Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-10-15
v. c. I. j. SESSION
ENDORSES EQUAL
SUFFRAGE CAUSE
Teaching of Purity in Schools
Also Urged at Close of
States Convention.

ton of the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union, which began on We'd
nesday morning in the First Presby-
terrain Church. came to an end at IL
o'clock this morning. owing to the
fact that this was the last day and
also Saturday. busy day for many of
the delegates-the attendance was
small. A resolution indorsing the equal
suffrage movement was passed before
adjournment.
Mrs. Ella H. Thatcher, of Florence.
was asked to talk on her coming trip
to Mexico. Mrs. Thatcher gave a very
interesting account of the work ac-
complished in Mexico and told of her
experience there last year. Although
much has been done there. she said,
there was still need for concerted ac-
ton, as conditions in Mexico are most
deplorable.
Mrs. Thatcher said hat the curse of
Mexico is ''poolki," a sweet sap eX-
tracted from the maya plant, which.
without mixing, is good for kidney dis
ease, but 1t is usually sold after hav-
ing been mixed with alcohol and is
then a vile poison. THE governors,
continued Mrs. Thatcher. are inter-
ested, as is also President Diaz. l
called on the president and was cor
daily received by him. The Methodist
Church is doing wonderful work In
| Mexico. as are also the other churches.
The next speaker was Miss Cornelia
A. Teal, OF Ch%autauqua, n. Y, who
made an address to mothers and called
it my Cry of the Children" She re-
viewed the circumstances that led
Elizabeth Browning to write the poem
1.-THE Cry of the Children and also
talked about the great good accom-
plished by Harriet Beecher Stoves
"Uncle Toms Cabin"
Urges Teaching of Purity.
Miss Teal made an impassioned APP
peal to mothers TO educate their chill
dren as to the true meaning of life.
and what can be expected by the youth
Of this land when they go out into the
world.
The immoral traffic in women was
vigorously assailed by her. She said
that more lives are lost by that aw-
full traffic than by all of the wars since
the Revolution. She urged parents to
insist on the teaching of purity in the
public schools, and to themselves take
their children in hand at an early age.
Miss Teal spoke of the recent dis
closures in the newspapers and maya
zines of his traffic. and said that a
greater evil THAI the slavery of the
negroes before thu war is this slavery
that ruins the bodies I'M souls OF the
Young men and young women OF the
nation.
In making her report on purity Mrs.
M. l.. Gilbert, of Vineland. stated that
she was in entire accord with every
thing Miss Teal said, and that the
truths of life, though sacred, were not
too sacred to be talked about to the
children. Both speakers urged the need
of putting women on the board @: edu-
cation, as did also Mrs. Demarest, the
corresponding secretary, VINO said tnat
after seven years of work she was last
year elected a member of the board, n
that her experience SHOWS that more
women must take up the issue and
strive for the education. enlightenment
and the purity of the youth.
Miss Neal took occasion to speak for
the second time, to remind the dele
gates that the rural districts, as we'll
as the cities, must be guarded. Many
of the cadets" she said. come from
the country, and rural districts, where
tne ptopit ait
Indorses Equal suffrage Movement.
Eight resolutions were adopted and
a vote of thanks given by the resolu-
ton committee to the members in
Essex county and the First Presby-
terrain Church for their cordial los
pitality. The resolutions touched on
state and nation prohibition, better
men in office, a crusade against inn
moral moving picture shows and an
Endorsement of the equal suffrage
movement. One of the resolutions
pointed out the difference between the
Boy Scouts of America, which Is or
ganized for character building, and
the other organization of a similar
name, which Is a decidedly military
organization, and which is in disfaVor
with the w. c. T. u.
The taking of children to beer gar
dens. and the evils resulting from this
practise, was embodied in one of the
resolutions. In another resolution Mrs.
Emma Bourne, the retiring president
was hanked for her nineteen years OF
faithful service, and IT was resolved
to assist her as much as possible IN
her work as editor Of the White Rib
boner. The convention adjourned with
! prayer anu SUNS
OratOricaI Prize Contest.
At the meeting last night the ora
torlcal prize contest was held. Harry
A. Relyea, of Oakhurst. won the dia
mond medal. The title of his address
was. The Wages OF sin is Death" a
chapter taken from Ralph Connor's
BLACK Rock The judges were Pro
fessor Martin f. Cox, the Rev. DR.
Robert Scott Inglis and Miss Esther
Elfreth, of Haddonield. Miss r. II
Goodwin presided over he contest
Professor Martin f. Cox made the
presentation address. The other
speakers of the evening were Miss
Rebecca c.. Barrett, of Alumnesson,
Miss Ada Frances Harris, of New1eld
j. Irving Leonard, of West Norwood
and Elwood Hainer, of Sweedesboro.