The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-17
SARCASTIC WOMEN
The General Missionary So
ciety's Convention Closes
is Session
TREASURER'S REPORT ALlTTLE MIXED
In the Election Of officers Mrs
Arney Biadle Is Made First
Vice President.
TREASURER'S REPORT ALITTLE MIXED

THE twelfth annual session OF the
Tvoman,s General Missionary Society Oh
+ba Tnited PRESBYTERIAN Church was con-
u last night in the Summit AVENUE
Church. The delegates all expresses.
themselves as pleased with the result u
the session and the amount OF work az
complished. ~
A lively discussion took place at the
afternoon session over the report OF IA
Magazine Committee, who preseh.eo q
lengthy and somewhat sarcastic report as
follows
THE REPORT.
The eighth volume of the women :
Missionary Magazine comes TO a ciose
with the July issue, and now upon -, -
threshold of it's ninth year we are caneo
,,non to saw a few words of c~ongratula-
tion and appeal; congratulation that the
" q M s. was not mistaken when II
decided TO this enterprise, ana
that if has subserved its purpose now
well. of course, it is not our province 70
GOV. of appeal that renewed efforts pc
made to ugmen the subscription Ist oi
+ba Magazine. 1t has certainly SHOWN
whether it deserves to live or not, ana IL
the former. its field of usefulness uh-
douhtedlv can, and certainly should De
greatly extended.
Has the magazine fulfilled expectations.
Has it grown with the years IN point ot
efficiency; in point Of ability on the PAT.
of its ~nducto to rightly Judge what
;s best to said, or left unsaid; what pese
To publish in promotion OF the case u
missions?
These be leading questions, n may
call for divers We know tna''
according to the copy books OF yore' men
have many minds, and we have iearneu
that women nave them also, II not lnoie
so. as to how a magazine OF lhls ha'ule
ought to be conducted. Some may thilh
that one particular phase OF our worn
should be given more conslderatioh
others that another is somewhat ne
glected. Meantime the problem 10 NC
solved. unlike that of the loaded omn-
a,,s which can. it is said, always hoid
one more, the problem to be soiVeo py
tbe committee is inexorable. just SO huo
can go in the magazine eacn mohlh LIZ
no more: and it has been the chleI cause
of yexation and delay to get somethihs
imnortant and timely into the magazlne
when it is already full.
REMEDY FOR THE VEXATloN.
The remedy for this, to a degree at
mast is for the contributors OF lHpof-
tant matter to send it in as soon as
nossihla the sooner h better. we
can thus measure and select, can post
none articles, perhaps the more vaiuaple,
but which will keep to another issu na
In short. the more complete we can make
ont our schedule early in the montn.
the lesser the friction and the more
nTompt the delivery of the magazine 10
our subscribers. OF course there ate
functions and events that happen aale
in the month that prevent earlier trans
initial. but these are among the eXcep-
lions that occur to every RUE -
Whatever differences of opinion mere
NAV be, however, as to the constituent
elements that go, or shouIo go, TO Illahe
up the magazine. we think tnere can pe
none in one respect. and that is as TO the
inheritance, the interest. the inspiration;
that must more or less attach to our
correspondents in the field, and to all
information that may help us to a-knoWlcc
edge of their doings, and the scope OF
their work, their every day life, their
rIps and downs, their hopes and fears,
and all the minutiae-smaH though they
may seem-that go so far to give US a
realization of the life work to which they
have devoted themselves, its difficulties
and its needs.
We at home are like unto those who
In the great war to save the nation sent
the soldiers forth, our own kith and kin,
to do their duty, pledged by every con
sideration of patriotism, love and affec-
stand In need of naught that might help
them onward toward the goal of vic
tory, either as regards numbers, NUM-
tions of war, or that sympathetic en-
couragement tha often goes even fur
ther than material aid. With what con-