The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-18
Inquisitiye Ctinese Wo,nen-

when first went to Marking
ten years ago had to undergo some
very odd things" said Mrs. John e.
WliIlams, In speaking of the ten
in China's mission fields. s'The
women were very suspicious of me,
but gradually they began to come to
see me, and when they did SO they
wanted wan to go all over my house and
thought this might dispeI their fears,
so let them come and go through
my house treated them for cuts
and burns, and they soon began to
feel that was harmless and seeking
only their good.
AT first when I invited them to
| meetings they feared to drink my
| tea, because they had an idea that
they would imbibe not only the tea
sented also. so they poured the tea
on the ground, but when they found
that 1t did them no harm they
drank it, They questioned my cook
| and asked If I quarreled with my
| husband. In China every woman is
| known. for what she is. If she
quarrels with her husband and has a
high temper it is known all over the
! city and talked of in the market
| places and in homes.
| One of the first great pleasures /
had after I had learned the Chinese
| language was the holding of
mothers meetings It was a very
hard task to teach women who had
few or no books. In the middle of
one of my addresses a woman near
me would take my dress between her
| fingers and feel the cloth. and say,
| interrupting me- while was trying to
tell of Christ's love, How much a
yard did you pay for such goods?'
| would inquire if clothing not wadded
was not very cold. In Marking which
is sometimes referred to as the Bos-
4 ton of China, the proportion of the
women who have received any educa-
4 ton is very small. About one woman
| in 500 can read.
"I want to say that the Chinese
are little understood and greatly mis-
| Judged in this country. Many peo-
| pie describe the Chinese as a nation
Now, have lived among them many
years and I can tell you that they are
not such people. They are warm
hearted, very human, quick to re-
spond to recognized kindness. They
| are patient. long suffering, and
capable of great endurance They
| are beginning to educate their
| women, and / look for great results
from this step."-Shanghai Times.
| Electric Power From Peat.
The utilization of Iow-grade fuels
| DIS sources OIL prOOucer gas mas made
considerable progress in Europe,
| where the necessity for more econo-
mfcal ways of using raw materials has
| arisen sooner than in America. At a
time when in America the use of coal
| at the mines for producing electric
energy in quantities to be transmitted
| to distant centerS of consumption is
| still a dream to be realized in the flu
ture, entirely trustworthy reports come
| from Sweden, Germany, and other
countries Of northern Europe that
| peat is actually being used success
| fully in plants built at the bog as a
| source of producer gas for use
| in internal combustion, engines to gen
| crate electricity for lightning, traction,
| and manufacturing purposes in town
miles away. Moreover. some of the
| plants which are SO operated are built
| in units of $50 horsepower and devel-
| op less than 500 horsepower for the
entire plant, thus refuting the idea
| that such installations must be only
| for large units and great total cur
| rent production Such reports have of
necessity created considerable inter-
| est in the minds of those in the United
| States who have kept in touch with
| Developments of this sort, and have
stirred to renewed activity those who
| have seen the possibilities of using
peat as a supplementary fuel--Engi-
| neering Magazine.