New-York tribune., 1908-07-21
MISSIONARY TO CHINA
Miss Wheeler Renomnces Social Life
for Work at Wuch0ng.


P. Wheeler fatner of Miss Ethel J. Wheeler, VINO
sa lis on August become missionary IN Ih'na'
but since she Is going want her TO make 90
cess of It, just would want boy VINO "1'
going away 10 start In business TO make SUNLESS
of It,"
It was In the chapel In the Church Mlssioi'S
House. at No. PSI Fourth avenue. YESTERDAY morn
ing, and rather remarkable service was Aou. .
begin. Thirty-two outgoing missiona'ies 49,
about to partake OF the holy commuhloA- VI -
Miss Wheeler was one Miss Wheeler Is quie'
young woman, who dslikes to talk about herseil VI
her plans.
There is nothing 10 write about In IL, sne sa'o-
The news of her decision to become missionary
came as a surprise to her friends, for her educa-
ton has been along other lines. She has stuoieo
art. and is member of the Art Students League
OF late she has travelled good deal IN <Ainelica
and in Europe, but In China. Her fatner
said that her desire to go to China a missionary
began In the visit Of Bishop Roots Of China TO tnls
country.
"Wuchong the city where Ethel is going, ne
said. 'is just across the river from Hankau ana
stands in much the same relation to 1t that New
York does to Brooklyn Between them flows the
Yang-tse- e-Kang. the Mississippi of China In the
Settlement in Wuchong. in which the missionaries
live-compound 1t Is caled-are a church, two hos
pitfalls. for women and one for men. two
schools, one for girls and for boys. and dis
pensary- In some features 1t Is not unlike Settle
ment in New York City. except that the Settle
ments here often do not wish do not see their
in China don't begin by teaching religion. They
interest themselves in the affairs of the Chinese
who educated people; they learn to know
them. teach and help them, as the opportunity
After while they talk Of religion, when the
time That is the way Christ taught He
healed the people and helped them, and talked to
them of many things. and went into their homes.
and then he taught them the faith.
Miss Wheeler will sail from Vancouver the
9TH of next month. and expects to reach China in
about three weeks from that time She will stay
in China three years-perhaps longer; and though
she will be free to return give up the work at
any time, it is said to be her intention to make it
the business OF her whole life. She will teach not
only the children the very poor but those OF the
higher class families. too She will defray her own
expenses and means to devote her money well
her time to the work. 1t isn't hard
1t used to be to get the Chinese women. for
ye by year they putting aside their prejudces
against the civilization Of the Occident and
wanting to know and enjoy the things which the
women OF Europe and America know and enjoy.
That Is what missionaries who have been to China
and returning there say.
One of these returning missionaries IS Miss A.
Elizabeth Beverly, of Baltimore. She went to
China seven years ago, changing the life Of fash
ionable society woman for that of a missionary;
and she did such good work that the Episcopal
Board of Missions gave her years leave with
salary and instructions to go wherever she liked
to improve herself for her work. She went to
Barnard College and studied eocution. and when
she gets back to China she Will lecture to the
women in their own language. which she knows.
Miss Wheeler and Miss Beverly will make tho
voyage together and will be attached 20 the same
mission-Hankow Mission
Not all the missionaries who took part in the
service yesterday going to China The Rev
Charles w. Peabody. Miss Florence G. Iangdon
and several others are going to Alaska: the Rev.
and Mrs. Murray Bartlett and four Others are
bound for the Philippines. some going to Japan
some TO Mexico, and SO But the largest party
is going to China. Miss Marion 8. Mitchell who ts
returning to Shanghai spends much of her time
teaching music to the Chinese She SAYS the Chi
nese children learn Occidental music easily which
seems surprising considering the discordant sounds
that have been thought music in the Chinese CON
ception European teaching, though, is changing
the Chinese conception In that regard
After the communion at the Church Missions
House Miss Wheeler took leave of her mora init
mate friends at her fathers home No 72s Park
aveI'.e- Her father is the Well known LAWYER
Everett p. Wheeler, and he Is, too An ardent
worker in the field of the Church. For a long tna
he has been identified with reform work In poIi,ics