Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1922-08-02
Wet. U. HOLD
INTERESTING MEET
Good Reports from the Field and Stir
ring Addresses Arouse Interest
In Temperance Work ,.-.--.-.. ~,

thirty-fourth annual convention Of the
fourteenth district Of the w. c.. T. u.
held at Warren July 25th and Goth,
and while We are all strong believers
in cold water, we would have been
glad if we had not seen so much gOf
it digging the two days OF the conven-
Interesting reports were given from
the several unions in the district; the
sbaby' union at Holt was represented
N several ladies who, were very heal
THY looking babies and their report
showed good work done since their
organization last December.
Much interest was shown in the re-
port Of our. Superintendent of Scien-
tifc Temperance. Instruction in the
public schools given by Mrs. Anna
Settler, Of Thief River Falls, and the
pastors and essays from the grades
on the harmfulness~ Of alcohol and
narcotics, showed an interest taken by
the younger ones that was very en-
couraging.
An essay written by Hazel Perry,
a Senior High of Crookston, deserves
especial mention. She told us that
Z investigations" have been made of
the manufactured American cigarette,
which seems to be especially deadly
in it's effect. It has been found to
contain 5h per cent of nicotine, or
more than twice as much as the Gu
ban made cigarette. This is more
than six times as much as in contained
in the Turkish cigarette.
An address by J. Louis Guyon, pro-
prietor of the largest public dance hall
in the city of Chicago, delivered before
a club of Episcopal clergymen of the
& diocese Of Chicago was read, in which
he scored the modern dance and jazz
music. A very interesting and profit:
able discussion followed the reading
Of this paper. We learned from a
copy Of the Laws Relating to Chill
dren" that mo young person under
is years of age can go on the floor
of a public dance hall unless accom-
panied by parent or chaperone. Also,
shat Town Board has control Of
barn dances" ~ ST.
A paper on 'The Reading of the
Bible in the Public School" was read
Seid discussed, and the convention
Swent on record as favoring such read
ing. A book of "Bible Selections for
use in the Public Schools is in print
and can be obtained Of the National
w. G. T. u, or from some Of the
church boards. = .......-.--l. -, ..~
che rain Tuesday evening kept
many away. Our first treat of the
evening was solo by Miss Mildred
j Wood, beautifully sung and much en-
joyed by all present. -
Our state president, Mrs. Josephine
& Sizer, told us "That never has there
been such concerted action by the
vets, as there is now, to- defeat. An.
drew j. Volstead, whose name is bet
ter known the world over than the
name of any other man. The brewers
$of Germany are watching the outcome
4 of the election in Minnesota this fall,
The owners Of the vineyards of France
as we'll as many others are watching
and hoping for the defeat of Volstead
this fall. No other man in the United
States could serve us as can Andrew
~. Volstead. The vets, don't care who
goes to congress, SO Volstead is de-
a feated; he may be a. dry man but he
will be elected by the "wets." The
man who would take Volstead's place
Son the committee is a "wet" man,
which accounts for the anxiety of the
vets to defeat Volstead, whose "Act"
is an act of congress and can be re-
Z pealed by a two-thirds, vote. She adj
5yised the women not to vote. for any
candidate who would not commit him
self in a public audience, as one who
would thus declare himself would be
more apt to stand by his word. She
said man who would not thus com
NIT himself, his name on paper would
Net go far.
q. Che statistics from the United States
treasury department show that the
cost of enforcing the prohibition law
for the past two years has been six
million dollars. while the government
has received in confscated liquors au-
Il tomobiles, aeroplanes, ETC., sixty-slx
million dollars, so the government Is
not. getting poor, in spite Of wet propa-
{ ganda to the contrary. She said, :We
need a lot Of pep tomism in order @to
4 develop our optimism, so that we can
park our pessimism. 81. ssss5.
The visiting delegates were very
glad to be permitted to- hear the pro-
gram at the Court House given for
the new citizens.
All delegates went home feeling well
repaid for going to the convention, and
I; ready to give three cheers for Warren
and the ladies who had fed us SO
D bountifully, treated us SO cordially
housed us SO comfortably and shown
us every courtesy the weather would
permit. Il. G.. Chaplin.
PLEASANT SURPRISE PARTY
"a pleasant surprise was given 8Irma
Laidley at her home In Comstock
township last Sunday, July 80. q
a,nwsvnIYxar IF friends. called af her home