Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-10-25
WHITE R|BBONERS
Women OF Every Greed and Station
Gather for Ninth Trlennial
Convention.

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NEW YORK. Oct. 2s White rib.
bons fluttered in Brooklyn today.
Women OF every creed and station,
wearing the snowy badge OF the Won.
ans Christian Temperance Union al.
taehed to emblems from every land
j and from every State IN the Union
and every Province Of Canada, gather.
ed In the 'City OF Churches" In read.
mess for the opening OF the ninth tri.
ennial convention OF the Worlds w.
10. n U.
The arrival OF the foreign delegates
started the wheels OF the convention
activities. gance at the register
maintained at the convention head.
quarters gave evidence Of the fact
that the gathering il destined to be
the most representative In character
III the history Of the worldwide al,
ganization
Great Britain aud her colonies hayn
set the largest delegation from across
seas. The delegation Is headed by
Lady Aurea Howard. daughter Of
the worlds president the Countess
of Carlisle. The latter found 1t I'm.
possible TO come to The convention on
account of i'll health and in her abb
sence the sessions will be presided
over by her daughter Other prom-
inent delegates from England arc
Lady Hope. the leader OF the move.
ment for the establishment OF coffee
houses In England: Miss Agnes Slack.
an honorary secretary of the worlds
body, and Miss Annie Strankie Cam.
eron, who is worlds secretary Of tho
Young Peoples Branch.
Miss Ellen II. Stone. the famous
missionary who was captured and
held for ransom by brigands in Mac
edonia will sit in the convention as
the representative Of Bulgaria. The
Australian delegation Il headed BY
Lady Holder, the president Of the or
ganlxaton 10 that part OF the world.
Scotland and South Africa have sent
good sized delegations and faraway
China. Japan, India, Argentina and
Uruguay will have their represent.
atives. also. many other countries
Historic Plymouth Church, the pull.
pit OF which was occupied for many
years by Henry Ward Beecher. was
well filled at the preliminary deyo-
tionai ervices today, many men being
present. The time was given up to
brief addresses by many delegates, to
one sentence prayers and to singing
Miss Elizabeth Greenwood led the
services.
This morning the executive CONF
mittee OF the worlds union met at the
Hotel Brossert and completed final
arrangements for the business OF the
convention. The sessions proper will
begin in Brooklyn Academy OF Music
tomorrow morning. when the dele
gates will be welcomed by Mayor Will
liam A. Marble president of the Mer-
chants Association Of New York. The
sessions will continue until next Tues
day. Sunday win be the big day OF
the convention. On the morning Of
that day the pulpits of many OF the
leading churches in Brooklyn and
Manhattan will be occupied by prom
inent speakers attending the con-
vention. In the afternoon great
mass meeting win be held in the
mass meeting will be held In the A.
Academy OF Music In Brooklyn.
The present year marks the for
tieth ann versary OF the founding OF
the Woman's Gu 'lstian Temperance
Union. which had its origin n a great
temperance movement which swept
the United States n 1873. 1t was not
until some years later. however. that
The world organization was formed
under the leadership OF MissFrancis
Willard. The first general convention
OF the Worlds w. G. r. y. was held
in Boston in 1891 and the second in
Chicago during the Worlds Columbian
Exposition. London had the conven-
tion next in 1895. then Toronto in
1897. Edinburgh in 1900, and Geneva
in 1908. 1t was returned to Boston
again In 1906. went to Glasgow IN
1910. and Brooklyn was selected for
1913.