The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-12-04
PANDITA
RAMABA|
Mrs. Coan Tells OF
the HindOO
Woman.
MEETING OF THE
WOMAN'S BOARD
Letters From Various Persons
interested in Board
Work.

~ HE Woman's Board of Missions
held Its regular monthly meeting
= yesterday afternoon at 2:3O in the
parlors of Central Union Church with
an attendance of about forty members
One OF the features of the meeting was
the reading of an article on Pandita
Ramabai, the Hindoo woman who has
done so much for her countrywomen in
India.
The meeting was opened by reading
of Scripture by Miss Chamberlain. who
presided. She spoke feeIingly of the
capture and detention of Miss Stone by
Bulgarian brigands and she expressed
an earnest hope that by the destiny of
events the true light of the Christian
gospel would make progress in that
country. She also referred TO the death
in California OF Mrs. Adie, formerly of
Hilo. Christian worker in that city.
Miss Chamberlain also read a let
ter from Mrs. c. NJ. Hyde. who is now
returning to Honolulu with her daugh-
ter. after an extended tour Of Europe.
She hopes to be back in Honolulu some
time this month.
letter from Mrs. Agnes Judd and
one from Miss Judd were also read. A
program Of the proceedings of the Hart |
ford convention of the woman's Board !
was enclosed, also one of the Pittsfield
(Mass.) meeting, where Hawaii was
represented by Miss Nellie Judd.
The treasurer's report showed receipts |
for November amounting to $3.50. and
large expenditures. which cut down the F,
balance on hand to $147.35.
A letter was read from Mrs. Anna y. /
Foster from Agana. Guam, where she
and her husband and children went
from here as missionaries. \ church
building was about readv for occupancy
when she wrote in October. They were
living In an old house, while a new one
was being built.
Mrs. C. NJ. Whitney also read a let
ter from Mrs. Hyde in which she told
OF her travels and the days and weeks
she and her daughter had spent in Lon
don. Paris. Munich. Berlin. Dresden and .
in Holland.
Mrs. Edith Lyons. wife OF Prof.
Lyons. formerly of Oahu College, wrote
a descriptive letter Of her work among
Polish people in the east. and of the
conversion OF Jews to the Christian
faith
Miss Laura Green reported on her
work among the Hawaiians- She told
OF her visits TO the houses of people of
many creeds, and was pleased to have
been received by all in a kindly spirit
She had made seventy-one calls dur
ing the month and was becoming espe-
cially interested in slum work in Ka-
kaaSo. She had found numerous fami-
lies there from Maui. where she had
formerly resided, but was grieved to see
that many Of them have slipped into in
difference as to their faith or had done
something even worse.
The Japanese work in the city was
told of. II was stated that the Home
for japanese Women was completed
and there were several inmates. The :
women are generally those who go out 3
TO service and were without homes. I
It was also reported THAI the wife of 5
the Japanese man who strangled his S
little child several months ago. was in
The Japanese hospital, her nervous sys-
tenn wrecked by the occurrence. 1t was
feared for a while that she would lose q
Ter mind. but that critical stage has !
'assed. She is being cared for by Mr. O
)kumura. y
Mrs. Coan then read the following adj G
iress. which was listened TO with rapt Il
attention. as a collection is to be raised Il
II the next meeting TO send 10 this
TOnderful little woman spoken Of:
PANDITA RAMABAI AND HER e
MISSION.
Tar away in the jungle of the Western 4
ihants OF India, At the source Of one Of :
Ter great rivers, there stood. some fifty :,
ears ago. a rude dwelling which the
earned Ananta Shastri had built a =