Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-22
March II, 1910.
Committee of One Hundred,
for Moral UpIift, Proposed

A committee of one hundred to promote
the moral betterment OF Washington is
an organization proposed by the Monday
Evening Club, which has taken notice OF
the campaign against saloons which sell
liquor to minors.
A meeting was held last night at the
Y. NJ. C. A. The executive committee was
empowered to invite the executive Of
ficers Of the Pastors Federation. the
Board Of Trade, the Chamber Of Com
merce, the Anti-Saloon League and the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
to conference for the purpose Of con-
sidering the formation Of the proposed
committee Of one hundred.
The members had been listening to ad-
dresses for some time by DR.. o. F. Lewis
of the New York Prisoners Society, DR..
Cook, physician at the Maryland peniten-
tiary, and others prominent in prison
work.
Curse Of Drink Told OF.
All the speakers had been insistent
in asserting that everywhere drink is
Que of the great forces in tearing down
the upright human fabric, and that MOTH
ing does SO much to destroy that which
is good. They had told of reformatories
which reform, and throughout their adj
dresses they pointed to the drink evil.
Then. near the close OF the session.
Rev Zed H. Copp. chief probation ON
Ger of the Juvenile Court. was recognized.
He read a resolution lauding the course
of The Star in its work of stamping out
the sale of liquor to girls and boys right
in the sight Of the Capitol.
LAS youth 10 impulsive and inquisitive,"
fo6 resolution oanA Nl0<~oR NJ
evil resort are permitted. enticing the
young, and as youth is self-wflled, and
parents are neglectful, and as the press
of the city reveals deplorable conditions.
affecting the morals of the young. There
fore, be 1t resolved that the Monday
Evening Club heartily commends The
Evening Star for exposing the man
traps of the city. and pledges its earnest
cooperation to close them."
The resolution then called for a COM
mittee Of one hundred, and empowered
the executive committee to consult with
the Board Of Trade executive officers as
well as the others named.
Executive Committee Authorized.
AS soon as the resolution had been read
Rev. John Van Schaick. pastor Of the
Church Of Our Father. moved that it be
referred at once to the executive COM
mittee OF the club. with power to act His
suggestion was adopted.
In his address DR.. Lewis urged the re-
Mobilization of the criminal. He told Of
the strenuous work which the state off,
Gals of New York are doing at tlD Elmira
reformatory for the reclamation of the
young from lives which would otherwise
be spent behind prison walls.
He said the members Of his organisation
are working might and main for an i'm
ebriate hospital in the Empire state a. q
means of saving men in distress from
prison.
william H.. Baldwin. in g short address.
Iauded the '1oan shark bill now before
Congress.
The general subject Of the meeting was
after Prison, What?" During their adj
dresses several speakers told Of efforts of
men to find positions after released from
prison. Many, they declared. are holding
places Of trust In many parts OF tho
country.
"a Social Program for Washington, !"
according to an announcement made at
the session last night, will be the subject
considered by G. A. Lyon, jr.. at the next
meeting of the club.
At a meeting Of the Civic Betterment
League of the southeast last night in
Harris Hall a resolution was adopted
commencing The Star for its efforts for