The Somerset reporter., 1900-06-21

MISS ISABELLA THOBURN.
ETY. of the Methodist Church. The col
lege obtained its charter and affiliated
with the Allahabad university in 1886
For many years and until the estab-
lishment of the Government college in
Calcutta ii was the only Christian col
lege for women in India. The Lal
Bagh school is the preparatory depart
ment of the college in Lucknow and
has normal department and kinder
garten training class.
The first teachers institute ever held
In India met in the college last June
and will be held there annually.
During the last year a new college
building called the Harriet Warren
memorial has been completed. This
contains large hall which is used by
the various clubs and organizations for
lectures and concerts. All these have
been open to the students Among the
subjects Of the public lectures were
abraham Lincoln" Westminster
Abbey" and Poets of the Nineteenth
Century"
Weekly instruction is given to the
students in elocution and parliamenta-
ry drill and during the last year there
We're three contests for prizes. The
programmes of these contests compris-
ed recitations. debates and essays.
There are at least a thousand native
Christians in Lucknow. says Miss Tho
burn, and they educate their daugh-
ters. The tuition of women in northern
India she declares to be carried on
chiefly by missions of the various de
nominations. There are four medical
colleges in India open to women.
Miss Thoburn sailed on the City of
Rome on May 5 and will return at once
to her work.-New York Tribune
CIubwOmen's Practical Work.
A club which does a great amount of
practical work for its size and oppor-
tunities is the Society For Village
Work OF Warsaw, Wyoming county.
n. Y. The present organization Is the
outgrowth of missionary society
founded in 1878 which was compare
lively restricted in its scope of work.
Seven years ago it was reorganized in
order to enlarge its sphere of useful
ness. To-day it owns a home of its
own, where it conducts a girls indus
trial school aud a manual training
class for boys. In the former the girls
begin with the simplest branches of
sewing and are promoted as they I'M
prove until they can make gowns.
They then leave able to make their
own living. The mothers of the girls
attending the school meet regularly
under the auspices of the society and
listen to practical talks on health and
hygiene This personal contact is made
agreeable and easy by the informal lit
tie chats held over the refreshment ia
bles between the members and their
guests. and also by music. which is
provided for the occasion. A new fea-
ture just now to be introduced is a
large club for the girls of the knitting
mills. In the boys class wood cary
! ing. carpentry. basket weaving and
the like are taught.
In addition to these branches the SO
ciety does much in a charitable way.
! Poor women needing surgical attention
are sent to the hospital. the society
bearing all expense. In the meantime.
If the patient has children. they are
taken care OF physically, intellectually
and morally When the patient is
finally discharged cured, work is found
for her or temporarily provided
Homes are found for homeless ch.l-
dren. and erring or iucorrisible girls
are sent where they have an oppor-
tunity 10 reform. From time 10 thine
the society holds sales of secondhand
clothing, which are eagerly patronized
by the poor. The idea is to help The
poor to help themselves and not 10
kill the spirit of thrift and pauperize
them by making them dependent upon
any of the charities. The society holds
monthly meetings at which the prog
ress of work is reported In the mean
time one director and two assistants
give their entire time to the actual
work 1t is the hope of the society TO
establish a kitchen garden during the
present year.