A WHITE RIBBONER IN ENGLAND

White Ribbon, Volume 33, Issue 382, 18 May 1927, Page 8

A WHITE RIBBONER IN ENGLAND

Mrs Kasper, Secretary of the Auckland District Union, has returned from a visit to the Old Lund. At the request of our Editor, she has contributed an account of her visit to Miss Slack, Secretary of the World's W.C.T.U., which we are sure will be of interest to out readers. Mrs Kasper writes: “I visited Mrs Slack in the beautiful home at Golders Green, l»mJon. She has u charming English garden, in which she entertained Mrs Shepherd, Mr Kasper, and myself. She showed us over the house, and I was indeed thrilled when I stood in tho room where Miss Slack does all the writing for the World's W.O.T.U. Miss Slack is a charming hostess. She showed us ull the beautiful curios and souvenirs that had been presented to her from all over the world. Miss Slack has written a most interesting book on her travels, and she asked me if 1 would bring it before the notice of the New Zealand sisters. 1 have read it, and it is wonderful. 1 carried my autograph album with me, and ask*‘<l Miss Slack to write a message in it, that I could j-ass on to the White Ribbon sisters in New Zealand, and this is the message: “‘Do >our best trust Uo.l in all things, and the l> *st will come to you. (Signed) AGNES SLACK, (•older’s Green. London.’ “Miss Slack is intensely interested in our work in New Zealand. She said she would love to \ay us a visit. I have heard Miss Slack speak on several occasions, and at the National Executive Conference, which opened with a large public meeting on the JBth of Septrnlrer last year, at Oxford, she spoke on Prohibition, anti 1 have never heard any speaker handle the subject t vet ter. Mrs Slack is a Very powerful speaker. Miss Queenie Shepherd is closely connected with Miss Slack in the W.C.T.U. work, and is one of the foremost workers in the young people’s work at Iforu*.”