The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1911-05-05
WHITE RIBBON
COLUMN
Edited by Mrs. Thos. Weir


all ways you can, to all people you
can, just. as long as you can.
Flower-White carnation.
Meetings-1st and 3rd Tuesdays.
Next meeting-Mrs. Jacobs, East
Burgess street.
There are so many things we do not
want to believe. The things we do
not want to believe, frequently are
the things which are best to believe.
l see many Christian women attend
ed the trial last week from county
and town.
From each union will come reports
of contest work. Last report is from
Fredericktown, 1862 points. All unions
keep track of the others through the
column, as you report it will come out
in the column.
Amity union Is to be invited to the
institute to be held here to be enter
tanned. Amity has done some good
work and we will be glad to have
contest here with some of their speak
ers.
Those who attended the M. q.
church Sunday morning heard some
good plain facts about the reform
work from the reformatory by re-
former, Chaplain Meese of Mansfield.
w. G. T. U. workers, surely we can
work harder, bear little more, keep
our families together, and be more
earnest and vigilant and keep down
the accursed stuff that brought two.
thirds of the prisoners at the reforma-
tory to their present condition. They
will all acknowledge it, when 1t is
too late. So let each one be voter,
through some one and oppose the new
laws that are frequently being brought
up before the legislature.
Are you sure you know exactly what
you want, women? Oh, no, many of
US are only half-hearted in the cause
Women that have the ballot do not
exercise the right, but l suppose the
vital question that effects their lives
the most has not been brought up yet.
Sylvia Parkhurst says women do not
want office so much as rights.
But If man can not be found that
has backbone enough to stand up for
the peoples right women had fill in
the blanks.
What has become of the old fash
ioned women that tainted? She is on
the alert not to be found dead when
the Dean bills came about. She shall
work and not faint, will not be faint.
they appear for is 1t not she who bears
the burdens of the men who tainted
in the saloon or on the road home
So our motto snail be run and not be
not weary, work and not faint"
/, Our county president was in the ci
ty on business and having an inter
esting day at the court house. Many
Of our members reported i'll, hoping
they will all be we'll soon is our wish
Defense of women:
The theory that women II given the
ballot would not vote was given test
in California A town in California
could not decide upon site for new
building. 1t was decided to let al
citizens, men and women, vote the
question. There were 750 male voter!
and supposed equal amount of women
Twenty more women than men wen
! to the polls, two-thirds of the mel
: voted, although at the election onl.
1S men voted for the board. But b,
1t said that the women knew what the.
wanted and voted for 1t and got II
The Indifference of the men Is th
trouble. He stays away and does no
exercise his right.
Rev. S. S. Jiffords, rector of 81
+ Paul's church, proposes to build
? church from the proceeds of "liquo
t cure" He has discovered, we hope
the cure Is o. X. and will cure, but
y can't do much hurt it will either cur
y or kill the patient. Perhaps he 1
as we'll off either way, all depends
But our faith has been shaken s
many times.
Our flower committee is having 1t
hands full trying to remember all tn
sick ones.
Danish women get suffrage. Here
\ hoping they use their privilege in
u wise way.
But the motto: Keep sweet"
hard for some of our men folks. 1t ROT
and ruins.
A bartender plaintively bewaile
'. the necessity of having to rub col
u gealed drops of sticky beer off the ba
y Better let them remain" he sal
= they rot the wood"
They rot the wood, do they? tlercel
u repeated the beer bidder, then whit
In the name of common sense, do the
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