Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-04

November to South America and Next
cans within our boundaries: December t.
Syria and the Southern states. This Is
liberal programme, and has been vel
styled 1.-THE Grand Tour of the World.
A glance at the details will show more
than this. 1t is 4 superior course or study
as to the problems of national life and
society, including iiliteracy. panperism
drunkenness and degradation.
The study Is left to the discretion of thf
individual tens and is not laid down IN
hard and fast rules. Books of travel.
works of reference, magazine articles.
newspaper correspondence, consular re
ports, missionary letters. lectures and dis
cussions are each and all employed. Many
Of the tens conduct regular correspon-
dence with missionaries and evangeliSts
on duty. and in this way develop relations
Of friendship and even affection with Cos
pel-bearerS in various lands. Each ten
has a secretary. who keeps minutes Of
the work done. including the members
views and judgments respecting the
books and other reading matter used dur
ing the month When a ten has closed
one topic for the year q copy of the sec
retary's book and correspondence is
passed on to Il ten about to begin tho
same topic. In this simple and patient
manner the copy grows in volume and
value until it becomes Il small bibliog
raphy and encyclopedia on the subject.
Some of those on the more popular sub
jectS. such as India, China and Japan,
are goodly volumes.
The plan OF organization is simple but
ingenious. Any two women interested in
these matters choose a foreign country for
study and invite eight or more friends. OF
a Sunday school class, to join with them
IN the undertaking. They may or may not
notify the central bureau, and may con
duct their task as they see fit. one OF
the ten is chosen corresponding secretary.
another recording secretary, a third
treasurer and a fourth chairman. Even
here perfect liberty regns. one member
may hold all four Offices. or the chair
may be fiilc1 anew at each session. But
some one must keep the books and col
lect some money for the missions, HON.
and foreign. The plan of work is drafted
out and the study is started. Thcy can
folloW out their own designs or can hor-
row sccretarial book from some other
ten. In general each ten lcvotes one ycal
To Il country.
On the first Tuesday of every month ali
the tens of u city meet in some church IN
Young Womans Christian Association
hall and discuss the topics according IL
The table Those tens which are studyin4,
the subject Of the day are requested and
expected to provid" speakers AMI adj
dresses. Where It is practicable, clergy
men. missionaries and travellers ar" iii
Vitcd to speak. Through this arrange
ment the individual tens make each gen
eral meeting Of deep interest as well ~
of educational and religious value. BE
sides the addresses each ten * expected
To make a Dllti report OF tilt N'il II tltii'
by them during the year on IN" topic 81
the day.
The tens are supposed To meet on III,
second third and fourth Tuesdays Of tht
month for study. This is the genera
practice: in exceptional cases other days
| are used and in 4 few Instances fort
nightly sessions are employed.
Many ambitious ana stuGious womcI
| belong to several tens. The system is -
| pleasant and 50 Instructive that their
| progress is very rapid. For these intend
| ing to travel IN the Holy Land or th'
| far east for missionary students dc
| Sirous Of complete information as T.
| their future homes Tor women wishing
| a better understanding Of foreign Coun
| tries and Of current events. membership
| in two Of three tens Is tn" best Seh"o
! possible
! The methods employed have been car
| riei Ia SO fine a point that it is now
| common for il syrian ten 70 send fo'
| special information from Persian ten
| or for II Southern china or Cantonese ter
| to hold a Joint discussion with 4 Nortt
| CHINA Or Picking ten. The disposition i:
| toward specialization. An African ten
| which has studied Il year, Is apt 10 keel
/ its title ami 10 contnc it's work the sec
oud year I" Eepyt..
TO help along the mission c3use. eacf
| ten raises what money ii can Tor tn
| board Each member contributes At leas'
| two cents d week. which is a dollar q
| year. Whenever Il new ten is in Il diem
| ma il writes To Mrs. Il, NJ. Tuttlf, Horn
| elisville. u. y. ANA receives advice, slIg
| gcations or information by return mail
! This is about all the central authority
| there is in the system.