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times and in mereantile establish- 
ments except on Saturdays between 
6 am. and 7 p.m. Children under 
sixteen are forbidden to work dur- 
ing school hours if the child cannot 
read and write, and in factories 
without a school certificate. They 
are forbidden to operate elevators. 
Youths under eighteen are forbid- 
den to work in manufacturing en- 
terprises between 10 p.m. and 6 
a.m., or-in textile qmanufacturing 
establishments between 6 p.m. and 
6 a.m. Employment in injurious 
manufacturing enterprises is for- 
bidden. Perhaps the most helpful 
bill passed as the result of the ac- 
tivities of the Child Labor Commit- 
tee was that regulating the Boy 
Messenger Service in large cities. 
Now boys under twenty-one may 
not be employed except in trips to 
newspaper offices and then only if 
he be able to read or write or has a 
‘physician’s certificate. The active 
work of this committee has been 
helpful to the public weal and the 
well wishes of friends of the child 
are with them in their noble work. 
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A Just Concession 
The Y MCA in Beverly, although 
somewhat removed from Beverly 
Farms, and Manchester, will be a 
valuable social centre for christian 
social» work on the shore. With a 
~~ fee of-ten dollars for membership, 
_the.prospects for an increase in 
menibérs from Beverly Farms and 
Manchester were not encouraging, 
‘—the -distance being a deterrent to 
a frequent enjoyment of the privi- 
‘leges of the institution. The board 
“of directors, by the motion intro- 
' namely, five dollars. 
duced by James B. Dow of Beverly 
Farms, in view of these conditions, 
‘have voted to admit members from 
Manchester and Beverly Farms for 
one-half the usual fee of ten dollars, 
There is no 
doubt that many will avail them- 
selves of the advantages of this offer 
who would not otherwise have 
joined. 
AUTOMOBILISTS’ NOTICE 
A long felt want in Manchester 
is finally taken care of as Perkins & 
Corliss have put on a large rein- 
forced cement addition to their 
garage, equipped with hot water 
heat, hot and cold water, new toi- 
lets, and all the latest improvements 
found in a modern garage. This 
garage is strictly fireproof, and the 
only one in Manchester; also fur- 
nished with a mercury rectifier for 
charging storage batteries and _elec- 
tric cars. 2-3-4, 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
MISSION WORK IN JAPAN 
Former Manchester Minister Writes 
of His Work in Foreign 
Mission Field 
The following interesting letter 
was read at the Manchester Bap- 
tist church, last Sunday, from Rev. 
Frank C.-and Harriet M. Briggs, 
now engaged in mission work in 
Japan. Mr. Briggs was formerly 
pastor of the Baptist church at 
Manchester. 
Himeji, Japan, Nov. 13, 1911. 
To the First Baptist Chureh, Man- 
chester, Mass. 
Dear Fellow-workers :— 
Let me write this time about the 
ordinary country work. To give 
the truest idea we will take a trip 
on which nothing out of the usual 
happened. Ikuno is a town in which 
we have had chances to do ocea- 
sional work for a good many years, 
but not until last year have we been 
able to have a man there for regu- 
lar work. It is a mining town of 
about 10000 inhabitants, with many 
smaller towns and villages within 
easy reach of it. The first convert 
was baptized while we were in 
America and soon after returning I 
had the privilege of baptizing three 
more bright young men, who had 
been awakened to their deep need 
and had found in Christ their Sa- 
viour. 
Invitations had come for us_ to 
come and stay a while in the town 
and on July llth Mrs. Briggs and 
her faithful helper Inagaki San, 
went up there with me for two 
weeks’ work. 
A little company was at the sta- 
tion to welcome and escort us to the 
rooms we were to live in. They had 
cleaned and made as attractive as 
possible these rooms, and to give 
them something of a foreign air had 
borrowed some chairs from the 
Public School and a table from the 
preaching place. 
The first meeting was one of 
welcome to us, and was attended by 
the Sunday-school pupils and inter- 
ested friends, about fifty in all. 
Scripture reading, hymns, speeches 
of welcome and exercises by the 
children occupied over an hour and 
then the inevitable tea and cakes, 
and conversation brought us to half 
past nine with the feeling that we 
were getting well acquainted with 
some of the interesting people of 
Ikuno. The next day we spent in 
getting settled and in making the 
few eeremonial calls that were nec- 
essary. In the evening, in order to 
be sure that the whole town should 
know we were there, we held open 
air-meetings in the different parts 
15 
whole town, The people listened 
with good attention, no opposition 
or derision from anyone. 
The next evening at the stereop- 
ticon meeting, topic, The Prodigal 
Son, the house was filled even to 
packing children in behind the eur- 
tain, and opening all the doors and 
windows so that people could see 
in from the street. 
The next day was spent in mak- 
ing calls and in holding a quiet 
meeting for women only, to which 
only a few came, but among the 
number were several who seemed to 
be true seekers of the way to God 
and Mrs. Briggs and Inagaki San 
came home rejoicing. 
The following day was given to 
the children: about eighty of them 
climbed to the top of a beautifully 
wooded hill, and there the after- 
noon was spent in picnic style. We 
had invited them so of course fur- 
nished the treat, which consisted of 
httle cakes of rice-flour filled with 
mashed beans and sugar. The ex- 
pense was less than two cents for 
each person, but they were all de- 
hghted and the day was a great sue- 
cess in tying into a firmer bond the 
friendships commenced at the wel- 
come meeting. 
The whole town is so dependent 
on the mining enterprise that the 
only rest days are those decided 
upon by the Company. They give 
the Ist and 15th of each month as 
holidays and these are the only 
chances for daytime services, with 
any prospect of an audience. On 
the 15th we had a morning prayer- 
meeting, then Sunday-school and 
preaching service and another 
preaching service in the evening. 
The people were a bit reluctant to 
come up on the mats, where they 
would be seen attending a Christian 
service, but an old gentleman on 
whom we had called the day before, 
‘ame bravely in and another man 
soon followed then some women 
came and before the first sermon 
was half through we had a fine audi- 
ence of people, some interested and 
some curious, as to what we would 
say. The politeness of the Japanese 
makes them an ideal audience, pay- 
ing strict attention to the speaker 
and even if the Foreigner makes 
blunders in his use of the language, 
not a smile is to be seen. 
of the town where the people gath- 
ered to enjoy the coolness which 
evening brings to these mountain 
towns. There were eight of us, each 
with a paper lantern and a hymn- 
book. Reaching a good place we 
would sing a hymn, and by the time 
the last verse was finished a good 
audience was gathered around us. 
