The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-12-22
Miss Mary Green Talks on the
Toronto Convention.
A VERY INSPIRING GATHERING
Miss Willard a Force-Crand Audi
enceS-Notes on Travel After
Interval Of Many Years.

mere was quite gathering OF HELL
bers of the w. c. T. U. at Central
Union church yesterday afternoon. 1t
feature. 1t had been announced that
there would be a report in the form
of an address by Miss Mary Green.
Miss Green has but lately returned
from the United States. She was de-
legate to the Worlds Convention at
Toronto Canada, and met temperance
and mission people at many places.
Wherever she was made known there
was at once the liveliest inquiry con-
here Miss Green had not been to the
States before in 96 years and naturally
found very much to interest her.
In the beginning of her talk Miss
Green said that she had been so hur-
ried in travel ever since June 80, that
stopping and settling down in Homo
lulu made her dizzy. On the voyage
to the Coast, the indefatigable worker
had taken advantage of the opportunity
to speak to the steerage passengers
of the Australia and had found them
interested and responsive. At San
Francisco she saw some of many thou
sands in attendance upon the Christian
Endeavor Convention, but was unable
| to be present at the meetings She
| was made captive by friends soon aft
| er arrival and taken off to Southern
California for a pleasure jaunt. Re-
turning to ''the city," Miss Green
journeyed direct to Salt Lake, where
| she found her cousin, Rev. Franklin
| Arnold deep in church effort. Salt
Lake was one of the most beautiful
| and impressive places on the itinerary.
The grandeur of the Temple, the
charm of the mountain scenery and
the marvel of the inland Dead Sea were
things to remember. Miss Green, how
ever, could not help thinking some
what of the cloud of Mormonism as a
| religion
In the State of Ohio, Miss Green
found relatives at half a dozen places
and in one city was present at fam
| lily reunion. 1t was in Ohio that Miss
Green met Rev Richards, missionary
|
Miss Green had week at Rochester,
| New York and found it a bustling
American city. Worcester, Mass,
was visited and was pretty place. At
| New Haven, Conn, Miss Green was
the guest of Mr.. Cover and family
| and was shown much attention. She
succeeded in findings Hiram Bingham
| at the college, but could not locate the
Judd boys. Failure to find the four
| sons of the Chief Justice and Mrs
Judd was a cause of much regret.
Some time was spent at Hartford
Conn.,, at Plainfield, n. J., and at Ny
ack on the Hudson Then another
visit was made to Rochester.
To be one of those at the Worlds
| Convention at Toronto was the priv
ilege and experience of a life time
One of the meeting places held an audi
ence Of $4,000. The crowds were enor-
NOUS but such were the arrangements
that there was but little difficulty in
| getting about. The city authorities
had done much to aid the promoters
of the convention and to aid in the
entertainment of the great throng of
visitors. Reception and arrangement
committee members were here, there
and everywhere. The badge of the
convention membership was always
given salute and was open sesame
to anything and everything. The dele
gates were taken for drives and were
provided with more amusement and
entertainment and diversion than they
could handle. To see and hear and
met Frances Willard was something
that anyone would appreciate deeply
She is a grand, magnetic, intellectual
| woman engaged in glorious work
She is working hard and looks weary
Her capacity for organization and her
tireless energy enabling her to give
life and impulse to the temperance
movement from hour to hour and day tC
day, are the marvel of all who become
familiar to the slightest degree with her
calling and its demands. In this con-
vention were eloquence, intelligence
influence and beauty, all working tc
the same end and all intensely in earn
est. The sight alone of the grea,
gathering would dispel any thoughts o1
encouragement which might have
grown up in the minds of any who
had found the work at times hard
In the roll call on one occasion, Frances
Willard herself uttered the names an6
each delegate appeared on the plat.