Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-11-18

of the telers a conservation prayer TO
the newly elected officers ~as Offered by
Mrs. Henry Fairbanks.
Mis-. Caroline Slliman, missionary Mt
Van, Turkey. gave on interesting account
Of the kindergarten work carried on at
that mission and of the work OK caring
for the Moslem women and childHn
refugees, when that town was besleSed
by the Turks and at the time OF the
Russian occupation of Van. The Kinder
rarten was opened on September %, 1913,
in the Turkish quarter of the city wi h
the cooperation of the superintendent
of the schools, committee of the parents
and money sent from this country with
Is pupils. Moslem refugees to the num-
Der of over 1000 and 200 Germans were
cared for at the mission during the time
of the siege until they could be trans
ported under Russian guard to their vii
lagos.
Miss Gertrude L. Chandler Of Madura,
India, gave an illuminating report of her
experiences as kindergartcner there.
They We're not all of the peaches and
cream variety which some of the people
who have never been in the field imagined
they might be, Besides the direction of
the kindergarten class, supervision of tho
assistant teachers. the conducting OF
class for those girls who wish to become
teachers, the work of watching four other
kindergartens in the district and bringing
them supplies each day, the kindergart-
ner must plan all the household duties
and perform q great share of them her
self
Mrs Frank J. Woodward Of Abaian, Gill
bert islands, told of the work which is be-
ing done in the missions in those remote
Pacific islands, where even civilization
in its crudest sense was unknown when
the work of the missionaries was started.
. Girls and boys who were born into life
of the densest atmosphere of sin and deg
relation have been taken by the mission
aries supplied by the Womans Board,
have been made Christians and are at
present mighty forces working for the up
building of Gods kingdom.
Miss Alice p. Adams who started a
| Christian social settlement at Okayama.
Japan, many years ago, gave an account
the mission, which is a model for the work
carried on by the Japanese themselves.
Her stories of the house on the highway
where all classes were taken in and made
better men and women were of great in
terest. The settlement includes a dispen-
sary, day nursery, day school, evening
sewing classes for factory girls, etc. The
story Of one man who was helped at the
mission and later established another mis-
sion was particularly effective.
MISSIONARIES INTRODUCED.
At the conclusion of Miss Adams paper.
Miss Alice NJ. Kyle of Boston. editorial
secretary of the board, introduced %
yt,,.v d.,
Micronesia, Africa. China, India. Japan,
Turkey and Bulga ria AS they responded
to the ovation with which they were
greeted they said in the language of the
country in which they had been working,
Publish the Glad Tidngs." The az
gregated years of service of three of the
veteran missionaries who were introduced
at this time totalled a century.
CHILDREN's RALLY.
The children's rally held at the College
Street Church at 345 O'Clock was attended
by go enthusiastic children and almost
, as many adults, and proved to be one
/, Of the greatest successes of the con-
, ference. The rally was under the super
, vision of Miss S. F. HemenwayWells OF
Brattleboro. The children. all OF whom
had received tourist ticket of the for
- eign missions line. good for trip around
the world, We're taken ON the voyage
aboard ship captained by Professor
. Hasbrook and with Miss Mary Preston
. secretary of the young peoples work. a.
:, guide
Before leaving SIGHT ot America, IN
U children saluted their national nas AM
u of the work which Is being done there a
n the missionary flag, and IL brief respons
- was made by the Rev. l. c. Smart pas
/" tor of the College Street church. Sine
q missionaries are no longer allowed to Ian
u in Turkey. the first country visited wa
= Egypt, where scenes typical of tho cou:
. try were shown. India. China and jap.
$. we're also visited and many int..resti!,
II scenes Of these countries were 2ortrays
- BY the children. message @as rea
! FIR , the dhedE Pasha school a: Co.
}" stsntinopls which the offerings OF II
! Vermont children help TO suopoT. a.
also from Miss Caroline Sswall in Chin
OF for whose support their offerings arc ais
81 used. On tina return trip an oT"rT
amounting to $3.50 was rece!i l. II
II Vermont banner, which is each yet
~ awarded to the mission band giving Il
81 preatost per capita arlount towards II
III sSpport of m sslons in proportion to u
NO m Membership, was returned TO the Mlso'
u" BpCy Fees of Lyndnnville, whose p
=. capltn g1st was s2SA No msinbsr of IN
" Land is over II yoars o. age
or In AAdiuou to tbs nfty children vi
U" part cipaisd in tho representation Of
ss<nes 81 the dner~nt coantries. Nj
HemenWay Wells was asSasAed b. Nj
Snyder and Mrs Ho0ve' In the scenes
-" Turkey, NJ. and MrA Hsaen and MI
An Mrs Beach and M,As Osborne in re;
m sentins China ard Mis~ Adams in +:
''' Jnpsnass so~ne.
-, TURKEY INDICTED
~, Not cntS ohs main body OF the m'W'
led hut the galleries aiso were crowded at
" meeting In the evening whsn q e audisv
% ,saArd one Of the most dramatic tndi
no ments OF the actions Of tho T>Hkish &c
xh. e~'men' IN Armenia that has ever b
lta presented In this .0untry. MIS-. X. s,
nd Enrich for ya.ire . missionary IN MArd
yh- Turkey, Miss Eva ZArruikia- young
B ry m,r 40 s1r! q graduate of an Ainer'c
n e mission high schph and college In IT
.sh- key, who hss rsceauy come TO this COZ
try, teing t~acticsAy forced into on
.on AMI erewer EDDY 1t BDSton. one OF
~ and esther o. what Next In Turke
vas were tho sp~aksuv whose wonde 'ful 81
lev rng psaoa-es of ms suffsrtngs inflicted
Ip- tho ArmeoiAns by the Turks thrilled
n, g. hSarts of all present, wish sympathy