The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-10-07
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nurses was graduated from the train
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temDer the first class consisting OF ten
nurses was graduated from the train
ing class Of the hospital. =
Miss Fahs in speaking of the work
at Guntur said: ''The people OF Amer
lea cannot understand the great need
Of work there. They do not know
what blessings they enjoy. There is no
country like Gods own until you come
to America. But the work in the In
dian mission fields is SO very great that
should be glad to go back. The
population of the city of Guntur is
about 10000, most of whom speak the
Telugu language.
WHITES ARE FEW.
The English government has from
two to ten officers stationed there; but
besides these there are no whites ex
cept those at the mission. We had
two women doctors in charge OF the
medical department, DR.. Mary Baer, or
Canal Dover, Ohio. and DR.. Anna S.
Kugler, Of Ardmore, Pa. They are
both graduates OF the Women's Med
ical college of Philadelphia fs" -
1.-THE first two years l was In the
country spent In learning the Ian
guage of the natives. All Of our mis-
sionaries do this, and are put to work
regularly after the two years are up.
1t can be seen that two years is not a
long time to learn the language, when
you know that the Telugu alphabet
consists of 500 letters. The govern
ment officers stationed there must talk
through interpreters. For some time
was superintendent of the nursing
department. In our hospital were fif-
ty-five beds, and we sometimes had as
high as sixty patients. and averaged
about forty or forty-five.
PLEASANT WINTER CLIMATE.
From an entirely selfish point of
view / should, Of course, prefer liv-
ing in America. But there is no more
pleasant climate anywhere than we
had In Guntur during December and
January. In the mornings the tenn
perature was down to go or IS degrees,
but before noon the thermometer had
reached TO-. We had comfortable quar-
ters at the mission. The native
houses are built of sun-dried mud,
most of them being one-story high.
Those of the well-to-do classes are
whitewashed. ga.a
"The principal streets of the city
are wide, but most of the others are
very narrow. Rice is the principal
food Of the nauves.~ the poorer
classes being SO poor that they av-
erage about one meal day. The
average wages of man is 81 a month,
cut Of which he must support wife
and family. In many of the shops the
prices charged are governed by the
wages Of the man making the pur-
chase. And the missionaries are
charged about three prices for every
thing they purchase.
CURSE OF THE COUNTRY.
"One of the greatest curses Of the
country is the caste system. The
highest of the Indian castles Is the
Brahman. And an Indian will do al
most anything rather than lose hiy
caste, which is considered one OF the
worst fates that can happen to one.
I believe that on account of this sys-
tenn there are thousands of believers
In the Christian religion who do not
make public their belief or fear Of los
ing thir caste, %
''The missionary work in India Is
carried ON as systematically as II
possible when 1t Is considered that a
comparatively few people have such
la great work to DO. The missionaries
Of all denominations ip South India