New-York tribune., 1900-08-26
A SUNSHINE LETTER FROM INDIA.

The following letter from Mrs. Helen Jackson.
president of the India branch Of The Tribune sun
shine Society. has been received, and will prove
interesting reading especially to the Sunshine
members who have done so much by their thought
ful gifts 10 make the life of this faraway member
happier and brighter:
President of the T. s. s. Your welcome letter
came this morning, and it was read to the accom-
and coolness and abundance. Without it famine
and sickness would prevail Cholera has been prev
roads cross, one of them leading the Mahon-.
St SIan puryIng srouna ana another TO the Hindoo
borne for the last ministrations out here an
cloth, and on arrival the burial place are laid
IN coInns and buried with their heads to the west,
"nSIs IS thelr holy plaee-Mecca
n aindo9s wrap the men in white. the women in
carried by some of the family. The men shave be-
fore the ceremony. and when able carry supplies
few PAGES for the street boys TO scramble after
sotneumes 1 a native band dtscourses weird music.
Ram our god. is great."
When they get to the burning ground. the body
Of the widows alive was not nearly so cruel as it
ment was unIind to them in suppressing it,
eS "A Sau case came to my notice few weeks ago a
IIamly named Atherton. being unaceustomed TO
Indian customs and ways and speech asked me
and the next day nice looking native woman ar
rived bringing several written recommendations. I
She she served them Just q month. during which time
as we were finishing dinner we heard a noise and
iound her crying on the veFanda She said she
haa Just come from her work (servants in town
Always go 20 their own quarters at night and
she had found her husband In a state of collapse
1roIn cholera. We gave her medicine which has
saved many hundreds Of lives when taken soon
to say he was so much better. and we all hoped he
would recover; but he was not nourished enough
and died. and the shock and fatigue killed her IN
ten days l had to go and tell Mrs. Atherton that
ner little maid would never to her again
Some silver ornaments bought BY her mistress
and she also paid the funeral expense. The two
children of the dead woman taken to an or
Ceeds of the jewels.
At the different mosques to hear the
voices or many WorShippers crying TO God TO
spare the stricken city. Death comes near us an
these times, and as We have large orphanages We
seldom have year without outbreak of cholera
them this year and that the rain has come
we hope the disease is over. Plague came. but did
not stay. -
Thank you for all that you tell me- and for the
SILK pieces and embroidery silks. II is a great
boon getting things and I have often wished when
| read of needlework and stamps sent TO the Oflce
that might have a share. The thought of another
other, but just think. If you lived four hundred
miles from even Indian stores and had seen
an American store for thirteen wears. and had but
small means, whether you would rejoice at the
thought of box. There's magic in the word IL
calls up such remembrances of dainty pretty no
candies? II they packed in tin they will come
splendidiy. MarShmallows and caramels and any
OF those well made candies will keep. / feel So
excited and happy can't keep still With love
always In the bonds OF Sunshine
Bengal. July %. 1890, HELEN JACKSON.