The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-01
SOCIAL NOTES

Miss Lillian Topping, superintendent
of the Florence Crittenton home. Will
leave the first of the week for Min
neapnIis where she will attend the
seventh International Purity congress
which opens in Minneapolis Friday
morning continuing to the Following
Wednesday,. Miss Topping received
her appointment as delegate to the
Convention from Governor Hanna. and
will be the only North Dakota dele
gate. The meeting will be one OF the
largest gatherings Of men and women
ever held in the twin cities.
All the states. most Of the impor.
tant cities Of the country. and all OF
the important social ,WelLare e.u2i,SI
and organizations in the ountry Wlll
send delegates The United States
government and the Canadian govern
ments have officially, recognized ana
edorsed the congress by LEGISLATIVE
enactment, and from all parts or the
world students and workers will come
to, discuss vital topics of the present
day.
MANY governors, including Eber-
hart OF Minnesota, have issued proc.
Iamations urging the observance OF
Nov. 8 as Purity Sunday, as des1gnat-
ed by the, congress. ~.
Among the distinguished men ana
women .expScCeu To GouAoS9 tIT
gress are Richmond Pearson Hooson'
Reginald Wright Kaufman, Mrs.
Katherine Booth Clibborn. daughter
of the late William Booth; William s:
Bennett, DR.. Keshava Deva Saastri or
India, Judge Harry Olson, chlet Jus
tice of the Chicago Municipal court;
Ne Poon Chew, famous Chinese schol-
ar Of Canton; Rabbi Rudolph Coffee
Of Pittsburgh, Mrs Alice Stebbins
Wells of Los Angeles, first police
woman in the United States; F1lnC
Crozier of the Philippine islands. and
Rev. Charles w. Gordon -(Ralph Con
nor). -.,,, So
held Ilnder the direction OF the Worlds
purity Federation. This federation is
credited with being primarily respon-
sibIe for the wave of the effort against
vicious conditions. The coming con-
gress., It, is believed, will be the most
Important ever held in the promotion
of social purity.
throughout the country by churches
and various organizations with ser
mons and addresses devoted to the
same topics that are being discussed
in Minneapolis by the congress. .
Sumner 7. Mcknight is chairman OF
the Minneapolis committee. the
headquarters Of the congress Will pc
at the Radisson hotel in Minneapolis.
The general sessions will be held at
the Westminster Presbyterian churcn,
Twelfth street and Nicollet avenue,
and in the auditorium, Eleventh street
and Nicollet avenue. ~
The first business session Will open
Friday at 8 q. m. at the Radisson no.
tel. All meetings will be open to the
general public. -
On Saturday a special programme
for the benefit Of teachers will be CIV
en- at which will be discussed the
teaching of sex hygiene in colleges,
normal schools and public schools.
At the opening session Friday at 10
a. M, Rev. Theodore Hanson Of To
peka, Kan, superintendent of the
Public Welfare league, will discuss
the local community's supervision of
vice problems, and Herbert E. Germ
ert Of New York city will discuss
state control as a solution Of social
ON Friday afternoon. in addition to
an address by Rev. Mr.. Gordon
(Ra1ph Connor), there will be a talk
on Policewomen and Their Work by
Mrs. Wells; an address by Rev. w. T.
Alien Of. Jacksonville, Fla, on the
STANDARD league, and a discussion of
Qualifications for Vice Investigators
by Owen ". Wizard of Chicago, presi-
dent of the National Detective asso-
citation. .-......-
Friday evening Governor Eberhart
will speak, and w. S. Bennett of New
york will deliver an address on Inter
national Phases of the White Slave
Traffic.
On. Saturday, DR.. Keshava Deva
xShastri of India is scheduled to tell OF
moral conditions in India and the rest
of the morning programme will con-
sist Of talks on sex education in the
schools. In the afternoon there viii
be an address by William A. McKeev-
.er of Kansas on Building UP. a. Clear
Life, and in the evening Stanley w
Finch of, Baltimore will talk on The
United States Government n the
White Slave Traffic.
On Sunday prominent delegates will
speak in the various churches of the
city on purity topics. Sunday after,
noon Mrs. Mary M. Bartelme of Chi.
cage will discuss The Delinquency Of
Girls; Causes and Prevention.
THE cigarette evil, the work Of the