Chapter I: Preface: By Mary Towne Burt

GREETING.

This little volume now starts upon its way to visit the homes of those who, with us, desire above all things the overthrow of the liquor traffic. When it knocks at your door, kindly admit it and treat it as a welcome guest--a loved friend; remain blind to its faults, and see only the good intended.

We send it forth, not for its literary merit, not for any honor to ourselves, but as a faithful record of the work accomplished by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of the State of New York during the two decades just closed. It was written at your request, and it is yours, not ours. That it may be of benefit to the work and a pleasure to the workers is all we ask. We commend it to you with earnest prayers and best wishes.

FRANCES W. GRAHAM.

GEORGEANNA M. GARDENIER.

TO OUR CONSECRATED LEADER, MARY TOWNE BURT,

AND TO THE TWENTY-TWO THOUSAND WHITE RIBBONERS OF THE EMPIRE STATE, THIS BOOK is AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHORS

OFFICERS, 1894.

PRESIDENT: MRS. MARY TOWNE BURT, 217 W. 134th St., _New York City_.

FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT: MRS. ELLA A. BOOLE, A.M., _West New Brighton, S. I_.

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY: MRS. FRANCES W. GRAHAM, 274 Church St., _Lockport_.

RECORDING SECRETARY: MRS. GEORGEANNA M. GARDENIER, 64 E. Cayuga St., _Oswego_.

TREASURER MRS. ELLEN L. TENNEY, 484 Madison Ave., _Albany_.

STATE HEADQUARTERS:

No. 30 WEST 230 STREET, NEW YORK CITY.

COUNTY STANDARD BEARERS, 1894

_Albany_--Mrs. C. J. A. JUMP, Albany. _Allegany_--Mrs. V. A. WILLARD, Belmont _Broome_--Mrs. W. H. BRISTOL, Binghamton. _Cattaraugus_--Mrs. M. G. PECKHAM, Leon. _Cayuga_--Mrs. P. J. ADAMS, Moravia. _Chautauqua_--Mrs. M. S. MEAD, Jamestown. _Chemung_--Mrs. S. W. STODDARD, Horseheads. _Chenango_--'Mrs. C. A. MOORE, Mt. Upton. _Clinton_--Mrs. FRANCES D. HALL, Plattsburg. _Columbia_--Mrs. MARCIA C. POWELL, Ghent. _Cortland_--Mrs. FANNIE KEESE, Cortland. _Delaware_--Mrs. CLARA HILSINGER, Sidney. _Dutchess_--Mrs. H. A. NELSON, Poughkeepsie. _Erie_--Mrs. CLARA T. SISSON, Collins. _Essex_--Mrs. ADA J. R. BEERS, Port Henry. _Franklin_--Mrs. W. F. WINKLEY, Malone. _Fulton_--Mrs. GEORGE CLARK, Amsterdam. _Genesee_--Mrs. ANNA E. RICE, Batavia. _Greene_--Miss E. BRANDOW, Coxsackie. _Herkimer_--Mrs. L. P. DAVIES, Herkimer. _Jefferson_--Mrs. E. GURNEY, Clayton. _Kings_--Mrs. L. VANDERHOEF, Brooklyn. _Lewis_--Mrs. M. B. O'DONNELL, Lowville. _Livingston_--Mrs. H. M. FREEMAN, Lima. _Madison_--Mrs. E. C. BUSHNELL, Lakeport. _Monroe_--Mrs. F. N. PARISH, Churchville. _Montgomery_--Mrs. J. G. DEGRAFF, Amsterdam. _New York_--Mrs. E. FRANCES LORD, New York. _Niagara_--Mrs. RUTH A. FROST, Barker's. _Oneida_--Mrs. THEODOSIA M. FOSTER, Verona. _Onondaga_--Mrs. M. D. FERGUSON, Syracuse. _Ontario_--Mrs. A. H. WOOD, Farmington. _Orange_--Mrs. L. H. WASHINGTON, Port Jervis. _Orleans_--Mrs. G. A. HEWITT, Gaines. _Oswego_--Mrs. S. M. BARKER, New Haven. _Otsego_--Mrs. ELLEN TALLMADGE, Otsego. _Putnam_--Mrs. LYMAN F. BROWN, Carmel. _Queens_--Mrs. C. H. HARRIS, Jamaica. _Rensselaer_--Mrs. S. A. KENNEY, Troy. _Richmond_--Mrs. SARAH R. MORRIS, West New Brighton. _Rockland_--Mrs. J. A. DINGMAN, Spring Valley. _Saratoga_--Mrs. GRACE ANDRESS, Gansevoort. _Schenectady_--Mrs. M. CLOWE, Schenectady. _Schoharie_--Mrs. L. A. WILCOX, Jefferson. _Schuyler_--Mrs. L. L. CLAWSON, Havana. _Seneca_--Mrs. J. STORY, Cayuga. _Steuben_--Mrs. A. M. HART, Hornellsville. _St. Lawrence_--Mrs. M. D. SILL, Massena. _Suffolk_--Mrs. EVA HORTON, Greenport. _Sullivan_--Mrs. M. M. McKoon, Long Eddy. _Tioga_--Mrs. N. H. HUTCHINSON, Oswego. _Tompkins_--Mrs. D. C. BOUTON, Ithaca. _Ulster_--Mrs. E. U. BURGESS, Highland. _Warren_--Mrs. T. TRITTON, Glens Falls. _Washington_--Mrs. J. H. MASON, Greenwich. _Wayne_--Miss H. ELLEN ORTON, Sodus. _Westchester_--Miss H. A. ROLLINS, Yonkers. _Wyoming_--Miss KATE MANNING, Attica. _Yates_--Miss CELIA S. HUTTON, Penn Yan.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

PREFACE 11

Sketch of Mrs. Esther McNeil, Veteran Crusader 14

PROLOGUE 15

CHAPTER I.--"The Sober Second Thought of the Crusade" 19

Sketch of Mrs. Allen Butler, first President 27

CHAPTER II.--Constitution and By-Laws, with changes 29

Sketch of Mrs. Maria Hyde Hibbard, second President 32

CHAPTER III.--Organization 33

Sketch of Mrs. Mary Towne Burt, our President 40

CHAPTER IV.--Educational 44

Sketch of Mrs. Ella A. Boole, First Vice-President 51

CHAPTER V.--Evangelistic 53

Sketch of Mrs. Frances W. Graham, Corresponding Secretary 57

CHAPTER VI.--Legislation and Petition 59

Sketch of Mrs. Georgeanna M. Gardenier, Recording Secretary 67

CHAPTER VII.--Social and Political 70

Sketch of Mrs. Ellen L. Tenney, Treasurer 75

CHAPTER VIII.--Miscellaneous 77

Financial Statement, 1874-1894 84

Officers, 1874-1894 85

Annual Meetings 86

World's Fair Banner 87

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Crusade Church Frontispiece

Mrs. Mary Towne Burt Facing page 5

Mrs. Esther McNeil " " 14

Mrs. Allen Butler " " 27

Mrs. Maria Hyde Hibbard " " 32

Mrs. Mary Towne Burt " " 40

Mrs. Ella A. Boole " " 51

Mrs. Frances W. Graham " " 57

Mrs. Georgeanna M. Gardenier " " 67

Mrs. Ellen L. Tenney " " 75