Exeter Advocate, 1911-5-25, Page 9emits filter' public thoroughfares, de
partmeal,tal snored, restaurantsand the
dance" tans,; After gaining the can
fidence or their vietrims they suggest a
trip to thein l o nese i>u nhe ,states - from
weld
itis girls r
to a1 ev err return. That there
al"
c many victims is pn;ovell, by the slat••
'sous taf Immigration officers. Tanis. Is
em of the hazdest`crimesl to ,detect, as
theta le nothing to assist .the 'police its
ru mina deem the procurers. Dr. Shear -
ea believed Toronto to be practically Free
of the real traffic, although'' it is a large,
recruiting centre. Hon Edward 'Sims
was again, quoted as aayiug that
only
20 per cent. of the victims of •this traffic
a into it voluntarily. As, there is nev-
er, a supply without a demand, 'the ex-
tent tea which this trade ha 'grto(wn`
plicates very ` matey 'fix our men. The
trarfie flourishes for two reasons -be-
cause >t ig.naral)ce and be,cause, of
dou-
ble standard of morality. Dr. Shearer
says, "Woman; are seen inn the Police
liiy
Court, mea seldom, and if they are i they
are all;awed to go. You women{ are as
mucin t•o blame as we monk. What we
de in the pollee court you do, socially,'
eel. Roosevelt was quoted aa saying,
"I :call attention to thin please, las Gov-
er.nar of Clew York, insisting that men
be held equally guilty with women when
they have latae wrongs" Our civil law
h;cs recently been revised so that a male
a'eceives 5 years instead of two, for as
certain offence. This is not enough and
ee uld be changed, In New York a new
White Slave law bas been{ enaeted,wlsich
emcee the maximum sentence an not less
than 20 years end a Line of :r11QOQ:.4t1,
.nine)° eaase of this' tratftc is tthe 'seg-
iraa.teti districts', itn, which, Dr. Shearer
says, 'obscenity and the worst forme or
vies coins to )}gin, The segregated die,
triets ere the Dally paaCes1 inthe count -
try where a girl can; be held a prisoner
against her will. In illustration of this
Mrs. efe=ulster told of of a girl whoall-
swered a,:l ad, tae a eMagle and when ebe
f;u.ad where she was, hied to escape
but was, not milowed by the 'Police, for
w,a,. could believe ink the purity ,of a girl
we) came from such a district..
A clipping front San Francisco told
pt 0 Chinese ;iris who had been die-
c.aveeed only after the officers chopped
teem seven. blind doore. These girls had
beet; bau,hl for ,$27/,000 and probably
anmr „led lease port, Another , clipping
frenu \\ ee ntagiotl stated an extensive
;.nffic len itunnan 1i e had beela revealed
by reale Ott snanivure parlors there.
elute: le being (lane to put down this)
sniffle, "•i'wcnty countries have eonibiners
against it, ea'f wiliest Canada is one. New
Uwe are being enacted, and preeautiona
are twin,- taken to Protect those coming
as etnajngeee in large clues, but to
reach the swot of the matter we must 'be-
gin In our "domes. The following public
eratceuent wale ;recently' made by a ,gen"
Denten in Chicago, "Unless, steps of a
0 ?teetive ebaracter are titkon' at once
a Agit ach'aol scandal will come to
light that writ ahiack our ci,(ica from
oast to coast)" Much can, be Bono by
the wlornen of the convention in, their
oven homes, and by warning
the
The d
devotional exercises off tho.evening
meeting were lead by Mr. laobb t
which s, after
c n Mrs. Harri�sian, ",gave file Cott, Sec
re.,rt
lA of
citclrs, and bands.. She e
mcei,eed byom-
ron,labulating the 'Women
because +of the wonderful age in which
they are nyhm.;, .ft is a dayof
nnniraciest
God has,' ieveiled difficuitiee' ink the way
of the progress of Hie Kingdom = the
church has wakened up to the command,
"G}." And the' young are the heir of
all the ages, with mighty thiingsbefore
therm. Again the young are to be con.'.
;,rarulated because ,of thein place in, the.
world's greatest movement—tae estab
iishment 'of Gods kingdosn, This will.
