IN THE FIELD.

White Ribbon, Volume 22, Issue 260, 19 February 1917, Page 15

IN THE FIELD.

The holidays do no?. furnish much material for report ng, but mine came to an end when, on January 30th, 1 started off araund Dunedin on a collecting; tour. lnvercaigill was reached on E b uary Ist, and the fol owing day 1 returned to Mataura to attend the first meeting of 1017. The fr ends were rather out of heart, but rallie d around well, elected a visitor, arranged for the cradle roll, and agreed to meet a quarter of an hour earlier, devoting that period to prayer in connection with the war, and inviting other women to un te with them in this. On the* Sunday afternoon 1 addressed the P S.A. at Amethyst Hall. It was a happy inspiration on the part of Invercargill to get up a conversazione for the Tuesday night, and thus afford me an opportunity of meeting old friends in the town where 1 first heard of. and joined, the Union. All went well except the* weather, which had broken after a spell of several weeks of glorious sunshine and warmth. The* wind was bitterly cold, and the rain showers semi-trop cal in their violence, but the “faithful few” attended, and. as tickets had been freely sold, the affair was a financial sucres,s. This break in the weather seriously interfered with the collecting, which was my object in visiting Invercarg 11, so that I was obliged to stay longer than I had intended. MARY S. POWELL, Dominion Organiser. Address: C'o Mrs Houlder, 108, Wallace Street, Wellington. ..