Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-03-31
Many Children Attend.

of Miss Liers, a returned missionary
from India. More than a hundred
children gathered at four O'Clock and
she held them spell-bound as she
told them of the little ones in India,
how theX dressed and what they ate.
She told of the poorer classes who
knew not God or cleanliness, and ex-
planned that because of the Kings
nickles she was able to go to India
as the children's missionary to tell
them of Jesus.
Banquet Well Attended.
The ladies of Audubon had care
fully planned a banquet for the del
egates and the visitors. This was
served in the church dining room at
$50 Tuesday evening. The dele
gates praised the ladies very highly
for the manner in which it was sery-
ed and the excellent menu that had
been prepared. More than a hun
dred plates were served.
After the inner man had been sat-
isfied a program OF toasts was car
ried out. Mrs. l.. b. Gray, of Stuart
acted as toastmistress and filled her
position most admirably. She spoke
of the old fashioned gardens and
called special attention to the min
iature garden that had been built in
the background, all of which worked
out tremendously with the subjects
assigned to the speakers. Mrs. Cable
of Denison, spoke on 1.-THE Garden
of Opportunity" Miss Harriet Bill
harz, of this city, on 1.-THE Seed
Time" Miss Lucille Rutherford, of
this city, on 1.-THE Increase" Mrs. S.
l.. Rutt, of Casey, on "The Harvest"
and closed with a delightful talk by
Miss Liers, of India, on "Just
Handful of Posies from a Foreign
Shore" She said, however, instead
Of handful of posies she preferred
to refer to her subject as garlands.
The Evening Program.
The banqueters then reassembled
in the auditorium for the evening
program, which was presided over
by the president, Mrs. Berry The
welcome was extended in a happy
manner by Mrs. Il. f. Bilharz, to
which Mrs Berry responded in a
similar vein. The Audubon Senior
Kings Heralds presented a pleasing
exercise representing the several for
eign countries in which missionary
work is being carried on. Those
taking part appeared in native cos
tunes. This was followed by drill
given by the Audubon Junior Kings
Heralds. Both of these numbers
were highly appreciated. A ladies
quartet composed of Mesdames Kjer,
Hart, Freeman and Smith, rendered
a n1aa caIaatinn
The speaker of the evening was
Miss Josephine Liers, OF India, who
has been in the foreign field four
teen years. She gave a convincing
talk and presented many of The pc
culiar customs of the people among
whom she has been so many years.
She made reference to the famines
that frequent that section of India
but did not dwell upon the matter
very long, for she said she preferred
not to think of the suffering to
which the natives are subjected from
hunger and disease.
The Wednesday Program.
The program began at nine o'clock
with the workers conference, in
charge of Mrs. j. r. Larson, of Ne
vada. Then came the morning wor-
ship, led by Mrs. r. B. Chisholm, of
Griswold.
The report of the district officers
was very interesting and brought
out the satisfactory results of the
membership drive which has been
conducted in the Atlantic district. 1t
was more the rule than the excep-
ton that they had doubled their
membership. In one or two instances
the membership had been trebled.
The membership in Audubon was in
creased from 40 to 70 members.
There are 33 auxiliaries in the dis
trict with membership of 1888.
There are a total of So organiza-
tions. Young Peoples work num-
bers 220, while the number in chill
dren's work total 1877. There are
ESQ mite boxes, Ill tithers, liz text
books and new Organisations. The
total apportionment for the district
is $1,000.
Mrs. Cable had charge Of the
Quiet Hour. She said Woman was
the last to leave the tomb of Jesus.
first at the tomb in the morning and
first to receive the command Go
Thou" She has charge of the chill
dren's work and in her talk she