The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-04-20

lecturers, are modelled on the same
general plan.
Frances Willard thought temper
ance societies ought to broaden out.
She set in motion the "do everything
ness" policy; it is the very "do every
thingness of the w. c. T. U. that
makes it so powerful. It's many-sided-
ness has drawn women of many minds
into its great ranks.
Powerful educational influences are
set in motion, millions of children in
the public schools are taught from the
standpoint of the evils of alcohol and
narcotics. Other millions are taught in
the Sunday schools the evil of intern
perance. The conscience of churches
has been awakened to the inconsis-
tency of the poison Of fermented wine
at the Lords Supper. Young people
are taught oratory in the medal con-
tests, where masterpieces of prohibi-
tion thoughts are given to delighted
audiences.
The women were pioneers in the
anti-cigaret legislation. They were
the first in the city jails and railroad
stations, and first to champion the
curfew ordinance. They have been
successful in getting temperance
plates and ready-print matter into the
newspapers, now SO popular, and are
bringing the truth to masses by other
methods Of work. Special work is
carried on by means of the depart
ment system: forty odd lines Of w.
G. T. b. work are grouped into six
divisions Organization, Presentive,
Educational, Evangelistic, Social, Le-
gal; each department has an expert
at it's head, who, as far as possible,
adopts her special work to help push
prohibition campaigns, local, state and
national.
Under the head Of organization,
comes the board Of organizations and
lectures; these must be of high stand
ard, consecrated. Christian women.
They must have the strongest indorse-
ment. Under this class comes special
work among the colored people, Ind
ians and foreign-speaking people.
Under the head of presentive, we
have health and medical temperance
departments. The last is the scrap
piest department Of the entire list; it
fights alcohol as medicine, also the
indiscriminate use of nervines and
other narcotics. AS result of the
food Of light brought to bare in this
direction, hundreds of physicians do
not give alcohol in any form, and the
hospitals of the United States use
only Cne-tenth of the amount they
used twenty-five years ago.
The educational group is the largest
of all. Press work, scientific tenn
perance instruction, Sunday school
work, juvenile courts, temperance lit
erature, institute work, medal con-
tests and many other important de-
partments are in this section.
The evangelistic class includes res
cue work, teaching about fermented
wine, the Bible in the public schools,
prison reform, work among railroad
men, lumbermen, miners and sailors,
Sabbath observance, humane educa-
tion, mothers meetings and evangelis-
tic work in general.
The social side of life appeals to
women. In the social division are
grouped three departments social
meetings, flower missions, and relief
work, fairs and open-air meetings.
This is class of activities that makes
many friends, and carries good cheer
into forlorn places; one that gets hold
of Indifferent, or hostile people, and
wins them over to the temperance
cause. Among the many depart
ments in the legal group, are those of
legislation, Christian citizenship, and
franchise.
The w. C. T. u. stands for the bet
terment of the world in general. 1t
fights in every land against intoxicat-
ing liquors, opium, and vice; against
child labor and the sweat shop, and
for universal suffrage.