The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-10-31

ful and impressive. we missed e2Ceeu-
ingly our dear president, and our hearts
were filed with sorrow and sympathy
for her in her hour of sudden and deep
bereavement We are indebted to Miss
Ives, deaconess of Trinity church, for
church, who has kindly given us the
the first offer of our new room, and to
Rev. DR.. Baker. rector of Trinity
church, who has kindly given us the use
Of the room through the coming winter.
On January our new ". c. T. L.
sign, the gift of Mrs. NJ. d. Cone, was
displayed for the first time, and pre-
scented a fine appearance.
Several times during the year the
Quiz state programmes have been
used. Mrs. Steele acting as leader, the
lessons taught have been both profit
able and interesting. A very fine COM
Portable made by two of our members,
Mrs. Richardson and Mrs. Fletcher,
was presented to our union, and ac-
cepted with a rising vote of thanks. On
June u very impressive memorial
service was held in memory of four Of
our members, Mrs. Beach, Mrs. Fuller
ton, Mrs. Pickett and Mrs. Glenny.
The twenty-first chapter Of REVEAL
lions was read by Mrs. Morrill,, prayer
was offered by several of our members
and others spoke in loving remem-
brance Of those who had left us, recall
ing incidents relating to the earnest
Christian lives they had led. The
verses in response to the Roll CALI
were also particularly appropriate to
the memorial service.
ION June 10 very impressive and
beautiful Bible talk was given by Mrs.
William Glib of Bristol, her subject
The Love Life of the Lord She spoke
particularly of Christ's great love for
us, and how it must grieve Him when
We withhold our love from Him. She
truly emphasized by the Joy of her
countenance and the gladness of her
voice her great love for the Master she
so truly serves 1t was a great pleas
ure and privilege to have Mrs. Glib
with US, and her visit will long be re-
membered. Early in the summer a
barrel of clothing was sent to the Blu
ford hospital for colored people in Law
renceville, Va. Many members of our
union were most generous in contrib
uting articles for the hospital, and
showed great interest in the work.
I'm May our union held a service at
st. Andrews church. Mrs. Morrill,
gave an account of the commencement
of our work and a general outline Of
what had since been done. Mrs. Pc
pooh spoke on Literature and by re-
quest from the pastor gave an inter-
esting account of the Crusade days.
Mrs. Hutchinson gave a very graphic
report of the work connected with the
Jail and social purity The hospital
work was ably described by Mrs. Goss,
| and press work by Mrs. Cone. The
congregation listened very attentively
| several saying later that they had no
| idea of the extent of our work. Rev.
Mr.. Griffin, who is a strong advocate
| Of the cause of temperance, welcomed
our union most cordially to the church.
The choir ably assisted the hymns Sc
lected being very appropriate.
by removals we have lost two of our
| members, Mrs. A. w. Merritt, who has
| removed to Whatcom Wash, and Mrs
Susan Pepoon, who gave in her resig-
| nation on June &C. much to ourasurprise
and deep regret. We feel very sorry
| to part with them, but know that
| wherever they work for temperance
! they will show the same zeal and earn
| estness that they showed when with us.
I'VE had three pleasant outings dur
| ing the vacation months. Our annual
picnic at Mansfield Grove. which pass
| ed off very pleasantly with the one ex-
! ception, that we regretted exceedingly
our presidents unavoidable absence.
The afternoon service was under the
charge of Mrs. E. S. Hutchinson. Mrs.
| Durant, formerly president of New Hal
ven county, gave a good address, and at
the close Miss Minnie Gray gave very
fine recitation. A large number of our
members were present; also several WIS.,
| itors, among them one who many years
ago was led by our w. 6. T. u. to give
up the habit of strong drink, remaining
steadfast ever since, resisting tempta-
ton by the power of God.
I'VE also spent a very delightful day
on the shore with Mrs. Thomas Reed.
Mrs. Reed and Mrs Taylor did every
| thing in their power to make our visit
one long to be remembered. We were
very glad to have Mr.. and Mrs. Morrill,
with us, and were also much pleased to
welcome our former member, Miss Jen-
ME Scott We enjoyed a fine collation.
at noon out on the piazza, which incIud-
ed a clam chowder' kindly prepared
| by Mrs. Reed. In the afternoon we had
a pleasant prayer and praise service,
and later most of the party who were
we'll pleased to linger longer had sup
per, and such a merry time that one
of our members felt called on to re-
monstrate in a gentle manner.
"Our meetings with the Mothers
league have been very pleasant and we
| hope profitable In addition to our
regular gatherings once a month we
had with them our annual tea last fall
a trolley ride to Savin Rock in June,
one hundred mothers being present and
many children, all enjoying the day
very much. Mrs. Dorman, Mrs. Cone
and others did much to make the outing
a. pleasant one. Later we met some
| of the mothers at 'Playridge,' where
we had a very pleasant service. We
! were delighted to have with us at this
time Miss Human, who gave us very
| valuable assistance, charming all with
her bright words and the sweet music
of her flute.
Unnecessarily connected with the past
year have been our preparations for the
[ state convention. Our union has been
| we'll represented on the various COM
mittees, all taking an active interest
and doing efficient work. We have the
honor of being represented by our pres