Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-22
Ladies ofEpiscopa| Church
Hold Meeting Here.
Quarterly Session Made Not
able by Gen. Secretary.
Miss Emery Of New York Tells Of
Mission Work in China.

The two morning devotional SER
vices held in ST. Marks church Tues
day were largely attended and were
an inspiration for the rest of the work
of the day. The many delegates IN
the city for the quarterly meeting OF
the Woman's Auxiliary OF the Board
of Missions of the Episcopal Diocese
of Maine, greatly enjoyed Mis-,
Emery's address on Monday evening
again yesterday.
After the services in the beautiful
ivy covered church. the visitors wen.
to the recently finished parish house
where the business meeting was hel1
with Mrs. Charles T. ogden OF Woods
fords presiding. After extending Il
cordial greeting to the members Of the
several branches in attendance, tht
president called the meeting to order
and in the absence of Miss Harriet 5
McCObb the recording secretary, Miss
Annie Merrill read the records of the
annual meeting which was held last
May in Portland The following
branches were represented by dela
gates who responded when the roll
was called: Auburn, Augusta, Bangor.
Bar Harbor. Bath, Biddeford, Camden,
Dexter, Gardiner. Hallowell, Lewis
ton, Lisbon Falls, New Castle, Nor
way, Pittston, Portland, Sanford, Wa
tervile, Wiscasset.
1t is a matter of regret to all that
Miss McCobb will be away from tho
meetings for a year, but all We're glad
20 learn that Miss Merrill would again
AXE up the work. In the absence of
Miss Sawyer, the treasurer Miss
Marguerite ogden gave her report
| and announced that the treasurer had
| IN hand for the United Offering fund,
s665.13 and that something like 5000
lad been paid out since the meeting in
May. Miss Merrill is in charge of the
United Offering and gave a short talk
IN the work done by the missionaries
sent out by the auXiliaries.
Mrs. Ogden has lately returned from
a weeks stay in Somerset county and
she graphically described conditions in
he towns OF Jackman, Moose River,
Dennistown, Henderson and Lowell
md told of the needs of the parishes
here. She was the speaker in the
.hurch at Henderson d few Sundays
since and the occasion was helpful
Doth to the speaker and her hearers
Mrs. Richards, an officer of the
Junior Auxiliary in New Castle. gave
he report of the president of that
ranch, Mrs. Nash who was unable 20
attend. A mention was made Of the
york of the Juniors who have made it
possible to erect a memorial tablet in
he st. Andrews church at that place,
% Miss Pauline Austin Osgood VINO
vent from there as a missionary and
anne home to die after a short ILL
ness. She was a teacher in Saint
4ilda's school at Shanghai for some
me.
There are 147 babies in Maine
aid Mrs. Herbert Payson of Portland,
md then she qualified the statement
~ saying that they were the auxiliary
title folks. The pennies given by the
title ones are used to support a. free
,ed in hospital for the children.
THE work of the United Offering
vas the subject of charming talk by
Miss Julia Emery of New York who IS
General secretary of the Auxiliary
Miss Emery is a speaker who has the
lappy faculty of Immediately CATCH
holding it every moment. She told
II the recent visit she took to China
md of the side trips she made in com
any with the missionaries there
Several incidents of interesting ex-
,eriences were related and the speaker
aid, "The United Offering is the re-
ult of three years work. and is given
It the triennial conventions. in Octo-
per of 1910 in the city of Cincinnati;
he Great Tr-ennial is to be held and
here will be one of the largest gath
rings of Womans Auxiiaries ever
lnOwn.'
The recording secretary reported
hat of the AZ branches in Maine. -
we're represented and the treasurer
exported the offering of the day as
;45.17. Mrs. Ogden called on Rev
anon Plant of Gardiner who offered
prayer and gave the benediction.
After a few moments of social chat,
the delegates were invited to the
rooms below where the members Of
the local branch of the auxiliary con-
rectcd with the church. served a de-
iciOuS lunch at ! O'Clock. One hum
lren were seated at tables accommo-
dating six persons and set with
dainty blue ware and adorned with
beautiful flowers.
The occasion will be long remem-
bered on account of its pleasure and
ESQ for the fact of it's being practi-
cally the first time the house was
opened for such Il purpose. The
rooms where lunch was served were
greatly admired by all the house has