Evening journal., 1905-10-12
VI. c. I. j. SESSION
IS INTERESTING
Convention at Milford Ac-
complishes Its Work With
out a Jar
TO ELECT OFFICERS TOMORROW
Special to Tho EvenIng journal.

Special 70 The Evening Journal
Milford, Oct Elm spite Of the hard
rain last night a large audience was
present at the w. C. II. u. Convention in
the Avenue NJ. E. Church. Mrs. Mary b.
DonHen, Of Newark, State Vice-President
for New Castle county, presided. Young
ladies acted as ushers and served as coll
lectors. The feature OF the evening was
an address by Mrs Ada Unruh. OF Port
land. Oregon.
Mrs. Unruh has appeared on tho plat
form and visited homes In every State OF
the Union except two. Having made a
close personal study OF her field Of work,
she has become enthused with It, and
fairly radiates her message from eyes,
lips and nnger tips. She is rapid and
somewhat rhetorical IN delivery, and
maintains perfect control OF her audience.
"Out Of the army OF childhood must
come the legislators of the future" she
said, "and more important still, the home
makers. ] would like to hang on the street
corners this sign: Wanted, men who are
nt TO make homes" The speaker declared
that, after years Of study, she had con-
cluded that the father fixes the moral
standard of the home rather than the
mother, for child habitually appeals
from the mothers heart TO the father {
head.
QUESTION or SCHOOLS.
Touching the question Of schools. Mrs
Unruh asserted that. while scholarship
is good. a highly moral teacher with but
a smattering Of Greek should be choser
TO teach that classic. rather than onl
with perfect scholarship and a crude code
of ethics Not the number of the puplll
enrolled, but the number OF men ans
women produced. is the criterion Of tn
public school," she said. and continued
Home, school and church are the threl
great moral educators; opposed to then
are the gambling den, the brothel. and tn
saloon, inseparably associated. The.
stand or fall together"
/ She secuted the idea that the work o
reform can be accomplished by praye
alone, as sometimes suggested. Prayer 1
to the soul what gymnastic exercises ar
TO the body productive OF strength, bu
accomplishing no actual work. The ballo
must be used. Referring 10 the old argu
ment of losing one's ballot. she wittil
said, "A vote is a declaration Of principle
I would rather vote for what I wanted
knowing that I couldn't get 1t. than I
vote for what / didn't want at all. an
get big lot Of it,"
DYNAMITE UNDER THE SALOON.
Mrs Unruh closed with an illustratio
OF dynamiting a reef by means Of a sui
terranean passage. with no apparer
bluster or excitement. We are now plai
ing dynamite under the saloon. The e,
plosion will come. Undoubtedly the lea
islators of that time viii claim TO ha,
accomplished 1t all themselves. but it wi
come"
The speaker was repeatedly applaude
and at the close Of the address received
rising vote OF thanks from the CONVEX
tion.
After a stirring prohibition song to Il
tune Of Dixie" led by Mrs. f. c. A
kins. Miss Rietta Emerson. Of Whining
ton. very effectively reeited who.
Boy
Music was furnished by the NJ. p. cho
with Miss Holcomb as soloist. The Sc.
sion closed with the Temperance Doa
olos,y." and benediction by the Rev. G. ]
Jones.
Today's program, as it appeared in tn
Evening Journal yesterday, was closel
followed. The convention, while It is b
no means lacking in enthusiasm. especial
ly on the part Of the New Castle count
delegates, IS accomplishing its work with
out a jar, and with no attempt at sensa
tional display. The most interesting part
OF today's program were th
reports OF the superintendents, part
cularly those on Sunday school worl
franchise and reformatory work; Il
address by the Rev. Robert Watt, ID. /
OF Smyrna, president Of the DelawaI
State Temperance Alliance, and th
Bible reading by Rev. Anna Howar
SHAW. Of Philadelphia. Mrs. Sha'
, win deliver the principal address tn
evening when Miss Lillian Cade wi
preside.
+ Tomorrow will close the work Of II
convention. Officers for the ensuin
( year will then be elected. together wit
delegates to tn national cinvent
! The Rev. Alfred Smith, d. D., the WI
+ lmington Conference evangelist, wi
z address the convention in the aftei
: noon. Tomorrow evening viii
Demonstration Night"
e Besides the scheme of organizatio
. the preventive. educational, evangel
! tic, social and legal methods Of VOL
win be displayed.