A VALUABLE SOCIETY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 642, 20 October 1909, Page 4

A VALUABLE SOCIETY.

-ITS ANNUAL MEETING. • .The! annual; meeting of Hie Society for■thd .'Protection;.of iiWomen- &ttd«Children, was held ■last night-ill tW ioililtiitUe tWm of this Town Hall,-'when-his-Eioellcncy tho 06'vernor presided.';'| ; : V-;■' ■vHfc Exccilency,'ipoke of . the very valuable Wli, di<raV> by- tfcorftoteijy it did not attract raucli' attention, 1 one - did ' Hot read tanriy let 1 , iters in the;' public; Jfess; criticising its actions; ,or' proving f; thtmi, but,-, consitlcrinti ; tho .delicate' hathre' Oti'the cases "with whibh'it had 'to deal, . this ;,.WS. d'.feature, nittfrh'.- to bo com'mouded.j.- ilhef® was' one paragraph'iin |the re-, port tehlbh;.-. hi) ,WoUld . like to' fiiafco special re-t'ei-ence t0,,, and. that '.was the. eOoietyV expres-sion^-.of -regret 'at- the ..death of ( 'ii'rs.VHisiop., 'He,'felt;sure that;'oyery'ono, present would echo. that'ex'pWßSil3li..;'rf 'fegret.;-; Ho Mrs. :Si3!op'.a3.'oh«, of; fifaokttypes of a Christian lady, cheery;; always taking, the best view 'of-, things, I .' helping 'w.here help was needed, not 'because ; she was tho", wife : ot . the.Mayor, nor iany.'advantage was. to .bo gained .from it,':but.'doin» .tlje.loifq bf God and thd good of humanity. .■■ " v ■/';Mrs. : 8., Atkinson (presideat), who;, read kite reached the, pHt'Kgt'aph. Vefel'rctl to, atid expressed her personal'■'tlianlw to his Excolloncyfor his appreciation cf. ;ob4 si (Mis.: Ilislop's ■ most . striking ■ cliaraototistica' hid to&rt ■tho willingness .with, which she undettook any fluty, arid,-tho;ch&sfy. bray' ih jtiteh 'She carried, it- out,- '■ '.''S .' ' Mrs.- Waters;- the sdCTetary;- seconded the re-, solution to ;sd6fitj_tho,, import, which , Was carried. . .■ ■ The RflV. .Wi A. Evans mored that Mrs., At-

