The San Francisco call., 1896-10-16
METHODIST WOMEN.

Annual Session of their Foreign Mis-
siopary Society Beng Held.
OAKLAND, CAL, Oct. 15-The sessions
of the eighth annual meeting o the Ia
cific branch of the Women's Foreign Mis-
slonary Society of the Methodist Eplsco-
pal Church are largely attended, and
much interest is manifested in the reports
and information of the work in the va
rious fields. The Eighth-avenue Metho-
dist Church, where the meetings are held,
is uniquely decorated with the natlonal
flags under which their work is oelng
done. This includes America, Mexico,
South America, Japan, China, Korea, In
dia, Norway and Sweden, Denmark and
others. The officers OF the society and
delegates present are as follows:
President, Mrs. A. K. Stocker of Orange;
corresponding secretary, Mrs. Charlotte
O'Neai. Pasadena; rec ording secretary,
Mrs. L. G. Spencer, Manzana; treasurer,
Mrs. q. L. Parmelee, Los Angeles; execn-
tive board-Mrs. c. Y. Hummer, Mrs. ID.
A. Birdsall, Mrs. E. G. Seymour, Mrs. Nj.
w. Umstead, Mrs. F. D. Bovard, Mrs.
Robert Jeffress, Mrs. NJ. w. Lewis, Mrs.
T. w. Knowland, Miss E. r. Slocum, Mrs.
Marion TAYLOR, Mrs. T. H. WoodH ard,
Mrs. C. q. Lombard, Mrs. Retta Thomp-
son.
Delegates Northern and Central Califor-
MIA onference-Alameda, Mrs. McLaugh-
lin. Mrs. F. D. Bovard; Berryessa, Mrs.
Jane Shaw; Berkeley, Miss ]. Marston,
Mrs. Robert Bentley; College Park. Mrs.
NJ. Selfredge; Holiister, Mrs. Sherber;
Napa, Mrs. E. H. King; Oakland-Fir
| Church, Mrs. Backus. Mrs. Scupham
Eighth Avenue, Mrs Jennie Smith, Mrs.
R. B. Diehl; Eighth Avenue Young
Ladies. Miss Emma Lombard. Miss
Sehnoor; San Francisco-Central Church,
Miss Laura Templeton. Mrs. ]. w. Weigel ;
Trinity Church, Miss Pleace, Miss Porter;
Grace Church, Mrs E. G. g. bson, Mrs.
Johnson; San Jose-First Church, Mrs.
Kirk, Mrs. S. A. Searle; Centelba Auxil-
iary, Mrs. L. P. Stevens, Mrs. C. E. Web
ber; acrsmento-CeDtral Church, Mrs.
W. S. Corwin, Miss Maude Sporgeon;
Sixth-street Church. Mrs. J. A. Barrett.
Southern California Conterence-Flor-
ence, Mrs. H. e. M. Pattee; Manzana,
Church, Mrs. Helen a. Bird sail; South
Pasadena, Mrs. S. A. Borden: Fresno,
Mrs. Ceinda Markley; Whittier, Miss
Lindley. Mrs. Owen.
The following committees were named
for the session:
EnroIlment-Mrs. Shorey, San Fran
cisco; Mrs. Nj. F. Masters, Berkeley.
ReSolutlonS-MrS. ID. b. M. Pattee, Los
Angeles; Mrs. I. Kirk, San Jose; NJ rs.
Thomson, San Francisco.
By-laws-Mrs, ParmaIee, Mrs. P. Searle,
Mrs. Woodcock. Mrs. Painton, Mrs. Kin
sey and Mrs. MARTINEZ.
Finance-Mrs. f. D. Bovard, Mrs. Sarah
Searle.
Women's missionary fund-Mrs. Hack
ley.
The society has decided to raise $750o
this year TO carry on their work.
| Last year $5712 76 was raised. A memorial
has been adopted requesting the general
executive committee to remove the restric-
tion on outgoing missionaries which
keeps them from making addresses three
months prior 10 sailing. as it is believed
their words inspire more work in the local
auxiliaries. A large number of interest
| ing addresses have been made ana reports
from local societies show much work is
being done.
The session this evening was devoted
entirely to the Chinese work. DR.. Mas.
ters of San Francisco was present with q
class of his converted scholars and gave a
very instl uctiye address illustrated with
the pupils. A quartet of Chinese sang in
their native language as well as in Eng
lish. The meeting closes tomorrow after