The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-27

New York, March 26.-The movement set afoot bv the little coteries of earnest women who gathered about Mrs. Thomas c. Doremus, members Of the oid south Reformed church, to further the cause of foreign Protestant missions three quarters of a century ago, has grown 10 such proportions that between 4ooo ana 5000 women of every denomination nave answered the call for the final conven- ton of the Woman's National Foreign Missionary Golden Jubilee, commenced here today, and to close Thursday, March 3o. After being held in thirty-two Of the largest cities of the United States, beginning in Oakland, Cal, last fall. Women philanthropists from all over the country will address the meetings and take part in the exercises. Mrs Russell Sage, Miss Helen M. Gould. Miss Grace Dodge Mrs. William J. Schieffelin and many others will tell of the success pr the last campaign for the furtherance of foreign missionary work and the means by which the millions contributed by women of the United States are distribu- ted among the workers in the far east.
 
 have part in this celebration. The open ing observance will be pageant or missions" in the Metropolitan Opera House tomorrow afternoon, March 21. under the auspices of the Young Wom- ens committee. Eight hundred young people will in tableaux depict scenes in the lives of the women on the mis- sion fields.
 There will be a praise and prayer serv- ice in the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church Tuesday morning. Tuesday aft ernoon in the same church the service will be given over to missionary pio- neers Women who have retired after service in foreign fields will speak. Prom inent among these will be Mrs. William Butler, called "the mother of missions" who Is 90 years old. She is expected to come from her home in Newton Centre, Mass
 Authors Evening" will be observed Tuesday night in the same church. The speakers will be those who have writ ten mission text books issued by the ,Jomen's Central committee on the united study of missions. Those to take part are Robert F.. Speer, Dr. Francis E. Clark, father of Christian Endeavor; the Rev Dr. Arthur J. Brown, Har riet A. Clark, Anna R. B. Lindsay, Mrs. Helen Barrett Montgomery, Miss Ellen c. Parsons. William Elliot Griffis, Arthur H. Smith, Caroline Mason and Louise M. Hodgkins.
 Fifty seven drawing room meetings have been planned for Wednesday moru- ing, aside from a conference for work CTS in the Fifth Avenue church. At o'clock the great missionary luncheon or luncheons will take place. The Hotel Astor was engaged and 3100 tickets sold, so the committee engaged the ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria. More than 4000 women will attend and the speakers will go from one hotel to another. The great hall and three smaller rooms will be utilized at the Astor. Mrs William J. Schieffeln and Miss Grace Dodge win preside. The speakers will be Mrs. Henry w. Peabody of Boston, chairman of the central committee of the United States for women's foreign missions: Mrs Helen Barrett Montgomery of Rochester who has spoken at all 30 jubilee cities; Miss Jennie V. Hughes of China and Dr. Mary
 
 Knowles, who is chairman of the commit- tee of prayer circles, is secretary of the Methodist Womens Foreign Mission ary society.
 Denominationa rallies will take place in churches Thursday morning. when voluntary gifts will be received for mis- sions. In the safternoon in Fifth Ave- nue church there will be a general gath ering with the chairmen of all jubilee committees on the platform There will also be a meeting for young women at the Colony club. -
 The final meeting will be in Carnegie hall Thursday evening, when there will be reports from denominational rallies, singing by large chorus choir of young women and an address by Mrs. Mont gomery and others. Sunday, March 26. meeting for nurses will be held under the auspices of St. Barnabas Guild.
 Tickets have been sold for the pageant and luncheons and all are disposed of. The other gatherings are free Head quarters for out-of-town delegates are at