The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-22
THE WOMEN'S AUXILIARlES
HELD LARGELY ATTENDED SES-
 SION YESTERDAY.

Mrs. Washington Choate, of Greenwich, Was Presiding Onicer-Affairs Per- trining to Missionary Work Discussed
 Reports of the Officers.
 The annual meeting of the Women's Auxilaries of the Home Missionary so- ciety of Connecticut, was held yesterday in Plymouth Congrega tional church. Mrs. Washington Choate of Greenwich was the presiding officer.
 The meeting was called to order at 10;90 a. m., hymn was sung and this was followed by Scripture readings and a prayer by Mrs. William Carr of Nor wich, Conn. The address of Mrs. Will liam w. McLane was brief but earnest. In welcoming the ladies of the Mission ary union she said; We are glad to welcome you to our city. It has been ten years since we have had you With us, and some of us perhaps had begun to feel that you were to leave us to our own devices and that other places were to have the pleasure of your company. We are glad to see you. We believe in home missions. We are used to meet ings of all kinds and descriptions We have had meetings for children and for grown people. We have had conven- T i,1. h nials, and I greet you and welcome you in the name of our society and our city"
 The president, Mrs. Washington Choate, responded pleasantly.
 The minutes of the last meeting were then read by Miss Sarah H. Pitkin Of Hartford, the recording secretary Miss Pitkin also read the resolutions that had been adopted by the union on the death of Mrs. Frances Williams Of East Hartford, who was one of the most prominent and highly valued members of the union.
 The report of the treasurer, Mrs. Ward w. Jacobs of Hartford, was then submitted. It showed that the receipts in the aggregate were $5, ,635.71 that the disbursements and expenses had been s5,4445O leaving a balance in the treas ury of S19121.
 The general secretary, Mrs. c. T. Mill lard of Hartford stated that Mrs. Francis B. Cooley of Hartford, who had been a member of the union during it's inception, had resigned. She had acted as the president of the union for two years and had been its vice president for twelve years.
 The report of Mrs. George Foleltt of Hartford the financial secretary was read by the treasurer, Mrs. Jacobs, oW- ing to the fact that Mrs. Follett was de- tained at home by illness. Mrs, Mary K. Tyler of Griswold, who died last year left a legacy of S200, There had been given by Plymouth church of New Haven to help two little girls iii Iholh~ asvlle, Ga, the sum of $25. There were many similar and interesting seconds.
 Mrs Eggert of Portland. Ore. who is one of the presidents of the auxil- fary of that state, told of the difference between the conditions in that state and here. There sometimes it was more than fifty miles from one Congregations al church to another.
 lutl IltN. JOtl ko 1NSo OA 1ls'i ILOi Si made an excellent address taking for his subject 'The Foreigner in Connec- ticut" He showed the great changes that had taken place in this state dur ing the past seventy or eighty years. Then such places as Stratford, Say brook, Haddam, KillingWorth, and other old towns were then among the largest and most important in the state and then Hartford had 5000 inhabitants and New Haven only 10000. Then came the vast tide of immigration from Eu- rope until to-day the foreigner is in pre- dominence in this state. In Connecti- cut 57 3-10 per cent. of the population are foreign born, and .n New Haven there are 63 per cent, in Bridgeport 69, in Waterbury 73, and in New Britain "A per cent. We shall have in short time immigra tion coming here at the rate of half a million per year. It is di cult problem for us to face, but we must face it and we must bring the foreigner into the church and make him good citizen.
 Mrs. N. T. Whittlesey lead the ser vice with prayer, which followed Lunch was served from 12:45 to 1:45 in the par ish house of the church.
 In the afternoon Mrs. Ida V. Wood bury of Hartford spoke: pr. J. D. Kingsbury addresses the gathering, and Miss Frances J. Dyer of Boston deliv- cred the final address of the convention taking for her subject What is Worth While
 The bcnediction was pronounced, and tra convention adjourned at 1 o'clock.