Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-06
White RIBBONERS MEET
TO GREET THEIR CHIEFS
Mount Pleasant Organization Ad-
dressed by Mrs. Stevens, National
President, and Others.

A large number of the members and
friends of the Mount Pleasant Woman
Christian Temperance Union met last
tional and District of Columbia unions.
The guests were Mrs. Lillian Nj. N.
Stevens, national president: Miss Anna A.
Gordon, national vice president; Mrs.
Margaret Dye Ellis, national legislative
superintendent: Mrs. Don P Blaine, ma
tional organizer; Mrs. Catharine L.
Stevenson. president Of the Massachusetts
state union: Mrs. Emma 8. Shelton
president Of the District union, and Miss
Ellen M. Stone. Mrs. 8. E. Nicholson
president of Mount Pleasant union was in
the chair. The audience sang America"
and the president introduced Mrs. Ellis.
who read the Crusade Psalm" and Of
fered prayer. Mrs. A. d. melvin Of the
Mount Pleasant Congregational Church
sang "The Lord Is My Shepherd
Address by Mrs. Stevens.
Mrs. Stevens was introduced as the
leader who during many years has guided
the destinies Of the w. c. T. u so sue
cessfully as to bring increased usefulness
and growth. Mrs. Stevens said: 1.-THE
wonder Is not that some states have out
lawed the liquor traffic, but that any state
will legalize this traffic. Ninety-five per
cent of our railroads have forbidden to
their employees the use of intoxicants, not
as measure Of moral reform, but as
business proposition. and five great west
ern railroads have stopped the serving Of
alcoholic liquors in the dining car"
Mrs. Stevens spoke Of the struggle now
In progress between the liquor forces on
one side and the various temperance or
CARNATIONS on the other concerning the
passage OF the present bill before Con-
gress for the protection of prohibition
states against interstate commerce In in
toxicants. The arguments Of the op-
ponents Of the bill, she said, are based
chiefly on the financial injury that would
result to the brewers and distillers Of the
country II they were not permitted to
ship their product into prohibition states.
regardless Of the laws of those states
Remarks by Others.
Miss Gordon said: Nearly one hundred
years ago Eliza Trimble, a young girl of
nineteen years, went with her father to
cold water meeting Of men at Sara
toga Springs. N. Y; afterward, as Mrs.
Eliza Trimble Thompson, she became the
leader Of the first woman's crusade" She
told also how. in 1883, in San Francisco,
| there came to Miss Wizards heart the
message that she must organize the
worlds w. C. T. U. 1.-THE missionaries, -
said Miss Gordon, Gin all parts Of the
| world have been the greatest help to
the worlds union"
The "Y'' chorus sang "Sign the Pledge"
and Mrs. Stevenson. next introduced
said: What the w. c. T. U. means de-
ponds upon the point Of view. The liquor
dealers definition is Women Continually
Torment U.s. better definition is
Christian women banded together for
| the saving Of the home II the homes
decay the nation must sink. We must
take care Of our children, but we can
not always keep the children in the
cradle"
Mrs. Don p. Blaine urged the audience
not to be guilty of contributory negli-
gence, but to help in the work Of the
Mount Pleasant Union.
Comment on Use Of Drugs.
DR.. Goodwin, pastor of the church,
spoke Of his regret on account of the
great use OF drugs as well as Of liquor.
Men try to get out Of the commonplace,
the drudgery. and they go to excess. Let
us fill our lives with the best things;
get away from the trivial: do not use
drugs or liquors, which deprive men of
their best powers"
Mrs. Stevens introduced resolution.
which was unanimously adopted, calling
for the passage by Congress of the bill
to prevent the notification of prohibitory
laws by the interstate traffic in liquors.
The "Y' chorus sang Its Coming. -
Rev. Lindley D. Clark offered the clos