds w. C.
T. U. has held its regular meetings and
carried on its usual work during the
past year.
The union meetings held in H;.ili
church and attended by all Protesta Mt
churches of the town have been upheld.
The society voted at it's annual me ct
ing in January to place the respe n
sibility of the nature and character of
these gospel temperance meetings upon
the four ministers, viz: Reys. Des' ia,
Shields, Hill and Silva, believing it
would add to the efficiency of the me IT..
ings and give to the pastors a spec ial
opportunity of work along temperal ce
lines.
Mrs r. A. Lyman. though in p or
health, is the competent president of
the society.
We wish something might be d. ne
by the w. c. T. US of Hawaii ab ut
the increase of saloons and the al ov ed
dissertation of the Sabbath, in Sline ay
baseball games, horse racing, shan b at
ties and drills given by companies of
the National Guards. A formal p, 'ot est
would put us on record as oppos ed to
the present customs.
With aloha and good wishes t the
Honolulu w. c. T. u. we remain.
Yours sincerely,
MRS. w. S. TERRI.
Secret arE.
WI ,. w liiC AlCoidSiitJ
read very interesting history f the
association from its starting.
PRESIDENTS ADDRESS
The twentieth anniversary of IN or
ganization seems to be a fitting Ire TO
take a backward glance and trs ce the
causes which led to the form MT of /
such a. society, and touch upon I Pc his
tory of the twenty years now al she'd.
The need of temperance work a the
time was great. The benefice It law,
the sale of all liquors ts Ha-
waiians which had been enacted ty the
early kings and chiefs, and had been in
force practically for sixty yea rs had |
been repealed through the in
1uence of King Kalakaua, who llought
he saw no reason why his nat e peo-
pie should not have all the pi Igileges
other races enjoyed" The resu lis were
such as might be expected. he inn
portation of liquors increased It once
from 100000 to 100000 gallons a nually,
and the Hawaiian race fell easy victimsi
TO the vice which more than al y other
is even now their ruin. The = T. C. T.
u. of America had been in xistence
some ten years, and under the leader
ship of Miss Francis e. Villa I'd their
energetic and far-seeing presid mt had
devised scheme to present to the
women of all civilized nations d lie plans
and aims of the organization a ID enlist
their interest and cooperate n. To
this end, Mrs. Mary Clement Leavitt
of Boston, a we'll known lect rer and
W. c. T. U. organizer, started -om San
Francisco in the fall of 1884 oping to
visit all countries where there was any
hope of securing a hearing, al l if pos
sible organize branches of II worlds
W. c. T. U. in all such plat IS Her
wonderful success is a matt : of his
tory. Mrs. Leavitt came to Honolulu
under the auspices of the 7. M C. A
and proved to be a lady of rare Gull
ture and charming persona ty. She
opened the campaign by gfvi e a series
of temperance lectures which Were well
received, and soon called meeting of
ladies to consider the advisa fifty of or
ganizing a Woman's Christi n Temper
ance Union in these islands MRS. Lea
witt addressed the ladies u on the OBJ
jects and methods of the 2. c. T U. /
of America, and on mott, of Mrs.
Hiram Bingham it was ' oted to pro-
coed to organize a union. The pledge
was passed and signed By kthirty-threai
ladies. A committee cons sting of Mrs.
:. NJ. Cooke, Mrs. B. T. ID bingham anu
Mrs. Hiram Bingham As chosen to
nominate officers, which resulted in
their selection as follow +
President, Mrs. ]. NJ Whitney; vice
presidents, Mrs. ]. A i ruzan Mrs. E.
c. Oggell, Mrs Geo. WI lace; recording
secretary, Mrs. r. J. Green: cores
ponding secretary, Mrh E. w Jordan:
treasurer. Mrs. c. NJ. Hyde.
A constitution and by laws was
adopted. This was N ION Nov. %. 1884
A week later eleven more ladies Joined
the union, and at III end of the year
sixty-five ladies hah become active
members. and TIVE ity-five gentlemenl
honorary members. BY Mrs. Ieavitt's
arrangement this local society was to
represent not Honolulu only. but all the
islands and have supervision of anil
other societies that might be formed.
Mrs. Leavitt alf.o organized unions in
Hilo and Waikiki. The Hilo society.