Evening star., 1901-04-16
WOMAN'S MISSION WORK
TWELFTH BIENNIAL MEETING: OF
EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SOCIETY.
Distinguished Representatives. of the
Church I'm Foreign Fields Ex-
pected to Attend.

The twelfth biennial meeting of the Wo-
mans Home and Foreign Missionary So
clety of the general synod of the Evangeli-
cal Lutheran Church, in which members
of that denomination in this vicinity are
interested, will convene May 1 in the Lu-
ther Place Memorial Church, Rev. DR.. J. G.
Butler, pastor. Its sessions will continue
until the 9Th of May, inclusive. Two years
ago this body met in Baltimore, and owing
to the great interest then developed and the
proximity of the place of meeting this time
there will, it is expected, be a large attend
ance of visitors from Maryland, in addition
to the delegates.
The society is composed of the general Of
fcers and the representatives Of i'm
portant committees, together with one
delegate from each of the twenty synods in
the jurisdiction of the general synod, and
one delegate from each of the local auXil-
iaries. The society conducts home mission
airy and church extension work among
weak churches of the denomination in vari-
Gus parts Of the country, notably in the
west, and SuperintendS eVangeliStic work,
particularly among German and Scandi-
navian immigrants in the central west The
foreign work includes evahgelistic and edu-
catonal work in India and Africa, and the
organization eXpendS annually in the neigh
borhood of 100000 in these various enter
prises.
An interesting and important feature of
the meeting will be the presence of mis-
sionaries returned from the foreign field,
bringing latest accounts of the progress OF
this important branch of church activity.
There will be unusual number of these
pI esent. among them Rev. and Mrs l.. b.
Wolf, who have returned to this country
after eleven years of service in India. Mr.
Wolf was president of Watts Memorial Col
lege, one of the most important branches
of the missionary activity OF the church IN
India, and Mrs Wolf also engaged In
educational work in the same institution.
Rev. and Mrs. John Aberly, missionaries
in India, who are a t present on furiough at
their former home in Pennsylvania, will
attend, and their presence will be of par
ticular interest on account OF the fact that
they will return in the early fall to India
to resume their labors.
Distinguished Missionaries.
Rev. and Mrs. N. E. Yeiser also from the
India field, will be present, and so also will
Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Harpster, who are
now on their way across the Pacific to San
Francisco Upon their arrival In America
they will cross the continent at once to at
tend the Washington meeting.
An unusual degree of interest attaches
to the coming of Mrs. Harpster, on ac-
count of her work as head of the indus
trial school at Guntur for Mohammedan
girls. 1t is stated that the industrial
school has, under the superintendent OF
wide reputation on account of the beautiful
embroideries made by her Mohammedan
girl pupils. An exhibit of these goods was
a feature Of the worlds fair at chicago,
where they attracted attention on account
of the marked excellence of design and
workmanship, and recently similar dis
play in the Madras, India, fine arts exhl-
bition was awarded six first prizes, two
second prizes and six honorable mentions.
A feature of the coming meeting in Wash
ington will be a display of these famed
embroider.os brought to this country by
Mrs Aberly, w.N has been mentioned as
among the returning missionaries from
Guntur.
Another interesting feature of the meet
ing will be the report of the publication
committee of the society, composed larsely
of ladies of Washington and Baltimore,
feature of which will be to urge the gen
eral adoption of a new department in the
auXiliaries of a cradle roll, by "hlcn
Lutheran babies will become members OF
the missionary society by the payment Tor
them of an annual fee of 10 cents. The
project has been inaugurated as a means
of assuring a continuance OF missionary
interest in successive generations, ana at
the same time to increase the interest IN
the cause felt by mothers in the church.
With the cradle rolf in operation there
will be societies of the babies, or chlloren
and of adults, continuous chalh, anu
every link will be strengthened, 1t is be-
lieved, by the introduction of the society
of tots.
CHESTS of Local Society.
The members of the convention Will be
the guests in Washington of the members
of the local auXiliaries, and an interesting
program, including business and social fea-
lures is now being arranged. In addition
to many points of interest to be visited mere
one of particular denominational moment Is
the Lutheran Home for the Aged at Win
throp Heights, near this city, which is one
of the noted philanthropies of the church.
The entertainment of delegates and Wis
itors is in the hands of committee, OF
which Mrs. \. V. HANNA Of No. 1886 Mas
sachusetts avenue northwest is secretary.
The officers and committees of the socl-
ETY. are as follows: President, Mrs. Alice q.
Bond of Salina, Kan; vice presidents MIS-
]. F. Hartman Of Altoona, Pa, and Mrs. 8.
S. Waltz of Louisville, KY; secretary Mrs.
NJ Eugenia Winck, Emporia, Kan; corre-
Baltimore, Md; treasurer, Mrs. A. V. Ham
ma Washington, u. c.; historian, Mrs.
Emma B. Schell, Baltimore, Md.
Executive committee, with headquarters
in Springfield, Ohio-Mrs. S. F. Brecken-
ridge, Springfield. Ohio; Mrs. E. S. Prince,
Mrs. ]. Wah. Mrs. 6: D: Gotwald.
Mrs. E. H Dornblaser, Mrs. z. Watkins,
Mrs. NJ. ]. frey all of Springfield; Mrs A.
V. Hunter, Columbia City, Mo-; Mrs. l.. l..
Belmer, Osborne, Ohio; Mrs. G. Knollen-
berg, Richmond, Ind; Mrs. j. r. Shaffer,
Delaware, Ohio.
General executive committee-Mrs. A. V.
HANNA Washington, D. c.; Miss Mary
Hay Morris Miss Sallie Protzman, Mrs. w.
H. Dunbar, Mrs. NJ. S. Rupp, Mrs w. H.
James, Mrs John b. Carr, Mrs. @. w. Mil
ler, Mrs. Emma B. Schell. all Of Baltimore.
and Mrs. A. II. Studebaker of Brooklyn,
n. Y.