Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-27

Jne total eXpenQlLureS $2,UZl.06.
 I am interested in other religious so- l cieties besides the Kings Daughters, and it seems to me if I were asking for statistics the question I would ask would below many of your membership can you depend upon for personal work? AL most all are willing to give even if their purse strings do squeak little, but it is hard to get people to take any re- sponsibility, or do any work The conse- quences are that the willing workers are over worked-I lay this state of affairs to the war. It seems to get the blame for all the other evils in the world, so one more. evil will not matter. I saw a paragraph in one of David c. Cooks pub lications the other day which may en- courage tke laggard and be a consolation to the over worked
 When your work becomes so heavy that you begin to feel that you simply must drop it, remember this: that the Jhysicians are telling us these days that no one ever died from oyerwork. He may have died from lack of sleep, from insufficient food, from lack of attention to some other vital physical need, but from work-Never. Or if you don't be- lieve the doctors verdict, then here is a rhyme good to learn and good to say over when problems tnlcken: It's wonderful death to die. It's a wonderful death to die. It's a wonderful death to be worked to death,
 Oh. wonderful death to die.
 Just a glimpse into the lines of work 1 carried on by the various circles. There were no unusual met<ods of raising mon- i ey unless you make an exception of bless | ing boxes, which ought to become a l habit or selling silver polish to help brighten the world,
 The East Thompson circle had made 1 it's last payment on the hall and is car 1 rying on work of rare value to the com munity.
 The Mizpah circle, Putnam. has it's
 sunshine bc.ves which we heard about
 at the conference and the Burden Bear
 CTS are helping the boys of their church. The Cheerful Doers of Central Village
 have bought new hymn board for the church.
 The circles of Jewett City have each
 made a venture into that delicate mat ter of reaching the foreign born. The
 Dorcas circle has been caught in two 1 showers, one Of kitchen utensils for a | family whose 1tne was burned the ot1l-
 ed for a magazine shower for a sick person.
 The Willinantio circles are still inter-
 ested in the Card Home and other To-
 cal charities.
 The Norwich circles are all interested
 in the Backus hospital, the Rock NooI
 Home, the United Charities and the Sal
 vation Army. I wish you might all set
 the Johnson Home for the support O
 which the Home chapter was s,arted anC
 where the chapter holds all it's meet
 ings.
 Two of the circles have adopted Ar
 menian orphans, and one circle sup
 ports a French orphhan.
 Various missionary organizations an,
 local objects lave received substantia
 support.
 1 noticed that one circle visited tn i almshouse personally. Gifts ste alway so much nicer from the hand of tn
 giver Paul taugh us that, in a recen Sunday school lesson when he was on of a company to carry gifts to the Hom Church. The circle of Happy Days is a the dearer to us since the one that gay them their beautiful name Is no nor
 with us (N1rs. Evans). They still COT tinue their church and missionary inter , i ests although most of them are youn
 l : work of their lives.
 z New London has three busy circle
 i One circle seemed anxious lest the ' report might savor of pleasure seekin | 1 But what more important work has u = church today than to provide clean pea f ure for those who wouldn't be parti
 ular about the kind of pleasure they CT <. joy. As I glanced through another r, r port it would seem that the circles Ina a fitted innumerable children with stocl ., ings, which is Herculean task. If q were to try to itemize the bouquets, u f garments, the fruit, the calls, the loc . and outside charities it would be an LII
 believable amount. And We have on = three Junior circles in traiaing to tai ,- up this work which Is not strictly chur, f. work, or strictly missionary work It
 filling the chinks between. What are {. going to do about it?
 ., The state president, Mrs. Rector, d : l;verAi the address of the afternoo ,< choosing for her topic, Ourselves F | Others. Following the state residen address 2 vesper service was held al 'a the session came to a close with pray n shortly after o'clock. l. The entertainment opened in the c
 ening at the Community house at T. r- o'clock when a concent was given F. the Filipino stringed orchestra from t Submarine Base Following the half ho I: concert there was two act play e " titie4 Two Masters" which was " . received by the audience of 200 or mo ii The play, which was given last year
 the Community house, was exceptiona sn l well presented The cast was as f st lows:
 ut Mrs. Van Horn, lady of wealth, str nj Ing 10 serve two masters, Mrs. A. tn Freeman; Mrs. Stewart, her inva be mother, Mrs. Joseph French; Janet !
 Crea- a missionary's daughter. Miss \ It's bel Bowen: Rachel. Charlotte and Hel I her college chums, Mrs A. J. Shay, N CT Richard Gregson and Mrs Philip R al erts; Mrs Von der Witt-Jones, no ne traveller and lecturer. HfiSs Marion B A be; President of the Culture Club, M 'o- William IL DaEiey.
 h. Mrs Dawley was in charge of the Er- tertainment The members of the Filip IT. orchestra were transported to and fir rst the base by automobile by William IT. and H. F. Dawiey.
 le- The convention will continue toi l1s