496 HISTORY OF PASADENA. 



occurred which is worth printing. The name of Mrs. Ruth Thompson, 

 daughter of 'Old John Brown — Ossawatomie Brown,' was proposed for 

 membership, with the remark that she was a worthy daughter of the famous 

 anti-slavery martyr. Instead of voting by the usual sign of uplifted hand, 

 the members in this case all arose to their feet and sung with great unction 

 and fervor the rousing song — 



" 'John Brown's body lies mouldering in the grave, 

 But his soul goes marching on.' 

 " And so Mrs. Thompson was unanimously elected, with a 'hallelujah ' 

 thrown in. ' ' 



The Unio7i newspaper of January 29, 1S87, published a furnished re- 

 port, from which I quote these historic points : 



" Mrs. Margaret Parker, from England, [Scotland] first president of the 

 world's W. C. T. U., was present, and strengthened our hearts with her 

 words of cheer. Mrs. S. V. Maxfield, one of Iowa's leading workers, told 

 how much better prohibition succeeds there than some of the newspapers 

 would have us think. Mrs. Gordon, missionary to Japan, gave us a most 

 pleasing account of our temperance around-the-world missionar}^ Mrs. 

 Leavitt, who organized our Pasadena union ; and Mrs. Ruth Brown Thomp- 

 son, whom we have all learned to love for her own as well as her father's 

 sake, told us how John Brown smashed the whisky barrel." 



Mrs. Parker was then a guest of Thomas Nelmes, a fellow countryman. 

 In the autumn of 1S87, the Pasadena W. C. T. U. was visited by Mary T. 

 Lathrop, the woman orator of Michigan, whose fame spans the continent, 

 and who was also a member of the National Prohibition committee. She 

 was entertained at the Carlton hotel, and gave a public lecture in the M. E. 

 church to a large audience. In May, i88g, this Union was visited by Mrs. 

 Henrietta G. Moore of Ohio, a lecturer and organizer for the National 

 W. C. T. U.; and while here she was the guest of Mrs. Dr. O. H. Conger. 

 A report in the Pasadena Standard of September 21, 1889, gave a list of vice- 

 presidents who represented the W. C. T. U. in the different churches of the 

 city, thus : Baptist church, Mrs. Addie Camper ; Presbyterian, Mrs. C. D. 

 Case ; Episcopal, Mrs. James Smith ; Friends, Mrs. G. M. Keese ; Methodist, 

 Mrs. K. Griffith ; Universalist, Mrs. J. C. Hance ; First Congregational, 

 Mrs. H. N. Farey ; North Congregational, Mrs. H. K. W. Bent ; Christian, 

 Mrs. Dr. Allen. Dr. Rachel F. Reid was then president. 



A Young Woman's Christian Temperance Union was maintained 

 about two years and then expired. 



A lyOYAL Temperance Legion has been maintained about four years 

 as a juvenile auxiliary order — practically the W. C. T. U. Sunday school. 

 Mrs. M&ry C. Glass, superintendent, 1894-95. 



ladies' union prayer meeting. 

 In June, 1886, Mrs. F. H. Burdick and Mrs. M. Proudfit visited all the 

 pastors of the city and secured their approval for a weekly prayer meeting 

 to be held on Tuesday afternoons, for Bible study and prayer, by devout 



