The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-15
Home MISSIONARY society
Women Of the Wyoming District
Rally at TunkhannOck.
AN INTERESTING CONVENTION
Notwithstanding tho Howliug Tcmpests
OF March the Delegates Were Cheer.
full and Smiling as Roses of June.
The Days Programme.
AN INTERESTING CONVENTION

Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Tunkhannock, March IA fine body
or representative women of the Wyom-
ing district rallied to the Women's
Home Missionary convention at the
Methodist Episcopal church today. de-
spite keen March wind which pierced
like stiletto. Their hearts were evi-
IDENTIFY in the noble cause they repre-
sent and they We're as cheerful and
smiling as though the June roses were
blooming instead of an Icy blast COM
ing down from the northwest that made
noses red and cheeks blue
The programme was followed closely
as laid down, and every feature OF il
was enjoyable. The greeting by Mrs.
F. p. Avery and the response by Mrs.
Knapp; the singing by Misses Sarah
Atherton, Katie and Myrtle Vose was
very favorably commented on, as also
were the recitations by Misses Callie
kintner and Amanda Frey. Miss Cum
mings, superintendent Of the industrial
school at Wilkes Barre, talked on
"Deaconness Work." and related
something of her own personal expert
ence. which was very interesting. Mrs.
Home Missionary Work." Mrs. j. B.
Summers on Alaska" and Mrs. w. II.
Pearce's Our Work in the Confer
ence,' were all most excellent efforts,
especially the latter which received
many compliments. But the crowning
effort of the day was the paper by Mrs.
DR.. Pearce. who has recently returned
from trip through the South. She
spoke of the industrial homes for col
ored and poor white people. which have
been established at Jacksonville. Fla.
and in Texas. She said: king Home
is the only provision made by our
church to furnish industrial and do
mestic training for the girls of the
black belt of Texas, which, within
radius of 100 miles Of Marshall con-
tains 250,000 population. In Wiley Uni
versiry they are receiving intellectual
culture. while they sadly need the in
dustrial. BY association of the institu-
tions they hope to secure the harmoni-
Gus development of character which is
essential to success in life. That the
negro is to be the future educator of
his race no unbiased mind will deny"
She pictured the squarlor of the life
of the colored family, and then said:
Yet, sitting in darkness as they do
these colored mothers have dim pro-
phetic sense of light somewhere. and
they send their children to our schools,
hoping they may find what the mothers
have not found" The society is also
doing mission work in Alaska and
among the Navajo Indians.
Resolutions Adopted.
Mrs. Summer, Mrs. Pearce and Miss
Cummings We're committee on resolu-
tions and presented the following
which were adopted: Resolved, That
in order to more perfectly spread the
knowledge of our work. We make a
special effort to secure a larger circula-
ton of our paper, Woman's Home Mis-
sions, which has been retained at the
low price of % cents, with the Deacon
ness at Work added.
Resolved, That we tender to the la
dies of Tunkhannock our thanks for
the royal way in which they welcomed
and entertained this convention, and
to the pastor and his wife for their
generous hospitality; to the young la
dies who have so delightfully."- enter
tained and instructed us with their es-
says. songs and recitations.
Resolved, That the district meetings
are great uplift to us in our work, and
that we would suggest that we hold at
least two meetings year.
The officers elected were: President,
Mrs. Dale; recording secretary, Mrs.
Peck; corresponding secretary, Mrs.
Sumner; treasurer, Mrs. Brooks.
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