Close Of The W. C. T. U. Session

The 12th annual convention of the Second District closed last Fiiday with a spirited address by Miss Henrietta Moorp, iiatiotift! organizer. Tftursday eveniog was filled by Mrs. Lucy Ryder Myer and Mrs. Obeneaur, one speaking of the city and the other of the liimber wildernes. This convention has been one of the most prosperoua in the history of the district. The papers prepared were interesting, and all the repons ghowed an advance upon last year. The reportó of the second district are a feature peculiar to it. The report of the corresponding secretary ie largely st&tistical, and gives a full outlook of the work ; the county presidente show the condition and peculiar difficulties ol each county ; while five minute letters from local unions arouse emulation and enthusiasm. It was with most affectionate regrtt that the president, Mrs. Sarah A. Grosvenor, was allowed to withdraw from the work. Only the plea of injury to hersell excused her from service with a large part of the convention. The suffrage question occupied greater prominence thau usual. It might be called the main thought of the convenüon, aside from the work of the lumbermen and ihe mother' meeting. The Third Party received the umal prominence in the resolutions. The ladies have various opinions in regard to tb. third parly prohibitionists. To some it is a great party and filis the whole horizon of their visión. To othera, it ranks more, one lady said, "as a shepherd dog, which can never do the work of a horsc, but can berk - a good honest bark - at the heelof a noble but absent-minded horse and keep him in the right track." The resolutions were read at a hurried time and rushed through without comment. A resolution of thanks to the cnizeos of Ann Arbor for their kind and generous hospitality, and the beautiful arrangement of the church with ñowers and the district motto ; also for the recitations and the delightful music for the pleasure of the convention.