The Portland daily press., 1896-05-29
"BASKET" MEETING
OF Cumberland County Missionary
Society.

Annual Report and Election of Officers
Addresses by DIR. Cummings-Park of In
dia and Mrs. Ellen C. Patten of New
York, A Missionary Salad.
The 'basket" meeting of the Cumber-
land County Missionary Society, which
Is union of all the woman's mssionar y
societies of The county, was held yester-
day in the Free street Baptist church.
The exercises began in the forenoon
with devotional meeting, led by Mrs.
Samson, the wife of the pastor of the
church.
The regular business session began at
115, Miss Russell of East Deering, the
president, presiding.
Mrs. F. E. Moore, as secretary pro
tenn, read the report of the secretary,
Mrs. Spofford of Oakdale.
Mrs. Rufus Lamson Of Portland, report
ed as director of homo mission work, that
the money raised showed a general de-
crease from the previous year. but she
regarded that as no reason for discourage
ment because many of the smaller
churches had increased their subs Grip
tions.
Mrs. H. ". Noyes of Portland, reported
the foreign work, and Mrs. Perciyal
Bonney reported the home work for the
state. She said that they are holding a
series of "basket'' meetings in Western
Maine now. She had been at Bath and
Saco and other places and could say that
the work Is very encouraging
A poem in reference to missionary
work, written by Mrs. E. B. Dunbar Of
Alfred, was read by Mrs. Alfred King.
DR.. Emma Cummings-Park of India.
gave business report of the plans of
the N. e. Woman's Foreign Society for
the coming year. comparing them to
spring fashions. DR.. Park is in this
country now resting for the benefit of
her health. She has been sent to these
basket meetings in Maine to talk to the
women of the need of medical work in
India.
A paper entitled "a Study in Mis-
sions," was read by Mrs. E. E. Moore of
Portland. She pom ted out practical
things that could be done to make mis-
sionary work interesting and lucrative
She described come of the methods of
the work of the Free street circle which
ia generally considered to be very auc-
cessfuI.
Reports of the junior work in the state
were given by Miss Alice Mailing of Port
land.
A report of the work for Alaska in the
Sunday schools, was read by Mrs. Howatt
of Dexter, formerly Miss Harrietl Beals
Of Portland, who has charge of the work
IN this state.
A digest of the article of DR.. Morgan
of New York. entitled ''The Higher Ed
ucation of the Cnlored Woman" was
read by Mrs. Harry White of Oakdale.
Mrs. Field of tho First Baptist. re.
viewed the last rs years of foreign mis-
sion work.
The following committees were ap-
pointed fer the coming year:
On Nominations-Mrs. Henly Of Port
land, Mrs. E. A. DeGarmo of Portland,
Mrs. Hutchinson of Buxton.
On EnIollment-Miss Georgia Melcher
and Miss Adelaine Bonney of Portland
/, On Resolutions-Mrs White of Port
land and Mrs. Whitney of Springyale.
The afternoon session included among
other things a missionary salad. Such
articles of diet are generally supposed
to be more delecta bis TO the taste of
Hottentots than Maine women. However,
it wasn't SO bad as it sounds. There
were leaves of green paper to represent
lettuce, at the base of each leaf was at
taohed little item of missionary intelli-
gsnce. These were read by the ladies
who received them.
Work among the Chinese-Ncw York
city," aud ""Medioal Work in lndia,"
were addresses read by Miss Ellen G. Pot
ter of the Morning Star Mission of New
York city and Mrs. DR.. Cummings Park
OF India.
Both addresses included personal ex-
periences.
The closing paper, ga Review of the
year." was read by Mrs. II. S. Melcher.
The committee on nomination reported
the following nominations:
Presidsnt-Mrs. William S. Ayres of the
First Baptist.
Vice President-Mrs. Walter Field of
Portland.
Secretary Treasurer-Mrs. A. M. Srof-
ford of Oakdale.
Direetors-First class, Mrs. Henley of
Portland; Mrs, Dairy of Westhrook: sec
ond class, Mrs. A. L. Whitney Of Spring
vie and Miss Emma Pierce of South Wat
erford; third class, Miss Alice Hanson,
Buxton Centre; Miss May Baine of Port
land.
The enrolment committee reported "a
present.
The collection at the close of the meet
gin amounted to 81.
Miscellaneous Concert.
The Haydn association will give the
closing concert of tho season at Kotzsch.