The evening times., 1900-06-27

Miss Margaret z. Noble. an English wo-
man. who is otherwise known as Sister
| Nivedita, Of tie Order Of Ramahrishna
Will leave New York today on the steam
er Paris to return TO India. Sister Nive-
dlta came to the United States several
months ago to obtain financial support for
/ the Ramakrishra School for Girls which
| she proposes TO establish in Calcutta She
! has succeeded IN a measure in accomplish
/ ing the object Of her mission TO this :oun-
/ try. Speaking OF her plans, and Of some
/ OF the social conditions in India. Sister
| Nivedita said
X is wholly a mistake to suppose hat
| have renounced either my nationality
or my religion in becoming a sister Of the
order. Christianity is the nursery n
which my spiritual thought was trained.
In acquiring the larger lessons Of life that
come when the world opens - US. We do
rot renouncs the valuable teachings OF the
nursery. The distinguished doctrine CT
HiEdooisIn is that the phenomenal universe
that appears to US as many is really one,
perceive the one as many we are in a state
Of illusion. When We see the many rs
one we have apprehended the real. The
/ Hindoo prays. not for daily bresI." but
| that he may be led from the unreal % the
/ real
Il went to India through the influence
/ Of a friend in England who was disciple
I of Swami NIvekananca and placed myself
! under his direction to 4 certain extent IN
I my early work. The fist thing had to DO
/ was TO learn Bengali as none OF the wcmc1
/ or girls could speak English. IN jeu
Z months l had acquired a working kpCwi-
/ edge OF the language. so that l 0peuel iay
| shool. 1t was a day school. and in the
/ time OF its existence which was less than
! q year l learned what was really needed
! in India. and 1t was decided to .nuae "a
/ attempt to establish such school rrdcr
! the auspices Of the order and esprci ~
Of the Swami Vivekananda.
/ My object is TO educate the Eindoo gi-I
as the English and American girl is bein-
. educated. without any impertinent inter
/ ference with her religious beliefs O. social
/ customs. We make a serious mistake in
[ such Interference The Hinioos AZ faT in
I advance OF US in social problems. As a
people they are on a much higher level
/ Intellectually and spiritually. Our culti-
D
not tend 10 eliminate the brute. Tie hu-
man brute is 10 be found with US in ev-
cry grade Of society. while in India he Is
| unknown. The customs that need - be
changed there must be left for their own
initiative, and all desirable Innovations
| viii come in due season.
Even the prescribed cooking among the
HindcOs = Indicative Of their exquisite -,
finement. They win use nothing. not even
q vegetable. that looks like blood Onions
/ are regarded as having an evil magnetism.
1 Cheese is refused because il is ill-smell-
ing. They VIII die beside their cattle n
+ time Of famine. but not 10 save life would
I they eat beef In everything there is the
. revolt % refinement against cOGrseness-
AT present our efforts must ba directed
. 10 the higher classes but eventually l hope
. 20 reach all The HintcO girls who are
/ trained in our school will 90 home eager
I 10 specialize in various social directions.
We shall teach the Bengali and the English
language. literature. elementary mathe-
matics and some one elemen -ary science
with extreme thOrOuEhness, AID manual
training beginning in the kindergarten.
and finally reviving old Indian industries
and arts I believe that manual trainin.
gives more effectiveness TO character than
anything else.
Oriental women are much more tena-
cious Of custom and Of the Old form Of
]
old regime in other countries they are all
required to marry-withOut, in their case,
the alternative Of the protection OF the
church-and that early. Economic causes
have postponed the usual age of this sol
enE betrOthal Eowadays to as late as
twelve years. The period between the
ceremony and the day OF entering the
/ mother-in-law's household. at about the
/ age Of fourteen. is supposed TO be divided
by the little bride in visits alternately to
the old home and the new.
Should the husband die during these
| years the girl il as much a widow as II
/ she had already taken up her abode with
| him. and social honor makes remarriage
! equally impossible. Cases of this kind cen
| stitute the class known as child widows
! Their lives hencefOrth become those q
! nuns. They are expected to embody a
( specially high IDEAL of aUsterity and devO-
I tion. But in return for this they meet
1 with the approval and respect Of all about
/ them, and uot-as has so mistakenly beCn
| suppOsed-With hatred and contempt.
IF all goes happily however. the bride
| al twelve becomes a wife at fourteen, and
/ passes into a position Of duty and response
5ility in the home Of her husband.
/ I'VE intend. if we succeed IN acquiring
| means, to buy a house and piece OF land
on the banks Of the Ganges. near Calcutta
! and there take in some twenty widows and
twenty orphan girls-the whole community
to be under the guidance and authority Of
! SaTad3 Devi-
Il am sure that the plan will succeed.
| l have found much sympathy and enoour-
| agement in America. Two New York
! women have given the bulk Of the money
have received here, one cOntributiny :
s.. coo and one S1G0J, and a Ramakrishna
| Guild Of Help in America has been formed.
| from which we expect much Mrs Frs ncis
| II. Leggett is the president, Mrs Ole Bull
OF Cambridge, is national secretary, a-d
there are branches in a number Of the large
| cities"
Miss Noble is an earnest woman, and
wears the simple black gown of the order.
| Her only ornament is HindCo rosary,
which differs from the Roman Catholic
in having a greater number Of beads. 1t is
I older that the Roman Catholic. and is in
tended merely as an aid to concentration of
! thought.
Bitten by n COpperhead-
HAGERSTOWN. Nd. June 27.-Mrs.
Charles c. Beard. living near Caveton,
was bitten in the right hand Monday bv