Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-15
Officers Submit Statements of
Conditions at Quarterly
Convention.
SPEECHES ARE DELIVERED
BY LOCAL PREACHERS
Lady Hope of England Tells of
Great Progress in Her Country.
Musical Features of Program.

The quarterly convention of the Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union of
the District of Columbia was held today
in the Wallace Memorial United Pres
byterian Church, New Hamshire ave-
nue. and Randolph street northwest.
with Mrs. Emma Sanford Shelton, pres
ident, presiding. The convention closed
this afternoon with an address by Mrs.
Shelton, Echoes from the Biennial
Convention of the National Federation
of Women's Clubs"
Mrs. Shelton called the convention to
order at 10 o'clock this morning, after
which Mrs. Jennie r. Cusick gave the
opening prayer. The minutes of the last
quarterly convention were then read by
Mrs. Benjamin A. Linebeck. Mrs. ]. w.
Allison and Mrs. Washington Topham
gave reports on the condition of the
unions treasury.
There is at present $131.50 in the
general fund for expenses, and more
than $500 has been raised for the
$1,000 fund for the promotion of pro-
hibition in the District. Following the
reports of the other officers. Miss Lii
liam Williamson was elected secretary
for the coming year.
Rev. J. Alvin Campbell. pastor of
the church. gave the address of well
come. and was followed by Mrs. Will
liam E. Andrews, who made the re-
Spouse. Short speeches were made by
Petworth NJ. E. Church; Rev. Walter
Smith. pastor of the Whitney Avenue
Christian Church, and Rev. ]. Alvin
Campbell, under the head OF Neigh
borhood Greetings"
Special features Of the morning pro
gram were a solo by Mrs. Annie e.
Gfigsby and a recitation by Master Ches-
ter Ellis At 1890 O'Clock the conven-
ton adjourned for luncheon, which was
served in the church by the Emma San
ford Shelton Union.
W. c. T. q. Exhibit Impressive.
At this afternoons meeting Mrs. Theo-
dore T. Moore presided and Mrs. o. B.
Brown offered a prayer. Addresses were
made by Lady Hope of England, who
spoke on the great progress prohibition
has made in her country. especially since
the war, and by Mrs. Margaret D. Ellis.
Mrs. W. E. De Reimer gave a talk on
Purity in Literature and Art after
which Mrs. Clayton E. Emig and Mrs. e.
DR.. Lauretta Kress submitted a re-
port of the participation of the union
in the recent better baby week events.
She declared that the w. c. T. U. ex-
that 1t made great impression on
those who saw it. Its chief feature
was the showing of the effects of the
use of soothing and other sirups upon
for stimulants. which is harmful later
in life. Special features on the after
noon program included a solo by Mrs
Jessie Noetzel and Mrs. Shelton's talk
clubs in New York from May "a to
June 2. Mrs. Shelton brought out the
fact that the W. C. T. T. was one of
the first organizations to join the
federation.
States. Aim Of Union.
In setting forth the aim of the union
this morning, Mrs. Shelton stated that
its efforts are conferred chiefly on the
young people of the District She de-
clared that 1t was practically a hope
less task to try to instill the ideas of
prohibition into the minds of those who
have drunk probably all their lives, but
that to plant them in the minds of the
children was sure to bring forth good
results
Il can cite as an example of this In
the nineteen states where we now have
prohibftion,' Mrs. Shelton went on.
Forty years ago, when the National
Union for Prohibition started its work,
it dealt with the children who are now
the men and women Of the country.
These men and women are the ones
who got prohibition for those states
The young men in Congress favor pro-
hibitfon. Within 4 few years the men
and women in power will be those who
have come under the teachings of pro-
hibition and they will give US a dry
country"
Music for the convention was under
the direction of Mrs. Annie e. Grigsby
and Mrs. Frank Frost, organist. The
committee on courtesies consisted of
Mrs. w. H. Moore. Mrs. N Y. Mells and
Mrs. Charles Smith. Mrs. c. H. Mont
gomery and Miss Claire Lusby acted as
pages.