Evening star., 1898-10-07
wONAN'S AUXILIARY.
Meeting of Organization Today
other Societies in Session.

meeting OF DETERMINATION lOduy-
other Societies in Session.
The members of the wolnan's auxiliary
held no regular meetings today There
Were informal gatherings at st. Johns Par
ish Hall. but a large number of them at
tended the general convention exercises.
This afternoon at o'clock there was
meeting of the Daughters of the King in
Ascension Church.
AT the same hour many went to the
meeting of the board OF missions in Epiph-
any Church.
The women will not attend the Presi-
dents reception tonight. as it is for minis
tiers Of the general convention only.
At a. tomorrow there will be infor-
NAL conferences at the parish hall of wo-
men interested in mission study classes
and altar society work.
At I'M. tomorrow also many of the wo-
men delegates will attend the board of mis-
slUus at Epiphany Church.
The excursion to Alexandria, via the Elec-
tric line. at 1890, is for diocesan officers
only. as Christ's Church. Alexandria, will
only hold 400 persons.
Monday there will be an adjourned meet
ing Of the diocesan officers at St. Johns
Parish Hall. ParochiaI officers and o.ker
In the afternoon the Church Paroch.al
Club Will meet at the hall.
Session at Convention Hall.
More than 5000 persons. the vast major
ity being women, attended the adjourned
session of the womans auxiliary to the
board of missions OF the Episcopal Church
in Convention Hall yesterday afternoon. 1t
was an enthusiastic assemblage, and the
addresses OF the various speakers were
roundly applauded. The most important
event was the announcement that the
united Offering for three years past for
foreign and domestic missions was $50
4Ij.2. the sum reported III 1885, at the
last triennial meeting, being but $4,000.
Miss Jane Wilkes. president of the local
branch. presided. and Miss Julia c. Emery,
the general secretary, made the announce
ments. Others on the platform, in addi-
tion to those named in The Star yesterday
afternoon being present az National
Rifles Armory. were Mrs. \. T living.
the honorary secretary; Nine. Fudeko Wat
anabe and Miss Una Tsuda, delegates from
Japan: Bishop Nelson of Georgia Bishop
White of Indiana. the Right Rev F. r.
Graves, missionary bishop of Shanghai;
Rev. Charles II. Brent of St. Stephen
Church Boston, and the missionary bishop
Of Spokane
Fifth TrienniaI Report.
Important extracts from the fifth trien-
nial report of the honorary secretary, Mrs
living. on the training and systematized
service of women in the work of the
church were read by Miss Emery. The re-
ports says: This is often called the wo,
=
itiCn of woman has wonderfully changed
Every field Of work is now wide ooen for
her entrance, and there Is hardly n profes-
sion from which she is any longer excluded
The higher education of women in colleges
normal schools for teachers training
schools for nurses. are only the introduc.
tory forms in which. and through which
her new opportunities are considered anG
her fitness for them secured
But within the church there has never
been time when this has not been n Ia
tent thought Every churchwonan as wei
as every chUrchman, is. and always ha.
been. a possible church worker. and, often.
er of the two. an actual church worker
even when the field has been comparative
" narrow and the labor limited.
"Curiously enough, when We come to con
slider the matter, there seems 10 have beer
very little written about the work o.
churchwomen In this land, anywhere or b,
! snybody. And this is not strange, becaus,
most of the best work of women in tn,
church, as in the home, is Of such a sim
pie and elementary nature that they them
| selves seldom take the trouble to recort
IT, or think II worth while 10 supply tn
I facts for an article. much less for a bool
or series of volumes.
! Scattered through the pages of the jour