Evening journal., 1911-03-31
W. C. I. u.
INSTITUTE
All Day Session Here Proves
Interesting to Many
Delegates
WORKING TO UPLIFT
CITY COLORED GIRLS

Never did New Castle County Wo-
mems Christian Temperance Union
hold a more successful spring insti-
tute than that held yesterday in Sill
verbrook Methodist Episcopal Church,
concluding with a banquet and debate
at the Young Women's Christian AS
sociation in the evening.
The banquet was a brilliant close
to the day Nearly sixty guests sat
down to the prettily decorated tables
and partook Of the delicious menu.
Mrs. Mary B. Donnell, president of
the county union, acted as toastmas-
ter, and a number Of witty and inspir-
ing toasts were given by Mrs Efie
Lambert, of New York, Madame Bar
rakat. Mrs. Sarah e. Foster, Mrs. Kate
Smithers, and others.
The afternoon and morning sessions
at Silverbrook Church were very busy
meetings. After the business of the
morning, the following committees
were appointed:
kilograms and Courtesies-Mi
Butler, Newark; Mrs. Ella wilkins.
Asbury Y; Mrs. H. T. Sergeant, Ar
ters Union.
AANooluAiJio- 0dTIle 0duklns
Hilles Union; Mrs. S. H. Hoffecker,
Il Thatcher Union; Mrs. John A. Grams
ton, Newport; Mrs. Cora Olcott,
North End
Finance-Mrs H. 7. Mearns.
Union Signal-Miss Morrison, New
ark; Mrs. Burnley, McClellandsville.
Crusader Monthly-Mrs. Ethel East
burn, Hockessin; Miss Hitchcock
North End Union; Mrs. Anna Boyce,
Madeley Y.
Pages-Miss Shepherd and Miss
Barney, of Newark.
At noon a box luncheon was served
by Mrs. Frederick Van Gelder. Mrs.
n. s. Kriger, Mrs Harry Plowman,
Mrs. George Newcome, and Mrs.
Katherine Truax.
Madame Barrakat opened the after
noon session with Bible talk upon
the story of Zaccheus, with the les
sons to be drawn therefrom that It
was necessary to give up pride in
worldly things in order to have spir-
itual sight.
Mrs. Kate Smithers. the State pres
ident, made an eloquent appeal dur
/ ing the afternoon for the children
working in the factories of the State.
urging that the women should be
stirred to do something for the thou
sands of child laborers.
Mrs. Efie Lambert entertained the
children of No. 25 School with a
blackboard map Of a new Wilmington.
In locating the industries. the chill
dren voted down all applications for
breweries and saloons.
One of the most valuable features
of the afternoon was a paper by Mrs.
J. Bacon Stuhbs, chairman of the Fed
GRAFTON Of Clubs for Colored Women.
She spoke of the organization of the
Federation OF Christian workers last
/ spring for the purpose Of raising the
standard Of life for the colored wo-
men.
Mrs Stubs said that the federation
was sometimes tempted to despair,
but she tried then to remember the
words of the old black slave to Fred
erick Douglass when the leader des-
/ paired of winning the freedom of the
! slaves, Frederick, God is not dead.'
Mrs Stubbs commended the good
work done by Mrs. Sarah +. Foster
among the colored people of the COM
munity, and spoke of Mrs. Fosters de-
sire to obtain a Legislative appropria-
tion to put up a building for colored
girls industrial school, She closed
with a plea to the white women to
help their colored sisters towards
better ways of living.
n Two medal contests we're held dur
ing the afternoon, a Y contest, which
was won by Miss Florence Butler, OF
the Newark Y, competing against Miss
Alvah Lynch, of the Wilmington Y
and the matrons' contest, by Mrs
Eastburn, the county superintendent
Those who contested were Mrs
Sarah Olcott Of North End Union. HeI
subject was "A Plea For Rum" Miss
Ella J. Miller Of the Newark w. c. T
T., Our Future;" Mrs. David Hay
Of Delaware Avenue w. c. T. u, "Rec
Rum" and Miss Lille Strup, a for
mer member Off Newark Y, "GoinG
TO Convention" The judges were
Mrs. w. l.. Pettingill, Mrs. L. w. En-
erson, and Professor A r. Spaid. The
medal was awardede to Mrs. Hay.
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