St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-08
MOTHERS, TEAS.
An Enjoyable entertainment
Given in Their Aid,

The reading and tea given at the Ho-
tel Metropolitan yesterday afternoon
for the benefit of the fund for the
weekly mothers teas at the Bethel was
very pleasant affair and well attended,
though no doubt the audience would
have been much larger if the weather
had been more favorable. As it was,
the parlor was comfortably filled with
earnest women, who listened attentively
to the short address of Mr.. Morgan. SUI
perintendent of the Bethel boat, and its
wonderful work. He spoke of the en-
cOuragement he found in his work
among the men. but realizing that the
home influence is the great thing, he
said that the work these weekly teas was
doing could not be overestimated. AT
hrSt these poor women, who had known
very little of the beautiful things of life
that love suggests, were very slow to
believe that there was not some trap to
catch either them or their money, in all
that was done for them. but that at
length they were waking up to the
truth about it.
IL can work with the men," he said,
but 1t needs women, mothers, to reach
mothers. All that L can say now is that
people, all sorts of people who are in
trouble, are brought or sent to us. L
hope to see the day when these women
can have cooking lessons, as well as sew
ng,and lessons in household economy"
Mrs. Newport then introduced the
missionary visitor. Mrs. Peek. in neat
little speech.
Mrs. Peet said that she was not in the
habit of talking much to well-dressed
ladies', but to the very poor, such as live
IN Sweed hollow and kindred places.
She had been very successful in her
visits among them. AT first" she said.
II had to go to the back door of these
opened but the one door. When
she had entered chair was
given her, wiped often with the
apron or dress of the house mother, and
what do you want, how much will this
thing cOSt?" was the next question.
After much labor she had made friend dis
among them. and the wonderful I'M
prOvement in these homes the last year
showed was wonderful proof of the
power of that good Will we have heard
of SO often. Many of these women, the
most of them in fact-there are only
two American women on my list-can
hardly speak English, but all are anx-
lOuS TO learn, ana | am as anxious to
teach them all can. The result is that
these women hardly buy an article OF
dress for their children or themselves
without asking me about it. They feel,
what am sure is the truth, that | am
their friend. In my rounds l hear these
mothers talk of the weekly teas, and
they repeat to me over and over again
no, ,.trr 0f ,t,n II
given them little talks. and they are not
Slow to apply these lessons either"
Mrs. Peet told pathetic little story
of the application of story of reforma-
ton told by Mrs. Eastman at one of the
mothers teas, in which some red ger
anium blossoms figured, and another of
the power of gentle words on family
of small boys. All this good news IS
but the first sheaf of the great harvest
of good that these busy women hope to
see gathered from this promising field
of labor. At the close of Mrs. Poets
talk Mrs. ellison played beautiful Sc
lection on the piano.
Mrs. Newport then introduced Mrs.
Lamborn, who read her delightful pa
per descriptive of old Egypt. Those
who have heard Mrs. LambOrn read her
stories of travel need not be told how
the audience enjoyed the reading that
took them from this busy modern living to
look for while at that wonderful. mys-
ferrous country, whose history was old
thousands Of years ago.
After the reading tea was served,
while the various phases of the wOm-
ans work at the bethel were discussed.
Among the women present were Mrs.
HoXie, Mrs. E. b Clarke. Mrs. Newport,
Mrs. WheelOck. Mrs. Sweeney, Mrs. A.
E. Clark, Mrs. Metcalf, Mrs. III. e. Bur-
bank. Miss Newport, and many others
equally we'll known.