Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-19
BY CORINNE FRAZIER.

nj CUhlNNE nIALIGhs
~ EMPERANCE leaders from
every State in the Union Will
gather in Los Angeles from
4 September 20 to October 2. IN.
r. elusive, to attend the annual
convention Of the National woman
christian Temperance Union. WASH
|?fneton will be represented by Mrs.
Ellis A. Yost. national legislative rep
resentative. whose headquarters are
on Capitol Hill, and by the ofnclai
delegates from the District OF CO.
lunbia Union. Mrs. Nettie +. Lyons
Mrs Drill Moody. Mrs. Estelia V.
Buxton, and the three alternates. Mrs:
Alvin Day, DR.. Loretta kress ana
Miss Mulligan.
The Washington delegates already
have arrived In Los Angeles ana oeie'
gates from other parts Of the country
are expected to pour into the Sunshine
city throughout the coming week.
many leaving their homes today ana
tomorrow to join the special train de-
parting from Chicago tomorrow at
1925 pm.
1t was learned at legislative head
quarters that the national program
will include. In addition to plans TOT
continued support of prohibition ana
the main issues, resolutions reaffirm-
ing support Of child labor. the ma
tional education BILL special legislation
guarding and strengthening state
prohibition laws, enforcement OF the
maternity act, uniform marriage ana
divorce laws and civil service status
for prohibition agents.
Few people. outside OF the organ
ization, realized the breadth OF the pro-
gram of national activities which IS
carried out by the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union. The popular idea
is that the members have but one
object In mind--prohibition enforce.
mert. On the contrary, like most or
tine national women's organizations.
the union has its one main object,
but is vitality interested in a compre.
hensive group Of activities calculated
TO promote public welfare and to pro-
tect the interests Of women and chill
dren.
The prohibition department. Is but
one Of many. There are. in addl-
ton. the Americanization depart
ment, with Miss Rose A. Dawson
OF Ohio as director: the department
Of anti-narcotics. directed by Miss
Helen G. II. Estelle of Poughkeepsie,
n. Y: child welfare. under Mrs.
Edith F.. Lee Of New York; Christian
citizenship headed by Mrs. Stella {.
Stimson of Indiana: the department
of economics of prohibition. with
Miss Epha Mae Marshall Of Chicago.
H.. directing; the department. OF
health. directed by DR.. P. s. Bour-
deau- Siscc of Baltimore; Institutes.
under the leadership OF Mrs. Anna
Marden DeYo Of San Francisco: legis-
lation. with Mrs. Ellis a. Yost as
director: motion pictures. directed by
Miss Maude NJ. Aldrich: prison re-
form, under Mrs. Minnie Barker
Horning Of Evanston. Ill. and numer-
Gus others, including departments of
publicity, scientific temperance in
vestigation. peace and arbitration.
parliamentary usage. medical tenn
perance, exhibits and fairs. flower
mission relief work. social morality.
soldiers and sailors. temperance and
missions and the Bible and the public
schools.
1t can be seen from this review
Of the departments that the national
program of the Wonan's Christian
Temperance Union is equally as COM
prehensive as that of other women's
federated groups. And, like many
others, it is becoming a powerful in
fiuence in the political world as the
women probe more deeply into the
problems of vital interest to them
problems Of health. education, child
welfare, crime control. marriage and
iivorce laws and discriminative legiS-
lation.
During the business sessions of the
forthcoming convention al Los