Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-11
GERMANY DRY BY
1880, SHE PREDICTS
Delegate to w. G. T. y. conven.
tion Here Admits Il viii
Be an Uphill Fight
1000 WOMEN At C0NCLAvE
A dry Germany BY 1890!

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Fraulcin Gustel Won Blucher. prcsi-
dent Of the Women's Christian Union
of Germany, brought that slogan with
hcr from her native lnnd. On the
threshold Of the first executive session
Of the four.day world conclave Of the
worlds W. c. T. u, which was opened
here today. she made 1t public.
Fraulcin Won Blucher, who representa-
all of Germany at the convention, ad.
mittcd that her countrymen would pro.
test greatly.
But we arc protesting, too" she
said good. .naturedly. THAT is what 1t
will be,,a dry Germany BY 1880"
out that drinking in her country had
cOntended that the beer Is not harmless
because 1t Is higher powered than ever,
containing y per cent of alcohol now.
No legislation for dry laws in Ger.
many has been attempted as yet, she
said. and shook her head as though this
were out Of the question Mt this time.
Drinking has increased because Of the
increasing sorrow In her homeland. she
explained. and the people are drowning
their sorrows in this fashion. A Ger.
mar temperance committee has. how. u.
ever. been founded andJs meeting with
success.
The city is literally in possession OF
1000 women, representing forty coun.
tries. who have Travelled from every ap.
pteciable city In the United States and
from every civilized country In the
world to be present this morning at
the opening Of the four day world con :.
clave in the Bellevue. Stratford.
No formal meeting will be held until
tonight, when at a banquet in the Belle.
vue. Stratford the visitors will be vel.
coined by Governor elect Pinchot, Gov.
ernor Sproul, Mayor Moore, Mrs. Ru.
dolph Blankenburg and Mrs. Barclay
Warburton.
This morning sessions was given
over to registration, Introduction of
the various contlngents and an execu-
tive session Of the world council.
World. Wide Delegates Hero
World superintendcnts from Pales.
tine, Australia, China, India New Zeal :
and, South Africa and countries in all
parts of the globe were in attendance.
Much of the session was consumed in
discussing the GO operation of mission
aries all over the world with temperate,
forces. Miss Ellen NJ. Stone. formerly
Of Macedonia. laid special stress on this
matter. Miss Stones name went around
the world some years agO when she was
attacked by brigands in Bulgaria and
spent some time in prison there.
\ feature Of tho session was the
sending to the chairman and committee
of 5000 women who opposed the Wright
hill in Ca1ifOrnia ~ n fc1ovro,, al
congratulation on its defeat. The tcle :
cram said there was cause for world +.
wide rejoicing because California was
the greatest wine. growing State in
America and il such laws could be
upheld there It was n happy partcnt
for other districts. The Wright bill
sought to bring local option for alco.
holic beverages back sto California.
Miss Anna a. Gordon presided at
the meeting.
The lobby of the Bellevue. .Stra tford.
where headquarters are situated, was
surging with conversation that was a
literal babel of tongues.
The accents Of the South mingled
with that altogether different drawl
that halls from New England. There
we're the RS that came fatty and
frankly from the Middle West and RS
that aren't sounded at all from some
place else.
And occasionally every one stopped
talking entirely. for there was the
almond. eyed delegate, Miss Utnka
Hnyasbi, putting In word, or then
again. it was Miss Hardynia NorvilE.
who took twenty five days to come here
from Argentina. But nobody minded
the miles or the different sort of ac-