Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-10-23
CLOSING SESSIONS
OF tho L,bsls Of The Sat,
CobIeDtioD, 7. c I. 0.
The Church FILLED Last Evening
Eloquent Addresses.

day Of their 6tste Convention. Ths &c
vaiionai services opsnsd = 8 4. Il, led b,
Mise 4. c. Lssviss Of Portland Al Ii,
usual hour the convention vas called to
sssnsf And The records Of the pseyiou,
msstinG rsad AID approved II VA votet
TO ssud sfeetinss 10 the New jersey Uaion
Tbs quartet then sang, Sowing th.
Ts,ss."
lovely bouquet vAs prsssn.ed 10 Mrs
Stevens coming fron Ars. Ssnbofn, vii,
Of the iursTintenaent Of the Insane Hos
pital Afs. Sanborn sect her love and 70
srsis q not being able 70 aitsr d.
Miss Eva Parchsr, secfy Of the World,
Fair Managers Of Maine, was called 70 id
dress the Convention on the subject Of the
Worlds Fair. Mas Psrcher 10 = pleasIps
speaker and thoroughly In Games: In tb!,
work. ehs laid great stress on the inpor
lance Of this body Of fepresen,s.i,s women
taxing deep interest In this subject. Il
could be one Of the creates. ux!lisriss in
farthering the Interests Of Msiae women ID
this great Words Exhibition, which would
anord vomAa one Of the nnsss oppor.uni.le,
ever vouchtafed her.
Mfs. Wilson Of South Paris and Misl
Canm!nzs Of oakland, CD, we're intro.
duced to tie convention.
Miss cummiI - spoke OF the difference
10 the schools Of Oakland aud San Fran
cisco And the condition Of Affairs that had
been brought about in Oakland by reason
Of the large lumber Of New England PEG.
pie that had taken up their residence tbers.
Mrs. DR.. Allen, the fret preside u Of the
Maine Union WAS Introduced.
Mrs c. =. FrenchI report Of the scie o.
iine work that had been done in school,
was read and accepted. Il was comprshen-
hvs a d thoughtful.
A telegram was received from General
Dow.
The report Of Miss Mary L. French,
supefinten dent Of the press department.
WAS one Of exceeding interest. After
dwelling .. some lsrgh on the
apparent need Of snlisting the
press in tbs cause Of temperance,
in order to keep the subject before the
people. She said that more and better
work In this respec: hsd been done 10 this
than in any preceding year. Only one
county is without county superintendent.
and from Warrington in the east. where
the wife Of Machias editor has the depart
ment 10 charge to Oxford 10 the west, eI
cellent local work has been done,
Somerset, Aroostook, York and And.os-
ggin being perhaps the best organized.
There are nov SO local superintendent, a
number greater than ever before. Twenty
four papers are reported ~ having plac d
. column. more or less, ct their dispos-
81, and q least So Published occssionAl
item, or articles. Over 200 original arti =
elss bearing on different departments of the
work and the important movement in gen.
sfsl have been published and about 800
short items. etc. "The religious press
Of the State has given an unu'u,l
amount Of spscs to the suit act
Of Temperance though this may be dns TO
the efforts Of hotel keepers for resubmi,-
sion Of the pre- bi,ory amendm ant, 'she gov
ernments attitude regarding exports Of liq
uor, etc. wss pleasant to notice that demon
national wee kiles, u Ions Advocate and the
Christian MIRROR, published articles last
week making sps cisl notice OF this conven-
ton. The rem iader Of the report was
devoted to the work that has been accom-
pIishsd by the Star in the East" The
average issue per month has been in round
numbers 2t00 copies,
Miss French was rendered . vote OF
thanks, the vote being taken standing. for
her indefstigsble lsbors in her department.
Revs. Msssrs. Holmes and Cochrane
spoke briefly and appropriately.
Mr.. Cochrane, former missionary, ten
dsred the greetings from the other side OF
the world to the convention.
The report Of Mrs. Hannah j. Bailey.
superintendent Of the work relating to a
reformasory prison for women. WAS read
and adopted. Mrs. Bailey is 'o' well
knosn to require the statement that het
report vas one Of excellence. She found,
she ssid, that all who gave the m after
thought agreed that i, was needed but that
the prison at this time could not be sdords''
She believed that what vas ne cessary could
be afforded.
In introducing Rev. Mr.. williamson.
the piesidsn. said they bad met him before
but the ladies wished to know how he sp
peared by Daylight. He happily responds d
that he didn't know Just whether to take
this - q compliment or not. Ia the curse
of his remarks in giving his advice TO them
to keep sgisstiug and working be repeats d
the story Of the cans Of milk 10 the pool
and of two frogs jampiog in. one OF whom
vas con IT t, lie at the bottom ou' o. sight
ard quiet, while the other kept kickipg I'LL
~hen the owrer of the milk came he found
the frog whose motto had been to keep
kickioe sitting calmly on . chunk Of butter
he had churned, Laughter and applause ]
The re pof, Of Mrs.. Ann F. Greeley OF
Ellsworth on the sabj sct "Franchise,' was
q strong and sfgumentive plea for woman
suffrage.
The report Of Mrs. Anna Husssy Of
North Berwick, superintendent Of sytemshc
giving, was one Of great interest. She be-
lieved in giving at least enc tenth, sitter
the manner of the ,ithes.
Mr.. Sargent Of Ssrgentville, An honorary
member, vas introduced.
One Of the pleasing features OF the day
vas the sin ing Of the little II yeAtold
niece OF Mrs. Bakafat. The little eirfs
name 10 FAsrsh Aloud, from Bevrous,
Sysi.. sh, came to hi, country last June
and has bsea sdop,ed by Mrs Hsn'sh }
Bailey, the wsllknorn philsn'hrcpi.f.
Little Miss Aloud sang very sveetIy in the
Arabic language, Sweet Bye aud Bye
Rev. Mr.. Lesis invoked divins blessing
The executive meeting opened with
prayer BY Mrs. Smith Of Cornish.
The following ladies we're recommended
for ,upe rintenasnts Of the several d. part
ments:
Prison and Jail Work, Mrs. Lamb Of Au-
burn; Temperance Lecturer. Mrs, Alice
Raymond; Satbsth School Work. Mrs.
S,ickney; Peace and Arbitration, Alice NJ
Douslass, Narcotics, Mrs.. I. 8. Wentworth