Mean, tile enrichment of life, for tihet self-
ish life is dwarfed, but the life centred
in Christ is enlarged. The story of
mnission3 is stenos{ the story of the life
lost and
.,round main—the Story of Liv-
iknstene, who lost his life in the jungles
of Africa the .story of Jennie Ford,
whf, lost her life and found 'It tagain
in the lives of the helpless babes; the
story of T-.1'erbie Bellamy, who foundhis'
life iia the rescued orphans of t{enaza-'
wa, Japan. This place in the establish-
ment of God's kingdom means the con,
tinuity ,of work—the taking, up of the,
work of the wounenk of to -day. As never
before, the call is for skilled workmen,
far expert men and. women. The young
of to -day are being educated for this:
wlerk, and in the future will 001 be; able
to plead the lack of training. The work
among the young is an arsenal for re-
serves, "Sunday Schleol l"vatngellam„
has the right ring and is ,getting down
to the foundation. ",Train up a child in
the way be should go"—the Book says,
"Train up a child in Rand and Cirele
and surely she will catch a vision of
a great 'iced{ World and say, "Hero
am II sand met' Thein there shall Rot
be a latae of woahers but they , shall
hear the call and g;a' forth in thb att•eng�
lh of the Master to sbrve ;IJljn by( Set-v.
lung "the .least 'af these His brethren.'"
"
In c,>ncivaloll Mrs. 1•Iarrison reported
88 elrclee—an increase sof 2-9 auxiliar-
ies who have Circle members—total cir-
cle members 1181. Giviuge $1.,78$.12
'(these are not complete figures), an in-
crease of ,$202,33,
Bands 84, increase of 3, membership
1101 (not final), $7d5.68 (also not
7,ncrease of *183.99.
To -m followed the presentation of
"Life lferbershrp" saleolarship to the
Band and rerele, ))avid); the largest per-
centage
ercentage increase—Seafgortl1 Band and
Thedf,ard Circle being the fortunate
Hansa.
Miss Martin of the Rescue Horne, Vic-
toria, B. 0,, who is on furlough, tweak'
called upon ter give the address of the
evening, and her address was the tory
of the gleed In Iletoria. "for 'the -'kind: of
work In which she is etagled. She
epal(e first ot. the 22,000 Orientals in
B, C., most of whom have re;Ver heard
of Christ and she drew a picture of
an old woman of Bp in the Somst House
g ca petitions; and throwing
9':>metihing which she held in her hand
1) the floor to see if hord i
be granted. She k t ton would
e ais'o spoke of the sea,.
s',311,
of
w
dragon o
tjshlp in Yictorta, and
the Chinese New Year s
b i I of which show the.;etron;g dl of.
tv,Vhenisnl and the lavish expenditure
',,• )honey in heathen worship. Many of
lh,e, thinking classes a on'
g fixe: Orfen-
teas are net satisfied with their forms
,t' worship, but the talk] of doing away
with the does Houses led to stile@ excite`.
meat among the Chinese (and,;indeed to
art openfight) that no t,urther steps
'xeve been taken,
Work among: the Orientals Is neces-
sary because of their customs, many of
which are opposed to Catnadian Jaws
People tbeetig into the Chinese ganlb-
1L cy dens, among the erowdsa are Can,
dtaal men and girls. Slavery alsg ha in
eeistencc fn Vibkoria and Vancouver,
vrlth scores of slave girls, and this
'is largely xespa.nsible for the establish-
meat •af the Rescue Dome, One 'little
slave girl was brought to the Rome
with great marks •a11 her body, branded
'l with a hat iron by her mistress. Po-
lygamy fa also carried on• by ,the Cain-
e.ee and is the cause of 'Malty unhappy
homes. One husband, with two or three
wlveg neaur;ht his three children to the
Rescue Home, because they could not
be trained at 'home. All these crines
are very difficult to detect because the
official is at tbe mercy of the Chinese
'effiela), atad because in the case of
ilalyganty the Chinese buys hie wives
a. ani la net troubled with' licensee
Owe!) regisers. The best way to atop
these terrible conditions is to Christ-
ianize the people. 160 women, ,'nave.
passed that the Rescue Hvrne, and many
a, them have #trilling stories. One
little girl Was rescued from moral
slivery and brought Into the 1lome,and
s'x' became e, Christian. Subacquentiyi
to married a Christian, in T�oronto,and
they in theta= turn taught and freed a
little Chinese slave girl of whom they
':ad heard. Now both are In China
studyiar with a view to entering mise-.
