Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-26

las the half-castes, or Eurasians, are
called here), Europeans, Singhalese
and Tamils. Religiously, these are di.
vlded into Parsees. Mohammedans.
Buddbists, Hindus and Christians. In
one of the small branches four men
lodge; one of these is a Canadian
one q Burgher, one a Singhalese and
ono Tamil. Altogether, the associa.
ton provides residence for 80 men. A
strong body of leading European resi-
dents direct the work. and there are
many Europeans in the membership,
but these are such principally from
altrustic motives; the membership
thnt enjoys the privileges Of the asso.
citation Is clearly native. | found the
reading room and restaurant and game
room being we'll patronized. The dis.
tinctively religious work is we'll devel.
oped, II weekly classes for Bible study
being maintained A young Canadian,
Mr. c. A. Adams, of Maglll university,
is the secretary in charge of the Y. M.
c. a. work throughout the islands.
Young Womens Mission Work.
IT is somewhat noteworthy that in
this old and famous mission field so
prominent a place should be occupied
by these modern organizations, the
Young Mems Christian association and
the Young Women's Christian associ.
alton. OF tho latter there are IS
branches in Ceylon, Miss Campbell, OF
Randy, an English young woman, be.
Ing general secretary. A young woman
from Iowa, who was for some time sec.
rotary of the Y. w. G. A. at German.
town, Pa. Miss NJ. +. Cross, is in
charge of the association in Colombo.
In charming pal!I-shaded bungalow
home Is provided for young women,
and social and religious center main.
tanned. While more than little so.
cial work is done among young women,
the success of the religious department
has overshadowed all else. Fourteen
weekly Bible classes for young won.
en-, II in English, one in Snghalese
and one in Portuguese, are main
tanned in Colombo alone. The re.
fined. unprofessional atmosphere of
VIZ A'uhtS NOillCH SlItSlldU dSSDCid'
ton work commends it in a peculiar
manner.
Dusky Salvation Army Lassics.
Like, and yet unlike, home are the
native Salvation Army lassies, in the
familiar red wais. and wearing the
nickel shield badge, whom one meets
in Ceylon. They do not, however,
wear the hideous poke bonnet but,
like all native women here, go bare.
headed. In travelling into the interior
one finds them at almost every station
Offering, with the melting smiles that
make all Singhalese women attractive.
a subscription book, in lieu of the
War Cry" Tho report is that very
good work is done by the Salvation
Army among the lower classes of ma.
tives; they make an impression upon
the higher castles.
Caste obtains hero, as in India, and
is a barrier to religious work. The
schools do more than little to over
come it, While these articles are
confined to American and Canadian
missions, the excellent work done by
the many British societies is met With
at every turn. Most of the missions
that dot Ceylon arc British; it is to
their praise that there is very little
criticism of missions here, and most
of that is mere echo of the prejudice
against missions which exists in the
world of travel The educational side
OF missionary service has been en-
phasized there Is less need for medi.
cal missions than in some other lands.
This is a British crown colony, and
the government maintains system OF
medical dispensaries, these being, by
the way, a development of medical
missions. The only two missionary
hospitals In Ceylon are maintained by
the American board at Jaffna.
1t is claimed that "India's coral
strand" is really at Jaffna, northern
Ceylon, where the coral formation is
extensive, Probably that had nothing
to do with the planting at Jaffra. 90
years ago. of the American board S
second oldest mission This mission
the only strictly American one on the
island was established in 1926, and il
has maintained a successful existence
ever since.
The oldest mission school for girls
is at Jaffna, having been in continuous
existence since 1928. 1t now has zoe
girls in dormitory. The students are
chiefly high caste natives as are most
OF the Christians, and recently nota
BILE victory has been won by the mis-
sionaries in requiring the high caste
pupils to associate closely. on a basis
of equality in all things, with a mum
| Der of low caste students who have
| been admitted. In the school there
| are no caste lines whatever. Despite
this fact, and despite the fact that the
school is strongly Christian in charac
ter, nine-tenths OF its pupils becoming
members of the church, high-caste
heather Hindu parents continue to
send their daughters, paying a higher
! tuition than elsewhere.