The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-16

Over 100000 children arc receiving
this instruction, and half a million of
these arc already pledged to total alb.
stinence. The W, C, II, U. is among
tho pioneers in the effort to draw
mother and teacher closer together IN
school work, believing that in this way
educational. social and moral standards
can best be elevated Every Chautau-
qua held throughout the length and
breadth of tho land has its w. c. Il. u.
gathering, campaigns have been waged
to require equal standards OF morality
for both sexes, TO give women the right
Of suffrage, and TO have the remuner.
alton for service equal for men and
women. Tens of thousands of men have
signed the pledge OF total abstinence
that these earnest women arc offering
in the interest Of health and happiness,
girls have been taken from lives OF
shame and given fair chance TO start
over again.
School savings banks are proof of
the Wilderness of the work the w. {. i.
U. has undertaken, In twenty-seven
different states and territories the
school children are encouraged to save
their pennies toward some good purpose
and in the twenty-five years that the
plan has been in operation they have
saved $3,000000. In several states they
have been instrumental In having laws
enacted that make physical training a
part Of the public school work: in
eighteen states they have had laws
passed that prohibit the sale of intoxi-
cants on fair grounds. and that suppress
questionable shows. Flowers and fruits
for the sick, clothes for the poor, fuel
for the cold and su(fering-all these
have been used as means OF express"
ing a wide interest IN humanity. ANTI
narcotic leagues have been formed for
the suppression Of the cigarette and
opium habits, the family medicine chest
is being over hauled so that dangerous
drugs and narcotics may be eliminated,
and a concerted effort is being made TO
secure legislation against those patent
and proprietary medicines that nave
alcohol as q component part.
They have sent out travelling libraries
OF temperance literature all through the
country. Last year they placed some
thing over 5000 temperance books In
Sunday. school libraries. Lumber camps
railroad cabooses, ships. army posts,
prisons, hospitals, schools, missionary
societies, all have felt the influence Of
this body through being supplied with
its literature. Through the efforts of
the W. c. T. U. the age of protection
for girls has been raised to eighteen
years in twenty States, and to sixteen
years in nearly all the. others. Laws
that protect women and children arc
receiving their especial consideration,
and curfcw laws have been put into
effect at their request in several hun
dred towns.
They arc responsible for the law that
prohibits the sale of Intoxicating delec-
tables in the Capitol building at Wash
ington, and in the immigrant stations,
They have arranged to have boarding
women meet all incoming vessels in
New York TO look after and protect
women who travel alone. a department
devoted to purity in literature and art
keeps close watch on all publications,
pictures and billboards throughout the
country, and with the Association Of
Bill Posters of the United States and
Canada already pledged TO help them,
part of this work will no longer be
hedged about with difficulties.
Bands Of Mercy, whose duty it is TO
look after dumb creatures, have grown
up under the tutelage of the w. c. T.
Z. More than one weary draught horse
in the big cities is dumbly grateful for
the drinking fountain made for him.
or for the bucket of cool water that
uniformed attendant, with w. c. r. Z.
on his cap, brings out and prof1ers 10
him on hot days. The work is widely
varied, yet 1t all contributes to the one
end-temperance and improved cond.
tions of living. Whatever helpful task
lies nearest, that is what the w. C.. r..
U. finds to do Before a week had
marked the passing Of San Francisco S
disaster, the president of the local w.
{, T. L. had opened a reading tent in
Golden Gate Park that was soon the
nucleus of a colony of tents where sew
lngrooms, emergency rooms, writing
and reading rooms were operated for
crowds of people. In Birmingham, Ala
| bama, the Mercy Home marks the pro-
gress of the organization through that
State.
In Denver commodous building
that covers whole block is used as
q home for unfortunate girls. In Della
ware City an attractive rest room is
kept for the use of the soldiers from
the two forts nearby. In Florida svs.
tematic work is being done among The
negroes. In Georgia the women have
oeen instrumental in passing the child
labor bill In Kentucky one of the
unions collected great many fans, and
pashng clippings and pictures on these.
qlstrlouted them among the hospitals.
IN Minnesota much time is given 10 the
inmates of soldiers homes and hospi
taIs. In Virginia the women of Phoe-
bus, near Fortress Monroe. have opened
rest room Tor sailors and soldiers.
ana every war vessel Of any size that
has entered Norfolk harbor in the pasf
year mas been met by a delegation of
w. Z, j. U. women, who have held ser
wees and been accorded cordial wei
come.
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