Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-20
WHIST CHAMPION
TELLS OF REFORM
Mrs. A. B. Sims Addresses Purity
Congress on the Evils of
Card Playing
OPPOSES DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Wiley ]. Phillips Asserts Laxity
in Prosecuting the White
Slave Traffic

Possessed of great platform mag
| nefism. Mrs. A. b. Sims stands befor'
| her audience as the converted nationa
| champion player of whist Mrs. sims
| was one of the principal speakers IL
| the convention of the American Purity
| federation, which closed last night II
| the First Methodist church. after {
| successful session of two days.
In connection with her fervent re
| ligious work, including the purity fed
| GRAFTON movement, Mrs. Sims takes
much pride in making a statement re-
garding her former aristocratic so
ciety events and her champion whist
playing.
II was /, great whist player" said
Mrs. Sims last night land still l was
a member of the Church of Christ.
won the New Amsterdam whist trophy
April q, 1906, in St. Louis, Mo. | was
converted in the same year, December
27, der the preaching of j. w. Chap
man at Des Moines, Iowa, my nome
city. Since that time have discarded
the game of whist, which now con-
slider as fashionable way of gamb-
ling-the very game of which l be-
came the national champion"
Mrs. Sims is the wife of a wealthy
retired business man of Des Moines,
Iowa, where she is we'll known.
The meeting closed last night at the
First Methodist church with interest
ing events incident to a profitable con-
vention. The Rev. Jason +. Chase OF
the New England Watch and Ward
society made the principal address on
1.-THE New Puritanism," contrasting
the old with the new Puritanism with
the latter far in the ascendency.
At the morning session resolutions
4 InA
law to be introduced before the next
session of the California legislature
by the Church Federation of the state
under the direction of the American
p 1rity federation, were adopted.
The principal speakers of the morn
ing session were A Il. Farwel, owen
O. Wizard and Mrs. Whittemore.
ADOPT RESOLUTIONS
At the afternoon session the follow
ing resolutions were adopted:
We, the citizens of Los Angeles,
assembled in a meeting at Temple
Baptist auditorium, under the aus
pices of the American Purity fed
Grafton, do hereby desire to put
ourselves on record as follows:
1. That we pledge ourselves to
do all in our power to suppress the
traffic in girls for immoral pur-
it possible.
q That it is the duty of parents,
teachers, physicians, and educa-
tionalists to give wise instructions
in the purposes, problems and perils
Of sex to all boys and girls at
suitable years, and that every pub
lie library should be provided with
books and literature on these sub
jects.
That the conrress records IFS
grateful appreciation of the work
of the American Purity federation,
and is of the opinion that for our
country's good it should be en-
dowed to the extent at least of
100000.
4. That it is desirable that the
Iowa injunction and abatement
law be enacted in California and
every other state, and we especial
| ly urge the enactment of the law
relating to pandering be indorsed
by this convention.
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5. That we repoice in all that
has been done toward cleaning up .
conditions in Los Angeles, COM
mend those persons and newspa-
pers that have aided in this good
work, and earnestly urge them and
all good citizens and sympathetic
bodies to press on along these lines
until our city and state are all that
they ought to be.
The afternoon session, which was
| held in Berean hail. was. largely at
| tended Addresses were made by Johr
| Hammond, Mrs. Sims and Arthur B
FarWel1. Later a boys meeting was
| held in Choral hall, the speakers be-
| ing w. L. Clark and Professor Shan
non. At the girls session In Berear
hall at the same hour the speakers
were Mrs. Lutes, DR.. Drake and Miss
| Smith.
Among the speakers of the afternoon
| session was Wiley J. Phillips of Los
Angeles, who chose not to call names
but made broad assertion against
the office Of the district attorney in
not prosecuting white slave traffic
! cases brought before it several months
| ago. He made strong assertions against
the incumbent of the office and op-
| posed his reelection.
One woman raised the objection that
| Mr.. Phillips was out Of order. The
chairman, however, did not sustain
her objection, and the speaker stated
that he did not intend to make it a
political issue, only to more plainly
express his point under consideration