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THE SCilANTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY, NOVEiUBER 22, 1902.
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MISSION WORK
HEREABOUTS
SUBJECT DISCUSSED BY MRS. D.
X.. RHONE.
there Is n Oieat Field for the Home
Mission Workers Right nt Their
Doors Boys Ought to Be Taken
Out of the Mines nnd Sent to
School Memorial Service a. Fea
ture of tho Morning Session of the
Home Missionary Convention.
Mid. 1). Ii. niioiic, of WllkciI3uiic,
rr.id a paper bcfoie the Woman's Home
Ilisslonnvy conference yesterday on
"Xced of Mission Woik In the Coal
ItPRlons," which attracted much ot
tcntlon. Mrs. Rhone hns wiltten books
tind Is a frequent contributor to the
innRnzlncH. AnioiiB other things she
Bald:
The most nubtle, fni-loncliliiR ilument to
ilral with In tlio ecal melon l not the
Slav Immigrant, ioiirIi, hnlt bnilmious ;9
ho undoubtedly li. The force-! which we
call Ainri Icnnlsin ate uliciidy woikliig
upon him, Icni'iidlng and Hciftriilnir him.
This Is the first clilke In wltlrli he has
taken part, for wr may call Hint of 1000
mcicly tho piofacu to this, but tlm cle
ment with which c have to ileal Is the
boy of the coal iokIoiis the boy In tho
mines. Ill) pait In the stillte, his putt
In the ftituto of tho co.il ickIoiim cannot
possibly be Ignoiori. livery time flRiires
are made the boy Is i c honed as a man,
- when the boy btops, the mine stops. Of
the 117,000 mines workers and y.ou have
licaid those llstucs about a thousand
times in the last tx months there aio
tibont 70.000 mhiPis and laboiois.
Kveiy boy above sixteen yeais of hko
has a vote In the union, below Mlxtpcn
a half vote; that Is, a boy who cannot
vote for school dhcttov or town loa
dable can voto to wreck the bnslni'ss nf
these meat anthracite valleys. Thee
bos nro almost all Ameilcan bnin. They
mo the cblldicn of tho eat Her lmml
Kinnts. At twolvo yeais of ngi tin- law
permits a boy to work In the bleaker, at
fourteen the law pel mils liim to dilva
mules and open and clove the doors In
the daik labyiinths of tho mine. That
tlicic aie child! en nf et moie tender
cms oniploped In these occupations is
well known for pnients swear falsely
about their chlldien's tigc In older to sret
them employment.
It's a Bad Thing.
It Is a bad thing for a boy to be it wage
earner. It fflves him an independence
which he has not the discretion to nsa
pioperly and it renders pateinal authoi
ity altOKOther null, he puionts usually
lceosnlze tills and leason thftt if little
Johnny wcrks in the brca'cer nil the
week he ought to be allowed to attend tho
lock fight on Sunday and to spend a
sliaie of his wages hi clgaiettes and the
theater.
To shut a boy up undeiRiound with a
hltlng; kicking, balky mule or in a loai
iug breaker for nine jears of his eailv life
Is sine to biiug" him up almost a savage.
His chief PMltcment is in mauling a
mule and his chief ambition to umphe a
Sunday haso ball game. Many a boy is
caily deprhed of a father, and the bur
den of maintaining a mother and the.
jounger cblldicn has been tin own upon
blm. lie is thus eaily made to feel tho
pangs of poverty and the hardships of life
in their most acute bea lings and becomes
baldened to his condition with stolid lu
ll Iff eienee.
Heie at our feet is not only an open
oor of opportunity but a positive iniper
itlve call to duty for selt-detense. Thcie
must be measures other than and fnr
llffeient fiom Hie tenois of piison, the
Vollcomau's club or the soldier's line.
What shall we do about It? The tiunnt
officer would dihe him to sihool but
Mie public school is an institution too
highly refined for him under his pies
int envit onment.
