SUPERINTENDENTS' LETTERS.

White Ribbon, Volume 29, Issue 337, 18 July 1923, Page 4

SUPERINTENDENTS' LETTERS.

NOTABLE DAI H n 'l;- d Lettei I lays," . fj Ini happy, fortunate, 01 a i on tin.is its origin n. th. did An- ;ar. where tin vpU and .saints' days wi i • pi |nted in i ed letti i s. 'I la W.C.T.I L*»t( -ins n an honoui a celebrate the notable dayi of our wdithy leaden who havi i en« d to create nea conditions In ni ; i ai h nil.- ma) I". m the languagi ol Browning like w Im in\ er t urned In bul m 11 tin d hi eas! toi aai d, S( \ i doubted clouds would In i d ilioiiuh right I'd. wrong would triumph; Hi M we fall to baffled to ii :ht I- ■ • p to woke in t he bUI 'h of man's work time i n wit h a (1 ■ Hid him forward, breast and back i ith. r should ' 'St i w < and tlui\ e,' ( i \ 'S|.i ed in,' fon \' i Tin re a- h< The) are not onl) remembered, hut the ' ml ihj. which I he) in brought forward as an educational power to enlist the pat h> of on - ind tor t he Iwill of ' in p' ople towa rd our organisalion v \ • it< "Mi mortal I »a\" on 27th Jul) . and 11a then, I-- alwa . mw memben and "White Ribbon" sub- \ ' . s tin pledge book, and iw of white rlbboii prepared to pin noon ?n a tin nil" I Keep • i eport ol evi i) meet In i Vniiis in the work. ALICE JONEB, l>oii Supt, Notabli D 2 it 011 l Street Wew Plj moutl Jul) .'ith. if LIBRARIBi l >e.-n P i jist year. i 'oiivi ntlon appointed im Superintendent of Libra i ies. sinei then I have n cetvi d reports from only two Unions having libraries Petone and N* l sin-e t h it then nun t bi oth< us al • u booki toi loan i would ■ h i'n on having

an) u lending to m< mix i> 01 ot hers, \\(»iil<i let in. kimw . i nn mbei b t>i' l nions a inch hay e done nothing in this department, I would app< il to be matter uq their next meeting, Pl< ai i don't l< n to your s- ci etai j. who oft( n more than ahe can <i<> justlot J i i am un we all roallat tin imp ance of thla bran* h ol our woi k. It Impossible at the present tinu to be able to give a right decision on man) matt era that doom befon m without tudying the subject. I hope all I talons have beei we) ; i foi the discussion »>n the !.• of Nation < '"ii\ < nt ion t ins j i commended th.it each yeai a special pari for the considi ration <>t matters in i onneclii».i w it h the i • .mil Arbitration I »< i ai tment Tl ire two mattei i in which i ach tfnion should ha \ - some lltei atun t circulate l would ask that each Union, except t he two mention* d, would at the n< \t in- < ting appoint . ome one to oommunl with this department. (Mr i JESSIE FIELD »Bupt. of Librai CRAI »u; »:< »i.i. i >BIT. IJeai s. t. i . \\'. , Uiim that our work begins with the child, and a/a in gx <\ • i > i fnion tn appoint .1 < 'radio Roll Superint< ndent i< n t in - appointnu nt ii made, each membei . hou d undei take I be responsi l»i,n > of asi Superintend* nt The Superintendent will write to the Dominion Superintendent and obtain card.s an I all Infoi mat ion n p rding the wav to set to v\ork. sin-, too, \\ 1 1 • 11.1 out all pledge and birthda) ca . m< nil'' 1 - a ill ii' Ip her to secui • new habit 1 ll( Roll I: will not til! very rapidly. Members who a n acquaint) il with I mot hen ol > mum children should them if the) are willing that ih<' baby'i tor an) child up to »t\ en j aa 1 ■ of agr< I name should be pia. • d on the < hradle Roll of tin Worn, n'a Chi ii tlan Tempei ance Union, explaining that the mothei is n quired to sign the folio* ing pie.!. "I promise not to give, 01 allou m) child to take, an) Intoxicating drlnka and ncci [»t this card as a pledge of membership of the Whit. Ribbon Cradle Roll." ]; th. mother consents, tin membei will ask th. child's full nam<. the date

