The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-15
MUCH HOPED FROM
MCALL MEETING
MINNEAPOLIS REGARDED AS
OUTPOST OF WORK.
Organization Which Is Relatively
Strong in the East Would Spread In
fuence to Vest Characterization Of
France Object Of Association-Mi Mime
apolis Homes Open to Visiting Dele
gates.

Minneapolis was chosen for the TWEEN
tional McAll association, which. opens
Wednesday morning in Westminster
church, because it is regarded as an out
post. It is purposed to make the con-
vention the beginning of the organiza-
ton in the northwest. The association
is strong in eastern auxiliaries and it
needs the new blood Of the west to per-
petuate it's influence.
The real keynote of the convention
IS the opening up Of the northwest to
the work. said Mrs. Charles H. Park
hurst, national president, today. 3tAux-
iliaries wore urged to send strong women
to represent the districts from which
they come as well as the auxiliaries,
with the purpose of opening the north
west to knowledge Of this work and
its progress. ~. - ~ .
Hope for Future. ..> ~.
.;The association has only three aux
iliaries west Of Chieago-Minneapolis,
st. Paul, and st. Louis. Our thought
in coming to Minneapolis was to make
an opening wedge. The work must
grow in new parts of the country if it
is to hold it's own elsewhere. We have
women have SO many things to take
their attention that we feel if we can
get wedge out here it will be well for
the work. - r. %
In discussing the purpose Of the Nc
All association, Mrs. Parkhurst said:
"The association exists for the purpose
of evangelistic work in France. France
is civilized. but not Christian. They
have had the Catholic church in France,
What they are here. The people are are
rebelling against ecclesiastical rule.
When they threw off the government,
they threw off the religion, and If no
other religion is presented to them, it
will result in infdelity. h.. The disestab-
Hshment of the church has opened up
peculiar conditions for our work.
Many men Of France never enter
a church except for funerals, because
they 3o of S want cSs TO recognize os hs a aa
even permit a church burial, and only
the civil marriage. - ,-',.. Il
- Great in Result. -
Altho the convention will be small in
delegate attendance, on account Of dis
tance and expense OF travelling, and for
reasons that have prevented some Of the
strongest women in the association who
might have come, anyway, Mrs. Park
hurst believes that the small conven-
ton will be effective.
I'VE. feel" said she, t'that every del
>egate is to mean more strength than
ordinarily, and we expect to accom-
plish larger results than under usual
circumstances, with the small number
Of women. One reason is the holding
of the convention where it's influence
will affect the regions beyond = :. =
Z. For eighteen years Mrs. Parkhurst
has been national PRESIDENT Every.
summer season for twenty years Rev.
DIR. and Mrs. Parkhurst have been
abroad, and whenever the OCCASION has,
presented itself, on the wav to Switzer-
land, they have personally, inspected
the work, wherever they could find Nc
All halls. ~. ~
Mrs. Parkhurst is at the home Of Mrs.
A. L. Croker: This afternoon she was
the guest Of Mrs. John Washburn on
carriage ride to see the beauties of the
city parks and drives. 8. ""r. -"%.:
= One Of the sidelights Of the conven-
ton was reception today at Andrew
Presbyterian church for Mrs. Louise
Seymour Houghton, member of the ma
tional board, who lived many years in
France. The women of the First Con-
gregational and the Andrew churches
were hostesses. Mrs. Houghton will
give a lecture Thursday Aight at Ply
mouth church on the McAll work in
France, illustrating her talk with ster-
open to all. -,.. "a" ,sn.a,