The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-03-17
MISS vnArELr,s scHooL IN EcYrr.
American mud English Efforts 10 Teach the
Children Of Mohpmmedan-.

Correspondence 0f me itehliy f"a'
CAIRO. Dee. 2L-It was my fortune to be
In Cairo when the new doorstep tor corner st0ne'
Of the now American school DuildihF was id. ...i
rho most interesting feature OF that u,Iue s',, ~
distinguished Americans, t.onSh u inViuuIevt
iuia,-. dillnr.ti-ts, and men 81 letters nut
fIe -dtIskv frinec ~ eager faces, crowned with
furhnn VI tirhOosh. that hung upon the edge OF
tho littie group f Franks 1T once outnumo finH
them beyond Nv count. and eclil SING thclr more
languia intel. 4 hv a hungry eatnestness Of at
tcniiou which 'Orld lot be wcaried.
Auo her school IN Cairo . dong work which
f. II ptrnliar il'ci,st md this was enabled TO
vi ID repeatedly. refer to lie school uudcr the
charge Of tag "au-hir. 81 the Archnlshop Oh
Duhiii. Ni-' N"dt .f' W"icn mas hiu 'aIccr
OF -i-u1i success. orc never so Indifferent to
the educate oi Hg,ptiui children would have
o. ma viii use u1uic - 50 Ncll known In our own
land, and whose works have q place in the
memory oi every schoulluy OF THIS generation.
| was WITH som,tmng Of the sense of greeting
y familiar re" that me. '1r tine first time un-
der her Owntu Z In CnirO,tne daughter who bears
his name, and ~ was. too with the feelng mat
there must have teen .oiic stunt ering strain 81
enthusiastic self sarrttc, IN that somewhat dry
ami unscutimcntai nature II his, watch, coming
to the surface ia lho Lindlicr soil ut a wOman's
hear, had prompted biz raild to go form to the
| work in the midst Of witch found her. one
| cannot doubt that It a. owing not httlc to
! thHt sound JUDGMENT aud sturdy wisdom which
| that the success OF Nils Whately IL owing. That
| 1t Is success no one who visits her schools can
| doubt.
When saw them there were nearly 2O young
| persons as~cnlbl Il in the various class rooms,
! ana their whole bearing - well as their prompt
| Hud Intelligent answers 80 the questions whch
| w,ro Tut to them showed "A mental Hlertness
| which was positively refreshing. The school Is
| graded according to the ages anu atthlnmCnts Oh
| tie pupils, aud II was not tho least Interesting
| and curious among the scenes In the various
class rooms to have pointed out TO us young
girls whose hands had been repeatedly sought
IN marriage, nut VINO had declined such over
tufcs rather than surrender the privileges " the
school. one Of these young women, who had
reached the advanced age Of nftcen, had been
asked in marriage no less than I've timos, aud
ftsH htH ~. flf ntI I.tf be
That an Egyptian girl has arrived at n marriage
able age when she IL Twelve or thirteen years
old, anu that this young girl was not only de-
parting from the cIstcms OF her people, but
declining what every tradition Of her race con.
spired 10 teach her was the browning dignity OF
her sex. confess | found myself wondering
| whether one could homo TO fnd snil r thirst
for learning among NOR favored peOpl 8.
Two things which saw In Miss whatcly's
school Hill live In my memory "a freshly and
ylyiyidly ~ ANYTHING which lhavo seen IN all the
Last. one OF them was revealed TO me when
throwing open door, Miss Whately said simply
This IA our sowing school" In lofty room
were assembled number OF young girls anC
young children, engaged In groups Of twos and
lhree>, In emOrod ~ upon mbour frames
Ever, variety Of We X, In every variety Of tex
tnre, was re going on,includne the enbrold, r.
of silk aud velvet N colOrs. aud u other ligh
and airy. looking materials which shall not at
temyt to designate more precisely, In gold arc
silver thread. when remembered that II Is
rare thing To IND an Oriental woman who un
dcrstanus even the simplest rudiments " sew
inc. IL was a matter II genuine rejoicing tina
such resnurte fer employing idle hours an,
OF those girls, WHO would Otherwise have 81
with folded hands, o. used them only In tn
coarsest drudgcry. Somebody las s1id tina
what smoking H. tO men. neodlewurk 10 its vari
Nus iurni- Is 30 wo ntu-a soothing eiuilOymeu
that quicts restless nerves ard furnish.s an out
let Tor anless activities. At any rate. sucl
home arts cannot be taught To these MOaain
mtdun girls without Introducing among then
hatits 4 sell. lpfulue-s, and awIkentn
equal, an impulse - make hone brighter. gay
er and more home like, whose good effects can
not easily re calculated.
The other scene was IN larger room whore a
least hundred younger children were gather
ed, ana where two OF their number standing II
the middle Il the room, led the rest ia repeat
ius TIE Loii's Frazer. Anything So profoundl
pathetic los virtue az It's very naturainees an
-'nylicit, ~ l. not 81 to conceive. Two littl
Girls If modest and Cevout mien advanced from
their cOui1n'ons ana staining with heads rev
erently bent, and one hand covering the els
Uo~siul, wauGrr.u eyes. repeated IN Arabic Il
lew, clear tones. tAc -luI words, or fithe
who ant IN Heaven, hclloWed he Tiny name" 4
the same hushed vuics the whole sctool rereat
Ell the words after them. 90 not Know VIVA
! it wa--the tones OF their voices, tac earnest
ness Of their flc"@ the unaffected reverence T.
their whole bearing but before they had don
enc tears stoph IN nv CNes, aud That inclWpti
ailc prayer lad = .uiAcnow new Melnin
| anu Il deeper appru urihtcns-s.