New-York tribune., 1901-06-01
THREAD AND NEEDLE ARMT.
WOMEN WHO WILL DEVOTE THEIR SUM
MER TO MAKING GARMENTS FOR
FOREIGN MISSIONS.

The Summer Sewing Guild of the Woman's Board
OF Foreign Missions OF the Reformed Church has
begun its annual work OF preparing garments for
the four stations Of the mission.
The stations are in India, China, Japan and
Arabia and the sewing guild assumes the entire
responsibility of providing the women missionaries
as far as possible with clothing for their classes
one writes from Arabia: The garments which
We're sent last year have the means Of giving
US a hearing and over again. and they seem
TO be appreciated more this year than ever
The missionary in India writes: In these times
when food IS at famine prices and ii takes so
much feed our boarding school girls, 1t Is such
a help and saving not TO buy clothes for them
When the boxes arrive our anxiety about clothing
is over for the year" Similar reports come from
the other stations
The method adopted is for each missionary 10
send TO the headquarters OF the guild list OF the
articles most needed in her special work Inese
lists are forwarded TO all the auxiliaries. who de-
eide what branch they VIII undertake and notify
the headquarters. In this way all needs are cared
for irnpartially The things required this year as
stated in the circular just sent 10 the anxiaries'
For India-Petticoats jackets. school bags
dressed dolls buttonhole slips, sheets. pillow cases
and towels for the hospitals and schools
For China-Garments for the sick in DR.. Otte's
hospital and for the Baby Home, blanket covers
handkerchefs, mufiers and wristlets.
For Japan-Dressed dolls muflers wristlets, nit
tens sheets and comf0rtables.
For Embellishments for women and children
outing flannel shirts and bandages for dispensary
work
Mrs Amy f. Zwemer. of the Bahrein Mission in
Arabia, recently wrote:
Through the kindness of the friends Of the Sum-
ner Sewing Guild and others have been en-
abled TO cheer the hearts and warm the bodies OF
GI @ne ie% have 81 been e5 given away this winter One
morning in December the courtyard was crowded
with and children in all kinds Of tatters and
rags all clamoring for dress; the very
poorest Were chosen and & reSesed eF[ms yeTI da G
some poor person has been made happy by git
for the gifts Of clothing bandages and old lnen
and hope the favors will be continued and in
needle.
DR.. Marion Wells Thoms writes from the Busrah
Mission:
Our quarters are cramped and very inconvenient
so thaI We "oIh a. d a. I
have but one room Tor drugs, examinations. treat
ments and operations. The patients sit outside in
Treating patients their homes is unsatisfactory
because OF the number of women who gather about
/ Went once with the English doctor at Busrah
to see a woman he had been called TO treat. She
the young and favorte wife Of a wealthy
! large apartments belonging TO the harem.
| rounded by least eight women when went.
doctors would do. They began at once to tell the
had left the night before, and when he left
examine her more thoroughly than he had
| I could only half find out about her. The only
course of treatment that offered her any hope they
would listen TO- and after few more days she
/ died
The members Of the guild employ much Of their
| leisure at their summer homes in preparing the
| needed articles. and in October the boxes and
barrels are sent to their distant destinations. The
girls In the boarding schools are clothed from this
| and Christmas baskets made for
| the families of the native Christians.
The Officers Of the gHiid s a are MFS Rss j. g. ,Fagg
! E. OIcott Miss Moffat Miss Helen Hartman and
/ Miss Maud 8. Clark. The secretary is Miss Katha-
| rine Van Nest Woman's Board o Foreign
Missions, No. % East Twenty-second-st.