Evening star., 1901-12-28

friends OF the people we hope VIII be the
initial step to making them Christians.
II cooked my dinner OF beans and po-
tatoes after coming back with several
boys and women IN to watch the process
Since dinner l have been entertaining some
boys, who am quite sure have spent three
fourths OF their time here since my arrival
and have been watching everything / 90
with the closest interest. The Coreans VINO
have not been taught by foreigners think
IL is such a disgrace to work / expect 1
have absolutely scandalized them by doing
by own work These boys seem to be quite
promising and hope we will get them. IL
seems very likely we shall. / am going to
be here only one week. but that is event
with them.
Mission Labors Among the Women.
i am going to put In a great deal OF
time with this country work, IL possible. 4
am going to stay here one week. Then
we are going to walk over to another VII
lage eight miles distant stay there a week
and then go to another five miles further
on and stay there a week Ny supplies will
be exhausted by that time so / shall either
go on to Songdo until / hear definitely
whether Miss II. and l will be there this
winter. or go back to Seoul until hear"
writing at a later date, Miss Harbaugh
says: Many women have been here today
ana IL Is almost O'Clock now and the last
one Is gone except several OF the Christian
women. who have fingered to talk with
Lois. This evening We had a short service
The women's part OF the room was crowd
ed and the room adjoining that end of the
meeting room was also full Among the
worshipers Were two wives of a 'nyang-
pan and crowd of their servants. IL is
interesting to watch them. Strange to saw
the wives OF the same man usually seem to
be on very friendly terms with each other
1 missed the young married man-of th,
immense age of perhaps thirteen-who was
here last night
Nearly every Corean woman in the VII
lage, suppose. who ever went out at ali
ana they are not so strict on this point In
these little country towns as in larger
ones-came to my 'pang-ee' and we had
an opportunity to teach them All I found
that the Christians houses were also good
teaching places. AS soon as We would 20 %
them the neighborhood women would
gather In and We never failed to avail our
selves OF the opportunity.
A "Sigbt-see" of the Foreiaper
Il have had but one unpleasant expert
ence-outside of fleas and physical discom-
fort-since leaving Seoul. fifteen days ago.
and that was nothing more than unpleas-
ant. One day while in La-seul-mak We
went over into the next valley to a little
hamlet where one OF our Christian families
was living. After teaching the women
who gathered in the court of the Christian
dwelling, Lois said that while l stayed
awhile and had a little visit with the 'powe-
cen, or lady, she would go out and visit
some or the houses. Well. she STAYED and
stayed and my small supply of talk gave
out and the womans chestnuts, on which
she was bountifully supplying me- gave
out as wei, or rather L could not eat any
more. Finally 1 said 1 would have to 20
and would she please call Lois
The men of the place-a rough. rollick-
ing lot-had come into the hamlet from
their harvesting for their pap Crice) while
L was there, and they were Just crazy ID
get 'kore-kyang' or sight-see Of the for
elgn woman. could see them pass and re-
pass the door leading out Of the court but
they could not get more than a glimpse ~
me. But when the women of the house
went TO call Lois. in they fiocked pell mel
ana they gazed and then commented
few minutes Of such situation was enough
for me, and out l got and was about 10
start back to La-seul-mak when Lois made
her appearance"