The bos ought to be taken out of the
iilues. Do not misunderstand me. He
should be taken -from the mines not he
c.iuse the mines are dark nnd dlity anil
ilaneeious. Thorn is no better btmlnesi
in thn woild than coal mining, then; Is
none wheie promotion is moie leitaiu and
Swift. Krom slate picker or dihtr to la
boicr. to minci, to boss, to foieinau, to
superintendent, to opeiator Is a path
which has been followed by manv men
whose names are familial to you all.
Ought to Be in School.
Hut he ought to bo taken fiom the
tnlnes timing tho tender eais while cliai
niter Is tormina;. He ought to bo in
school learning not alone fiom books but
learning obedience to discipline, learnliiR
to be an intelligent miner, not a meio
local slate pickets will be put in the
will come when tho work that he is do
ing will bo done by machinery. Mechan
ical slate plckei3 will be put In tho
bieakers. The woik that is being done
tinderground hy bojs and mules will ba
clone by steam or WettiiUty. Hut we
cannot wait until that time comes It
may never come.
A good deal has been done in this mat
ter, Mrs, Palmer's Uos" ludustilal as
sociation In Wilkes-Bane, and blinlUr
institutions in other places lme done
something. Young Men's Clnlstlan as
sociations have done soniethlns. The
t-chool boards in many of the cities of the
toal region are willing' to piolde night
schools but seldom have any pupils for a
boy who has woiKcd alt day ts too Hied
to study at night. The muious thiiich
oigault,atlous hae dono much In the
larger cities and boionghs, but tho sn
burban IIrrcs along the "outer op" bae
been woefullv neglected because of the
tllfllcultles of penctiatlng them. They
sie practically as difficult to lencli ns
the Filipinos and tho Chinese. Oonsid
etlng the cnvlionmcut and lack of homo
uilttuo of tho boy ho needs some special
effort of simple love and kindness. I'lihllo
opinion lias no foico upon hint outsldo
of a very narrow elide of his own occu
pation and nationality. Heie is a special
class to bo'opeiated upon by those who
tlo such woik fiom love and a sen,e of
religions duty, the home missionaries.
The election of officers Tuesday re
sulted as follows: President, Mrs. C.
II. Mogg. of Wllkos-Hnrre; llrst vice
president, Mrs. A. W. Hayes, of Ulug
hnuiton; second vice piesUlent, Jits,
Henry Tusksley, of Oneonta; loues
pondlnsr seciotary, Mis. a, B. Kulp,
Wllkes-Hatre; recording secretary,
Miss Hariiet Pascoe, Cmboudale; ticas
iii er, .Mrs. Frances P. Hough, 13lng
liaiuton, Memorial Service.
Mis, O, K, Mogg presided at the hive
feast of the morning session, and fol
lowing this was a memorial service.
Mrs, Cleoign Geming, of Waverly, N,
Y,, died but tliree weeks ago, Sho was
a prominent worker In tiro chinch and
was particularly elllclent in the mls
Plonary societies. As district seeiet.uy
her place Is very hard to fill. Mrs.
George Ii, Kulp, and Mrs, M, D, Fuller
upoke with emotion or her beautiful life
nnd Influence, Dr, Moore followed with
remarks.
Mrs. Kulp paid a touching tribute to
Mrs, William Connell, whose loving in
terest Is such a loss to the woik. Mis.
Kuthetlne Khvell and Mrs. Henry
lirownscoiue weie also nffectlonately
ccmeinbered In this service,
Mrs. A. P. Chaffee called attention to
the need of work among foreigners In
the Wyoming valley, Mrs. nutler and
Mrs, Tompklnson spoke on 'the same
subject and the following committee
was appointed to express the sentlmerit
of (he convention on the subject: Mi.
A. l 'haffce, Mrs. A. W, Hayes and
Mrs. Allen. ,
Mrs. Chaffee read tho resolution
which recommended to the general
MIsBlonaty committee that an appro
priation be made. It also contained a
request to the board of trustees of tho
society to Investigate nnd take steps
toward supplying the need as soon as
possible, tt was also recommended that
a committee be appointed with power
to act with regard to Immediate mis
sionary work among these classes.
Mi p. A. Giiriln responded for the
Lucy Mutt Hayes Training school, at
Washington, D, C. Mrs. Young, dis
trict superintendent, reported for the
Oncuntii district. Mrs. Nicholson re
ported forty members at Waverly, N.
