Salt Lake Herald | 1898-09-09 | Page 3 | A Temperance Christening

I A TEIPERA CE CHRISTENING M Leiter Ured t apte te I nlois Wit Wate Chicgo SeDt SThe folowIng letter let-ter wa sent from natonal W C T U headQu rters today to Miss Nancy Lier who is to christen the batte ship Il ols The TemJle Chicago Sept S Dear Iss LeierIn behalf of the 300000 women of the Vomans Cristan Tem Eance Union of the United States and In artc lar of the 1500 of our number In Ilnois we resectulv re qU st YOU to christen te batteshiv not but wih Ilnois wih chapage Ve would cal our attenton to the fact that the batteshlD Kentucky ws chrIstened wih water from the Lincoln Lin-coln and we feel that there are splng enough hlstorio streams In our own good statel to such an act most mae approprIate c also feel sure tat It ould be farreaching in is Infuence for temerance and righteousness Ve know you wi appreciate the spirIt in which tIs 1eter Is written and wI not ieel that we have taken a undue lberty Very sincere yours KTHERINE LENTE STEVENSON Corresponding Secretary He1en 1L Barker Secretar