New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-27
RACE THIRST INCREASING.
Due to Heredity, Says W. C. T U Worker
Sunday Ball Games.

The following resolutions vera adopted yester-
day morning :he spring convention OF the
New-York County Woman's Christian Temperance
Union which was held in the Calvary Baptist
Church, IN West Fifty-seventh-st..
Whereas. The Posroflce Department has Inau-
States mails. patent medicines and nostruns. where
part OF the ulanufa ctIrers and distributors and
Whereas. SAID crusade IS intended 10 reach cues
loaole awe alc sun more queStlon4o Die
literature through the medium OF fraud orders
against individuals or concerns operating in viola
Where's. The national superintendent Mrs
IN ISsg bS OF P1 z sI5 ana at mas
IN an effort 10 create public sentiment favorable 10
Whereas. The New-York County Woman's Chris
uan Temperance Union twS years ago passed a
resolution which was Endorsed by the National
Nom2n's Christian Temperance Union. which was
sent 70 the leading religious and secular societies OF
this country favorng SUCH a movement. and
whereas Tbs crusade has The Endorsement OF the
American Newspaper Publishers Association.
newspapers anc magazines OF the country. there
Resolved That the Nev-York County Woman's
Christian Temperance Union. in eution assem-
master General he Hon Henry q 5s,5s ~ 80
him IN behalf OF womanhood in his great effort
Resolved. That letter be sent 10 the American
Se"spaper Fublisners Association marking them
Ior ther eII2rls IN alolng me F9stofnce Depart
every home in the land
Dr. Marga-ita II. Stewart in a report on '.F4ered-
Woman's Christian Temperance Union work made
the statement that IN order effect cure for the
thirst for stiulants the whole human family
must be elevated, and woman must be made the
head OF the family instead Of the man. She de-
clRred that Notwithstanding years OF heroic e.
fort. al forms OF the stimulant habit rapidly
gaining ground. especially among the masses" DR.
Stewart lays the fault OF the great consumption Of
stimulants not 10 the saloons, but 10 hersdity.
one member OF, It's. convention rose and that
such statements - e4Or- Stewart had made threw
a blanket over the efforts of the Woman .
Christian Temperance Union. and that the cure ad-
Z
The Rev. William s. Hubbell. secretary OF the
NeV-York Sabbath Committee. spoke the after
[ noon session on Difficulties IN Present Day OBJ
servation Of Sunday" He named the chief
Offenders OF the Sunday laws the Sunday theatre
the Sunday baseball and kindred noisy sports -
I and the Sunday saloon. n connection with the
I first he read clause OF the State Penal Code. IN
which tragedies. comedies. boxing, with with
out gloves. ballet. rope dancers, etc, the first
day Of the week. forbidden" DIT. HubbeIl de-
clared that the many theatres which keep open
Sunday the pretence OF giving concerts viii
the reputable theatres to open In self
The plea that the Sunday ball game is for the
men who cannot go on other days he thinks, Is
weak. a the faces seen Sunday the
1 same that were seen at Saturdays game.
Miss Mabelle Biggart made an address Our
New KINGDOM. What - Irf According 10 her
way OF thinking II IS The woman movement, or
ganized mother love and comprises band OF total
abstainers. one hundred thousand strong and IN
sectRrfsu."
Mrs. NJ J. Grdersleeve speaker for the Interde-
nominafional Council OF Women. and Mrs. John
Ellis National Woman's Christian Temperance
Union. superintendent OF legislation. spoke the
need for an anti-polygamy amendment