Savary work, Evangelization. is done by
ttie Home among the women Of China...
town, who are very much in"terested,but
w arose husbands render the work ex-
t.'ernely difficult by their oppoeit}oll. De.
cause of the difficulties attending this
work, there is gnat need of prayer a -
in ,e the 'women of the east, Other
dat.lils oaf the work of the "home Evert
given and Miss Martinn cyancluded with.
an appeal for senile -dile", prayer, and for
yp'un;r people to go forth, and preach the
g nspel.
Tania eaneluded the second day of the
Convention.
Thursday morning's meeting was op-
ened appriapriately by ,a quiet hour, led
by Mrs. Harrison who spoke beautifully,
aa prayer. Her subject was the pray-
er life of Chriet, Christ is our pattern
and vee must atudy him and arrange our
]lues by His, Prayer was a ,habit with
Christ—am every day thing. 5o we ought
7
t aside a portion of tyre day', for
ar, After he quiet hour the Molina
L a, was given to business.
are rise rc gI.'orJ organizers
n_
mvilning Dist, organizers
re,
Ia'
a`ta.
Mr
s, `raYlar of Chatham Dist report-
ed 1 Darr Circle, 2 Bander and
cradle rails; .niemberah. 412$1333.12
three
raised. For Sarnia p -, $138 ar-
racl'>u'-�h District airs. Bar,.
reported 1 auxiliary less, but
excellent wark through the year. Miss:
Crichta,n of leidgetown, Dist.
auz1itaries 3 reported 10
circiea bands and a
financial ,increase of $127.26. Mae.
last gave the re s Mar
part for Se, Thomas,
s l awint> 19 auxiliaries, one new, 2 new
ircles, 3 bands, auxiliary membership
X35, etrele 61, band 60, cradle 54, .
seciate 74 ,amount raised $1442.31.1.
The report of the Windsor P3etrict w3
read by Mrs. Tennant and receivede
s 'lading — ague ,
A1330,17;, altsaounk sent to Treasurer,
auxiliary membership 579;
band 399; circle 107; 3 new organize,
The Time of Branch Meeting was ors
nation ohanged, the books" to close
May :fir, the on
�a'nvention to convene
apprexinlately two'weeks later, exact
date being left ti the Executive',
The Car -Sees, report and that of the
Treasurer were adopted with these cor-
rectiens 10 the former, amount remitted
fr ml Circles to Auxiliaries {substitute
$1851.63 ; and far amount remitted from.
Bands to Auxiliaries aubstitute $761.43
After tees Ran Call, to whim 14-7 ,de,
legatee and defieees answered lettere
were clap•alnted and the elections of of -
again, and reenited,--
DISTRICT ORGAlvZZERS--.
Landon Detriet-Mrs, Rea.
Gaderich District—Mrs, Leaeb
Wingham District—arra, Snarling..
Exeter District—Mrs. Wilson
Strathroy Di}strict--lira, Grailain
Windsor District—Mrs, Learoyd
Sarnia District -•-Aire, i3arraelough
Chatham District--eira. Taylor,
Ridsetowa, District --Mrs. Crichton
St. Thomas—left to Executive.
OFFICERS.
limn, President—Mrs. Burma,
President -firs, Wright
1st Viee—\fns, Achetaruia,
2nd Vice—Airs, Fowler
`3rd Vice airs, Learoyd
Car. See.—;'airs. Tenanatst
Rec, Sec.—Mrs, Metlleter
'real,—Mrs, Marlette
Beard ae Circle Ser~,: Aire, l-larrispn
Supt. Sym, Giving --Airs. afcCanlus.
Rep, to Conference_ fre, Wright
Delegates tax Board of Ma nageri
Mesdames McAlister, Marlatt, Harrison
Alteraiates—ereselanies 1ICCamxts and
Weekes.
In `fixing her closing words; ATre,
Wr1g'lat emphasized what had been, the
undertone of the whole convention, arsd
save us the motto for the enauing year.
"Ask of me, and '•,shim) *gixle 'thee the
heathen, Craan inheritance.
The fellowine telegram wale receivers
trona the W.X.S. at Calb"ary. To ting,
Waley Snell, Ezeter Tho Alberta
Branch of the W, lvt. S•: ,horn'! in' session
at Calgary, sends' heartiest greetings' to
the :london, Branch novr assembled in
tEceter. We wish yiau God speed 5110
pray that this year nay be the best. --
Mrs.
est.—Mrs.
Co'bblediek, 5lrs•, Shouldice,
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