The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-16

reported on the Boards Press Work. She reported a healthy growth along this line. She laid emphasis on the importance of the auxiliary press su- perintendents making constant reports on their societies or auxiliaries. She exhibited chart, showing the amount of press work done by each conference. She urged that the different corre- spondents condense their articles and refrain from writing their own head lines.
 The superintendent reported that the secular press was being used by prac- tically every society and auxiliary, but on account of the failure of auxiliary superintendents to report on this, she could not give the exact figures.
 The religious press of practically every denomination was reported as giving home mission work space.
 Miss Mary Helm of Nashville, edi- tor of Our Home, the official organ of the board, made a report on the finan- cial committee of her paper, showing the attractive publication to be in an excellent condition. During the year a donation of $1,OO0 was made for a boys dormitory in the Sue Bennett Home. In addition to this, she report | ed a substantial bank account. She also reported on the number of | books distributed. She said that the | Northwest Texas conference had the most subscribers. She urged the mem | bers to subscribe to the publication in | order to keep in communication with their sister members and keep in touch | with the latest plans of home mission | work.
 Miss Helms reported that she had under consideration plan to enlarge | her paper and get out a really excel lent paper. She urged the establish ment of an endowment fund for the paper to fall back on under extraordi- nary circumstances. An invitation | was read from the Montgomery Trac- ton Company for the delegates to be its guests on trolley ride and 1t was accepted.
 Miss GibsOn's Report.
 Miss M. L. Gibson of Kansas City reported on the Scarritt Bible and | Training School She said that an army is not necessarily dependent on the number of enlstments. com 1 pany of veterans is worth a regiment of recruits. Every army has to have a base. The American army has West | Point and the army of the Lord has | theological seminaries and training | schools
 Since the organization of the school, | fifteen years ago, 4S5 young women have there been trained for home mis-
 
 | cause of study Is calculated to make the young women recognize their own l strength and their own weaknesses and recognize how their weaknesses can be strengthened.
 People have come to the training school from all walks Of life. They have come from the ranks of society from the slums and from the school rooms. They are first taught to obey and then to govern. Tney are then in- structed in the beauty of the institu- ton called home. Many of the young women have never had homes and they have to be instructed in its every de- tail, in house cleaning and keeping and in a systematic method of home life.
 The recruits have to be instructed in the strength of the enemy. Many of the young women have never heard of the "open" saloon, the "open" dance hall and dives of every description. When they are first acquainted with these things, they are naturally shock ed but they are finally taught how to conquer. They are instructed along educational lines and along theologi- cal lines. They are taught personal methods, how to nurse, how to bring sunshine into factory homes, how to combat every evil.
 Miss Gibson paid high tribute to the teachers of every department of the school. She laid stress on the im- portance of the training school to Methodism. on account of its being the only institution for the training of women for the work of God.
 She urged that a high standard for the young women be maintained. The idea had long since been given up that any woman can be home missionary a city missionary, or a deaconess. Not every woman is fit for public service and unless aptitude for the work has been displayed. conference societies