kinSdri be elected president, and expressedl appreciation of her;woi-ki. Ho congratulated the Society on-its' position,' as disclosed by.tho re.port,.,which, did ftot/.h&wefer,' fully represent c(he;w.o.rk?'dd.no:by.-tbe society:'• The main value . <of'.the sqeiely-waS-in its secret sefvico. Ho spbice ■'. ni,lhe.K-ssontfal:;eonnection : between: the family and the State, and added'that the society: cs-SiitSPto-consefVovth'e'■lißrfllbriy'-tlf'thd honie',' ■ Th6iiome k lip*.,occupied a.vefy.different pBSi- [ "tibii'lFqift'' ttiat'6t farinef 'days," : Tho tendency: ■ now \Wa3 to measure everything:by- economic or .social rule, : and individualism had entered thb family and dons a good <t«al of havob, 'to many, marriages had become a contractual relationv and. the .fainily a sphere of rights id- , :B^f^L of:-. ■ PB^tt'fcSw^hMr^ft^-irtsalKd: la ■ theatre-. ' Sporisibiiity. of children? with■', regard to par-. '■ ents,. The .. Benevolent Trustees - were acciis-, temed to appeals from young men llnd Women ; ,who wished.to.shift thb..burden tif;Siipportiftjj; •• their-ageih parents-ffoiu their bwn : .ehdUtders. : This was oho sign ..of: the way that the demo-* i btetic spirit and 'thb iusratehec bfti Individual;' > rights bad -broken up the home .•".' A society- ' iSt^h:.i\9.,i'tW9.'{y«S , rfV&ll<id intb ! exlßttmtV of .thohon'ie by the. .- loss'of recognition of'authority and .Obedience. 1 ' • He-rogatdod thb.wdrk done by hor.'.Eicelleney; l&dy. PlunketiU preaching tho duties .of'parf enthood as dfliost valuable, check on these un-- . desirable tendencies;.' 1 . . "'.'./• ■• !/;. :;;M6thSf'Mary. A\lbbf.t,Eßc'ondt!d this f ttpd added the valiie'bf the ser-. Vices Vfejldefed; by ;thcir Excollohciesi . names df Mfs. Fell: and MrsV.Evans as, vice-presidents. In. doing lb, Jie'f cbmmentedion thd .'Work of the various! |qCiet)es..iil;iWolliiigtob£tthteh Were• ninh'aged' : by'Hvonieh— rio- 1 .cioty/fbr-the Health of Women; and Childfen, ahd-'that-for tub "Protcctidn of :AVotubil and' Ohildlen. 11l .his'fniislon work he had often pxpefiettced tho Valid Of the hdlp.giveil bj" this Bteietyi^and~'hß^cammefided ; it'to the hearty' Suppoß' of; tUd pilbl)6;: J ': Y .'■■.'■■ ■'.- ■•,•; jiroviouS speaker's' -'proposals.'' ■'*■':■'.'■' .'".:■■■■■'"■ '■::'' -" : ' ; :'.'.';. ■"'■ : '-■• .•..The:.Kev.' J. K. Elliott,- who proposed tho' . .clectidn of Mrs.- J./Kifltcaldie-as. treasurer,; added his testimony to :tno. value Of the so.'.fc'i'ety's'.SVofk."''^ hood for suoh a society. Hehad in his pastoral' ■wori Cdiiib acrdSSniaHy bases of dl'Ublty tb women, arid; children, and of the good done by VthlJJoCletytfMbrvemibm Hd had beott pleased Mth/MfVEydhs/S|,'«cll-desorved..tributo to tho ir wbrk ,! ddM ,! a'iHdng the mothers of the Domtti<: ! lon„ and by her Excclloncy'Lady Plunkoti Hot !.Congratulated the 'society on. the •tactful, way' I in which its work was dond, '•:- : Mrs.: V.l 1 01 l seconded Mrs. Kirkcdldie's nomination, which'was carried.", - Gunn moved the .election of the.following ladies ns members of committeei —Lady.;Stdut, :Mesdarni>s-A. Jii. Newman, fi, Nathan, GprdonMPonsonby), Uorrlgnn, Hdby, ,f. 0.-WilHaiH^:Wo J llis r ;O. l«ird, B. A, Bhodes' J.-.Bi; GlaSson, M'Ghvin, llsv. Methef Mary Josdpli.'.A<ibert;;;lrr;: PlattsMtills. Misses Coates and.E. 8./Brbtfrtj and Nurse Holgato. '.- ~ ,Sho.,cdngfatulatcd.the Out-going committee Oil its year's ,W6rk and;said that she had found that-arfldng.'the:, people. Witb whom it dealt, the Society ipaS: regarded as'a' friend, hot un enemy.: : '■'.';■■ *:■-.--'. ' -''''.-■': - ■ ,; Mrs. WV A. Bvans'jseconded tha resolution,' and' Sai- that. one -of the' moßt marked characteristics of the yoUngbr generation Was its lick of fltronuoiriness, and from this; it was that in.gfeat measure the need for suoh a ea» diefyafose.yrhore was among young pcbplo a lack Of tho spirit.and energy thftt ehttracterlsed the 'old pidUeerS.' PrescnUiay odnditidns were, perhaps, too easy.: Sho found'that the girls ef the present dny did net cafe to work as hard te girls twenty- or thirty.years ago, AVhother this was pitrtly dno to tho ollmate of to labour-saving appliances she didinot know. She was.afraid that tho same tendency was creeping. into the-,odltcational system, It was hafd to say hew this: tendoncy- could bd counter" •;heted, but sho thotigh'bthat In thoir homos they Should' lay -stress-on -oho Or '.two things that used long ago to bd-emphasised; flfst,,thnt hardly ahythinj was worth gaining thftt dttliid without ettuggidi'sooOnd, that each-jsfeco of bo doiio thoroughly j third, that no ■ duty should be eat aside except fot a higher one, It wosilatholltabla to see how little'feolmg of tesponsibility many -yonng people had With regard to societies they joined and work .they'...undertook,'Those -proposed by Dr. Qnm were bleoted. : ■; M%. Klrktaldia.movod -tho election of the following ladies and gentlemen as liendrary solictors and physiclwisr■-* Hon, Solicitors! Messrs.:A..E. Atkinson, H. D. Bell, 0. H. lard J., Logan Stout, .H, Cooper (Pnlmeraton North), Fioldj Hislop, Myers, Mdrlion, Tanner, Young; H.BL Ostler, AVobb, oiid G. Lloyd (Daunovifke) Hon. physicians: Dr. E, Platts-MiUs, Dr. Agues Bennett, Dr.: Eb'zabeth: Gunn, and Dr.-.'Jttat. KenaO. The resolution was seconded br Mrs, M'YiCM and carried.-,. ../'.' :.'-'. ;- ■i HisvEicollehcy shanked'.thoso'who woie prc- ; sent.for their;attondaoco t .and the speakers for . .their.- very- sensible : .-romarM. In: a gathorinß ■ffhote : lodiea::wete en ; Wodominhnt, he was afraid to say what-ha thought about women's !■ wanfthlto might soy that somo ■ ofou«woches had tetrnfa shaken him. • On the.motion of Mf6, -Atkinson, a hearty toto of ; thanks to his Bxcellency for presiding •. ;irafccinj^.:b7;aootalß»ilon.--'-'.'----'.-- ; - -