Y. Mrs. Serena Von Storch reported
for the Wyoming district nnd Mrs. Ful
ler reported for Ilonesdale district.
Paper on Tithing.
Mrs. W. J. Hasklns' paper on "Tith
ing," was read by Mrs. Smith. It was
full of piactlcal teachings.
Mrs. Tompklnson gave an Interesting
tntk on the convention at Kansas City,
and also told a fascinating story of a
Japanese girl.
Mrs. C. B. Henry conducted tne de
votional exercises of the afternoon.
The continuation of reports of the dis
trict secretaries followed and district
secretaries weie elected. They are Mrs.
J. W. Thomas, Mrs. J. C. Leacock, Mrs.
Llewellyn, Mrs. W. 0. Williams, Mrs.
M. D. Fuller, ms. V. 11. Young, Mts.
L. E. SanfonL
A feature of tire afternoon was a
beautiful solo, "Face to Face," by
Madame I.enore Thomson.
Mrs. Thomas II. Dale, of this city,
read one of the most Intetestlng papers
of the convention, on the subject of
"Jtuot Hall," the training school In
Washington, which sho described. In
addition she said that Elm Park church
had raised $700.40 in money and supplies
the past year. She stated that the so
ciety of the church would raise $200
toward the conference pledge of $1,300
for Rust Hall.
Mlis Edna Saxe gave a charming
rending on "The Deacons." Mrs. May
Leonard Woodruff was Introduced and
sang with rare sweetness, "When the
Roll Is Called Vp Yonder."
Mis. May Leonard Wodruff gave a
rarely Interesting address on "Porto
Rico," at the evening session. She is
very handsome, with remarkably fine
oratorical powets and she told graph
ically of the poor little Puerto Rlean
wiles, the "esposas," whom Spanish
soldiers had, married and left without
a good-bye, left with helpless families.
Men missionaries nnd men preachers
can not go into these "petlos," the mis
erable homes of deserted women, moth
ers, but not legal wives. It Is only
women who can enter the homes.
The speaker urged the need,-? of these
wi etched families that the Home Mis
sionary society can aid. The people have
been deeply wronged, they are refused
the lltes of the church unless money is
paid, and they are sttffeilng gieutly
under past conditions. In San Juan to
day the bone pile has been buried but
until recently if the rent of a grave
was unpaid the bodies of the dead
weie dtagged forth fiom their graves
and thrown on the common unblessed
heap. The deaconesses reach gltls and
women of Puerto Rico In a way that no
otheis can.
The condition of molality Is so very
low that it can scarcely be deseilbed.
Little gills of fifteen are mothers, "es
poused," yet not man led. The hospi
tals were mud" houses of piostltution
where frightful conditions pievalled.
At the conclusion of the address
pledges were taken for assistance in
this work and the convention adjourned
after the election of Mis. D. L. Rhone
delegate, nnd Mis. T. II. Dale as al
ternate, to the national convention at
Chattanooga, Term.
A Druggist's Advice.
Sir. L. Thomps-on, it druggist of
Danville, Ind , gives the following
wholesome advice to his customers: "It
you should over need a remedy for
croup or whooping cough, get Cham
ber Iain's Cough Remedy. It absolutely
has no equal tor the prevention and
cure of cioup. and If taken in time and
according to directions, it is a most ex
cellent remedy for whooping cough and
all tin oat and lung tioubies. 1 would
recommend that it bottle of this medi
cine be kept In tire home at all times,
especially wheie theie are children In
the family." For sale by all druggists.
t ' I --ll! MgMWa n iimbu-
IN THE DISTANCE.
"She is a member of Sorosis, isn't she."
"No. But her feet are."
"Sorosis"
The Swell Shoe
for Women.
The style or expression of ' 'Sorosis ' Shoes can be
detected among women's Shoes of other makes.
