Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-11-26
SHE WORKS In INDIA.
MISS BLANCHE Q. cox, STAFF CAP
TAIN, TALKS ABOUT HERSELF.

BrveeheIath ana Tanned skin In the
Queens EmpIr%-Bare Feet and she
begging Bowl.
staff Captain blanche b. Cox. Of the
Army, comes from the burning
plains Of India. IL is u long time since the
army In this city had news Of that far of
field, and her comrades listen eagerly to
Captain Cox = stories.
The captain is slight young woman,
not yet past the age of girlhood. Indeed
she looks as though she were hardly OUT
OF her teens, but in every action, and in
her method Of speaking, there was dis
played firmness and vigor which showed
there was no lack Of either mental or phys
zeal ability In the pretty head or the slight
frame. She IN an English girl, and speaks
with an accent which would set some Of
our fair AnglDmaniacs wild with envy
could they hear II; to emulate 1t Is not
possible without British birth and educa-
ton.
In the first place" she said, while her
visitor was noticing these things, 1.-THE rule
there, as il IL everywhere in Salvation
Army work. is adaptation to the people and
customs OF the country. OF course this
means in dress as well as in food and man
uer Of living.
Bare feet' On. yes; neither men nor
women wear anything on their feet, and
the ob3ct is, as have said to he ms like
the natives as possible Going barefoot is
very painful at first, for the hot ground
blisters and cracks the skin of our feet, so
that in a very short time We are unable 20
walk. Then we rest for fortnight or so.
after which We are ready to get our sole
and heel'-that is, the skin GU the soles of
our feet get SO hard that we can walk on
almost anything, except red hot iron and
/ | don't know hut that some OF the natives
+ who have never had a shoe or sandal ON their
feet could do this II they moved quickly.
"ln India some Of the religious sects, as
/ no doubt you know, also live entirely on
aims. Even in this we initiate their Gus
toms, and many of our officers are pro-
vided with begging bowls and solicit aims
from door to door, living upon the food
they thus collect,
Our dress, with its religious color, is Of
the greatest assistance Ii is recognized
everywhere and gains ms admission to
places where no European, dressed IA
European, could go. We are thus enabled
to gain entrance in the zenanA, where
none but native women, and not all OF
them may enter The zenana In the place
where women live, and ii is not TO be pro
famed by the feet Of Christians. | once
gained admission into a buddhist temple
when the English missionary. dressed In
European clothes, was barred out. That
was because Of my bare feet and my cos
tune The priests Of the temple refused
To admit tie missionary, but allowed me
10 enter, saying. as lac pointed 10 my bare
feet and my yellow cloth garment She is
one Of us, hut you are not
Yes, We find some difficulty on account
Of the caste prejudice, but that is rapidly
being broken down now. But when we
get people into our new homes they will
not at first eat with us nor eat the food
which we cook. SO we have to let each
caste cook their own food and eat together.
After they are converted they do not care
about this form any longer, but eat with
us or with anybody else The parahs, or
outCasts, are very easy 10 reach and we
have no difficulty at all with them out.
side II their own settled belief In their
religion.
''Onc Of the greatest difficulties we find
is the overcoming Of their prejudice
against Christianity as they have seen it.
They make no distinction, but call every.
body Christian who has n white face
aud the people from Christian countries
who have gone to India for business pur
poses have so abused the confidence of the
natives for their own ends that IL is diff
cult 10 make the natives believe that Their,
il good Christian.
We have n Rescue home for virIs In
Bombay and are able to do great deal oil
good among these unfortunate creatures
We have novel WAY Of helping the girls
To keep straight after we have secured
places for them and sent then, from the
home They cannot read nor write, so vi
give them a lot Of red and blue tickets, to
gether with quantity OF stamped and ad
dressed envelopes We have them send II.
one Of these tickets every week. II they
are getting along all right and having nj
trouble they send us a red ticket, but Il
they are In trouble or In danger Of lapsinl
from the right path they send us n blu,
ticket. In the hitter case We inmediateI,
send an officer to look after them and
either help them out Of their trouble
where they are, If this be possible, or bring
them hack 60 the bome again IL necessary
They are very grateful To us once we have
shown them the errors Of their ways ant
will bring other girls 10 us that we ma,
help them.
. Then there is our Prison Gate Home
We have one In bombay aud one in Colon
ba Iut1these We bring 81 many discharge
. prisoners as we ara able To secure from th,
iails. Prisoners are released early In tn
morning and in Bombay. where we are no
permitted Ia go inside of the jail. we hayi
two officers stationed ut the gate ever
morning. who induce the prisoners as the,
, are released 10 come 10 our home, wher,
we can work with them personally AM