The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-02

MISSIONARY NJ
The Foreign Society in Pos
session of the Methodist
Conference Yesterday.
OFFICERS REPORT V A
Ladies Who Will Head the Dis
trict 0rganizalions-To-
days Proceedings.
Especial to .The Jersey city News."1

1Ao4 CFANGE, Apfll :, lcSo--lue
pastors attending the Newark Methodist
Conference in session in this drowsy lit
tie town had to take back seats yester-
day IN the auditorium of Calvary Church
because their wives. sisters and daugh-
tiers were holding the anniversary of the
Women's Foreign Missionary Society. 1t
was a decidedly interesting event. Such
a collection of variegated millinery, fear
fully and wonderfully made; such a fix
ing of hats straight: such a buttoning
and unbuttoning of gloves; such a kiss
ing n "a my-dearing; such a changing
of seats; such an arranging of wells and
ribbons; such IN inspection of each 9TH
er's dresses to see if they hung at the
proper angle; sue a patting of back
hair: such furry. fiutter and huster sure
~ never before Were seen in that churchi
Nevertheless, they managed the meeting
all right and only permitted one man TO
Interfere, and that was the pastor of the
church. the Rev. Henry A. Buehtel, who
offered prayer.
" had to invite him to do something,
yoa know, my dear. for it's his church,
explained one of the sisters.
AS the ladies were filling up the seats,
the organist very galiantly struck up
with SHOWERS of Blessing" following it
up by playing, oh. forsa Thousand
Tongues to Praise,,,s 1t was scarcely fair,
however, to interrupt the general CONVEX
sation then in progress with the coupler
stops out. but>he argued that a eonversa-
ton could be taken UP at any time while
good music was not always accessible.
Come up here, my dear sister" said
one lady on the platform TO another sit
ting in the front seats: I'VE must have
a good showing here The lady adj
dressed wore a hal on which reposed an
aviary and conservatory combined. It
was d distinct advantage to the audience
when. the wearer of this triumph took
the offered seat, for then its beauties
criticized.
1--WE viii come to order, ladies'" said
Mrs. Joseph II. Knowles, who presided.
rs Mrs. Baldwin here2D
sIrs. Baldwin was sitting in one of the
slacl seats under the gallery. and when
eseHv eye Was turned she became sud
>d&nly absorbed in contemplating the pre-
else condition Of the stitching on the
back Of the glove of her left hand. Her
neighbor nudged ner and she looked up
and between her and Mrs. Knowles flash
ed q. code of signals perfectly uninlelli-
gible 10 anyone but the ladies. 1t con-
sisted of a shake of the head, a smiling
SORT of frown. a pursuing of the lips. all
done at the same time.
Go on, DEAR whispered her friend,
and after more signalling and more go
on-dears," the lady left her seat, took
The longest route TO the platform, and
sat on the presidents right, amid the
cfapping of gloved hands.
NOW" resumed Mrs. Knowles, with a
Triumphant smile. where's Mr. BuchteI?
-GAs7-1ere he IS. Please Mr.. Buchtef,'
won't you kindly offer a prayer?" and the
pastor did while the audience stood.
Mrs. H. A. Chamberlain, President of
the Jersey City district, will read us a
passage from the Scriptures-No, / mean
wen have a hymn first, and you, my dear,
will read it," said Mrs. knowles, turn
ing to a ady behind her.
Mrs. C. Fl. Dickinson, of the Newark
district, stepped forward and announced
Hymn sos. She got as far as the words,
ssMy gracious when the irrepressible or
\ ganist broke in with an ~ear-spiitting
chord which nearly caused the reader TO
Erop her book. He went right on with
he melody with his diapason stops out,
and wound up with an entirely gratuitous