The times., 1897-06-10
WORK OF HOME MISSIONS
An Interesting Resume Of What
Has Been Accomplished.
THE SLUMS OF WASHINGTON
Miss Miner Gives Her Experiences
in Recruiting Sunday school
Scholars Among the Alleys aud
Courts Report Oh the Progress
in the District Nursing Work.

Home missions were discussed in the
| afternoon session of the quarterly meeting
of the Woman's Home and Foreign Mission
| ary Societies, VI Washington district held yes
terday at the Fifteenth Street NJ. f.
Church. The president, Mrs I L. Tullock,
occupied the chair. Miss Godfrey acted
as secretary.
After the opening religious exercises Miss
Ella Stinemetz, recording secretary, read
the minutes of the previous meeting, which
We're adopted. The corresponding secre-
tary, Mrs. d. B Street, reported that $3.50
had been raised by the Easter festival
given by the society this year, and that
the sum he'd been distributed among the
several society charities Ali the auxiI
iary societies, the report furtiBf stated,
are increasing In membership. Mrs. Street
said that a letter had been receiyel from
the society's representative in AIaska,
under whom all the Methodist work IN
that far off country is conducted. and
| that it reports most satisfactory progress.
Stress was also laid upon the mission work
among the Chinese in San Francisco and
pleasure expressed that severalnatiye Bible
readers had left that city for China
Treasurer MIS-. C. w. Brown reported
/
as 81 i,O76.71. The treasurer of tine con
tingen. fund stated that $442 had Leen
turned into her hands during the quarter
The total in the treasury is 1851.
Miss Ida E. Miner, who has charge OF
the work OF recruiting among the poer
for Sunday-scbool pupils, gave a very
entertaining talk on the .'Slums Of Wash
ington.' She related how, for the past
tour of the alleys and courts between
North Capitol and Seventh, and x streets
and Florida avenue northwest, and tod
number ~ interesting anecdotes, some
humorous and others pathetic, of her
experiences
In many instances. she said she had
founG the people eager and anxious TO take
the gospel when it was brought to them,
and she was more thaa pleased with the
result of her work
Miss N. Emma Robbins next made re-
port OF the progress made in the District
nursing work The work. she said, was
begun last February, and already the
poorer classes have begun 70 look eagerly
for the mission nurses.
Publication Secretary Mrs. B. L. Brown
reported that during the quar- ter 200 new
subscribers for the. Home Missions werese-
cured, and "a for the ''child's Paper"
Secretary street next read a letter from
Guthrie, Okla, where church had been
washed away by the recent floods, asking
for assistance in rebuilding it.
Reports were read by Mrs. F. T. Israel
on Young Peoples Work Mrs E. S. Wes-
cott on Reading Circles Mrs. H. r.
NayIor, on Leaflets and Mrs. Roach.
on Receives
President Tullock proposed vote Of
thanks to the ladies ofthe Firteenth-Stra@t
Church, for the use CT their structure,
which was passed 1t was then announced
that the next quarterly meeting Will be
held in Trinity Church. after which the
Doxoiogy was sung, and the meeting adj
journed.
The session yesterday morning was &c
voted TO foreign missions