The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-06-30
Letter from Battle Creek Sanitarium.
BATTLE CREEK, June %. 1893

4 can only tell your readers OF part OF
them. Last evening there was an open
air band concert which was greatly APP
preciated. Last week the picnic was the
great event. The day was perfect in
June loveliness, sky, LEAKAGE and balmy
air. The most delicate could not be
chilled and yet the heat was not oppres-
sive. Lake Gognac smiled invitingly in
the sunshine, whether to those who
were content to enjoy its beauty from
the bluff, or upon those who preferred to
row or ride in the little steamers, upon
its surface.
The company numbering nearly four
hundred, was assembled. as Chaplain
of the earth, for there were four from
Alaska and half dozen or more from
south Africa, three at least from England;
Australia and New leland were repre-
sented while the guests from the United
States ranged from New York to Cali
fornia. Nevertheless it were easy to be-
assembled from afar, laughing and chat
ting together like familiar friends, each
trying to contribute full measure to the
sum of the days happiness. While the
guests were eating dinner the Review
as they continued to do at intervals
throughout the day.
Rev. S. II. King, of Juneau, Alaska,
was called upon to make few remarks,
and his response was very interesting.
He is wideawake man, full of vim and
earnestness, and withal, thoroughly de-
voted to the good work in which he is
engaged. He was the Alaskan delegate
IN tho Drach xytar;an Gaparol A coapn bly
which recently met in Washington, and
came down from the land of frost and
snow in February. He has since been
putting in his time in lecturing and
arousing missionary interest in this
far away corner of our great land
which he calls home. 1t may be said in
passing that he was one of the minority
of 116 who voted not to exclude DIR.
Briggs, He became interested in the
Battle Creek Sanitarium through some
copies of Good Health which were
brought to Alaska by California lady.
Mr.. King was accompanied by his wife
and two sturdy little boys. and they all
appear to enjoy perfect health if it does
rain two hundred days out of the year IN
Alaska.
DR.. Mary Wood Allen read James
Whitcomb Rily's "knee-deep in June"
Nothing could have been more appro-
pirate as expressing the sentiments of
the picnic party.
Prof. VIM. A. Z. AXon, +. r. S. L., of
Manchester, Eng, one of the delegates
to the Vegetarian. Congress just held
in Chicago, was called out and his re-
marks on the theme to which he is es-
pecially devoted, were very happy. He
closed by reading an original poem.
But for sport making and laughter pro-
voking, the palm must be accorded to the
Hon. S. M. Lowell, Grand Councillor of
the Royal Templars of Temperance, from
Lockport n. Y, who in an off-hand
speech suited to the occasion, simulated
the broken English of a German lately
landed, so completely that many were
deceived at first into thinking that he
was using his best English. He was
called back with loud applause and gave
two or three humorous Rotations, and
if it had not been for "buying that farm"
near Battle Creek, which he said de-
manded his immediate attention, it is
hard to say when his auditors would
have let him off.
But the day at last closed in evening
shadows, as all happy days must, and
the guests gradually returned by carriage
loads to the shelter of the Sanitarium,
each with heart full of gratitude to
the Managers who had spared no pains
to make their guests happy.
DR.. Mary Wood Allen and her daugh-
ter, Miss Rose, of Toledo, are among our
guests. DR.. Allen is not only highly
esteemed in her profession, but has also
quite wide reputation in the literary
world. Her newspaper articles are
many and various. She is the National
Superintendent of the Social Purity De-
partment of the w. G. 7. u, and has
done great deal of work as lecturer and
organizer. She is the author of the
White Shield Manual, the purpose of
which is to extend the work of social
purity among the young. Her booklet,
Teaching Truth" should be in the
hand of every mother and it would be
found very helpful in the Mothers
Meetings of the w. G. T. L. It's price
twenty-five cents, puts it within every
ones reach. DR.. Allen delivered a short
address in the Sanitarium parlors Sun
day evening which very forcibly set
forth the duty which we owe to God in
the care of the temple of the heavenly
Guest. HELEN l.. MANNING.