The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-27

of the meeting of the New England
district of the Woman s American
Baptist Foreign Mission society were
attended by many more than were
present at the opening session yester-
day morning. The auditorium of the
First Baptist church was filled at the
afternoon session and in the evening
the balcony as we'll as the floor was
we'll filed
Both sessions were very interesting
The principal address in the afternoon
was by Mrs. Elisabeth G. Hall, who
has been % years missionary in AT
rica. In the evening there was the in
teresting feature of having presented
the young women who are to go out
as missionaries with the added attrac-
tion of an especially interesting talk
By Miss Ting of China, a student at
present in Mount Holyoke college, and
an address on India by Mrs. w. 7.
Elmore, a missionary a number of
years in that country. The evening
session was a young women S meeting
with Miss Florence f. Walworth a
granddaughter of Mary L. Colby, the
first president of the Woman S Bap-
fist Missionary society, presiding.
The afternoon session was opened at
clock with prayer by Mrs Charles
Young Of Newton Center, Mass, Miss
Grace T. Colburn, also of Newton
Center, gave the report of the home
vice president of the society. This
showed that 80 campaign meetings had
been held during the year and that
about $4,000 in pledges was attribute
bile almost entirely to the result of
those meetings. Miss Elisabeth Arm
ington of Newton Center, home CORE
spoldent who had charge of arrange
ments for meetings at which mission
aries spoke, arranged for $50 such
meetings during the year.
The New England district has about
800 churches giving to foreign mis-
sions and FIVE of the large churches
exceeded their apportieRment, as did
some Of the smaller churches. It was
| moved, and the motion was carried
| to have the report printed.
! This report was followed by the re
| ports of the state secretaries. Mrs. An
ME Cobb Smith of Saco, Me-, state
! secretary for western Maine. reported
that they had not quite met their ap
| portionment but that Il per cent OF
the - per cent of contributing church
es had met their apportionment. There
| were % non-contributing churches.
Mrs. Hugh Ross Hatch, state secre
| tary for eastern Maine. reported tina
the churches in her district were shor
about $40 of their apportlonnent o
| %2,U72.5O bat that. considering all re
sources, they had $3.50 more than til,
apportionment. There is need Of an or
/ @aniZer Of mission societies in her dis
trict.
Mrs j. Stewart Campbell of New
Boston, y. H., reported for the stat
secretary, Mrs. Sargent, that the mum
Der of individual contributors to tn
foreign mission cause had increase
during the year but that the appol
tionment had not been met entirely
The report for Vermont was rea
by the presiding officer the presiden
Mrs. +. f.. Crawford, in the absenc
of the state secretary, Miss Ada I
Brigham of Bennington. who had bee
called from town the night before an
had not beea able to get back in tim
4 for the meeting. This report Shove
that OF the 81 mission circles 81 ha
I met their appointments and ii ha
exceeded them. The Brattleboro 81
ciety mad contributed $5O5 and til
Pownal society had more than double
the apportionment.
Mrs. Charles S. Young of Newton
Mass. state secretary for easter
! Massachusetts, reported 900 church,
: and 100 mission circles in her distric
:, Of the circles IS had raised the amour
II of their appointments and 80 ha
II exceeded them.
II Miss Phila NJ Whipple of Pitt
II field, Mass. state secretary for Yves
II ern Massachusetts, reported that Il
II average contributions per member h;
II fallen off during the past year but t
II number Of circles had increased al
i there is promise of much improvene
| this year.
4 Mrs Joseph L. Peacock of Westt
Il IL, r. l., state secretary, reported tn
H her state had not met the apportio
Il ment although contributing $500 mo
Il than ever before.
II Mrs. J. B. Kent of Putnam, Con
- state secretary, reported % circl
- in 81 churches and a steadily mere:
w1 ing interest in mission work
The president announced that NJ
Caroline Atwater Mason of Bever
Mass, author of the new study boz
I World Missions and World Peace, "
unable to be present because of illn'
and that Mrs Henry w. Peabody
Beverly would speak in her stead.
Mrs. Peabody said that there shol
he unusual interest in the book at t
time because it is printed in Bratt
boro, where the annual meeting is
ing held, and is printed here becal
of the fact that excellent printing
obtainable in Brattleboro at a m
crate price. She spoke of the illn
of the author and said that she v
IL born a Quaker and married Bapt
. minister and began her labors as
- PASTORS wife in little eoun
y church.
Her first great work was the W
ing of a second study book and 81
IT. then she had written numerous boo