Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-07-12

home. Their future is problem yet
to be solved. another and more diff
fficult problem is the future of the
girls in the home. Some of them are
children of white fathers and native
mothers, and, while they are as fair
as white, they have native blood
and cannot be classed with the whites.
Marriage with white men is not desir-
able, although 1t has resulted In some
cases at least peaceably, but ii is to
be avoided when possible. In talking
with DR.. Newhall on this subject he
said: Some white men make as good
husbands as respectable natives and
better than bad native The most
big t comes upon the children of such
parents, They have a dark feature,
being above the native and beneath
the whites.
The natives do not and never will
realize what this home has done and
is doing for them. When the child
rem enter they are bound in for a GER
tain length of time. Thus the in
fluence of the home is not so easily
outgrown, and the religious training
they receive becomes part of them
selves, Every contributor to the fund
for home missions in the NJ. &c. church
has an interest in this Jesse Lee home
and the good work that is being done
there.
After an hour of interesting CONVEX
sation with DR.. Newhall we babe him
COO speed in the work with our
hearts full of admiration for him and
MS brave wife and their assistant, for
Whlie the short summer here is very
dellghtiul, 1t takes an unlimited amount
OF love for the Masters work and
seif-sacrifcing spirit that few possess
to brave the long, dreary cherries
winter. Dr.. Newhall receives a sal
airy of $500 per year, which is a mere
| pittance and pays for expenses only,
so you see 1t is labor of love for a
most undressing class of people.
The Greek church was the next
point of interest. We visited it on
Sunday morning and felt very fortu-
nate in being able to do so as the Rus
sian bishop of California, who visits
the church here once a year, assisted
or rather conducted the service, as
sisted by the priest in charge. At the
beginning | said we visited the church
instead of attended 1t, because when
we came to go in we found member
posted at the door and he told us the
bishop said he must charge two bits
admission, which means 25 cents
Once inside we engaged the service,
which is very much like the Roman
Catholic. The mass was very sweetly
sung by a choir of native boys and
with no accompaniment. Singing
seems to be easy for them to learn and
some Of them have beautiful voices.
The Greek mission was first started
here 175 years ago. The present
building was built about years ago
and is a rather small frame building
and consists of one main room and
two smaller rooms on either side, be-
sides the room back of the altar and
the vestry rooms. One is rather sur
prised upon entering the church 10
find no seats of any kind. The men,
bers are obliged to stand during the
entire service, which lasts about four
| hours. However, they are allowed to
go in and out at will and scarcely half
of them remain the entire period. The
mothers all bring their babies and OF
course the little 6nes get tired and
cross and sometimes 1t is quite inter-
Il,Yf ha fo ha.
full and we enjoyed it although we did
not understand it. There are many
very fine paintings in this little church.
The whole collection is valued at $40,-
600 There Is one picture, rather
small, of the mother of Christ that is
which is done in oil. 1t Is curious
picture and is very old. We could get
no authentic information as regards
the age of it or the value. The most
beautiful picture, we thought was
one OF David In his armor. This
church has a very strong hold on the
people and rules them through fear
and superstition. There is a Green
school connected with the church
located in one part of the priests
house. There are about 20 pupils In
attendance. Most of the children at
tend the United States day school,
The United States school is not In
session now and we could get but lit
tie information about it. The carpen-
ters were doing some repairing and
remodeling, SO we looked through the
building, which is fair sized and Of
two stories. There is a large main
room down stairs and two smaller
ones, used for recitation rooms. The
second floor is just being finished OF
now and will be used probably for
recitation rooms. We saw familiar
text books on the desks and familiar
matter on the boards.
There is one store, steam laundry
and Russian bath house in Onelaska.
A few months ago the residents ce.e-
brated their one hundredth anniyer-
sary. We did not go into any Of the
native dugouts, as we were quite sat
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