The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-14

the paper on organizations sent rom the bureau for April meetings, read at their meetings?
 B." However loud other calls may be there is an assumed obligation on the part of the women who constitute the societies which are the Woman's Board, that makes faithfuness to their pledged a business obligation, The board would be powerless to continue its work If it could not rely on some definite pledge,
 8. Shall we demand of our mission- aries more than we demand of our selves?
 These questions were widely discuss ed, and as thoroughly as time permit ted, and many valuable and interesting suggestions were made.
 At 2:30 D. m. the afternoon session was opened by singing Hymn 776, "The Chureh's One Foundation"
 The report of the nominating commit tee was then presented by Mrs. Camp, and the following officers were elected:
 President-Miss Susan E. Daggett,
 Vice presidents-Mrs. T. D. Woolsey Mrs. s. l., Cady
 Miss Cordelia Sterling, Mrs, Wash ington Choate, Fairfield county.
 Mrs. George Adams, Miss M, P. Hins- dale Ltchfield county.
 Mrs. l.. S. Griggs, Mrs. l.. R. Hazen, Middlesex county.
 Mrs. r. E. Hinman, Mrs. W. II. Phipps, Mrs. F. L. Curtis, Mrs. c, F.. Maophie, New Haven county,
 Foreign department, corresponding secretaries-Mrs H. D. Hume, Mrs. A. B. Miller.
 Assistants-Miss Dotha Bushnell, Mrs. Henry J. Prudden.
 Home department-Reco secre- tary, Mrs. w. w. McLane,
 Home secretary-Mrs. T. H. Sheldon.
 Treasurer-Miss Julia Twining.
 Secretaries for the bureau of infor- nation Miss Minnie s. Dickerman, Miss Ellen M Pritchard, Miss Mary L.. Deming, Miss Mary E. Weld, Mrs. s. A. Danforth.
 Junior department-Sec in charge-Miss Lillian E. Prudden.
 County secretaries for Mission cir cles-Mrs. Mary A. Bradley, Middlesex county.
 Miss Mary A. Hopson. Miss Jennie S. Bissell, Litchfield county.
 Mrs William B. Cogswell Fairfield county
 Mrs Herbert A Smith, New Haven county
 County secretaries for Y. P. s. c. E. Mrs F. A. Sawyer, Middlesex county.
 Miss Mary A. Hopson. Miss Jennie s. Bissell, assistant, Litchfield county.
 Mrs. Wm. B. Cogswell, Fairfield county.
 Miss Jennie P. Payne, New Haven county.
 Secretary In charge of the Junior Y. P. s. c. E.-Mrs. Samuel Hemingway. Branch secretary for Life and Light" and Mission Day Spring" Miss Idallna Darrow.
 Cooperative committee-Mrs. N. H. | Whittlesey, Mrs. Henry s. Williams, Mrs. l.. c. Dayton, Miss Sarah T. Land- fear, Mrs. J. Preston Strong. l Auditor-Roger s. White. Miss Sterling read the list of dele gates nominated to the annual meeting of the Woman's Board to be held in New London November next
 It was voted to elect the delegates named.
 | Prayer for the officers chosen was of fered by Mrs. A. R. Perkins of Phila- delphia.
 Mrs. Miller read a message from Mrs Montgomery to the annual meeting based on the thought, There renaineth i yet very much land to be possessed. v l Mrs Miller enlarged upon the mes sage and offered some very valuable Esuggestions upon it, one of which was proposition to make use of some new cent-a-day envelopes during one of the 1 summer months for enlisting new con- tributors
 | Mrs. Doolittle brought a word of greeting from the Woman's Foreign Missionary society of the Methodist Episcopal church.
 Then followed reports of county vice presidents that of Fairfield county be- ing given by Miss Sterling, MiddleseS county by Mrs. Griggs, New Haven county by Mrs. Phipps, and Litchfiel6 county by Miss Hinsdale,
 SATISFACTORY REPORTS SUBMIT
 TED. | The reports submitted from tht branches of the society in various partt of the state were very satisfactory l Cordelia Lenting reported for Fairfield county that the ladies of Fairfield arlt Southport had begun to work with the board, although they do not feel ready to organize, their gifts being sen through their Ladies' Aid society. IT one of the Bridgeport churches ove1 $100 extra has been given by one inter l ested woman. and mission circle hal i just been started in the same church Westport has assumed a pledge for ar extra scholarship in Harpoot. Strat ford pays a share of Miss Montgomery salary.
 l Bedding. Monroe and Wilton havt been unusually active in the work II l the country more than usual interes has been manifested in the cradle-rol this year. C. E. societies and mission circles have been especially active.
 The discouraging feature of the worl is the failure of the large churches tt respond to the call for an increase of | per cent The report speaks in com mendation of the little towns, whicl bear their part of the burden so well.
 P. E. Hinsman, vice president of th Eastern Division" reports an increas of members in nearly all the auxilia ries. At least three of these now coun hundred names on their lists. Tn accession of fifteen young girls as