Evening journal., 1913-02-13
$500 FROM TOTS
FOR MISSION WORK
Happy Workers Of West
CHURCH in Annual Thank
Offering Service

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or exceptional interest and com
pletely splendidly successful was the
Annual Thank Offering OF the Happy
Workers Homo and Foreign Mission
airy Society OF West Presbyterian
Church, which was held on Saturday
afternoon last The offering amount
% to the spieidid sum OF 1920, AS COM
pared with last years offering Of
ST.
This amount added to the $3.50
which represented the receipts from
the cantata, "santas MiH-up," makes
a sum total Of s3OO.--eyery cent Of
which will be sent to the Mission
fields, And all the Offering OF the
little Happy workersl Think OF
I'll
The money will be divided; the
amount for the Home Missions will
be sent to the home treasurer. Miss
Louise b. Johnson; and the foreign
treasurer, Mrs j. n. Dandy, will take
care of the money which is to 20 to
f0reigi. lands
While the Happy Workers were so
beautifully observing their Thank Of
fering Meeting the people in China,
as was told by the chairman, Leroy
Corkran, were celebrating their New
Years Eve, by the use OF various
charms destined to drive away evil
spirits. and by decorating their
homes with red, because red is con-
sidered by them to be very lucky"
color.
Preceding the collection of the Of
fering the president, Miss Grace Baird
told the visitors present that much OF
the money had been earned by the
little people, entirely through their
own efforts. Among those deserving
or special mention, who had earned
every penny Of their Offering were
the little Ritchie sisters, Genevieve
and Ruth, who had earned more than
50 each; Helen Stewart, who had
earned SS, and Dorothy Grammar,
hose offering was So. The other chill
dren had earned a part of their offer
ing, and had saved the rest from their
spending money.
The program for the afternoon was
necessarily brief because of the time
taken up by the Mite Box Process
sional, which was the leading feature.
Leroy Cochran was the chairman and
conducted the devotional service. He
also gave an interesting talk on the
topic of the day. China" and was
specially commended Tor It by Miss
Baird for handling his subject so well
ON short notice, he having had only a
couple Of days notice. After the read
ing Of the minutes by the secretary,
Alice Appleby, a piano solo was
played by Marguerite Clymer. Mary
Heisler contributed a second piano
solo. and reading on "A Duck Trip
to China was given by little Helen
Mears
Helen Lafferty read charming
A.ory about Baby Grace and Mother,
= Then came the PROFESSIONAL Ten
, little girls dressed in attractive ia
panese costumes marched from the
rear of the room TO the platform sing
ing a missionary hymn. They were
followed by ten little American
american Queens OF Hearts, also
singing. whose dainty white frocks
were decorated with pink hearts-and
lots Of them Then the japanese mai
dons, and American Queens arranged
themselves upon the platform form
ing a half circle and at the compile
tion of the song the Thank Offering
was taken by several boys At the
close OF the exercises. Miss Baird
asked how many had come 70 find
their hearts and, Judging from the
number OF hands which were raised,
! there must have been many missing.
However, they soon found enough
hearts, and many to spare, when they
unanimously accepted Miss Bairds
invitation to go in TO the Valentine
! Party" And what do you think was
the best Valentine Of all? On a large
! table in the center of the room was
a miniature ship, bearing the name
Happy Workers"
Fluttering from the halliards were
little pink hearts-each heart bear
ing a letter which, in entirety, spelled
Mite Box Day; Missionary Ship" On
the deck Of the ship was a cargo on
mite boxes in charge of little cupids
as sailors. The ship was entirely
surrounded by small Japanese boats
filled with candy hearts, and these
were afterwards given as favors to
the children.
( NA1Al ndn q inlcclOudlN OntIlnH
z been typfied IN a more beautiful OF
more novel manner The Missionary
4 Ship" sailed away to carry cheer tc
those in the Lands Across the Sea.
laden with the generous Offering OF
;he little Happy Workers.
Strawberry ice cream and hear
b shaped cookies with pink icing were
!, served 20 the children at small tables
' each seating four: and all present
voted il n fine Valentine Party DR.
! Smiley was present and. in a brie
address, said that he was glad tC
know that so much money had beer
earned in the spirit and cause Of con
secration; and that the little Mission
= Band had done a lot to keep the mis-
sionary banner of West Church higl
y uopn the pole Theodore Triggs alsi
! spoke briefly, expressing his Favorable
n impressions OF the meeting. and tn
n children were delighted with th'
n promise of an original story at tn
l. next Christmas-tide
n LEAVES MUCH
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