TEMPERANCE GATHERING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 145, 14 November 1914, Page 4

TEMPERANCE GATHERING.

CHILDREN'S EVENING. » In the Good Templar Eail lut nlriuV the children had a gala evening. TEeS. programme of ruuMO, b.on#t, recitation*' and dialogues was too ienythy to paw ticularise; and every iit-m was reeairej with applause, •■■.. n the bov who att' tempted to explain "IWhut Ve will dtf when the Town &>*> dry," and he did, not know his pk c <. It is always « pleasure to bo at a children'* ente»i tainnient, and this one was no excel*! tion. Though the programme was lonaJ the chairman, Xy.: T. H. RosevcaiSr wasted no tim», and the interest wu; not allowed to nag. After the ehildrefl imd had their say, Mrs Lec-Cowie was railed ou to address them—and she djjf, it most eltectively. Her theme Wttjf some word pictures from her visit ttj | Palestine. She told of Bethlehem; thflV going down to -Jericho; and the falllnaK of the walls; of the Dead Sea, t&jj wilderness and of the fertilising Jon! dan. Out of each scene she extracted a lesson on Temperance, and practically /applied it to the topic of the day—Proj*' I hibition. In their responses to hefl! I questions it is quite evident that tha | children knew the pros and cons of a]|i 'this. Not only were the young : .'people interested, but the adultsdl too. It was quite late when Mrs Oowia" finished her address, yet there ml' something more. Mr' Gillespie .had;' trained a number of the children to rein! resent in tableau the theme of m«" evening—Ti'.mp°rance. It was improved bv the coloured effects .rendered by Mr, A f . T. Maunder with his lantern. Thi* item wna all too short, but the encoro asked for was not responded to. It 1 is a considerable strain on the young people to maintain the cne position fon any length of time, and they did their . part well. During the evening, of course, all joined in "Strike out this !Top-1in0.." .inj the whole was wound up with "God Pave tht King."