The Portland daily press., 1900-03-14
She Addressed a Large Audience at
HilliStOn Church.
Was Held Under Aus
pieces of w. G. T. u.
Visits 10 the Prisons of All
Countries i'm All Chimes.

At the willlston Congregational
church last evening. Mrs. j. X Barney,
the "Round the World missionary for
the W. q. L. u, gave y most interesting
address upon an extended visit which
she recently made In foreign lands. The
meeting was under the auspices of the
W. q. 4. u and Mrs. l.. u. N. Stevens
Of this city, who is the national president,
conducted the devotional exercises and
introduced Mrs. Barney The regular
choir of the church, consisting Of Mr..
Frank II. Pierce. MIR. Albert b. Hall,
Mrs. L.. A. Cloudy and MisJ Ida King
Tarbox, rendered several appropriate
selections, particularly pleasing Ieins
q solo by Mrs. Goudy
In beginning, Mrs. Barney told how
she came to make this long journey
around the world. Miss win ards health
failed and she was obliged to give mp
the idea Of forsign trip. Sha asked
Mrs. Barney to 20, to mother the work.
as she called It,
"I started cut and first Of all made q
stop at the SanitRrium In New York
to talk with some Of the officials, the
leader OF whom told me that i must go
to Australia; and that II could swing
around to Palestine and organize band
at Jerusalem 1t would be very nice. At
San Francisco l visited the State prison
and the warden Of the institution told me
that SIS per cent of the prisoners were In
that place on account of liquor.
II sailed from there for Honolulu
had Craarad tho Atlanta
but Dever had sailed the other way.
I landed early one morning, wondering
what my welcome would be. AS ap-
prc ached the wharf my white ribbon was
sesn by the people who waved their hand
kerohisfs, and knew that while might
he in a strange land 1 was not among
strangers. held several meetings
there. a.
II left foz New Zealand which 1
reached after sail of eleven days.
Early one morning arrived In New Yea
land and landed On the wharf was
gentleman who asked the steward about
me. saying that his wife was the presi-
dent OF the W. q. L. U. at that placa,
and that she had been worrying all
night for fear that there would be nobody
90 welcome me. One of the officials here
thought that 1t was a good thing to have
police matrons and another said that they
had heard that was coming and that
he had had to appoint the matrons. j
was in New Zealand five weeks and
visited the prisons and b ED services in
them.
~ visited Tasmania, the dumping
ground Of highlands criminals. / hal
read of the dreadful treatment which
the criminals recsivsd after getting to
this town. 1 was discouraged about 60
ing, but decided TO and after a hard voy-
age arrived at the place. On the wharf
/ saw many white ribbons tied about the
dresses of the ladies'
Mrs. Barney spoke at ID obArt prison
after much difficulty in getting permits
sion.
Il next sailed for Australia. When
we arrived there was great jubilee In
Melbourne. As looked through the
glass 1 saw a crowd of white r1bboners on
ths wharf. The people asked me OF Mics
willard aad said that they had Willard
hall and also an Isabel Somerset house.
To New South Wales, Sydney and
Queensland 1 went. 1eC0 miles inland to
bee q new union. Then / went through
West Australia and found that the work
had been well organized. When the six
months was over sailed for CeylOn
which l reached in eleven days, and there
held largely attended meetings. The next
place visited was Port Said. One day
I spent In sightseeing in the pyramids
and the most important nesting OF my
"trip was that when l spoke to the
Moslems. AS was about to speak Ira