Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-08-13

the "oases."
God moves in mysterious way, and
| if we dc not listen to the still small
voice then shall we witness the thun-
der from Sinai and the earthquake
and the late war.
It is said that on the last night Of
license that the widest orgies were
held in cabarets and saloons and the
ballet dancers jumped to top of tables
and danced and held aloft their glass
es and quaffed the rosy wine and Ii
quor flowed like water. Some in these
|Bacchanalian feasts committed sui
eide because they would rather die
than live without John Barleycorn-
and the next morning we were per-
nitted by good providence to walk
into the department of the W. c. T.
u.
A. radiant place! The brightest,
coolest looking spot in the building.
We looked into the beautiful face of
Frances Willard and said "Our glo-
rious leader, you have led but we,
the women of the w. C. T. U. have
carried on" We women admire and
are proud of women like DR.. Anna
Shaw, women who have attained, wo-
men with splendid intellectual gifts
and wonderful oratory, but we are
simply not in their class. But for our
Frances Willard we have genuine af-
fection. She seems like so many other
little women that we know and love.
Did you ever notice how frail she
looks and that little bird-like tilt to
her head, that listening attitude al
ways in her pictures? Like Joan of
Arc, she listened to the heavenly
voices, she caught the vision and oh,
how we rejoiced that day, that from
poor little temperance worker she
had risen to be the queen of nation
and we wanted to take one of those
laurel wreathes offered to Columbia
and hang on her picture, and wonder
ed why some one did not do So.
A physician could have protitably
spent an hour in the w. c. T. U.
booth, everything in a medical way
pertaining to the health of the mother
and child being featured in series of
pictures. The welfare of the child
from a tiny baby on through child
hood and youth until he emerges
from the college door prepared men
tally and physically to enter into the
battle of life. There you found all
kinds of literature on the Deaconess
work in the way of schools and hos
pitals, and stereoptican slides and
other panels showing the work of the
w. C. T. U. Anna Pritchard George
gives most graphic and correct pic
ture of the Centenary Temperance
work in the Unicn Signal.
Our time was so limited that we
did not stop to take notes but we felt
gratifed that the w. C. T. U. had
been given a large, conspicuous place
in the Asbury Building.
From there we went over to Amer
ican Building No. 1 and there came
upon what was called the Columbus
Square. 1t represented a street of
"Good Will Industries" Here men
and women are given a chance to
make a decent and honest living.
Nearby stands the city church with
all the up-to-date departments of a
model church and in the space design
ed as cafeteria, the Frances Will
lard lunch room was placed. 1t had a
little stairway which led to balcony
above with little tables close together
and lunches and ice cream were serv-
ed at nominal price. Home made
candy called Frances Willard Can
dy" was sold there. My, but it was
good!
Josephus Daniels had been invited
to lunch that day so he addressed the
crowd below from the balcony above.
1 wish 1 could tell you about the
symphony called "The City Beauti-
full" given there that morning, but
it would consume too much time.
There is so much work for women
to do and that only women can do, IN
the reconstruction lof the world. Wo-
men as the helpmeet of man and wo-
man as the mothers of men can teach
the world that
"The might with the right and truth
chal1 he