Two Decades

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.

[Illustration: Mary T. Burt]

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.