Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-03-22
AGAINST SUNDAY TRAINS
4 Recommendation That the Institute
Resist Such Service on the
Delaware Railroad.
WORKING FOR NEW MEMBERS
Hope Expressed That Total
VIII Soon be 1000.
REPORTS ON EQUAL SUFFRAGE WORK

An institute that is largely attended
and alive in enthusiasm and interest is
beng conducted by the W. G. 4. T.. of
New Castle county in Scott NJ. f. Church,
today. Handclapping and waving flags
show their pleasure in favorable reports
Al they are being read.
A brave display of banners hang about
the pulpit-the l.. T. i. county and State
banners the W. C. T. u. county banner
and the new Y. w. c. 4. o. banner for
New Castle county, bearing a portrait of
Frances r. Willard. An American flag
drapes the pulpit. Inspiring devotional
exercises we're conducted by Mrs Carrie
h. Rankin and included scriptural talk
by Madame Layyah Barakat
Mrs. Sara T.. Foster and Rev r. *
Stephenson, pastor OF Scott NJ. Il. Church,
spoke hearty welcomes, TO which response
was made by Mrs Louemma Pedrick.
PRESIDENT of Thacher w. G. II. u. Mr..
Stephenson suggested that the W. G. r.
protest against the running of Sunday
trains on the Delaware railroad
Mrs. Mary b. Donnell of Newark,
county president, was applauded whens
in her report, she expressed the desire
TO bring the State membership up to ZOO
and stated that 100 new members had
heen gained during the last year, making
total of 74l paying members.
Mrs. Florence Adkins of Newark, sec
retary, reported that the Roclland Union,
which started one year ago with ~ mein-
bers, had increased to "A. Ms. Adkins
sad that the greatest wrench in leaving
for her future home in Tennessee, would
be parting from the Delaware W. G. 4.
|. The Delaware Temperance Song.
which she wrote 10 the tune Of "Dixie.
She will sing In her new home with Ten
nessce substituted for Delaware.
The treasurer, Mrs. II. G.. Moams re-
ported receipts since May. 1904, amount
ing to SS4O90; disbursements, S726. so;
balance, Sll4.40; and a paid membership
of 1872 belonging 20 so unions; Sl93 has
been paid on the Delaware Rest Rooms,
o' which $50 was contributed by the VIII
mington union. Several subscriptions
were received from prominent people in
Wilmington. In ALL S5OS has been paid
by New Castle county on the Rest Rooms,
which are most clear of debt, S40O being
yet due.
Interesting recollections of the Suffrage
Convention al Baltimore were given by
Mn John A. Cranston, Newport, State
franchise superintendent She described
the suffrage flag, which is similar to the
national flag, except in its number of
stars. Wyoming, as the first equal suf-
rage State has a larger star than the other
four equal suffrage States, and 23 States
having the municipal and school franchise
are shown by stars with circles around
them. The convention raised S4,l2S
The campaign for equal suffrage now being
conducted in Oregon was included in
Mrs Cranston's address.
Two Ways Of Conducting a Meeting
was an exercise which greatly interested
the institute Mrs. l.. w. Emerson
demonstrated the wrong way. First
with few members of the Wilmington
union, she held a typical meeting of th'
careless, inattentive sort, where secre
taries, treasurer and all superintendent
had forgotten their reports. The actin
OF the members was capable; they talked
contradicted, ate candy and irequentl.
had TO be called to order. The eifec
was mdierous and some in the audienc
confessed that they had witnessed sue
meetings. In contradistinction was
meeting conducted by Mrs. Martha Scott
president OF the Donnell Union of No
Clellandsville, where the president pre-
ceeded with a prescribed order of bus
ness. Every secretary and superintendent
responded with full reports and all wei
attentive and decorous in behavior.
A telegram, asking that the lost
Psalm be read, was received from Mr.
Eva C.. Benson of Baltimore. Nd, foi
merly chorister for all meetings Of the "
c. T. U. A return message was sent.
The president appointed committee
as follows:
Resolutions Mrs. Emerson. Mis-