ol it birth, .in.l th. mother*!) nam* Tin ae pai ticulara should be hand, d u Ihe Supei intendent. If she cannot call on the moth. 1, tii. pa d I ma) bt sent through the post, and anothei ii. he added to the <'ra.li.' Roll. The nnis <>t the department 1 • m> To hunt; befon nursing mothers the fa. t that w hen takit oholic beverages themi elvei th. > I ran the ahohoi into the ohlkl'a system (2) To break down the oajajtont of treat ing . hildiah ailmenti alt h alcohol 1 uard children until the) are of age and oan alga n pledgi foi themselves, and Join the Loyal Temperance Legion or Band of Hope. ( ii To 'll • ulate literature and teaching on t< mperance, healt h and h) giene among mothers. ri To wm h.tints and in..th. is ovei to the side of total abst ln< nee. (€) To t rain up a nu e who will not know the La it< ol alcohol \. ..ii" of the principal amis of the 1 Nepal tment la to • ducat bt hi 1 and mot I H ding the harmful < 11 of alcohol ..ii the human bod) whether taken in sii km a 01 h-1 Ith, b) children dults, thi . Fnion should pin elm-. the Superintendent the lit' rature of the \|. die 1 Temperance l department Th< • leaflcti ma) bt sent with the birthda) cud or at an) other time, so that they are circulated. < m hoardings an.l In newspapers \\. . .. ,\ -11laements advocating the Use Of alcoholic liquors In health and a.s eiuat In siokn Let ns .. tu it that the parents of our » '1 adl< Roll bah • recehr< Iteratun gii Ing tin most up-to-date scientific Information on this aubji The Superintendent, with the assist' ,11,. ~t members, shoul 1 ai range at least one meeting annuall) foi mothera and habita Thla may take the form of an in.io.u montlng with music and shments, or 1 picnic, and alwaya an instructive temperance addresa should be given, W'h.ie .1 speaker cannot be obtained, a paper may he read. Han) of the Medical Temperance leaflets are suitable foi reading at meetings of thla kind. Yours in White Ribbon bonds, CLARA M NKAL. nonunion BUfMt. I M luneell Road, ParneH, Am kland

SCIENTIFIC TEMPERANCE IN STL 1 .-i< m I tea 1 Sisters. 1 b • I some literature m connection with thla De> tment, and shall be pl< am d to seftd to an) Union that desires t.i have some, The supply is limited, aa there la onl) ■ n. h leaflet or booklet, but 'hould Unions be anxious to ol ot'-. r copies, 1 shall be able to ord< r in.H. 1 would draw special attention .hoi In Experience and Bxp<11 nt," aa it appears to be eminently for foung Peoph "s Branches "'I." < 'i mpendlum of Bdentl..* 1 Ten an.e t. aching" 1 1 Eairi) lai g< 1 k. and 1 shall be able to lend any Union that applies and sendi postage (about 96), for one month, and any Union that cares to fire an order foi it shal >n aa it can be p •... ired fi om Amei i.-a Hopin • ' • thli to givi rurthei • lons In a latei letter 1 am, yours in W R bonds, KATE M i:\ \.\s. Bupt. g.T I PEACE AND ALLITLATIi -\ LKIT. 1 >• ar Bisters, 1 wish to commend to >"in notii. the following sh. ri aj I which 1 tak. 11 t n.lll t be SPOI lai t 'hil: t mas number of the Wo afore War i/ine. and Is well Worth; Of om ea 1 nest < onsideration. Th. Impoi l of th.- training of 1 bihta n on right hues is now .1 generall) acknowledged fact, The W.C.T.U. has .it various times Slon tO Its < ..miction of t lotruth of this, in resolution- dealing with the need of Introduccing Into the schools teaching moro .l.tinit-ls Lased upon the highest moral and rellgioua prin nples But important aa the school • he home mflu. 11 <• is a still Him. potent factor In the formation of .1 child's character, and the moulding of the gem ml trend af his life- and the home Influence la at work long bet the school life beglna w.- do not, I think, alwaya sufficiently realise the [.art which children'.- games play In their training foi life. The nursery games ■re In hat the Mist education which the qhild receives: at that early age I"' learns mainl) by obeerratioti. and his impressions arc drawn far more from his sur.oundmys and the activities which ate initiated for lum b) his eld. is 'han from any rUSM 01 oral instruct....is. TbOp .nsar. the strongeH and most permanent, and their niMu. ii.. is felt, though perhaps

