Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-09
w. c. T. U. PARLoR MEETING.
Held with Trinity Methodist Mission ary Soeiety-WorId Work of w. C. T, U.

T. U.
 There were 40 members present at
 the w c. T. U. parlor meeting held
 in Trinity Methodist Episcopal church
 parlors on Thursday afternoon at 3.30
 o'clock. The Trinity M. E. mission
 ary society conducted the opening part
 of the programme. after which the
 Howard Mead of the w. c. T. U., who
 thanked the ladies of the church for
 the welcome accorded the visitors Mrs.
 Mead said that there are now IS w.
 c. T. U. missionaries in different parts
 of the earth and eight of these Is have
 made the complete trip around sev-
 eral times. Mrs. Mead quoted a w.
 c. T. U. missionary in India, who is credited with saying Where you can get one concert, British and Ameri-
 can rum makes 1000 drunkards.'' This
 is what makes missionary work so
 hard in that country. Mrs. Mead spoke
 of work done by the W. c. T. U. in
 Japan and New Zealand.
 An interesting paper on Why We Wear the White Ribbon was read and
 some of the why's given were as fol- lows:
 As members of the W. c. T.. U. we love and wear the white ribbon bow. It is the beautiful badge of our organization, heaven born to promote a holy cause. It is a privilege of WHICH we are proud, It IS d plouSe of total abstinence. It is an emblem of patriotism.
 The Power of the White Ribbon was the subject of another paper read by Mrs. Thomas A. Perkins. Mrs. Per kins told the story of a young man on the downward path turned from the evid road by the sight of the little white ribbon. However busy with home cares or church work, every wo man can at least wear this silent mes senger, that speaks to all classes. It speaks of total abstinence and of self denial
 A poem, Who Will Share, was then read by Mrs. Jacob Starkweather and was followed by another paper, What a Christian Can Do, by Mrs. Arthur Wyman. Some of the things set forth in this paper that a Christian can do are as follows; The Christian can re- fuse to sign any mans petition for li- cense. He can refuse to rent prop erty to be used for the manufacture or sale of liquors. He can cease ar guing that the beer drinking habit aids sobriety by reducing the consumption of distilled liquors.
 A solo Close to Thee was sung by Mrs. William Grove, Jr., who was ac- companied by Miss Elizabeth Grove. | Mrs. J. F. Cobb then read a highly | interesting paper on The Christian in | China and Japan. Mrs. Cobb opened I her paper by speaking of the remark able awakening in Japan and China | the past few years. Oriental people I are very practicable and they demand | the best in religion as in other things and they are carefully weighing Chris | tianity to see how it compares with 1 the Oriental religions, as a vital force. 1 They are watching to see if 1t really | makes people better.
 | Something must surely be done to awaken the hearts of others who rep l resent us in. other lands to sense | of the responsibilities that are theirs as representatives of a Christian civ l ilization. The real danger that threat ems the spread of the gospel o%Christ | is not, in the attitude of tho Chinese | themselves, but rather in the attitude l of those foreign nations who boast of i their Christian civilization. Here is | where the fight is the hardest and here we must focus our strongest ef- | fort. It is not pity that it can be ] said of but few Christians "They live | like Christ?
 | Someone has called Japan Christian | ity's Port Arthur in the far east. Japan
 stands on the highway of the nations The worst the west has to give in the l Way of vicious customs is being pour | ed in upon her and very naturally from Japan these things reach out and touch the rest of the Orient. Under German direction were started the first | breweries in Japan; American money built the HfSt tODaccO factory Ill shO- req. Mrs. Cobb closed her paper by saying: Both there and here there is great need for Christian people to lend
 their support to the great temperance cause"
 Mrs. Starkweather read another poem, The Coming Day after which
 Mrs. Calvin Swan read a paper or A New Bondage for Africa.
 This paper vivid1y portrayed the evils that rum has wrought in Africa
 and showed the need of missionaries
 and total abstinence.
 Mrs. F. w.. Coleman spoke of the
 czar of Russia, who, it is said. has ] forbidden his soldiers to drink durins } the present war and who intends ts l enforce this rule after the war. The meeting was a very harmoniou: ! one and much interest in the temper
 1 ance cause was shown by those pres
 ent.