AN ATTEMPT AT PALMERSTON N. TO EXTEND THE BOUNDS.

White Ribbon, Volume 35, Issue 418, 18 May 1930, Page 7

AN ATTEMPT AT PALMERSTON N. TO EXTEND THE BOUNDS.

Witii a. vise to bssrenslng mend ship and to spreading the knowh'd, what the vv.ct.U stood for, the mom< ben of ftmnerston North Unjos er« ui afternoon meeting (no: th ..M rn»-et,ng, nor on tie regulai <kt >». to wtiu-ti smashers si tin Lonnm • \! •' .'■' i . tiH Motiu-rs In,on. SB ' men the Ladieof < hiMdn In sll t h»diumhesi were Invited In sttemt a circular letter wee eent to each these organisations, inviting them to b' • at, and t hi M I urj man tonred ss ■ speaker. The room emi ;< rranged frith < I oand Minn mhiea it was ateo made »> and ga\ h) bowls of red zinnias and gertoeraa eem orange narcissi and chry.Hsuithwi mis and autumn h-aw IfusioaJ some and efteiwoon ten n pnrl of the programme Ifn Everyman gave her usual forceful and convincing address She sa'd th.it the W CT.U stood tor bam p Peace, Purity, and Prohibition As long as fifty wars ago this Imklv of women had advocated the eettl ig up of A rMt ration OOuiti tor the enforcement of I- m i sad aiiuht km ol mni aConvention In i *♦ i t. the sjaentkNi of suiistituting physical training tor osm pernor) tieining had \»+i aleooseed Th.-n. tOO, tie- W.i'.T.r. stood tor >, "a White !.' Thf\ believed that a man's standard cf pur it > should be as high SI S woman Tlie w «' T i nmlnsainedj however, that ind purit) < ould onl> com I Shouf through the third P Prohibition The Hquoi traffic w;us the greatest hindrance to end purit > The sf>e*iker then went on to give soup- important rea>ons wh\ Prohibition .should be supp< rted Many children were i*>m toebee-oiinded through Irinking habi.s of their pan rate drinking oaaeed f- • mmd»Mincss, as well as out-and-out drunke h»\ss. it eae women who Imnded on th** torch of life. Tt \v;i- sh.- who join -d hmds with th.- Creator in bringing a nee life int< the world, and it was hoin i:> who should help to make MfC i and pitra, tor the sake of the child. 1 largely through the efforts of iromen thai Prohibition had W.-n in America Many :>eople though* that hsnanss the enforcement of the

Prohibition law was not 100 per '•ssful that Proliihitiou was not a N'O law was eikton td IM cent ■ atfuwj: Did we not dail\ in our newspaper* Of t lofts tad murders? Hut who would a.b.lis, th<* law.- . lumm ntaalmg and nnsraei beMi I'eryman apj>eale,l to th ■ger to know me truth, sad to ham the teaching <>f nclance <>u tinqueetlon, and te do thle thej eon d better than join th*- ''links ot the w gt r. T i hearty thanks of the EWnesrston Noi h t 'mon are due to Kn Petynmn M her t hae si d energy to the furtherance of the caueg here. meeting wse mighl and successful, being attended b) M or ft women. \\ do hope n win lend to hwreaned Interest and attendance at our meet In Ihe future