Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-22
PARLOR MEETING
 CONDUCTED BY w, c. T. U. Held at Home of Mrs. M. R. French at Bean Hill With Many Present.

The W. C. T. l.. held an interesting and profitable parlor meeting at the home of Mrs. N. R. French bean Hill, " ednesday afternoon.
 The Ladies Missionary union of the Sean Hull Methodist church were on hand to assist Mrs French in giving the visitors q cordial welcome
 Mrs. $. Howard Mead, superintend- ent or parlor meetings. presided, and the service opened with the singing of popular white ribbon hymn, Mrs. F. Ii. Bushnell accompanying on the or gan.
 me scripture lesson was read from the 94th Psalm, after which Mrs. J. F. StarkWeather offered a tervent prayer for the work and workers.
 Mrs. Chester snow favored the la dies with q vocal solo which added much to the pleasure of the after noon.
 Mrs. Mead spoke of the pleasure to meet with the ladies in that section of the town, and in a few appropriate remarks explained the objects of such meetings.
 She read m appreciative letter from the W. C. T. C. Headquarters at Co lumbus. O., thanking the local union for their liberal donation to the flood sufferers.
 Each one present read some tenn perance quotation at the rOllcau dulODS WulCn were. w e speak or lQ6 high cost of living, but why complain of the cost of living? Thousands of dollars are being spent in drink, and We CIamOr for lawsthat would change our tariff and we throw out theories that will distribute prosperity. Let us put into practice the theory of to- tai abstince, that will keep in the pocket of the WOrllingman his earn ings, that will fold away from his cot tage intemperanCe and all miseTies that follow in its wake.
 Alcohol destroys the power of self control. It fills the prisons with crim- inals It fills the schools for feeble minded with imbeciIes It fills the state hospitals with the insane and idiots. Stop the manufacture of liquor and you stop the making of criminals imbeciles and idiots.
 The penalty of the law in Illinois for stealing d girl Is one years i'm prisonment. For stealing a horse, % years imprisonment. This explains why there are so few horse thieves and so many thieves who prey on the young women It is far more profitable and less dangerous business to steal q girl.
 There are a half million young mer and women in Kansas over 21 years oi age who have never seen d saloon iT that state: One-third the counties have not prisoner in their jails nor a paul. Der in their pOOrhOuses; One-half o1 the counties did not send a convict tC the penitentiary last year; she stands first in the per capita valuation of as Sessed property.
 Prohibition Kansas has more thar 21, 900 boys and girls in the state col leges. She sends her young people tC college instead of the saloons.
 Senator Webb said: Anglo -SaXOns have won every reform that once caught the ear of the people. Liquor must go. God grant that I may hell 1t.
 Gain in w. C. T. U. membership thls last year is over 10000. In the states gaining over 100 the advance is 1S,881. There are 561 new unions 7,57O new members in these new un- ions, and 2.772 hOnOraries.
 Bishop w. F. MallaIieu said: There is but one thing to be done. Let all good men. all patriots, all phiIanthrO- pists and all Christians, of every creed, unite in one changeless purpose in one determined effort. and condemn eradicate and exterminate the liquor traffic.
 Mrs Mead touched on the temper ance medical department and request ed Mrs Starkweather to read an arti cle on The Heroin Habit Among Young Folks. Hartford physicians be- lieve over 500 boys and girls are it's victims. Not only do the heron vic tins crave for that drur but they easily and quickly pass into being morphine fends.
 Mrs Mead conducted a temperance quiz and Miss Cross read the answers, which were very instructive.
 Mrs. Snow sang a very sweet and appropriate W. c. T. U. solo. after which an interesting article on One Hundred Years of Temperance Growth was listened to with great interest.
 One of the greatest advancements in the temperance cause is the step Liggett's drug stores have taken in prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors in any of their stores in the United States or Canada.
 The afternoon closed with a social hour during which delicious cakes and grape juice were served by the ladies representing the missionary union
 All who attended from the city thanked the hostesses for their kind hospitality.