Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-11-11
LAWS DISCUSSED
BY DELEGATES
WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPER.
ANCE UNION DELEGATES HEAR
INTERESTING DISCUSSIONS.
A FOREIGN LECTURE
Mrs. Katherine Kent Stevenson, Of
Massachusetts, Tells Of Her Travels
Around the World.

Most interesting discussions eharac-
terized the second days session Of
the thirty-third annual gathering of
the Arkansas Woman's christian Tenn
perance Union in this city Friday,
when Mrs. Katherine Lent Stevenson,
of Massachusetts, president Of the
Massachusetts Union and round the
world missionary" and Mrs. Mime U.
Rutherford, of Magazine, Ark, pro-
minent in w. c. T. u, circles, figured
prominently in the proceedings, the
former lecturing for an hour on the
work of the W. C. T. u, in foreign
lands and the latter discussing legis
lation, both state and national, laws
pertaining to the Prohibition move
ment, the white slave traffic educa-
ton and sex hygiene.
During the morning session in the
absence of Mss Elizabeth Pollock OF
Little Rock, state superintendent OF
Rescue Work, Mrs. Lula A. MtlkWell,
! president of the state Union, urged
the women of Arkansas to work in
dustrtously for the passage of law
presented by senator Watson dur
ing the last Session of the Legisla-
ture, to prevent the white slave traf-
fic in Arkansas. The bill failed at
the last session, she said, but she
urged every delegate present to in
sist on her respective senator or re-
presentatlve voting for it at the next
Session of the General Assembly. Mrs
Maxwell reviewed some startling oc
currences which she said were re-
corded in white slave circles" In the
capital city during the past year. TIE
subject of her paper, which was to
, have been read by Miss Pollock, was
rThe Girl Who Disappeared
Mrs. Rutherford talked interest
ingly at both the morning and after
noon session on legislation. She at
tended the meeting of the National
Conference of Charities at Boston la
June and what was undertaken and
! accomplished by that organization
was detailed by her. She also re-
viewed the work of the Vice Commits.
sion, appointed by the Mayor of Chi
cago some months ago, and spoke At
length on the uniform law for stats
adopted by that Commission after
study of vice in various cities. The
Mann law passed by Congress was
discussed most favorably by tho
speaker.
In discussing "a Batch of Bills,
Mrs. Rutherford familiar,zed the
White Ribboners with the Juvenile
Court Act, passed by the recent Cen
eral Assembly,. She impressed upon
them the Importance of the establish
ment of Juvenile courts, where they
were needed, and told the delegates
that women were eligible to serve Oh
tn commissions as visitors. She pad
"a high compliment to Representative
Black and Calvert, of Sebastian coun.
ty, for assistance given the ladies
of the state during the last session
of the Legislature, in securing need ID
legislation. Mrs. Rutherford declaf-
ed that it was strange that the
Init Ctofo hod
bureau, hog bureau, sheen bureau,
poultry, fish and cattle bureaus. but
when bill was presented at the le.r
, session of Congress providing a emit
dren's bureau. it only passed the
Senate and never became law.
There is not single piece of litera-
, ture, she said, being distributed by
! the government for the welfare o.
children of this country.
! At the night session of the conven.
ton Mrs. Katherine Lent Stevenson
of Massachusetts, in an interesting
/, lecture, told of her travels arounc
the world in the interest of the w. C
T. U. She spent month in the
Hawaiian Islands, Three weeks II
Japan, five months in China, and alst
visited Celon, Australia, New Zealand
European countries, Scotland and ire
land. She told of how she had lee
tured with an interpreter in China
and how she had been m 'sunderstooa
on one occasion when she was pre-
scented with a box of cigars and a