The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-20
WHITE RIBBONERs WILL GATHER
THERE on THURS
DAY
FROM ALL OVER WORLD
RICHMOND WILL ENTERTAIN
DELEGATES AS THEY ARE
ZEN ROUTE TO CON-
yENTTON

"On to Brooklyn is the slogan of
the white ribbon army the world over.
Representatives of the great worlds
womanhood temperance organization
are now on a score of steamships
plying the high seas. and while rib
bon special trains will span the con-
tinent of America, headed for the
worlds w. C. r u. convention, which
meets in Brooklyn on next Thursday,
the 23d. AS the name of Washing
ton suggests the Father OF His Coun-
try" and the greatest land over
which the skies bend. so the name of
Frances willard Ia associated with
the leadership Of the greatest wo-
mans organized effort in behalf of
humanity. Standing queenly majestic
and panoplied with potentiality in the
very forefront of the worldwide tenn
perance army, the Womans' Chris
tian Temperance union. commands the
admiration of all hearts In accord
with Its principles. and the highest
thetic towards its purposes. The sun
never sets on the democracy of white
rbboners To the efforts OF the w. c.
T. r. are chiefly due the great awak-
euing in the realms of science and
economies as to the direful effects of
alcohol and from its blazing torch of
truth many a lesser light has famed
to dispel the shadows of ignorance.
superstition and prejudice.
The white ribbon special. bearing
the Southern delegation. will leave
Birmingham. Alabama. on Tuesday.
October 22d. and should pass through
Richmond about Z: so o'clock on Wed
nesday morning. the FAD. A stop will
be made In Richmond to take on the
delegates from Richmond. and those
from other portion of Virginia, who
will congregate at Richmond. 1t is
expected that quite a number of w.
c. r. l.. people. and those in sym
pathy with the cause. will assemble
at MaIn-Street station TO give hearty
greetings to the ladies from fair Dixie
Land.
There will he delegates from scores
OF foreign nations including ladies OF
titled nobility and others Of nterna-
tional fame Great subjects will be dis
cussed and the cooperative lines will
be frightened to give yet greater
scope and power to the Mother of
them air organization, for the up
lit OF humanity. Immediately Follow
Ing the adjournment of the world s
convention the American National w.
G.. T. T.. convention will be held at
Ashury Park. New Jersey. This CON
vention will he attended by nearly all
the worlds" delegates. The body
VIII be posed of personalities
from the various state W. C. T. Us
of America. and viii be presided over
by Mrs l.. ". y. Stevens. the national
president, upon whose shoulders fell
the mantle Of the lamented Frances
willard. Like her great predecessor.
Mrs Stevens has heart aglow with
interest in the cause. and IS possessed
of a spirit Of indemitable courage. and
is known far and Wide for her SUI
peri0r executive abilities.
The Local Work.
The work of the local organization
in the city Is progressing nicely. Eff
forts are making TO enlarge the w. c,
T T. headquarters and 10 extend
the sphere of the noble work. For
years the local " G. T. L. has daily
distributed thousands OF tracts and
lea flets. books and magazines. bear
ing on the scientific and every other
phase OF the temperance work land
many philanthropic propogandas pur
chase their literature from the w. G.
r It's own national printing housed.
In some sections local temperance So
cIeties have sprung up patterning af-
ter the mother of them ALL" but In a
Western State some sister. psQued at
the "oid reliable" went about with a
chip on her hat until she actually or
ganlyed q little rivalet with the
avowed intention OF antagonizing the
w. c. T. T.. hut, as spite work never
counts, this went the way of all such.
The white ribbon how-the exclusive
insignia OF the w. C. r lis recog-
nized the world over. and Is in itself
a great power
The local white rihhoners hold
PRAYER meeting every Thursday
morning IN their headquarters at
Sixth and Broad (upstatrsl. The
hour Is from II TO -l2. There have
been reclamations of men from the
curse of drink to cleanness of life as
result of these prayer meetings.
Mrs. Ella V. Wood. superintendent
OF evangelistic work, is in charge of
these services. She is a consecrated, !
useful woman.