The Mena weekly star., 1919-11-13
MISS KATHLEEN MALLORY
Corresponding Secretary, w. vi. u,
Baltimore.

Eyidencing the larger sphere which
women have come to occupy in church
life, as well as other activities, when
the Baptist IS Million Campaign was
decided upon at the meeting OF the
Southern Baptist Convention in At
ianta last May, the women. through
their regular organization, the Wo-
mans Missionary Union. at once
agreed to be responsible for one fifth
of the sum sought, or SIS, 100000. This
means that the Baptist women of the
South will raise for missions OF. all
kinds, Christian education and benev.
olences, the sum of $4,000, 900 a year
for the next five years, In addition to
their contributions to local enterprises
and special work
Through the channels Of the wo-
mans Missionary Union. with head.
quarters at Baltimore Md the Bap.
fist women OF the South have snce
their organization contributed more
than $5.OJO00O in cash to various de-
nominatlonal purposes. With the ad,
dition of boxes of food and clothing
sent to orphanages and other benavo
lent institutions, the total OF their
contributions through this channel has
reached $5,710,433 II.
Miss Kathleen Mallory is the CORE
spending secretary of the Woman's
Missionary Union, and in appreciation
Of the service she has re1dere in
that connection the Baptist women OF
Alabama have established the Kath.
leen Mallory Hospital for Women at
Laichow-Fu. Shantung, China. Miss
Mallory being native OF Alabama
Women of many of the other states
have also undertaken special enter
prises of their own. Those of Georgia
for instance. established the Ayers
Hospital for Women at Hwanghien
China, d girls school at Kumamoto,
Japan, the Catherine Bryan Kinder
garten School at Canton, China, and
the Mary P. Wilhngham School for
Girls at Blue Ridge, Ca school de.
signed especially for the education OF
girls in the mountainous section of
that state.
Many of the other state unions havs
special projects such as Good viii
Centers in the tenement, factory and
mining districts. where effort 10 made
to bring more sunshine and enlightea.
ment and love into the homes and
lives OF needy families, especially
those of foreign birth; church building
fun6s, scholarships for young women
who want to obtain training for spe
cial Christian service. and similar an
dertakings.
The general W. M IT,, representing
all the women of the Southern Baptist
Convention Gyms, and operates the
Women's Training School at Louis
vile, Ky, which has already sent out
700 trained women for special servfcs
~ all parts OF the world; and has 60
tablished the Margaret Fund for the
education in the Baptist schools of the
South the sons and daughters OF mis-
sionaries on the foreign fields. and
the Fannie f. 5. Heck Memorial. a
church building fund established in
honor of one of the greatest leaders
Southern Baptist women has known.
But money for the support of these
institutions as well as that for the pay.
ment OF the women's pledge of 3lE,.
100000 in the rs Million Campaign.
viii be raised by the actual work OF
the women and through economy and
sacrifice. Church fairs. bazaars, sup
pers, ice cream socials and the like.
are frowned upon by the organized
Baptist women OF the South as un-
worthy means for raising funds for
carrying forward the work OF the king
tom OF God and their contributions
VII not come from this source. IL il
announced