Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-05-04

At the afternoon session of the New
Castle County W. G. II. U. Convention
held yesterday IN Newport M. E.
Church, the election of officers resulted
as follows: President, Mrs. Mary b.
Donnell, Newark; vice president, Mrs.
John A. Cranston, Newport; secretary,
Miss Lily v Williams, Marshallton ;
treasurer Mrs. II. G. Mearns, Will
mington.
The children from the Newport
School We're entertained for about an
hour. A pleasant and delightful talk
on temperance hygiene, was given by
Mrs. Ella Henderson of Wilmington,
State SECRETARY of l.. r. l.. work.
Earnest Dawson, the Wilmington lad
who obtained $50 signers TO a large
pledge card, presented the Newport
School with similar pledge card. Mr..
Lynch, the principal, accepted on
behalf of the school. Mrs. j. X.
Barney and Rev. Alfred Smith also
talked TO the children.
Miss Annie Sutton of Smyrna, State
superintendent of press work, spoke of
the great courtesy and liberality of
the Wilmington press toward the W.
@. II. u.
Greetings were exchanged by tele-
graph with the Kent County Conven-
tion, In session at Cheswold.
Mrs. Mahala Wells Perkins, State
superintendent of physical instruction,
IN a talk about her work said that
her plan Is TO have physical instruc-
tion m the public schools Of Viii
mington.
Mrs. John A. Cranston, superinten.
dent of franchise, asked the unions
TO purchase pictures Of Susan b.
Anthony and place them in the pub
lie schools.
Miss Rietta Emerson presided at
the Y Conference, which closed the
proceedings of the afternoon. She re
ported Al members for st. Paul's Y.
They have raised S646 6l during the
year. Madeley Y has 78 members.
Wilmington Y has II members. There
are 8 N's in the county with men,
bership of 24O. They have raised
over Sl47 during the year and have
contributed generously to the Soldier 8
Rest.
representatives Of the Y's gave short
talks on several topics-gaining men,
bers, creating sentiment, obtaining a
financial basis and Soldiers Rest at
Delaware City.
Miss Emerson desires TO raise s25
from the State Y's TO send to Miss
Smart, the temperance missionary in
China. 1t is necessary, on account of
i'll health, for Miss Smart to return TO
this country and funds must be sent
her to defray the expenses of her leave
taking.
As means Of obtaining money to
pay the Indebtedness Of s47O on the
Soldiers Rest, Mrs. Mahala Wells
Perkins proposed that each Y hold a
series of medal contests and that a
grand gold medal contest to be held at
the Harvest Home at Whitemanis
Grove in August
The medal contest last evening at
tracted a large number from Newport
and vicinity. Miss Margaret Weich,
president Of Madeley Y, presided The
entertainment opened with a process
sion of f's holding a white ribbon and
headed by two soldiers from Fort du
Pont, bearing a globe As they
marched up and down the church aisles
they sang Victory" and "All Round
the World. The Y's were introduced
to the audience by Miss Rietta
Emerson.
Mrs. Mahala Wells Perkins con-
Quoted the gold medal contest and
awarded the medal to Miss Leila Jones,
secretary of St. Paul's Y. The other
competitor, Earnest Dawson, received
q Y almanac.
Mrs. j. X. Barney Of Providence.
Rhode Island, national superinten-
dent of prison work, made an address
on the need for greater earnestness
in the temperance work.
Rev. Alfred Smith gave a talk which
was a plea for the victim of the liquor
traffic.
The choir Of the church gave some
musical selections, which were delight
full.