Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-25


Mrs. Phsbe Curtiss of Ohio. who took for
her subject work Of Elementary super
intendents in the ASSOCIATIONS.
During the session Mrs. w r. aea,h
of New York discussed Motner > ne o,,.
ings" and in her remarks pointed oul
that every woman interested IN the Work
Of TIE Sunday school should participate
In these gathering
She averrsd that woman ooes not
have TO be a mother TO derive dement's
from these meetings and that single Wom
en- are always invited to attend Inc
mother spirit" she said. rs inherent IN
eveSy woman so why should NOT every
woman come to the meetings VINO ~ ei'e
least bit interested
Miss Meme Brockway Of California dis
cussed at length Maintaining interest In
Graded Unions she is from Los Ange-
les ard has charge of large number OF
thess unions. After telling OF the effort
made from time to time by the workers
10 increase the interest IN this form OF
enaeavor she declared that though her CO.
workers in California are well pleased
with the success they have attained they
arc striving to make 1t stu greater
Other papers and those who read them
wee as follows: elementary News IN
Association Papers Mrs. E. e Knapp
dren." MRS II. NJ. Hamill. Tennessee;
Future Plans for Graded Unions. Miss
Alice Hamlin, New Jersey. At the close
of the session genera discussion OF sraoeo
union was iCiN' - '~~~-~ '~S
taken at noon.
Afternoon Session.
The afternoon session began at
O'clock, with Mrs. Fl. NJ. Hamill presiding.
Mrs. H. NJ Leyda of Illinois read pa
per on Primary Opening Exercise. Inc
balance of the program follows: Paper
Possibilities OF Graded Lessons in the
Smallest Schools, Miss Margaret E.
Brown Nebraska: conference upon les
sons-gradsd, uniform. supplemental. mrs
J. ". Barnes and all lesson writers: pa
per Stories and Story Telling Prof. f.
p. sSt. John. Hartford School OF Peda-
gogy. Connecticut section work and con-
ferences: Beginners. leader. Miss susie
Juden. Louisiana: primary. leader mrs.
L. f. Ware. Massachusetts: junior, leader,
Mrs Maud j Baldwin, Indiana.
The Temperance Conference.
Strong advocacy for the creation of the
ONCE of international secretary by the
temperance committee Of the worlds Sun
day school convention was the chief topic
at the hold-over temperance conference
held I'm the auditorium of the Wesley
Methodist Episcopal Chapel this morning.
A committee of five was appointed to re-
port at this afternoons session, with in
structions to bring before the conference
a resolution urging such an appointment
The need of an International secretary
was called to the attention of the con-
ference by Prof. F. S. Goodrich of Mchi-
gan. who presided; Rev. r. f. Thompson
Of New Hampshire. Charles NJ. Camp
bell of California and member of the
temperance committee. Rev Thuriow
Frazer of Manitoba and other speakers.
Several of the duties of the Office were
outlined. chief among which were the
gathering of reliable temperance statis-
tics. the preparation of practical tenn
perance lessons intended as aids for reg
u,ar Sunday school instruction on the
temperance question and the expeditions
circulation of authoritative and official
temperance literature. The personnel of
TIRE committee to report this afternoon
Is Prof. Goodrich. chairman: James L.
Ewing. District of Columbia. and Or.
II. kress OF the District OF Columbia,
Miss Lucy Page CASTOR of Illinois. and
-Ars. l.. ii. White of Maine.
The mornings program included pap
ers on The Cigarette and the Sun
day School by Miss CASTOR. who is
superintendent of the National Anti
Cigarette League of Chicago; The Sa-
loon and the Child" by Rev. Owen r.
.ovejoy of New York and 1.-The Tenn
perance Worker" by Rev r. E. Thomp-
son of New Hampshire. The conference
ndulsed in about Two hours. open discus
sion, during which temperance reports
were delivered by residents of dozen
or more states andACana dian provinces
Giving to Missions.
christian Giving" by Edmund D.
Soper Of New York, was the principal
address delivered at the morning session
Of the missionary conference also held
In the Wesley acknowledgement chapel
Mir. Soper advocated a systematic con-
tribution of stated sums to the cause of
missions, but only within a conservative
Or reasonable limit of the donors finan-
ees He denounced what he termed hys-
terical contributions beyond the ability
OF persons who make contributions as
disastrous to procuring a reliable yearly
income.
The following was the program of the
morning: Prayer and missions. Rev w
e. Doughty. New York: missionary de-
partment in the local school, George r
Sutherland New York: Creating a mis-
sionary atmosphere. DIR. George II. TrulI.
New York: Christian giving. Edmund D.
Soper. New York: missionary interest In
the smallest schools DIR. A. J.. Phillips
Virginia teacher training and missions,
r. E. Diffendorfer. New York
There will be "A general conference of
Sunday school workers tonight in the Mt
Vernon Methodist Episcopal Church. Ele-
mentary work will be considered A II