Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-16
W0MAN'SSOCIETY
ELECTS OFFICERS
Mrs. Fred Titterington New
President of Christian
Temperance Union.

D \
Tuesday afternoon with Mrs.
Frances Kolls. 1904 Fifth avenue.
Mrs. II. G. Summers conducted the
devotionals The minutes OF the last
meeting. as read by the secretary
Miss ~ Young. was summary OF the
activities of the w. c. T. L. the past
year. showing much work done. Mrs.
. Fred Titterington had charge of q
very interesting program, and in IN
Producing her topic, which was Lit
erature, read a paper on Literature
and It's Effect on Moral and Spiritual
Development of Our Boys and Girls
She said in part as follows:
In a convention of parents held
some time ago it is said that their
main theme was: The consideration
relative to our boys and girls not re-
ceiving their just proportion of atten-
ton relative to health, character, SYM
metrical development with right schol-
arship and environment in our schools
and colleges. These are all good sub
ieCts, but / would add to have spe-
cial training preparatory for the es-
Establishment of future homes, so that
from them will come men and women
that will add a stronger force to our
race in all that goes to make one
whole humanity. realizing that home
is the foundation of all our system
church. state and nation. In connec-
ton with this, and not least, is the
thought relative to necessity of litera-
ture to supply our mental faculties
with that kind of food necessary for
cur mutual advancement in the world S
progress. But when we see the con-
slant food of literature by way OF
books. magazines. and all description
Of general newspapers, we feel great
proposition meets us and we scarcely
know where to place the criterion.
This condition faces the young stu
dent. the lover of good books, the pro-
fessional man and woman; still comes
the question, what principle ought to
guide one in his or her choice of read
ing? Some one might ask, why read
at all2 But to this we would reply:
To acquire knowledge, as the expert
once of all past ages is this fact, that
good reading places US in direct COM
munication with the wisest and best
of all ages. Through books facts live;
principles operate: justice acts; the
light of philosophy CLEANS: wit flashes
and God speaks TO men. / think ev-
cry book-lCvcr viii agree with Chan
ming: That no matter how poor / am,
If the sacred writer will enter my door
10 sing 10 me OF paradise: and Shakes
ueare TO omen to me the world of i'm
agination and the workings of the hui
man heart: and Franklin 10 enrich
me with his practical wisdom, | shall
not pine for want OF Intellectual COM
panionshiD. and | shall become a cul-
tured man, though excluded from what
is called the best society in the place
where I live. Kingsley says: Except
a living man, there is nothing more
wonderful than a book; ii is a mes
sage from the dead; from human souls
whom We never saw; who lived, per
maps. thousands OF miles away, and
yet these little sheets speak 20 us as
brothers. We would very earnestly
advise the selecting of books as care
fully as we would friends, and not at
tempt TO read everything. We would
advise all to read history, biography,
philosophy, poetry. and science. These,
if rightly read and studied, Will give
the right force to our minds, and add to
these nature study, for if we have this
variety our minds viii have a pretty
sure guide. Yet there will be a vac
uUm unless We have pretty sure foun-
dation by the reading and study of
the bible, which is the great litera- |
ture of all religious organizations, as
they urge the frequent reading and !
study of its pages. Let us get this /
great book vitalized into all that it is |
and has been TO the worlds best peo- !
pie
a reading was given by Mrs. S. c. !
Taylor, she Read 1t; She Took It."
Il gave the experience of a woman who
had been elected president of a w. c.
I. l.. and had tried for two months I
10 get up interest in the work and |
felt that the meetings had been fiat /
failures. She was so worried over it
and in her extremity she found a pa
per which had been given to her and |
neglected for some time. and she found |
on the cover pages, The Union Sig
nal" official organ of the National
Woman's Christian Temperance union,
volume 40. She opened it and began
TO peruse its contents. II took the |
form OF a soliloquy as she went from
page to page gathering suggestions
how 10 manage the various lines of
work and she began to plan how she
could make these instructions useful
TO others. She saw this paper was
just what she needed and she took it,
and was delighted with the paper.
Mrs. Titterington called attention to
the state paper, The Watch Tower"
and suggested that every member
needs it TO keep in touch with the
state work.
Mrs. Titterington, the newly elected
president, in her acceptance of the Of
fee, said she thought at first she should
not accept. but found she could give
up some other duties and take this,
and outlined a few plans for the flu
ture work which was berry gratifying
to the union
Vice presidents were chosen to serve