New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-31

Of its educational facilities and its integrity.
The Superintendent of Public Instruction and
other government officials and inspectors en-
phasize their approval by sending US their
daughters.
"Of day pupils there more than three hun
dred. The number of boarders reached its ut
most limit last year. The Kings Daughters
circles have been very active. Twelve OF our
graduates teaching in government schools In
italy, four in private institutions; six are be-
coming known through their writings; one is
now In New-York training for deaconess."
Miss Carnahan reported splendid success In
Pueblo, Mexico where eight day schools are
supported by the society, with prospect Of six
more. In Mexico City sixty boarders and 175
day pupils attend the Methodist Institute. not
counting the kindergartens Speaking for South
America, Miss NJ e. Holt reported eighty-seven
girls in the pay school and 155 in the free schools
at Rosario, with the mortgage on the Monte
video school buildings cancelled. Mrs. F. P.
Crandon reported that Bulgaria. though regard
ed as SO unpromising was giving excellent re-
suits.
The annual election was scheduled for the
morning. but omitted for lack OF time. AS
Mrs Cyrus D. Foss. who has been president
since 1897 said, Nobody seems to be very
much interested in the election anyway. Every
year somebody moves to instruct the secretary
to cast a yea vote for me. and every year
Insist on their ballotng want to know 1t
1ust as soon as people want me to leave the
presidential chair. We have no politics or wire
pulling or rival tickets or bitterness in this
oreanization--not even dark horse There
isn't a bit Of news in this election"
The afternoon session was turned into SYM
postum on the way to run auxiaries by Miss
Clementina Butler. who kept up rapid fire
OF questions which struck like so many light
ming bolts among the audience. bringing Pitts
burg to her feet on the question of refreshments,
or stirring up Baltimore to express her mno
on the part Of music in the programme
Mrs w. A. Montgomery spoke on The New
Earth; Vision of Task" In the evening.
PERSONAL NOTES
Miss Martha A. Drummer. young colored
deaconess from Georgia, is q picturesque figure
at the session in her severe deaconess dress OF
black and the little bonnet OF folded silk, fastened
with big bow of white under the chin. Miss
Drummer was graduated from Clarke Univer-
sity in Atlanta. took a three years course as
deaconess-nurse in the New-England Training
School in Boston. and is now under appoint
ment for Quessua. West Africa.
Among the missionaries home on furloush
from China the Martin sisters, Miss Eliza
beth Martin and Dr. Emma E. Martin, both OF
Tientsin In the north OF the Celestial Kingdom
EIiza beth Martin reached Picking just few
weeks before the Boxer uprising. five years ago.
She said:
yes, the Boxer troubles set work back
temporarily, but they brought about great
change in the attitude of the official class to U.s.
in Tientsin where 1 am now stationed, the
Methodist missionary compound embraces
home for the workers, hospitals for men and FOR
women training schools for men and for women
as Christian workers, and boys and girls train
ing schools, with 200 pupils in each Footbind-
ing is general among the girls Of the province,
h,if we make its diScontinuance a requirement
unon attendance at our schools. Chinese girls
are delightful TO work with, they are so affec-
tionate and appreciative. remarkably quick to
rnemorize but not gifted with much imagination
or logical ability.
"Tbev come in droves Most of our pupils be-
long to the poorer class but we have three
pupils from the official class who mingle pleas
antly with the Others although they have a bet
ter table for which they 1ay. These girls are
all being given the regular high school course
and will become teachers in our. schools II they
do not marry AS a consequence Of the opening
of the Chinese mind to Western ideas, the
Chinese have established in Tients1n three
government schools for upper class girls
Miss Elizabeth G. Northrup, of Waltham,
whose appointment to the editorship Of the
..Woman's Missionary Friend" vice Miss Louise
M Hodpkins of Auburndale. seems to be gen.
ereIIv expected by the delegates. has been prom
inent i'm the session, owing to her position as
Edftor Of 1.-THE Study and chairman.of the i'm
portant literature committee which gets out the
foIders leaflets calendars, etc, published by
the society Miss Northrup Is graduate OF
Roston University. class OF "a, is a member OF
the Alma Phi fraternity. and was Editor Of
'aThe Newfoundland Conservatory Magazine for
eight years.
Mrs Lucie r Harrison. of Worcester, Mass.
is the secretary of the King 8 Heralds and Little
light Bearers work Mrs. Harrison is an ex-
merit in Juvenile work. and her bright, original
ideas are not only followed by the Methodsts,
roT1fe other denOmfnH lions.