Evening journal., 1911-02-02
MISSION WORK
in OLD CUBA
Grace Church Women Societies
Hear of Christian Pro-
greSS There
SPEAKERS RELATE
PERSONAL EXPERIENCES

About two hundred members and
friends In attendance at the joint
meeting of the Home and Foreign Mis-
sionary Societies Of Grace M. Z.
Church yesterday afternoon, we're a
demonstration of the widely increas-
ing interest the women Of Grace
Church are taking in missionary en-
deavor Dr. Alfred r. Craig was a
guest OF honor, and there we're many
visitors from other churches.
The joint meeting, held in social
hall. was preceded by separate busi-
ness meetings of both societies. At
the foreign society meeting, presided
over by Mrs. William NJ. Field, the
thank offering meeting was postponed
until May 8. Mrs. J. B. Quigg re-
ported good attendance at the meet
ings of the reading circle. Mrs. Field
spoke briefly of the missionary jubilee
to be held in Philadelphia week after
next
Mrs. J. Talley Smith presided at the
meeting of the-home society. The mite
box opening was held, but only partial
returns were handed in.
Mrs. A. y. Craig, conducted the
joint devotional service, speaking of
the two types of service shown in the
story of Mary and Martha. Miss
Madeline Reed, accompanied by Mrs.
William T. Morris. sang as solo,
THE Lord is My Light
The topic of the afternoon was
Cuba" and II was made particularly
interesting from the fact that. both
speakers. Mrs. William 7. Morris and
Mrs. William NJ. Field, told of per-
sonal experiences on trips to the Is
land.
Mrs. Morris described the Cubans
as lazy, pleasure-loving people, like
children in their characteristics. Even
the women went barefoot and smoked
cigars, she said, and young and ole
wore as little clothing as possible
She spoke of the narrow streets, and
the dwellings with inner courtyards
The lower class Cubans, said Mrs
Morris, are content to gather bananas
and sell them i'm the cities, but the
more intelligent are anxious to come
TO America. The Spaniards in the
island. she said. are there chiefly fol
the purpose of making money. Chap
eronage is carried to the limit i
young people go to public gatherings
they must be accompanied by thu
whole family.
Mrs. Morris spoke Of the fine watel
system as one Of the most commenda'
Bile things about Cuba
Miss Reed sang a pretty little Gu
ban song after the address. and Mis-
Mary Mccall recited "A Little Hear
and How it Grew"
Mrs. Field passed around larg
number Of post cards and some Gu
rios, showing the people, ox-carts, me
MORALS Of the Spanish War, etc. Sh
was somewhat astonished on reaching
home to find one of the curios ha
been made in Germany. H-.-a
Mrs. Field said that a visit to Cub
gave vivid realization OF the hor
rors of the Spanish Wer; it SCENE
a real thing, when people told oficrue
deaths of relatives at the hands @
Weyler. Weyler had a way of cuttin
of babies heads with his sword, o
ordering men thrown to the sharks
just to please his instinct for torture
she said.
Mrs. Field described the Cubans a
ignorant, but teachable, and said til
parents, were extremely anxious tina
their children should have the oppoI
tunities of education which had bee
denied them. She spoke Of the goo
schools established by the Methods
Church in the island.
Mrs. Field told a number OF intel
esting traditions. one Of them th
story of the knights Key" off Flol
ida, the ruined towers of which date
to the days of the buccaneers of th
Spanish Main. and certain unknow