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VOLUME ONE.
NO. FOETV-ONE.
The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
OR twenty-one years the organized
forces of the world of women have met
in tri-ennial session to further the
cause of temperance as well as to es
tablish and to organize movements, the
sole object of which is the betterment
of the human race, not only along the
lines of total abstinence, as is so often
but along all industrial and
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moral branches.
The effectiveness of this work is greatly en
hanced by the interchange of ideas and experiences
between those whose field of work lies widely apart,
and hence the meeting with the leaders from all
parts of the country is an event pregnant with help
fulness and most significant in many ways.
During the past month the seventh tri-ennial
convention met at the great Tremont Temple at
Boston, Mass., U. S. A., and the press and people
of the various countries represented gave to the
event the support and consideration which it so
well merited. Leaders from South Africa, Aus
tralia, Greece, England, Canada, Scotland and
Japan were among those who united with the
.American branch to make the occasion a notable
one.
Governor Long -bore also the following message
from President Roosevelt:
“ Please convey to the delegates my hearty- sym
pathy for every practical move in the cause of
temperance, and my good wishes for the continued
success of their organization.”
Thus it would seem that the seal of national as
well as of international approval was set on the
work of the W. C. T. U., and the sessions which
marked this tri-ennial were among the most suc
cessful in the history of the movement.
Treasurer’s Report.
In these utilitarian times we are accustomed
to measure results by expenditures but it is a mar
velous fact. that in the work of the W. C. T. U.
this standard does not hold good, as so much has
been accomplished with comparatively little finan
cial outlay. For instance,, it was reported by the
treasurer that of the funds of the organization,
$2,188 had been expended for missionary work,
$1,653.96 for miscellaneous purposes and that a
balance of $2,379 still remained to the credit of
the W. C. T. U. When it is considered what a
vast amount is accomplished each year by this band
of earnest and inspired women, the financial figures
given will be an evidence of the spirit of pure
service for the cause which animates the workers
and which is far beyond all financial estimates.
Educational Work.
One feature of the W. C. T. U. work which must
appeal to every thinking person is that accomplish
ed in the field of education alone. The pioneer
in the field of educational work was Mrs. Mary H.
Hunt who introduced temperance instruction and
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temperance text-books into the public schools, and
who alone, and almost unaided, secured the passage
of the necessary legislation to insure the contin
uance of this great work. But this is only one
phase of educational work with which the W. C.
T. U. is identified. At the Boston meeting there
was given a practical demonstration of the various
industrial features introduced into the public
schools, particularly those of the slum districts,
and these demonstrations were given by Italian,
Hebrew, Russian, and even by Negro children
who entertained the vast audience for several hours
by their work.
“The Willard Settlement” in Boston, named for
the beloved Frances E. Willard, is doing wonder-
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MRS. MARY HARRIS ARMOR.
ful work for the poorer classes of Boston, and it
is under the direct supervision of the Boston
branch of the W. 0. T. U.
Distinguished Foreigners Present.
There were some most distinguished delegates
at this World’s Convention. Among them may be
mentioned Miss Uta Hayaski, granddaughter of
Mrs. Kaji Yajima, the pioneer in Temperance work
in Japan. Mrs. Kaji Yajima has been president
of the Japanese W. C. T. U. for tw’enty-six years,
and she has been at the head of the Presbyterian
School for girls in Tokio for twenty-five years.
She was left a widow at the age of forty, and was
one of the first Japanese women to prepare herself
for the profession of teaching. She has not, how-
ever. yet mastered the English language, and, there
fore, her plea for Japanese women was made
through her granddaughter.
Next President of the World Union.
At the close of the meeting the next president
was chosen, and the person selected was the Coun
tess of who had sent her young daughter,
Lady Dorothy Howard, to represent her as a mem
ber of the British Woman’s Union. Lady Dorothy
though only about twenty, was a dignified and
charming delegate, and made a delightful talk to
the convention. She said her mother regretted not
being able to attend in person as she was particu
larly anxious to be present. One of the gravest
problems of the United Kingdom, Lady Dorothy
said, was the fact that twenty-five to thirty thous
and young women, ranging in age from fifteen to
twenty-five years, served as bar-maids, and that
the evil was one which the British Union was
endeavoring to eradicate.
Lady Carlisle cabled her acceptance of the pres
idency.
Sunday-school Work of W. C. T. U.
The workers of the Woman’s Christian Temper
ance Union find a most excellent field for their
efforts in the Sunday schools of the world, in
which, according to the last report, there are en
rolled 25,900,886 children. These children all re
ceive temperance instruction by means of the quar
ter’y temperance lesson introduced into the inter
national system of Sunday-school lessons.
In this connection reports were also made as
to the medical temperance work, and the amount
of alcohol used in certain patent medicines was
shewn by actual demonstration.
The National Convention.
Just after the close of the international meeting
the National branch of the W. C. T. U. met at
Hartford, Conn.; 450 delegates were present, and
the meeting was presided over by Mrs. L. M. N.
Stevens, National President. This branch of the
W. C. T. U. has a membership of over 300,000,
and this was the thirty-third annual convention.
Many of the foreign delegates to the World’s
Convention remained over for the national meet
ing, and were present at Hartford.
The iconvention sermon was preached by the
Rev. Anna Shaw, and it is to be regretted that we
cannot quote it here, so full was it of helpfulness
and inspiration.
The W. C. T. U. in the South.
Feeling that the best portrayal of the progress
of the work of the W. C. T. U. in the South could
be made by one of its most prominent members.
Mrs. Mary Harris Armor, President of the Geor
gia W. C. T. U., kindly consented to send us the
following review of the work of this great organi
zation in the territory imediately around us. Mrs,
Armor has done so much herself for the advance-
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