New-York tribune., 1905-02-16
FOR FAMINE CHILDREN.
Effort to Establish a School of Embroidery
in Bombay.


With bands OF glistening gold embroidery in her
hands-the work OF little Indian girls in the mis-
Sionary schools OF Bombay-AIrs Edward S. Hume
for over twenty-nine years missionary OF ths
American Board Of Foreign Missions, pleaded yes
terday in ths chapel OF the Church OF the Ascen-
sion for the funds to establish Christian school
Of arts and crafts for the children OF Bombay Or
phaned BY the famines. The meeting was called
by COMMITTEES the advisory committee OF which
IS composed OF the Rev. Donald Sage Mackay W.
H Fry and the Rev. James S. Dennis. chairman
and II Is hoped to erect $4,000 building. and ID
establish scholarships OF $40 a year for the ex-
penses Of individual pupils. The COMMITTEES IL
working in unison with the zenana Bible and Med
ical Mission the English society In which ths Hon
Emily Kincaid. daughter OF Lord Kincaid. Ia SO
deeply interested
What started me In Industrial work was this"
began Mrs. Hume: "One day 1 happened to visis
a suburban town where some OF my girls lived
and stopped at the house OF OF them. little
widow. II all dark within Then I called.
and a small voice answered me from undsr the
table.
What are you doing thsrsr I asked
" Making cap.' answered the child
What viii you do with it when you have gos
IT doneT
My mother-in-law viii take II to SELL
. And how much VIII she sell It for?'
Eight cents
How much OF that viii come to your
" One cent
-"Weu. when have two hundred cents shah
try to run away to get something TO eat
Her mother-in-law," explained Mrs Hume,
would sell that cap for eight cents to man
who makes a business OF going around among the
women and buying their caps OF them; then he IN
turn sells them to man IN the bazaar for Is
cents, and he for 20 or 90 cents apiece
Il went home resolved that that poor child zt
least should have Industrial training
But our great chance came with ths farnina
Then with thousands OF orphans thrown upon US
for maintenance and education. thu scruples OF
the missionaries against teaching fancy work
vanished. and every took hold to Try 70 give
some sort OF manual training. Why. some OF the
little girls who came to could not study for
more than a few minutes at time. weakened
were they by their privations
IT had seen pictures OF what you Americans are
doing. so I went to the VEinter and had him make
me soma sewing cards. uth rows OF perfOrations
and little dots And l bought some red cotton. and
over. -" .--. 1-'- .-e'7'''--' anu 90" '''' anu
"oh, If only could have got at some Of my
friends in America, and had sOms kindergarten
you simply can't imagine how ignorant and
awkward the girls were at hrst-nOt knowing
the eve (hey cali It the needies nose1 and trying
10 stick the needle. when they did have 1t thread
fe fS I50 B4Sner ere Sra heo foremost quite as o'en az
with missionary schools all through India TAX
ing up Industrial work Of kind or another
Mrs. Hume found difficulty in hitting on ths
one S- School She sad. Vent n 70 for 'Rslr very @
cross stitch work. another. about two hundred
miles distant, took up lace making; those two
fields seemed to be pre-empted- It was the
with the woOdcaTving. which yet another school
does nicely. and with really beautiful crochet
which they are making a speciality OF one OF
the Irish Pres sbyterian missions. So we took up
embroidery IN the ancient Indian manner, and gold
and silver lace making And what We 50 much
want funds for setting I'D a plant in
which our boys could make the fabrics nom gold
and silver bricks and our girls could make the
fabrics In gold and silver embroidery. We could
have monopoly OF the fashionable trade OF India
in gold and silver laces IL were able TO do this
You see. the two great famines left twenty-five
thousand orphans-these are great problem
now
Then the Iaces were handed about while Mrs
Hume explained that they made OF q tubular
wire OF solid silver triple plated with gold. "a
lace like this holding up lovely flowing pattern
set with dull stones brings from 50 to Is over
there. and II takes fifteen yards for a Hin1oo or
Parsee or Mahometan wonan's robe An immense
amount is also worn by men their caps"
Mrs. Charles Atwood Edwards. OF No. 500 Park
ave. is the treasurer, The COMMITTEES also includes
Mrs. Russell Sage. Miss Caroleua II. Wood Afrs
George Soltan. Mrs. Kemp. Mrs. EIlIaeu Van
Rensselaer, and Miss Parsons