Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-11-22
NATIONAL MEET.

WAUsAU, Wis, Nov. 20, 1910
Mr.. q. B. THAYER
Dedr SIR:
/ returned yesterday from the
National w. G. T. U. convention at
Baltimore. 1t was the largest conyen-
ton in the history of the organiza-
ton. There were 600 delegates and
the visitors swelled the number to
over 1000.
Baltimore proved itself In all res
poets the hospitable city it has long
been reputed to be. Street cars were
all placarded with large white sign
announcing "W. G. T. U. National
convention, The Lyric, Nov. PIT"
Every resident Of the city seemed to
constitute himself a host and gra-
ciously turned aside from his own
affairs, when occasion presented itself,
to give courteous information and adj
vice to visitors.
Although there was in progress in
the Monumental City" great ayia-
tion meet, Kings Daughters conven-
ton, an Epworth league convention
and various other large meetings and
conferences of which must receive
due attention-the city press was
very generous in the space given to
announcement of the w. c.. II. u.
convention plans, reports of proceed
ings, pictures of prominent w. G. II.
t. leaders, and friendly editorials.
The editor of The Sun, leading
Baltimore daily, composed the follow
ing poem which was placed on his edi-
torial page one morning during the
convention:
THE WHITE RIBBON.
So fit to deck woman's breast and je a
woman's creed
Wave ho the ribbon of the white that stands
That stands to save the homes that makes the
state that Is to be
Wave ho the ribbon Of the white flag TO set
men free
The ribbon of the white white league. Oh! let
its glow be seen
A glory on the hills of light and in the wales Of
green.
So fit to win woman's seal and be a woman's
guide
Fling far the banner of the white. DER vale
and city widel
Wave no! the ribbon Of the love that in its
Yearns for the furnished heart sin drags into
the alien dust.
The ribbon of the white wave no
Lift broad its pennant fair
Unto the glory of the sky,
The freedom the air
on many a mothers breast Il burns. the ribbon
of the white
An emblem Of the holy cause that leads to
truth and right
Wave no! the banner Of cause the greatest
and most human
Whose soldiers armed with dauntleSs trust are
women. sister women
The ribbon OF the white. the true
Oh. let the sweet winds have II
And many prayer 20 up 70 God
To find 10 and TO save IL!
So fit for womans love. 50 pure and on her
breast 50 fair
The ribbon Of the white. white league long
may it hutter therel
Wave no. this ribbon OF the nome, that saves
BY saving from the outer dark the heart that
thlrsts with sin.
The ribbon OF the war Of peace.
The banner borne in light
stainless above the battles din
Brave ribbon Of the white
One Of the prominent addresses dur
ing the convention was made by Mrs.
Edith Smith Davis of Wisconsin,
World and NATL Supt. Of Scientific
Instruction Her con-
ferences each day at ] p. no. were very
largely attended and many expressed
the opinion that these were one Of the
most helpful features of the conven-
ton.
The great speech Of the convention
was made on Sunday night by Hon.
Richard Pearson Hobson, hero of the
Spanish-AmeTican war, who has come
out most avowedly on the side of pro-
hibition. He spoke for two hours 10
an audience that taxed the capacity |
Of The Lyric.
MRS. c. G.. PARLIN.