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Show WORKING FOR TEMPERANCE Women's National Union in Annual Session in Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 20. The thlrty-llrst annual convention of the National Women's Christian Temperance Temper-ance union began here today In tho Baptist Temple. The union numbers more than 30,000 members, and includes in its ranks members of every Christian Chris-tian denomination. Five hundred delegates, representing every State and Territory in the Union, are in attendance at the convention. Presidents of representative women's union clubs will bo Invited to make addresses ad-dresses during the convention, and many well-known clergymen and educators edu-cators will Join the speakers. Representatives Repre-sentatives from numerous charitable and social improvement societies will also address the meeting. The chief feature of today's program was the annual address of Mrs. Lillian M. N. Stevens, of Portland, Me., president pres-ident of tho organization. Mrs. Stevens Stev-ens has failed to attend but one convention con-vention in thirty years, and at that time she was kept at home by illness. |