The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-03
NATIONAL v. {. I. !.
STARTS BIG DRIVE

Hand In hand with its -~3oicing over
the ratification or the federal amend
ment for national prohibition and in
anticipation of the reaching % It's ffty
years Of organization Ia 1924, the Ma
ricnal w. C. T. II. viii begin Eve
yeRr Jubilee program by putting on
this month a drive for siypoo.000 and
100000 members. according to plans
ytren out from the National W. &.
s y ssssas ~ 1 Z ), =
cation o. prohibition, being held In al
> sEo~t every city ard town sn the gns.ad
states. the enc body receiving the most
glowing t-tbutss Is tho Wcman's Chris
fiar Temperance union, referred to by
workers N Our Mother In the tenn
perancN work
when ths -crusaders.. that handful
Of pioneer temperance women, went
into the trenches In HiIlsboro. Ohio.
in 1879. to banish the aloons In that
town. they faced storm Of sneers and
stones, ana literally knelt II the mud
70 pray. No prophet could havs fore
ecan that their courage and prayers
would srread TIks wiidhrs ana their
work b the forsrunner Of m orEani-
yse;ca Ilt1raiiy sncircling the world.
relieving the '-Crusnders- In 1878
caxns the formation 81 the National w
& r. u. which has now grown - =
tedy Of oae-haiS million memberA or
ssnissd n svery STATE, territory aud
territorial possession. Including phil
1fptne IslanAs, HAWAII and Porto Rico,
and n more than forty countries OF
the world
rak,ng . unique motto s~Fnr God
seA Home and Native Land" and later
.niarrsd 70 FOR God and Home ana
Bvary Lang the W. c. Z. q. early
estAbllshed "departments Of work
covering = do Everything Policy Of
t.s great leader. Frances z. willard.
ana has laid euch broad foundation
for continued service. that stupendous
activities arc made obligatory for the
next decade although one great objec-
tive has been reached through the rati-
dcaticn Of the federal amendment for
national prohibition
The ". c. r. q. Jubilee committee Is
composed of Miss Anna Gordon. Of
Illinois. national president chairman
Mrs. Ella Boole. Of New York. vice
chairman: Mrs Frances Parks, OF
Illinois: Mrs Margaret Munns, OF
Illinois: Mrs. Elizabeth Anderson. cf
North Dakota: Mrs. Sara Fl. Hoge. Of
Virginia: Mrs. Deborah Knox Llvinws-
ton. Of Rhode Island; Mrs. Mary Har-
r's Armor. OF Georwia; Mrs. EVA c.
Wheeler, Of California. Mrs. Edna
Rowan Harvey, OF Maine. completing
the eornnittee. All state and terrific
<tai presidents and the national gen.
srs' yecre ~'ss OF the young peoples
hrafldh and fssre"' temperance legion
will act as The }ablee committee aa-
visory board and Mrs. frederick u.
Perkins, of Michigan, will serve as
executive secretary and director of
Jubilee publicity.
Tire budget will furnish no@ev -
wc~l~ always emphn sized hy the or
RAJ '~atten AMI especially needed now
in III. CONSUMPTION and stahsltgirH
rarios child welfare. $3.50, onet health
ara r5erslity. 100000; Amerscsriza-
ston. s2eo AaA. women in industry. sse
600. eaucatlos. ard information. sSe
1ne.- world PROHIBITION. 100000: head
Quarters Evanston ana Washington
stnt09: equipment su{ REPAIRS. sao.oo9;
''eld service. sso.oa0; administration,
S.e9he.
Every stat~ including Aias'st AS
beea wt~en st. quota Of the s
30 be raised in the drive. begun
March &c and continuing untn M
al IRE country has been divided Int
te- grouas ~ states Th~re arc ten
sterna in the budget. Ten national field
representatives to be sent out Ter
state speakers or multiple In all
Mstates, ten being the magic number "a
@,y used