The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-03-28
THE W. c 7. U. MEET.

THE W. C. 7. U. MEET.
TIA" mid.ycar meeting OF the S,aro
Executive ". &. T. T.. closed it,
~".,luu of several days at the NJ. f..
| Church, South, last Thursday even.
iu- with most entertaining pro.
gram OF most excellent talks and
songs. Mrs. Kate Newton Of Cul-
| thagr, stat" President. presided.
| The dryotiuus were led by Mrs. An.
| ma DOwdcu Of Kansas city. Mrs.
| P"tcrf"r uf Monet sang beautiful
solo. Mrs. Alice Scott Abbott of
| Springfield talked of the women
Of Yesterday, To-day and To-mur-
row 80 in a most witty aud entertain
INK way, giving high tribute to the
women Of the Bible, who were Way
Showers for the women of to-day.
The address OF Mrs f.. Is. Ingalls,
Ut ST. Louis on "Cigar"tte Smok.
ing was full Of timely warning To-
boys Of tn" rising generation. aud
am sorry the Boy Scouts were not
present in "A body To- hear this whole
som" lecture. Mrs. Mullir BIuuut
"i Richmond Mo-, gave au inter.
"stiug account Of the work don" hy
the Loyal Temperance Legion. 81
which she is STATE Secretary. Mrs.
{. .. Nelson So captured the audi.
enc" by her beautiful solo. accom-
panied by Miss Elsie CHycr on the
organ and Paul Jones on the violin,
that she was obliged to respond to
an encore. Mrs. Middleton of Kan.
sas City, Superintendent Of Scicnti.
iic Temperance instruction, gave an
account of the work being done in
the Kansas City public schools.
Realizing that the hoy of to-day is
the man of to-morryw, early in
structiOn Is given on these temper
ance topics. Mrs. Kate Newton
called on Mr.. Jenkins to close what
had been one Of the most fruitful
and interesting meetings ever held
by the executive committee
Preparations are being made tor
grand meeting OF the State W. G.
T. L. in st. Louis. Mrs. Nelson
has been asked to sing at this meet.
ing.
The delegates were taken Ia visit
State Hospital No. ON invitation
OF DR.. Waterman.
The following resolutions we're
read ut the close Of the meeting
Resolved, that this Executive
Meeting OF the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union of Missouri rX.
tend their sincere and heartfelt
thanks to the citizens OF Farming
ton for their cordial reception. for
the huSpitablr manner in which
their homes haV" been opened Co us,
and the convenient and excellent
arrangements mad" for us in every
way.
We are grateful to the Pastor and
Board Of Stewards Of the VI. T..
Church, South, for the use of his
church building, 10 tn" variuu- PAS
tors of the city for their cu-uurra-
ton and to the musicians who lave
charmed Us with their beautiful and
Inspiring music.
W" also extend our thanks t. the
Sheriff Of st. Francois county. who
so willingly opened the Jail that a
religious service might be held with
the prisoners, aud To DR.. Waterman
for his cordial invitation to visit
State Hospital No. /, although not
the regular visiting day.
We extend our thanks to Mrs.
Tucker and the members Of the W,
{. 7. l., who have ministcrcd with
untiring patience and courtesy to
the members of this convention,
and our thanks are also due to the
women who provided Il hountiiul
lunch each day, thus enabling us to
devote the largest amount Of time
to the work for which we are assem-
bled.
Lastly, We wish To extend spe-
cial vote of thanks tn Mr.. phillp
Pipkin for the earnest, hopeful and
helpful words given to us in his
address of welcome, and
for his splendid example which our |
women can carry home with them
as an inspiration To the young men |
of our own towns.
Respectfully submitted,
MRS. RIShEL.
MRS. INGALLS,.