New Britain herald., 1919-05-07
W. |. I. l. PLANNING
 1P OPEN CAMP PAIGN
May 12 Will See Start Of Drive
 for S15,OOO

The first drive which has ever been
 conducted by thc WOman'S Chris
 tian Temperance Union to further the
 cause of prohibition and to do a dct-
 nitc work in the great rccOnStruc-
 tion of the natiOn'' is being held in
 q nationwide campai@n. and plans
 for u further campaign were dis
 cusscd at an executive committee
 meeting of the W. C. T. l.. which was
 held at the Y. AL C. \. Monday aft
 CrnOOn.
 Monday May 12, will ,c the open
 ine day of the drive which will con
 tinuc through the week. $15.000 is
 the high-water mark which il is
 hoped the citizens of New Britain will
 subscribe to the cause. This sunday
 at 7:3O o'clock, q service will be held
 at the Methodist church, for winch
 three speakers will he engaged in the
 interests of the ". C. T. l.. This
 will be an open service meeting, at
 which a number of societies will be
 present. and which the public is in
 yited to attend. "WOman'S Christian
 Temperance Union Day" will be ob-
 served universally in many churches.
 Saturday, the last day of the cam
 paign. will be "tag day. and it is
 planned to have 50 girls of the city
 who shall be divided into teams
 with each team explained, approach
 the public for subscriptions. The
 young women will be distinguished
 by white ribbon badges which are the emblem of the society.
 The executive committee which is conducting the drive is as follows; Mrs. John c. Gilchreest president of l nr 1 are. Mrs John Sloan. Mrs, C. B. 1 Shepard, Mrs. ]. F. Miles, Mrs. Frank 1 Neal. Mrs. Elizabeth AitkcnsOn, Mrs. l Charles Gladden., and Mrs. C. J. Sy 1 mOnds.
 l The following appeal for the na- i tion-wide drive has been sent to the ! many chapters of the country by Mrs. l Caroline BueI. head of tho National 1 W. C. T. U.
 1 For more than fifty years the l Woman's Temperance Union has done l it's great work largely with the funds received from it's mem lbership in fifty cent yearly dues and dollar dues from it's comparatively small number of honorary members.
 Preaching total abstinence and gaining prohibition has not ended the work of the ". c. T. U. for world prohibition is still to be secured and through it's organization in more than forty countries it has a foothold for this special endeaVor not held by any l other organizations
 From all parts of the world ap- 1 pears for help are coming, and wom- ! en missionaries are ready and waiting 1 to go as soon as> expenses can be 1 met. Three hundred thousand dol of be used in this work.
 1.-TWO hundred thousand dollars will place workers in hundreds of foreign speaking centers. to work among the women in their homes giving the organization a definite field in Americanization, to which these women are peculiarly adapted by their long years of service in the National and States w. c. T. U. de- partment. formerly called Work for foreign speaking people, all of which will mean a sure foundation for prohibition and labor contented- ness with our laws.
 'The Woman's Christian Temper ance Union has proven it's unique place in the moral and uplifting work for the nation. Its co-opera- ton has already been accepted by the l)lN1SlOn or woman w OrE, united States Department of Labor and in many states the w. C. T. l.. cooper ates with welfare workers in facto- ries, industrial plants and depart ment stores This work includes pro- lection for women who are soldiers in industry from intoxicating liquors This protection is developing among women a sense of personal and sO- cial responsibility.
 "The needs of children have long 1 been tho sOlicitous care of the Union as is evidenced by the laws, state and national, concerning teaching the l nature and effect of alcohol and otI- CT narcotics upon the human system, ! by thousands of Loyal Temperance LegiOns situated all over the country. l while moral educa tion for the chl- 1 dren and an equal standard of morals ! for men and women is one of it's ! fundamental principles not only for l the protection of child life and the ! home. but to put the moral force of 1 Christian womanhOod back of every | great issue in this country
 'Tinaily. the w. C. T. U.. is gather ! ing this fund that it may do a def i mite work in the great reconstruc- 1 tion of the nation, and the world and 1 to help win prohibition for the same, i and as a thank offering to the Lord. 1 Let everyone help"