The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-05-03

cude Londonderry, Wardsboro, Jamaica
West Townshend, Townshend aud New
fame,
The Baptist woman's foreign and home
missionary society met with Mrs saraii
| Wilson Friday afternoon OF last week
The subject was Alaska and Mrs. Blek
| ford used the map pointing out the place,
of interest and telling what she had
| cleaned from the study Of the country
| Readings were given by the different
members present. All felt that il had
been most enjoyable and instructive
meeting
The farce. The American Girl or the
! Sixteenth Wife of the Sultan of Sulu, was
presented in the Academy hall by the
members of the sophomore class this
week. The part of Helen, the American
girl who was always looking for some
thing new, was taken by Miss Florence
Marsh with much spirit and vivaclty'
Miss Nellie Dale as the anxious and dis,
tracted mother took her part well as did
also Miss Hazel Taft that OF the, literary
aunt. The scene at the Sultan's court
was particularly good and the way in
which the mother and aunt received the
| bag provided for their destruction very
Amusing Claude Vincent was well suit.
ed for the position of Sultan Of Sulu and
looked very fierce and forhidding as n
typical desnot should. Mr.. Bicllford made
good councillor while Miss Corser and
Miss Sparks as attendants added much to
the success of the play. The costumes
were excellent. At the close of the farce
ice,cream was served.
Considerable excitement prevailed at
the Congregational church last week
Wednesday. II was house cleaning day
and the man who had agreed TO sweep
the floor after the carpet was removed
failed to materialize. Then some of the
women present had been under the de-
fusion that, since they were going. TO
the church, il was proper to wear their
SUNDAY go to meeting dresses and no
one knows what would have become OF
their toilets had not Edith kindly lent
them some of Fred's Jumpers. II is said
that one woman scorned the apparel of
fered her and preferred TO go home and
change her dress. With considerable
suffering, considerable scrubbing and
some soap every spot was removed so
that, on Sunday. everything was delight.
fully fresh and clean while the hearts OF
the workers reioiced as did likewise the
hearts of the non-workers.
Twelve members of the Congregational
woman's missionary society met in Mrs
+. b. Batchelder's pleasant parlors last
week Thursday afternoon where, with
Mrs. C. II. Willard as pilot and the first
chapters of Christus Redemption as a log,
they crused about among the islands Of
the southern Pacific with the missionaries
sent ont by the London missionary So
ciety. finding the island of Tahiti of es-
recial interest. Then they touched at
Samoa where they found the mission
aries of the American board and passed
through the exciting experiences of the
Samoans under the rule, or rather mis-
rule, of the allied powers. While the
company were in Samoa Mrs. o. w. Fol-
lett took them to Robert Louis Steven
sons home at Nailima and introduced
them to the well-known man of letters
and his wife. One of the party told the
experience of one of the early mission
aries of the American board who was
very anxious to get a sewing machine. |
When the ship Morning Star touched at /
he island she ordered one. At the end |
If a year the shin returned bringing the |
machine. After it had weighed anchor 1
{ was discovered that the foot of the |
machine was missing There was nothing |
o do but to wait another year until the |
poat came again. Then the foot was or
Tered and. at the end of year. came.
Thus it took the poor missionary five
ears to obtain her hearts desire. A
rood deal of interest was shown during
he review of the first chapters of Chris
us Redemption and il was thought that
t would add to the interest if each mem
,er possessed a book. Any one wishing
o own Christus Redemption can do so
" handing 80 cents to Mrs. a. E. Park.