Evening star., 1915-11-12
OFFICERS REELECTED
BY DISTRICT v. C.T j.
Mrs. Emma Sanford Shelton Heads
the Organization for An
other Year.
Intelligent Christian Citizenship EN-
phasized by Speaker-Convention
to Adjourn This Afternoon.

All officers of the Womans Christian
Temperance Union of the District of
Columbia were reelected today a the
forty-first annual convention of the or
ganization. held in st. Paul's Lutheran
Church. The officers are: President.
Mrs. Emma Sanford Shelton: vice presi-
dent, Mrs. Theodore 7. Moore; CORE
spending secretary. Mrs. E. S. Henry;
recording secretary, Mrs. Benjamin A.
. I.ineback. assistant recording secre-
tary. Mrs. Charles p. Grandheld; treas
urer, Mrs. X. J. w. Allison; secretary.
Young Peoples Branch Mrs. T. A Will
liams; secretary Loyal Temperance
Legion, Mrs. Edna Proctor.
Several persons received ballots for
each ONCE, but the winners in each in
stance received overwhelming majori-
ties Mrs. Williams was presented
with a bouquet of chrysa anthemums by
members of the Young Peoples Branch.
Mrs. Shelton's Acceptance.
Mrs. Shelton. in her address accepting
the office for another teram, pledged her
self to her best for the organization.
Il love the work of the Womans Chris
tion Temperance Union" she said. Il
will give you my best, my love. May
God bless you and bless our organiZa-
ton
Mrs. Mamie Mulligan was chairman
of the tellers. The other tellers were
Mrs. James Hoover. Miss Annie Sweet,
Miss Helen Edgar. Mrs c. V. Burn
side, Mrs. Z. c. Criswell. Mrs. William
HeitmuIler, Mrs. Handy and Mrs. f.
W. Vivian.
That this country needs an intell
gent Christian citizenship at the polls
Swas urged by Mrs. L. W. Parks, who
advised the extension of organizations
FOR educating persons in the proper
use of the ballot and awakening them
to the meaning of public questions.
There are thousands of people in
the United States that I would like to
see exiled to Russia for a number of
years until they learn that the vote IS
of use she said. She spoke of the man.
ner in some cities where the citizens
voted ''by herds as directed from po-
itiical headquarters.
Work of Flower Mission.
report made by Miss Eleanor
Walker of the work done by the flow
mission showed that during the year
more than 1000 bouquets and other
floral gifts had been presented to vari-
Gus persons, that more than 400 gar
ments had been distributed and more
than 900 glasses and jars of jelly, pre-
serves and jam had been given away.
A federal board of censors for motion
pictures was urged in resolutions
adopted by the convention upon motion
of Mrs. ]. n. Culbertson. Mrs. w. H.
Howard reported on scientific temper
ance instruction, and Mrs. H. S. Petrie
reported on proportionate and system
attic giving. The number of social
meetings and red letter days through
out the year were discussed by Mrs.
J. A. Edgar The next of these, she
announced, will be December 2, which
will be observed throughout the
United States as a day of prayer in
behalf of national constitutional pro-
hibition.
Prize Presentation.
One of the features of the session this
afternoon is to be the presentation of
a prize of SEQ to Miss Emma Kahl for
the best essay in the scientific instruc-
tion contest.
Various reports are to be made at
this session.
The convention is to close this after
noon. Tonight, however. at the same
church the Young Peoples branch is
to hold a public meeting.