Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-25

stand them, although to a foreigner they
are nothing more than meaningless motions
nave asked the same question of sew
eral missionaries but have never been able
doned her vocation, or has deserted her
temple. or has run away with lover or
mas been reached In any way by the vari-
Gus missions for women in India. They
seem to be perfectly satisfied with their
present and their future.
Women's Missions.
There are many missions for women and
girls in Calcutta. / have already written
you about some of those in Bombay and
elsewhere, and there are more here than
anywhere else. One Of the principal streets
of Calcutta Is lined with missionary homes,
schools. orphanages and other benevolent
lean. The other day 1 stumbled into the
Woman's Union Missionary headquarters.
where, they tell me, is fhe oldest woman's
foreign missionary Organization in the
of the east, with beaFding and day schools.
orphanages, hospitalsa dispensaries and
other institutions which have been running
since 1860. 1t wassthe~frst mission to I'M
nanas or harems Of India. and has been re-
markedly successful in that field. The Cal
cutta headquarters are in charge of Miss
Costellow Of Boston, Miss Nudge of Will
nectieut. who have schools c with 100 ma
tive girls and forty-fYe native teachers and
an orphanage IN which a hundred poor girls
have found a home. They have about forty
ing the Bible and talking to the wives and
daughters Of the Hindus. who are not able
to come out into the world. -,
They have told me that they have had re-
have seldom been interfered with by the
men, although the older women are very
conservative and determined in their oppo-
sitfon to everything that infringes upon the
customs Of their ancestors
Introducing Medical Science.
The greatest good that the women mis-
sionaries have done in India, think Is In
bringing modern medical science into the
homes Of the natives. No man Is ever adj
mitted to the zenanas, no matter what may
happen, and thousands upon thousands.
yes, millions upon millions, of poor crea.
lures have suffered and died Tor lack OF
ordinary medical attention because OF the
etiquette of caste. American women brought
the first relief. graduates from meolcai
schools In Philadelphia. New York ana chi
caRo. and now there are women physicians
attached to all of the missions. ana many
Of them are practicing independently In the
larger cities. They are highly Respected
and exert a great influence.
The salvation Army Is also doing great
deal or ROOQ Ia Inc SlulAiS VI sAAS >NeASS
India and has been particularly successIui
in Bombay, where 1t has received liberal
contributions from Parsees and otner rlcn
natives.
We went into q school the other DAY
where. for lack Of states and stationery, the
children were copying their writing lessons
in the sand on the floor 1t was new iuea,
but 1t answered the purpose. WIN httie
brushes they smoothed OF the SURFACE anu
formed letters as clearly as they couio
have made upon a blackboard
Bright colors are characteristic on the
Bindus. Their garments are of the gayest
tints; both the outer and inner walls OF
their houses are covered with rude draw
ings in colors: their carts are painted IN
fantastic designs, even their trunks are Or
namented in similar way. They are not
always done in the highest form or arr, put
you may be sure that the colors are pr1ght
and permanent Sometimes they paint tne
hides of their horses and bullocks, especial
ly on holidays
The race, the caste and often the prov
ince of a resident OF India may be deter
mined by his headgear. The Parsees wear
tall stovepipe hats made OF morse halr'
with a top like a cows foot; the Monam-
medans wear the fez, and the Hlnous the
turban, and there are infinite varieties or
turbans, both in the material used and IN
the manner in which they are put up An
old resident of India can usually tell where
a man comes from by looking at his turpah.