It's not altogether the leather qualities or the shoe
maker that are responsible. These lines of expres
sion are developed by the brain of the designer
the man who studied the life model. This is why
"Sorosis" Shoes stand alone, ranking with the best
types of "custom-made." The large number of
women who wear them know .this. To those who
don't we shall be pleased to explain in
our Women's Shoe Department. All kL f O
styles, and always . . U
Samter Brothers,
Complete Outfitters.
fr -g We open our Toyland. This an-
I Alnir nouncement in Itself ought to
I I II I J V intent young and old. Every
Vf i-T year finds something new in
Toys. This season has its nov
elties in abundance and hundreds of them are to be
found here, we've been busy the last month, assorting,
marking and displaying; come with the children and let
them wander and enjoy the thousand- and .one things
that make the child's heart beat with joy
"What would Christmas be to children- without
Toys? Never before have jwe been so well prepared to
meet all the wishes of Yo.ung America. Can't name
them all. Such an array of Games, Dolls, Minature
Houses, Rocking Horses, Animals, Safes, Tool Chests,
Engines, Toy Guns, Shooting Galleries and Drums and
so on. Remember Saturday Night the opening.
Prom the Men's Furnishing Department
The greatest kind of activity is noticed all through this department.
Choice designs in Ties, correct styles in Laundrled Shirts are finding
their way to counters and shelves every day. A few items for Saturday,
Fleece Lined Shirts and Draw
ers, medium weight, prlc-
edat 29C
Fleeced Lined Shirts and Draw
ers, heavy 'weight, priced
at 39c
Wool Medicated Shirts and
Drawers, camel's hair and .
natural 47C
Outing Flannel Night Shirt,
men's and boys'. Full
length, sizes from 12 to .
19, at 47C
Get the Right Time Piece
The $1.00 Kind for
69c, Saturday
Full nickle, 30-hour time and
alarm. All guaranteed.
Women's Kid Gloves
There is fashion in every feat
ure of our Perfection Kid Gloves,
2-clasp, all staple colors and white
and black, self and colored stitch
ing, guaranteed, a
pair $1.00
Boys' Clothing Department
Second
Floor
Boy's Double Band Caps
Made from all wool material, come
in plain and fancy colors, all sizes
for small or large boys,
at 25c
v Child's Long Overcoats, in
plain and fancy colors, up-to-date in
style, very serviceable 0
cloth, priced at p3. 4o
Child's Toques of Pure Wool
Colors are very popular. .
oc Kina, aaiuraay I y,
Beys' Overcoats Long, full
cut coat, heavy all wool frieze, dark
color, cut in the best
of style, size 8 to 15
years .1)3.90
Women' Handkerchiefs
Not any too early to make your selections for Holiday gifts,
number Is at It best now a splendid time to make selections,
numbers mentioned for Saturday:
All-linen, 1-3, 1-4 and 1-2
inch hem, 12 l-2c kind for.. 9C
Hemstitched embroidery i n
Swiss and linen. Priced
at 15c, 19c, 25c, 35C and 50C
Every
A few
lace
Embroidered, Swiss and
edge, large assortment;
also hemstitched and em
broidered, at ioc, iaic
15c, 19c and 25C
Today Will Be the Last Day for
The Free Exhibition of Moving Pictures
Horning Programme Begins 10 and 11 o'clock. A trip to the
Moon, A Good Catch, Facial Massage, Tramp's Interrupted Nap, The
Old Maid's Lament, Smoking Smokes, Gilbert Sarony Making Up for
the Stage.
Afternoon Programme Begins at 2, 3 and 4, 3 Burglars In a
Wine Cellar, Little Red Riding Hood.
At the Evening Exhibition positively no children admitted un
less accompanied by parents.
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Free Gifts for Christmas
A TREE is known by its fruits; A FIRM is known by the Mdse. it sells. '
Our firm, though quite young, has become well and favorably 'known be
cause of the goods we have sold, and as an inducement for you to continue your
patronage we will present free on Christmas Eve, two prizes.
PRIZE No. 1 $60.00 worth of Mdse. to be selected at our store.
No. 2 $40.00, to be selected in like manner as No. 1.
We will give one coupon with every dollar's worth
of goods purchased. The duplicate coupons will be
placed in a box prepared for the purpose, and the
manner of drawing same will be advertised later on.
This store will be headquarters for Xmas shoppers.
Our six large floors will be filled to overflowing with
handsome gifts.
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