Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-12
CAUSE OF TEMPERANCE
EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY OF MISS
WIZARDS DEATH.
Address Of Mrs. Lillian Stevens, Who
Succeeded to the Presidency
of the Union.

The members of the Woman's Christian
Temnerance Union OF this city observed
the eighth anniversary of the death or the
former national president of the organlza-
tion Miss Frances E. Willard last even
Ing at the Vermont Avenue Christian
Church. Mrs Clinton Smith, local presl-
dent presided. A large audience was IN
attendance, and after the rendering OF
musical program in charge of Mrs. Brad
lev McDuffie Mrs. Lillian M. N. stevens
of Portland Me-, who succeeded MISS VIII
lard as the national president of the Or
ganization, made a lengthy address upon
the work of the temperance cause. Nhe
speaker declared that total abstinence had
never been so widely practiced as at the
present time She called attention to the
work of the w. c. 7. u in foreign coun-
tries, and told that railroads of the coun-
tries of the continent as we'll as the gov
ernments in many places, desired the serV-
ices of total abstainers only. france
through officials in high places. 1t was add
ed has made the fact known that ao-
stainers would have the preference Wnen
offices of Importance were tc be nlied.
Raising a printed French poster warning
against the liquor habit Mrs stevens stated
that the government of France had order
ed the poster placarded In the dinerent
barracks for the purpose of influencing the
troops toward becoming total apstalnefs.
She declared that at present, though Ger
many was the greatest beer drinking ma
ton on the face of the earth, the ran
roads of Germany and other employers or
skilled labor are giving preference TO EN-
ployes who total abstainers. Speaking
of her native state, Mrs Stevens declared
that Maine stands for all that is good in
the temperance cause. The speaker ex-
planned the way the people of Maine arisen
from state poverty to a rich ana lnnu
entail condition, after the legislature hau
passed the dry law.
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THE people of the great state of Maine.
Mrs Stevens declared. ARE devoted TO the
cause of temperance" Continuing. she said
that the people of the state were Tor pro-
hibitton. and that the moment the liquor
dealer approaches the legislator and asks
for a revision of the standing legislation
the voice of the people is heard and the
laws stand as they have stood for years.
Mrs. Stevens told of the support given TO
the temperance cause by the late Repre-
sentative Nelson Dingley, who, while gov
ernor of the state, was one of the foremost
advocates of the temperance work and
whose work among the children at differ
ent times in the aiding of the temperance
cause was prafseworthy IN the extreme.
Mrs. Stevens read clipping from The
Evening Star concerning the report of Con-
sui Britain of Kehl, Germany. in which he
told of the efforts to secure absolute safety
on the railroads of the German empire. The
report dealt at length with the custom of
giving railroad employees coffee or hot nom
alcoholic drinks to take the place of the
beer and other beverages formerly used.
Mrs. Stevens called especial attention to the
fact that during the past summer and win
ter the officials of the Baden railroads in
augurated the practice of serving hot cof-
fee to the employees at the expense of the
management of the road. The experiment
| had been attended with gratifying results.
The consumption of alcoholic drinks had
materially decreased as result of the
practice and the efficiency of the workmen
had correspondingly increased The pow
ers of endurance notably increased, and 1t
had been observed that employees had per-
formed their various duties more cheerfuly
and have been more faithful In the dis
| charge of the same. There were also fewer
accidents to the employees. as they had bet
ter command Of their faculties, and in con-
sequence of the beneficial results from the
experiments the railroad officials had de-
cided to serve hot non-alcoholic drinks to
the employees on all Of the Baden railroads
| during the present winter
Prohibition Logical Outcome.
Mrs. Stevens said that the logical outcome
of total abstinence was prohibition She
declared that the Maine school system is
one OF the best in the country and that
1t Ii not supported by one cent derived
In any way from the profits of the liquor
traffic. In closing the speaker declared that
the crusade spirit would never die out as
long as there was anywhere in this coun-
try the legalized sale of that which caused
sons and daughters to forget their mothers
and the Rock of Ages"
Mrs. Stevens was followed by Miss Anna
Gordon of Chicago, the national vice presi-
dent-at Large of the w. C. Z. u. Miss Cor
don delivered an address depicting the or
igin and growth of the w. C. T. IT,, now
the largest organization of women in the
world. She paid tribute to Miss VIII
lard, with whom she was closely associated
for tWenty-one years. and said that under
her ..Do Everything Policy the w. c. t.
u. had marvelously advanced. OF all
the many departments none appealed to
work among the children and young peo-
ple She said 1t was the mission Of the
W. C. r. u. to make safer paths for stthe
little feet that walk lifes dusty road. and