The upper room of Union Church Hall was well filled on Thursday afternoon, to bid farewell to Mrs, Canning and a bery enjoyable hour was spent, thanks to the efficiency of Mrs. Tod and Mrs. Weatherhead, who superintended the tea, and to the ladies who contributed the musical programme. Miss Olive sang two delightful songs and then Mrs. Evan Morgan was called upon by Dr. Polk, the Vice-President, to voice the' feelings of the members in an address in which she pointed out the various qualifications that had made Mrs. Canning so acceptable as President. At the close,
a calf-bound album containing the pened Mrs. Canning with signatures of the members and committee of the W.C.T.U. and also a gold chronometer wrist watch, engraved with the President's initials.
Mrs. Canning made a graceful reply attributing, as usual, all credit to her fellow-workers, and disclaiming any as due to herself.
Dr. Polk then pointed out that Mrs. Canning was directly responsible for the inception of the Municipal Vice Committee, and in a delightfully humorous speech proved that Mrs. Canning, though not a suffragette, claimed the real rights of a woman, both in her home and out of it.' She said that whereas England was. in advance of the United States, in that she allowed women the parliamentary vote, she was behind the States in fighting the drink traffic. In hor closing remarks, she expressed a wish that, when at home, Mrs. Canning would use her influence in upholding the work which she had been so earnestly engaged in hero.
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