WANDERINGS OF A WEARY EDITOR.

White Ribbon, Volume 33, Issue 381, 18 April 1927, Page 16

WANDERINGS OF A WEARY EDITOR.

Well, here we are a£ain, Convention a thing of the past, only a memory of a happy but strenuous time. Mirth and music, shade and shine, toil and tears, laughter and lassitude, doubt and difficulty, ease and energy, and above and beyond all running like a thread of gola through every minute of the time a faith triumphant, a courage invincible, and a determination to fight till the finish. We were glad to see so many Y. delegates, we would have loved to see every Y. member preeent. The chief item of interest to you all is the appointment of aY. Organiser. Miss C. M. Me Lay now is your Organiser, bringing to your work all heT trained mentality, her loving sympathy with the ideals of youth, her deep spirituality and her bright personality. She will be the friend of every Y. member, and every Y. member will help her to the very' utmost. Youth is largely the time for preparation. To you we look for our leaders and officers in the future Who will give their life just now to the great Master, to be used and trained for His service, and in the cause of God and Home and Humanity. PREPARATION CLASSES. Already Auckland has a class to train speakers. As a support to that, we want classes to give them the matter to speak about. Make your ordinary meetings educative. As an example, have say an • ASIATIC EVENING. If you wish as HiDdu, Chinese, Japanese. Each speak for their own country. Let Japan tell how drink is forbidden to young people, and how Japandbe sent Madame Pujama at the age of 90, across the Pacific to President Cool idgv* to ask him to work for World Peace. Then China can tell of the awakening life of her women, their demand for

equality and the right to protect themselves and their children. India, too, can tell of women in her Legislative Councils, of the Begum of Bhopal, who made her own State dry; of a country throbbing with new life, eager to take her place in the commonwealth of nations. Let your songs and music be Eastern in character, you will find it interesting and will learn much.