Show SOME ADVICE 89 whitmore sq adelaide australia july weekly press I 1 hope you will allow mo me a little space in your valuable columns that I 1 might state briefly some of the requirements that are for those who might receive a call from box ff to fill a mission in australia it seems that those who arrive hero here from zion have cause to complain somewhat on account of not bringing from homo home things they require and not being in informed before leaving home in regard to the way the work is is carried on here in tile the should any of tho the elders in the beaver stake got get a call f for australia they will find the following in in useful first before leaving homo home get a good supply of american made clothing for the english made Is is quite different in many ways waa and I 1 have the first elder to meet yet but who was very sorry tor for not bringing enough clothing from home A large trunk I 1 is s also as most of the missionary work hero herb is being done in the cities and a trunk will prove very useful come coma prepared prepared to pay your own aray aay as we do very little work hero bore without purse and script and one cannot get along with less than 2000 each month by using economy when you leave homo home have at least sift the passage from salt lako city j to sydney will cost upwards of and then there is always other expenses and it takes at least three months after ji landing landin ghere hero before wo can get gat money from home we do our own house work woric out here and you will find that a course in ill domestic science will prove very beneficial I 1 heard beard one elder say when ho he began his first cooking had I 1 known about thi big I 1 would arvo taken a course in dom astl c science when I 1 attended the p BYU T it if you have not had tile the opportunity port unity of going to school all then n go ip il to the kitchen tit at ho home me and watch your our mother mo theror or sister cook tile tho dinner and dont forget what you see learning to cook properly will save the expense of buying cure the next important stop is to learn how to sing develop your musical talent it you have any and i if not letsome get some here is ia where a good many of our boys miss it music always speaks speake for itself and is the best beat thing going to holp got get into homes in tile the mission field every body likes to hoar hear singing and playing there is not too many who c care are to be preached to but it they will listen to the gospel in song so much the better as every one of our songs contain a good thought and something about the great latter day work I 1 if f it is iro possible to learn to sing then learn earn 0 to o recite as that will also be appreciated I 1 and you can then contribute your part in entertaining bring a few photographs of your homos homes and surroundings also of your parents and friends they always prove useful ut reful in making friends and interesting 11 conversation it will be nice to bo be able to tell something about pioneer life in utah some of tha fehd trials und and of our grand fathers and grandmothers in wing settling so I 1 in tile the valleys of the mountains this a always proves very interesting in flir eside conversation bring a good reference bible a book of mornion mormon a ready reference and some of tho the text books that have been critien written by leading oders eders of the church tho ilio most important or tile the ones you will find the most moat useful are the articles of fuith faith by talmage Tal mago Outline ecclesiastical history by roberts and one hundred years 0 of mormonism niem by evans evana A good book of views of salt Lake city and post cards are very po popular come determined to make a success of your inis mission sion and you will receive double pay for till all sacrifices mado made very truly lorin hall |