NOTES FROM OUR DOMINION PRESIDENT’S LETTER-BOX.

White Ribbon, Volume 26, Issue 312, 18 June 1921, Page 3

NOTES FROM OUR DOMINION PRESIDENT’S LETTER-BOX.

Among a sheaf of letter* received b> Mrs Don from all parts of the world is one from Mrs M. Beresfoiu, Literature .superintendent of South Africa. Sh<* rays th.it they will not forget to pra> for our victory in 1922, and wishes us all success. We are grateful for the prayers of our comrades the wide world over, and hope they will constantly help us in this way. One from Miss Florence Strout, Organiser for the World's W.C.T.U., now in Singapore. She asks ;i the N w Zealand I'nion could n Organiser to that country and finance her for three or five years. Our organisation there is well officered, and the people enthusiastic, but Miss Strout has to travel from place to place, and during her absence the cause languishes. They need an Organiser who could shepherd the work. It would cost £375 annually. What a field there i> for educated women willing to consecrate their lives to Christian work. A letter from Dr. Deltweller, of Canada, asking us to form a branch of the newly-formed Women’s Travelling Aid Department, of which she is Superintendent. As the Y.W.C.A. and the CtirLs’ Friendly Society do this work, there is no need for our Union to take it up at present. Still another from the World’s Superintendent of Literature, Miss Julia Deans. One of several questions she asks is for any suggestions that would be helpful to the workers in our country, and what ten books or leaflets helped us most in our last campaign, and who can answer these questions? There Is one from the Standard Encyclopaedia of the Alcoholic Problem, U.S.A., asking for a brief history of our organisation in New Zealand. Can anyone supply that? A letter from Miss Anna Gordon appears below. And one from Mrs Mary Harris Armor. including the newspaper account of the marriage of her youngest da ugh ter to Alton L. Hale, a Methodist min ister. who has charge of a strong groui of churches. The bride is a graduate of Tubman High School and of Wesleyan College. We congratulate the young couple, and hope that now the youngest daughter is married, the mother will be free to accept the in\i tation we have sent her to come ove.*

continent and ocean to htdp us in our next campaign. Evanston, Illinois, March 7, 1921. Dear Friend, —It seems only yesterday —March 24, 1920 —that Miss Deane and 1 were starting on our eventful European trip. The* busy weeks and months since our return to this beloved land last August have flown b\ in airship fashion. It is difficult to realise that we are about to set forth in the second lap of our survey, this time going to our great twin continent of South America. Unless something un foreseen occurs, we shall sail from New York City on the “Santa Ana,” of the Grace Line, March 23. We go through the Panama I’unal, with, we hope, time enough in port to see good friends in the Canal Zone. Continuing down the west coast on the "Santa Ana,” we look forward !o conferences of temperance workers in Peru and Chili, and later in Brazil Uruguay and Argentina will be our chief objectives. The surprising awakening of prohibition sentiment in many of the South American Republics makes this visit most timely and thrillingly interesting. Miss Norville, Mrs van Horn selaar, Miss Muriel Ayres, and our lead em in the English and Spanish national organisations federated with the W.C T.U., are preparing to show us all phases of their varied, splendid activities. We eagerly anticipate the joy of this closer touch with La tin-American comrades in great Republics where already the W.C.T.U. is a recognised force in the onward swing toward a sober South America. The steamship “Santa Ana” sails from pier 33. Atlantic Terminal, Brooklyn, N.Y., at 11 a.m., March 23. We ought to reach Callao, Peru, on April 4. The voyages to an<t from our neighlnwr continent require several weeks, but we plan to return in early June. For all personal letters, from March 23 to May 31, use our South American addresscare Mrs Carrie van Pemselaar. 2004 Guana. Montevideo. Uruguay. As steamers also carry mail down Gn east coast, this address is the safest one during our absence from Evanston. This Is surely a water trip. We hope the Atlantic will treat us kindly. Other wise we shall agree with the diseonso-

la!e soldier who felt altogether willing to hand over to anyone, desiring it “the freedom of the seas.” Through united prayer at noon tide, and united hard work for ‘Our Big Task” our blessed task here and in all lands, we shall be one in spirit. “Hearts will be near, though bands may Ik* far.”- Yours for world-wide victoiy, ANNA A. GORDON.