THE AMERICAN TEMPERANCE.

Auckland Star, Volume XX, Issue 56, 7 March 1889, Page 5

THE AMERICAN TEMPERANCE.

Tub fortnightly meeting of the Auckland W.C.T.U. was held yesterday afternoon. Over thirty were present, and the chair was occupied by Mrs Best, Vice-President of the Society. After some routine business had been transacted Miss Ackermann, the temperance missionary from the United States, spoke on the methods of working and organising. She said it was a matter of surprise to her that the ladies in the colony did not speak more, and also how their work had progressed here without the assistance of regular .lectures. She held that at every possible opportunity the women should speak in their great cause. She would not give an address, bub she would answer any questions relating to organisation, methods of working, etc. A general con versat'ion ensued, and much practical information was given by the American lady.

This afternoon Miss Ackermann addressed a meeting of ladies ab bhe Tabernacle on " Woman's Iniluence and Woman's Work."

Miss Ackermann is afluenb speaker, with a nice easy.style, decidedly American, as her phraseology occasionally plainly indicates, but it is a mannerism that adds piquancy to her interesting discourses. In appearance she is a woman of a robust figure, and with much character and strong will depicted in her countenance.

To-morrow evening Miss Ackermann will lecture on " Alaska," the .little-known north-west corner of North America, purchased from Russia by the United States, and where the lecturess has'had considerable experience.