a dry law then elect a wet nurse for it?" Personality and interests Brehm was described as an eloquent and forceful speaker, but also one who lacked a sense of humor. Other contemporaneous reports, however, praised her presentations without complaint and noted her attributes approvingly, "Her platform work is forceful and pleasing. Her voice is strong but sympathetic. Her manner is easy, graceful and dignified. Her appearance is striking, her taste in dress exquisite and there is always apparent in look and action the high bred refined Christian woman." Another fan of her work noted that Brehm brought to her work "zeal tempered by wisdom, conviction softened by kindness and refinement strengthened by knowledge." "With a statesman's grasp of world-wide movements, a commanding finesence (finesse) and splendid voice, Miss Brehm wins her audiences with her first sentence and carries conviction in her arguments". She was often counted on to provide music at club meetings and conventions as well as acting as the musical director of the WCTU from 1897 to 1901. True to her belief in maintaining a healthy physical condition, Brehm enjoyed tennis, dancing, swimming, and rowing. She also considered part of her mission to be the imposition of temperance on "nonchristian races" and "uncivilized people" around the world. At the 1911 Prohibition Conference in The Hague, the Netherlands, she was a speaker on the same program as the headlining proponent of eugenics and temperance Dr. C.W. Saleeby. At the Cincinnati meeting of the National WCTU, Brehm scolded the crowd for waving their handkerchiefs in the air as an enthusiastic response to favored speakers. Brehm felt the waving of soiled handkerchiefs was surely responsible for the frequency of colds among the conference attendees and admonished the participants to keep their personal handkerchiefs in their pockets and instead wave the small silk flags which had been provided for the express purpose of greeting the speakers. Later life and death By 1917, Brehm had moved to Long Beach, California, a town which had been "dry" for the most part since its founding. While there, she shared her home with two single female boarders, a woman named Mary Kennedy as well as fellow Sandusky native Jessie Williams and became involved in local issues. She became active in community affairs, with a stint on the Long Beach Planning Commission and on the Board of Directors of the City Club. She also supported the