The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-08

to our work tomorrow. Shall we not
make our paramount aim at the very
beginning of this new year. the organ
izing of "Y's" in every city?
Our children's work has grown and
each Legion has grown in efficiency
during these last years. This is en-
couring, but it is not satisfactory. All
our children need this training, and
only handful of them are receiving
it, / plead for more attention to the
Loyal Temperance Legion.
Our Equipment
Twice lately insuccession and once
several years ago Florida won the
banner at the National Convention for
having the largest list Of subscribers
to the Union Signal in proportion to
membership Of any State. with more
than a thousand members. How hap
py we have been over this, knowing
it meant better informed members
and information gives an added
strength. Our national organ Is a
most valuable paper; 1t is mine of
knowledge; it is a newspaper; it is
an insporational weekly Of cheer and
courage. No union has subscribers
enough; let us one and all see to it
that this paper is placed in more
homes. many more than ever before.
A double list everywhere would mean
great campaigning, irresistible cam
paigning. Shall we do it?
Every year our work grows. Each
convention finds us with increased op-
portunities. our needs larger as the
days 60 by. How to meet them con.
fronts us each time we are looking
into the the future. Splendidly some
Of the unions have supported the
State work. but facing a statewide
campaign. the financial needs loomed
large indeed in the eyes of the State
officers. What manner of a campaign
can we wage? How many speakers
can we place in the field? And al.
ways the answer, how much money
can we get to use?
From time to time the unions that
have contributed most freely and
promptly have reported that they se-
cured their funds by asking for them.
So. inspired by the success of a can
vass for funds carried on by Cocoa
nut Grove and Miami women last
May, your President sent out the call
in September for concerted canvass
for cam Mpaign funds by every union.
Knowing these were to be like plans
inaugurated by other organizations in
the early winter, and feeling that it
would help to know how much we had
to depend on, the time was set for
the last two weeks in October.
Because of the strenuous canvass
made for Liberty Bonds and Food
Conservation and extra Red Cross
calls, the time set proved not the
best in some places. Others did
we'll and are here to report what they
secured for our work. 1t is hoped
that every union will try some kind
of q canvassing plan at an early date.
If our work is rightly put before the
people it will be generously support
ed. Ours is the leading welfare" or
ganization of the nation, and as such
will appeal to all philanthropic peo-
pie. It needs only to be known, and
1t claims should be presented fire.
quently.
Patriotic Service
The Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union was among the first to en-
list in patriotic service by co-operat-
ing with emergency war committees
and in finding special ways of is own
to aid the nation in Its stress and dis
tress. The general officers of the ma
tional organization and the superin-
tendents Of six departments-legisla
ton, soldiers and sailors, flower mis-
sion moral education. temperance and
labor, foreign speaking people. con-
stitute the National w. C. T. u. Com
mittee on Patriotic Service. In the
summer this committee sent out
most helpful leafiet of suggestions
how every union could aid in many
ways in each of these several lines
of service. 1t is most desirable that
each union do as much practical
work as it possibly can do in these
lines outlined by our committee and
report it all fully in our regular de-
partments. 1t is not necessary to fly
to other organizationst TO show our pa
triotism; our organization is alto
. gether patriotic and has been from
tho houinpino