ches of the variety
of work sustained by the Association and to assist in devising plans
of help.

2. To promote correspondence with churches, Sabbath-schools,
missionary societies or individuals who will undertake work of a
special character, such as the support of missionaries, aiding of
students, supplying clothing, furnishing goods, and meeting other
wants on mission ground.

3. To send to the churches, conferences or associations desiring it,
experienced and intelligent lady missionaries to address them, giving
fuller details of our methods of work.

It was believed that the growing interest on the part of the ladies
of our churches, and their evident disposition to aid more
effectively in the elevation of women, particularly the women of the
South, called for such a department. Already the ladies of one State
had organized the "Woman's Aid to the A. M. A.," that they might have
their definite line of work in the support of lady missionaries, and
inquiry had been made by many how best to assist in this work.

It was recognized that in no other way could a general interest be
awakened and maintained so well as by giving direct information from
the field, and the twenty years' experience of the Association in the
South, during which time more than 3,000 different ladies had been
employed as missionaries and teachers, the knowledge gained of the
peculiarities of the field and best methods of reaching the people,
and the thorough organization of the different departments of labor
in home, school, and church, prepared us to bring before the ladies
the information necessary, and to offer most excellent opportunities
for special work for women. The ready response to this movement
confirms the wisdom of the step, and we trust that ere long the
Bureau will open new avenues of usefulness to the ladies of the
churches, and give enlargement and efficiency to the work in the
field.

Immediately following the organization of the Bureau, Miss Rose
Kinney, of Oberlin, O., for many years engaged in the Southern work,
and recently located in one of the dark corners of the field,
McIntosh, Ga., was detailed for service in the North. She spent about
six weeks in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and Iowa, addressing ladies'
meetings at the General Associations, and with good results. In June
the Secretary of the Bureau was present at the State Conferences of
Vermont and Maine, and gave information of the work in the field,
resulting in