| Show 1 I 0 ifwi I t I I wi II WHITE RIBBON MUVhMtM q I 4 In reply lo leltera I reoalved at tbe Ir I i il 11 1 headquarters of the White Ribbon 1 ii 4 movement SaIduk for Information al 1 i I Ii j to Hi origin history and melbod 01 IX I I I work Frances E Willard Ibo fiscal dent has Issued a statement la Ibo I I public requesting the press lo give II I publicity The movement U I said lo be a lloml tclcenaant of the womans temperance I crusade of 1673 4 A meeting from j which the call for I errnanent organization organiza-tion vas sent forth was held atChautau I I qua In August 1674 anil Ibo National l I Womans Christian Temperance union of the United Slates was organized I November IS 19 and JO 1874 In I Cleveland Ohio The noctity WAS a1 I IncorporattdfRlarch 11383 lu WashIngton t r Wash-Ington I DO It has fortynine aux I 1IIy state mind four territorial unions I beside that of the District of Call Cal-l I unable and h the largest Society n1 composed exclusively of women and conducted entirely by them II baa been crganlixl In every stale and I I i territory ot the nation and locally In I I I about 10000 towns and cluck At Ibo last 1 national convention the paid uti I I membsrsblp was reported 147653 but Ibis by no means represents Ins loll Dumber enrolled There are 2SO I 100 vrhlteribboneia In the United 81t with a direct following of ai inany more bakoldis RO tri ahllJr A0 Immmm and thousands of brothersinlaw and brother helpers Ktch member Is rtqulrej to plan Ihe pledge and py the annual mem faershlp duet which vary In different Hales lut are usually about filly eente Ol tills amount a certain percentage per-centage Is pafJ Into Ibe slate 1 treasury and from the stato treasury ten cents per member Is raid Into the treasury of the national orga lullon and a I p nny OfllIo I lnl0 hst < of the WotUs Womans Christian Temperance Uoior now Introduced Into fitly ountllei The national motto Is I For God ate HoruB and Native Laud10 The badge 11 a knot of white rtbbor and wat aJupled In the convention of 1S77 The trysting hrur Is the noon title floor 01 player when each while rlbbooor tbu world over Is expected to 1111 her heart to Od In prayer for His blessing on the work aDd worker md for the overthrow of Ibo liquor System and Its allies the gambling I system Hud tb home of shame One great olject ot the appeal the public ll I to secure contributions On this subj Jeellb presiding lady says Nothing H mom needed In our work than n missionary Hind lo carry the oopol 01 lompon to Iho 1000 000010 loelloniof our country for although the W 0 T U organizations ha > o boon formed In all the territories yet there are I a r Ito actions of the country which must Iter scene limo 10 come be holly IIIle lonary ground < What lx I true of the Iprrllolo and < foreigners In I equally true 01 the colored people I ho national W O f U baN riot uogleelo1 these fields though until tbo our rout year not a penny of misnionary money aH much has over boon received The floods are not only Imperative but immediate Prominent In the creed I of the White Ribbon asioclatlon Is an article about tile equality of the Belief their equal if hlundoD standard of lullj for both principles which good men and Woman In olvlllud ooololy rLoogulzo so true Over those who cJDoIor II strange that that advocates of those principle do cot add a declaration as to uual responsibility behre the low which would seen 10 be a Doeary corollary Or are equal rights possible Mlthoultqual rtiponslbllll It u I u lad rillactlon upon the Chris tlaulty tbo worlJ that societies of this klud iiud many Others similar to should be called Into exist Ill I or the make of laving manklnJ from em I opproulou and error Were popular Christianity genuine them would be no need lu Ibo Christian world of those stixlllary supports Aa Christ lu Himself coo takes the divine fulloonto Ilia Utspel comprliEt a plircma or lu nistofnll that which li I neejej for thu lemlool mud 01011101 wlIblo 01 men and women To speak of the Immediate nod ot some other cxpcul OIlOY la I to admit the absence ol that divine remedy of all evil which alone Is I en < ctlve At present we are living 10 aD age ot Societies aDd uDlolI IX lerimollllng 00 Ibo suggestions 41 human Wisdom lorhapo when everytillogtrailicuuttled and found useless the world will 1mblllIIly stretch forth Its head 10 One h tile oeara 01 Thu garment 01 Iho great Puyelclart UIO It will bo lialialati NolUll then |
