Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-03-07
W. c. I.U. NOTES

W. c. 7. u. NOTES.
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press representative oi the State W. G.. r. u, ald
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The only failure that can come 10 the
Christian reiormer is the failure to adhere
to that which is right
Tho world is moving away from the
darkness Of perdition toward the light of
God. Lillian NJ. n. Stevens.
A recent issue Of the Union Signal in
forms us that Mrs. L. NJ. n. Stevens and
Miss Anna A. Gordon, president and
vicc-presidont OF the National ". &. T.
U., have returned to national head
quarters, at Evanston, ILL.,, coming direct
from Washington, where they have been
looking after our legislative interests.
Meetings commemorative of Miss VIII
lard s life and work were doubtless held
by unions throughout the States on or
near her heavenly birthday February
18th.
Each union in the United States is
asked to contribute 81 at the time of
the commemorative meeting, and the
money thus obtained is known as the
Frances E. Willard memorial organizing
fund. The fund enables the national
w. G. Il. u. to send out organizers and
TO keep speakers in States where our
organization is financially unable to do so
without assistance from the National.
II is also used to meet other expenses in
the onward march of tho work.
The Smyrna Union held the commemo-
rative meeting at the home of the prcsi-
dent, Mrs. Kate r. Smithers, the even
ing Of February 18th. Tho programme
consisted Of appropriate music and read
lngs concerning Miss Willard. Tho col
lection taken at the meeting amounted
to more than the required sum for the
fund. A short time ago a lady visitor
to Smyrna recalled that when she lived
in the town as a little girl she presented
Miss Willard with flowers at a meeting
addressed by her in Asbury M. +. Church
A happy thought OF the W. G. T. Z. that
the good, great woman should receive its
tribute Of flowers from the hands Of a
little child and beautiful memory for
that child years since grown to woman
hood to cherish. In this connection we
may say that Of no other woman can il
be more truthfully said than of Frances
E. Willard: "Flowers rose behind her
feet, they touched the meadows and left
the daisies roses and their fragrance
fingers.
The Union Signal Of February 22d
calls attention TO March lst, the day
we celebrate as the anniversary Of the
birth of our national president and
editor-in-chief of the Union Signal, Mrs
I NJ 4 I.aa
day is known as Union Signal Day in
w. c. I. U. annals and we hope that
Delaware has celebrated it by an In
creased subscription list No white ribbon
woman can do as effective work without
the Union Signal as she can do with it,
and this is q sufficient reason for each
one who can take II to do so.
The issue of the Union Signal Of Feb
ruary 22d is a very fine one. The first
page contains a photograph of Mrs. Stevens
and beautiful tributes offered to her at
different times by different orators. We
quote the following:
There are persons Of whom il can be
truthfully said their gentlcness hath
made them great. their humility is be-
fore honor, they arc rich in faith and
good works and they have the consistency
of Christian herosm. and one of these Is
our grand self-sacrihcing leader, whose
birthday we celebrate March lst and
whom VIC love TO remember and honor
AS sweet and as wholesome as her own
piney woods was Miss Willard S descriptive
phrase, while another has said She IL
indeed a worthy daughter of sturdy
Maine. The strength of Maine hills is
here, the dignity Of Maine prohibition.
As strong as her granite rock, as stead
fast as her ocean waves and as easily
moved by humanity needs At her pine
tree tops might have been added
Among the articles contained in the
paper is ono entitled National Head
quarters Of the Womans Christian Tenn
perance Union at Close Range" by Eva
kilhreth Foster We give a bit Of the
article as follows:
With Charlotte Bronte many Of us
share the belief that man measures up
10 his best realizes his highest posi-
bilities, under the hammer of toll and
self-sacrihce. That the national head
quarters of the Woman s Christian Tenn
peance Union, the great powerhouso
Of mighty organization, has It's compile
mont hammers and anvils. has its quota
of tireless workers. too is self evident,
behind the work there ever must be the
worker; behind the worker the workshop
To tho temperance workshop, "A very
synonym of action there clings sweet
oid nat,,o Of ,roaf nrfla ike coma