A word about our "Flower Pot" social or "Horticultural Show." Thirty members participated in the "nickel investment" about which we wrote a short time ago, and on the evening of December 5, in a very pretty hall, entertained a goodly audience, relating their manner of speculation. Bro. Ed. A. Fox's talent increased to seven dollars and two cents, the highest. His physical culture supper was all right. A pleasing entertainment of music and reading was given, also cake and cream were served. The "scheme" netted the society fifty-one dollars and twenty-one cents. While we desire to grow socially and financially, our aim is to advance in the spiritual lines. EDITH PENY ROBERTS. 57 Francis Street. ST. LOUIS BECOMES MILITANT. St. Louis, Missouri.-The St. Louis Religio still moves on and on. Our lessons have been interesting and beneficial. The attendance is exceptionally good, as are also our programs. One program of recent date is especially worthy of mention, the military program. All the music, both vocal and instrumental, was on the military order, also the readings. A special feature was a military drill by a number of young boys, which was fine. The singing lessons are still interesting, in charge of Sr. Anna DeJong. Bro. Woodstock, of Lamoni, was with us recently and addressed the Religio. E. M. PATTERSON. 2739 DeJong Street. THE "BREEZY BANNER" IN NECEDAH. Necedah, Wisconsin.-We start out this year with renewed interest and are taking more Quarterlies than ever before. Bro. John Moore is president; Sr. Luella Worby, vice-president; Sr. Perla Moore, secretary. We like the new lessons very much. The "Breezy Banner" is still an interesting part of our programs, as we have two "foreign" correspondents. Sr. Barnes, who used to live here, writes some interesting articles for us from Illinois; also Bro. E. D. Moore, now of Lamoni, has not forgotten his old home and that we are interested in all that pertains to the work in Lamoni. His articles are always of interest to us. Bro. Archie Hook, who can not meet with us at all times, sends items, too. The Religio is an important branch of the work and we know it has helped us all. SISTER RILLIE MOORE. SAN FRANCISCO RECOVERING. San Francisco, California.-We are pleased to report that the Religio work in the city by the "Golden Gate" is still alive. Our society has just completed the most trying year in its existence. For a long time the outlook was anything but encouraging, but that grand quality of perseverance and determination is beginning to bear fruit. Our society is in a more healthy condition now than at any time since the great calamity of April, 1906. The new lessons on gospel subjects have been received by our members with great interest, and are regarded as very beneficial and instructive. J. A. LAWN. SEATTLE GIVES THE SISTERS WORK. Sr. Seattle, Washington.-Our society seems to have outgrown its larvæ period and has evolved into a beautiful butterfly, as it were. Sunday, December 29, 1907, we elected officers as follows: Bertha Emslie, president; Sr. Martha Proctor, vice-president; Sr. Hazel Proctor, secretary; Sr. Nettie Davis, treasurer; Sr. Effa Williams, organist; Bro. John Holmes, librarian. The retiring acting president happened to remark, not being in sympathy with the occasionally expressed idea that the place for the sisters and women of the church was at home looking after their own affairs, that nature had best fitted them to teach the young, and that a large field was open to them in the Sunday-school and Religio. The above, which followed, shows the prevailing sentiment of this spiritual and harmonious local. Now, all you who have not affiliated, come and cast in your influence to sustain and encourage these noble workers in their efforts to gather in and preserve the pure and the good. CORRESPONDENT. PEORIA HEARD FROM. Peoria, Illinois. This is the first time our society has written. to the AUTUMN LEAVES. We wish the other societies to know that we have a Religio here. There are sixteen members enrolled on our books, but we have only an average attendance of about half that number. Those that attend are alive and active in the work. The officers are as follows: Bro. A. G. Young, president; J. G. Cole, vice-president; Sr. Edith Cole, secretary, treasurer, and organist. EDITH COLE. Fall River, Massachusetts.-We are pleased to report that our society is progressing. The young people seem to be taking more. interest of late than they have in the past few months. Our society held a concert some time ago, the proceeds being for our Christmas Offering. The social and program committees had charge of the program, after which we served cake and "wheat coffee." No admission was charged, but we had a collection during the concert. The election of officers took place Sunday, January 12, of which we are glad to say that all the officers elected were young people, with the exception of our Library Commissioner, Bro. John F. Sheehy, who has been our acting president for the past six months and who was elected president, with Bro. William Roberts as vicepresident. We hope they may be able to carry on the Religio so that more of the young people may be brought into the work and realize what the Religio can do for them. ELIZABETH BALDWIN. Holden, Missouri.-Not seeing anything from Holden local for some time I hereby submit a few items of interest; local met on the first Friday in January to elect officers for next six months. The result was the following: Alma Moler, president; C. F. Scarcliff, vice-president; Elsie Thompson, secretary; Ellis Shimmel, treasurer; Blanche Allen, chorister; Ticy Moneymaker, organist; Auton Anderson, librarian. This is an able corps of officers. If they use their ability great things will be done by our local. CORRESPONDENT. Des Moines, Iowa.-The society is in good working order, with a membership of seventy-eight; during the past quarter seventytwo copies of the Quarterly were used. A. A. REAMS. DES MOINES, Iowa, January 10, 1908. Dr. Oakland, California.-The local here is doing a good work. W. P. Bush, our painless dentist, is president, with our energetic young Brother Joseph Pressley, born where the "shamrock" flourishes, as vice-president. The Quarterlies are heartily indorsed, as making hard lessons easy. The local purchased and paid for a piano, with the aid of the parent branch and the Sunday-school. The city local just across the bay from us is doing well under the care of Bro. Cecil Hawley. The Book of Mormon grows more precious the more we know of it. We feel like pressing on. Be eternally doing something, and at the same time be devising something to be done in the future for the cause, is a good motto. CORRESPONDENT. Lamoni, Iowa.-The efforts put forth in our local during the past year have been earnest and faithful. The reports handed in by the various committees at the beginning of the year are evidence of the commendable work that has been done by many of our members. Especially do we wish to make mention of the good work of our Relief Committee who have been so faithful in caring for the sick, and providing for those in need; also of the work of the Good Literature Committee, whose report shows a large amount of literature gathered and distributed. Under the energetic and careful supervision of our new president, Professor C. B. Woodstock, we feel that the society will continue to move steadily forward. Two new classes were organized the first of the year, making our classes now number twelve, with a total enrollment of two hundred and eighty. At a recent meeting the society appropriated thirty dollars towards furnishing a room at the new college dormitory. CORRESPONDENT. |