The Washington times., 1914-04-02
MRS. EMMA S. SHELTON.

business men through the medium
Of Postcards. bearing little verse.
called THE Saloon Bar After
depicting in vivid language the evils
of the liquor traff.r. 1t closes thus:
In 1890. mark the date.
Wen bar the bar from every
state.
But long before that time .heren
be
No bars in Washington. d. C.
This department also offers cash
prizes amounting TO $50 for the
best answers, to the question: do
our boys and girls want Congress
to close the saloons in the District
Of Columbia? Why"
Another plan for interesting and
>instructing children has been for
mulsted. and is being carried out
touching child life at all This is
the department Of social meetings
and red letter days. They are
gathering the children in groups,
and during what they term the
story hour" tell them stories on
the effects Of alcohol and on other
character building subjects. These
groups are as rapidly as possible
being spread over the different
sections of the city. and Ii is hoped
parents and guardians, as well as
the young of all ages, will be
helped to higher ideal Of moral
character and good citizenship
Next to the children. and as
connecting link between them and
the grown-ups. comes the young
peoples branch. Its work is to
create and foster temperance SEN
timent among children and young
people. Their work is largely
social. and young men and young
women are alike invited to men,
pership.
Discuss Home Life.
Another important field of work
Is the mothers club. where mothers
gather to discuss and hear lectures
on many subjects pertaining to
home life. with special emphasis
on all matters pertaining to
health. Lectures are given by
specialists and physicians
A beautiful department Of our
work Is the Flower Mission"
which seeks through these smiles
OF Cod to carry messages of
cheer wherever needed.
On June 9. known as Flower Mis-
sion Day. and also on ThanksSiv-
ing, Christmas. and atsEaster. all
the hospitals. the almshouses, and
other institutions ere visited. leav-
ing with each inmate a text card
and a bunch of flowers and some
times fruit or other dainties. All
through the year the ministrations
of the Flower Mission continue
and one Sunday in each month re-
Hgfous services are held at the
almshouse Blue Plains. The old
PEOPLE look forward with keen in
terest 70 this Service.
L.. 4. h.
this paper to give more than
glimpse OF the departments Of work
mentioned. or even refer to the
many others working with equal
earnestness. but while each depart
ment is doing its special work. there
Columbia and the whole United
States one deep. definite. earnest
desire toward which its greatest
efforts are directed.
Are Not Alone.
That is. national constitutional
prohibition. which We hope will pre-
vail by 1920. or earlier. We are not
alone in this desire. The best Gle
ments of the country are with us.
and our brothers of the Anti-Saloon
League and other temperance
organizations are working shoulder
TO shoulder with us
With this in view there is now
being held n series of meetings in
different parts of the city.
For years our organization was
homeless. with headquarters in
rented rooms. but the time came
when we felt that our work de
manded a permanent home. 8" in
1900 we bought the house. 80 Sixth
street northwest. which. with its
improvements. has cost over twenty
thousand dollars. II is fully paid
for. but we are not vet in posi'ion
to make the house all We want Il to
be But even now our electric nsat
flashes W. c. T. L. giving TO those
who really know us perpetual
promise Of helpfulness.