The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-15

Tommy Holton, Lloyd Webster, Clifton
Lewis, Kelley Swain, Theodore Web
ster, Susie Holton.
Selection--The School.
Selection-The Primaries.
Instrumental, "Just Before the Bat
tie Mother.''
| Bible Story, Leroy Russ.
Selection-The Primaries. g- Il
Song, "Hoov-er-ize, Boys chorus.
Bible Drill, The School. .5e
Address, Mr.. d. Isom, Fort Madison.
Song, America The School.
The Lord 8 Prayer by the school.
After the program a social will be
held with refreshments of ice cream,
cake and watermelon.
Forty-fve colored children have
reaped decided benefit from this school
which has been held July 80 to August
30, under the auspices of the, Young
Women s Christian Industrial Mission.
The children have learned the names Of
the books of the Bible, and how to spell.
them, and they have memorized the ten:
commandments, the Twenty third
Psalm, the Lord 3 Prayer and the Beat
itudes. The Golden Rule, too, has been
learned. Many Of the pupils belong TO-
poor families and would not have re-
ceived such instruction Of it had not
teen for the school.
Miss Sidney j. Davis, superintendent
of the Mission, has been the teacher,
Miss Davis, the founder Of this work,
as an act of patriotism is supporting!
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needs, largely from the revenue from
her lectures. She calls this "doing her
bit,'' and is out of the city on that err
rand most of the time. Miss Davis has
travelled more than any native woman
Of the race in our state Many who
read this article in all sections of the
country will know Of her many years
of sterling service over the country as
General Missionary Of the Foreign Mis-
sion Board of the National Baptist Con-
vention. Secretary Jordan of that work
has often said there was never more
capable or faithful worker in the em-
ploy than Miss Sidney j. Davis of Keo-
kuk, Iowa. In her present work, she
has the distinction Of speaking, and ac-
ceptably so, before more audiences OF
white people than any Negro represen-
tative in the state. Last fall Miss
Davis was appointed by Governor
Harding to represent the state Of Iowa
at the Tenth International Purity Con11
gress in Louisville, KY. She is an
honor to Keokuk, an honor to Iowa and
an honor to the race. IL. .s.s
Since the opening Of the Mission we
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young woman we need for her assistant
III the work and as Office secretary.
Thus far our meetings and social ac-
tivities have been subject to the call of
the Superintendent as she can be in the
city to conduct them with us, Our
Board is now in correspondence for a
trained worker in the East to serve as
Office secretary for the winter, who can
carry on the industrial work and social
service of the Mission in absence Of the
superintendent.
At our last Board meeting it was de-
cided to open o Day Nursery for the
winter, where those who have nowhere
to leave small children, may have them
cared for by the day. To help finance
the undertaking, we will hold an
Early Christmas Shopping Sale.' ln1
with the usual array of
aprons, useful and fancy, ETC., we shall
have an attractive assortment of beau
tiful Negro dolls, statues OF famous
Negroes, choice race war pictures and
post cards. ALL OF THE PEOPLE
ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO THE
MISSION AT ANY TIME. Donations
for our work are solicited. The Mis-
sion is affording Free Reading Room,
Bureau of Information and place OF
Christian Recreation. Open afternoons,
daily. Respectfully,
Edna Z. Albert,
Secretary.
P. s. AS the writer Of this article is
also Secretary Of the Baptist Mission
ary Publishing Company, wish to, an
nounce on behalf Of our paper, that our
failure to bring an issue out for some
time is due to being unable to get the
mechanical work done in our city. We
have been repeatedly disappointed by
rrinteries losing their help on account
Of the army. AS soon as we can get the
printing done, our paper will be ont.
E. K. 4.
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