unrecognised, through the whole of life. This is wh\ We want to Ik- MO Jul mm to the toys W( | \• om children and the games w< encov them to take part in. If \s. them to become lovers oi peace, we imi.-i tal i rdn the vei> Hi at that the opposite instincts air not aroused b| the guinea which play so large a pari m the fonnattoa of the principles which will guide th<iii in later life This little article gtreaan Illustration of what eon be done bv united action, and suggests one method b) whicb the military instinct can be counteracted, and Ideas of peace and goodwill in stilled into the developing, minds of our children. Would it not be possible to initiate a similar movemen' amc the mothers of \<-w Zealand? Oould not they also form a l.eairm foi countenancing the use of all toys. hooks, games, pictures, etc.. which arc suggestive of war in any of its poets, ami for the turning Of the tivitles of their children into a different channel, teaching them to use their energies in constructive rather than de icthre pursuits 0 I should be glad to hear from any I'nion which COU d initiate some such movements in its own district. But whether this may be done or not, 1 would earnestly urpe •ill our members to endeavpui arwu] carry nu> tMis > doa - :,n tn< ' OWB homes, ,~nd to spread it arfconirst their friends and neipbbours, foi the sake of the riling generation, that it may evei walk in the ways of pencil and may loam war no more. The following resolution is to be submitted to the "No More War*' demonstration, to be held at Auckland: "Th tgnlses t hit t he most prosing need of the da) it a stable international peace; it also believes that the only road so ■ permanent international peace is that of unial disarmament. it therefore calls upon the Government to use ail its Influence towards initiating a movement amongst all civilised Ettates towards general disarmament h> mutual agreement, tin abandon men, of war as a means of settling diff amongst themselves, ind the adoption Of principles Of mutual help and co- iperation, together with the recognition that K b moral and spiritual fore*, rather than physical, that must regenerate th world." ICARIAN JUDBON

it it w"i id t Conference In 1921, the Worn* n. Intei national League app< for the disarmament of tin nui Mothers fronn II count i les wen i • sented, and the) called upon tin mothers (»f al! countries to put a ban on war to Lasi Christmas, hundreds of thou sands of leaflets were distiibuted all over the world asking that toj gunsand toj soldiers should be boycotted. The result was undoubtedl) good lis Rtelnlts, the Becretari o| thi Qerman War Resisters, tells us, foi instance that an examination of the shops in Berlin fail* i to i eveal a sm. t to) W( hop, 11,11 a similai woi ' ffort M ill be made till: >. 1 i it is ditticuii to think ol rime than to cause the children of the new generation to look upon wai ai an ordinal > event Of human life. A gift ol to) soldiers Is often mad.' thoughtlessly. But think what it means. It m that the Impressionable mine of the little bo) of live or seven <u ten la moulded to accept the killing of men i>;. men ii a right and prop* i thing, it brands the innocent child's mind with the mark of Cain It perilOUSl) mar sinnin ust the Holy (in The wording ol the leafli ts distributed last \ear m German) wai SS follows: "MOTHERS! TEACHERS! FRIENDS OF CHILDhEN! "The test ival of giving appi on< ; Let it lie ,i festival of i 1: for oil children. A festival for the renewal of life. Awa\ With the atmOgphi ' d< ath and d< at: uction! "Refuse to give toys bi mi mories of the world-destroylni war. of the gri •' daughter. Refuse to -i\«' your children warlike attire and urn forma Refuse to give toj Refuse to give toy*weap< "dive boxi i of bricki and pi Dresden srooden toys and workmen'n attire (miners', artisans', aallors*) "Refuse to - r iv honks which glorify arar, which aw iken a warlike si which praii • • wai like d< • "dive hook about animals and pi about foreign countries and stars b of work and fairy-tales, "Kefii-e to give picture, n pri enl battle fields, the tortur. i of th( wounded and dying soldiers, the intoxication of victory. "(iive pictUn : Of land. caj I . tOU n-•. and fantasies.

"i >o not continue to poison li. ami imaginations of youi children with the spirit of hatred. Vou SWakOO an! ill' B and hooks. Think of the 11 u< h< i of the child" Give back ti bim the t rue kingdom of childhood. "\ Kingdom of < !heei fulni sa without cruelt), '• a Kingdom of Klndni rs wit limit arms. •' \ K Qgdom oi i■- oi without bat "A Kingdom of R< coi cillat ion a it bout enmit). ■"A Kingdom of I «ifc, of Peace, of Work, of Mutual Aid "As you shape the Young, no you shape tbe I' ut u: A similar appeal issued in Amreads as folll "To) pistols, soldiers, and guna teach children to tolerate and admire and to look forward to killing people In war. Wa r I pleasant gam< ' \V;i r is hldl OUB. Tin plat . ii is in the nui mr) . i >isai ra th< nun ii'it la work for us :iii Let n least safl -u.nd t '..< childi i n fi om th< •ui of war'