The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-28

beauty of the scene burst upon US. The
! building was transformed by the re
| moval OF the pews, the space belhG
filed with long tables. to which colon
tone was given by japanese napkins
j.. decorated with autumn leaves, anC
lights shaded with crimson, while 6
lovely rosebud was placed beside each
plate Not only was the floor hlleC
| with tables, but two lines ran along
each gallery. 1000 delegates being pro
vided for. The Mayor of Boston hao
kindly decorated the ceiling, which was
| beautifully festoOned with red, blue and
white bunting. while a profusion OF
palms on the platform gave your dele
gates home feeling Banners of all
nations and of many hues adorned the
front of the gallery, and Mrs Lent
Stevenson had placed one in front OF
the organ bearing the words, Now We
are no more strangers and foreign
crs.'' After the banquet Mrs. Lent
| stevenson. State President. extended to
us the cordial welcome of the Com
| monwealth and then introduced Mr..
| Long, president of the Massachusetts
| Temperance Society, who took charge
| of the meeting and gave the opening
address of welcome. In the absence of
Lady Carlisle, the Earl of Carlisle re-
sponded. Mr. Long then introduced
Mrs. Stevens as "a very Rock of Glib
raItar in the temperance cause" the
audience greeting her enthusiastically
with the Chautauqua salute. I'VE well
come you" she said ito a land where
total abstinence and prohibition
sentiment is rapidly increasing;
where one-half of the territory lives,
today, under prohibition; land which
at some near day will have completely
out barred the liquor traffic" She gave
the national membership of the W. c.
T. U. as 100000
Speeches followed from Miss Slack,
Miss Gordon, Baroness Won Housen Of
Germany, Mdlle Sevasti Gallisper
from Greece, who gave the first part
Of her address in Greek and then went
on in fluent English; Mrs. Kali YAKIMA,
Japan, and others.
a message came to us from Presi"
dent RooseveIt-"Please convey to the
delegates my hearty sympathy for
every practicable move in the cause of
temperance and my good wishes for the
continued success of their organfza>
ton
TT is fitting that the first note of
this convention should be praise to
God said Mrs. Stevens as she opened
the convention on Thursday morning.
So we all rose and sang, "Ail Hail the
Power of Jesus Name" Mrs. F'ernie
of Natal led us in the opening prayer,
after which we read responsibility the
Crusade Psalm, followed by the sing
ing of the hymn, Give to the Winds
Thy Fears" The roll call followed and
the appointment of committees on Gre
dentials
A letter was read from Lady Henry
Somerset. expressing regret that she
was unable to be present, followed by
words of cheer and encouragement On
motion of Miss Gordon, an answering
cable was sent. Just then a cable was
received from Lady Somerset-"Grate- ,
full, humble, loving thanks for the sill
ver-toned voice calling laudamus." This
referred to a bell towards which the
unions of the world had contributed.
It hangs in Lady Somerset's chapel.
Governor Guild was then introduced
who said he hoped that in emphasizing
the third word in our title we would
not forget the second-'In the restless
ness that comes from changing social
conditions there was never more need
than now of the SOLDERING influences of
religion. The man who feels no moral
responsibility, who kneels at no shrine,
who has no religious belief, is pretty
poor material for citizenship
The Mayor then gave us the welcome
of the city, and said: You have
pitted your strength against one of the
greatest evils of society. You seek to
forewarn the young, to protect the in,
Just then a beautiful feature of the
convention took place one which Mrs.
Stevens designated a very feminine
one. Flowers We're presented to each of
the officers. This was followed by a
very lively discussion as to whether
an amendment should be made in the
constitution. giving life members a
right to vote in the convention. 1t
was decided in the negative, on the
ground that a delegate represented
1000 members, while a life member only
represented herself and 800.
A solo by Miss Dobson was followed
by an encouraging report from Miss
Slack of the work done in all parts
of the world
In the afternoon, after the opening
prayer, Miss Gordon gave her report
after which came the reports of the
various missionaries. Mrs Sanderson
also gave her report of expenditure and
reported a balance on hand of S237S75.
In the evening Lady Dorothy How
ard, daughter of Lady Carlisle, beau
tiful girl of only twenty years. gave
a stirring address. After expressing
regret that her mother could not be
present to speak for herself. she told
us of the misery in England caused by
drink and of the degradation of 90 900
barmaids. She spoke of the enthusi-
asm gained by meeting so many here
who have done great things in the
temperance cause, saying: Whether
it is a big a little country that
comes here, it will get its reward for
having taken up the big cause and done
its share in sweeping the great world a