Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-08
MISS HATHAWAY TELLS
 OF WORK IN JAPAN
Spoke at Buckingham Memorial Un-
 der Auspices of Mission Circle.

Under the auspices of the Mission circle of the Universalist church of this city, Wednesday evening, Miss NJ. Agnes Hathaway, Universalist missionary to Japan, addressed a fair sized gathering at the Buckingham Memorial on the work that is being carried on at the Blackmer house in Tol1io, where she has been engaged as teacher and missionary for the past i've years Miss Harkaway is at present enjoying years furlough, and is taking this opportunity to tell the people over here concerning the great things that have already been accom- plished in Japan and of the crying need for further missionary activities among these people. This is being done in or6er to aruose the peoples interest in this matter. in view of the endowment that is being planned by the Women's National Missionary as sociay. Rev. J. F. Cobb, pastor of the Unfversalist church, presided over the meeting.
 Miss Hathaway told of the character or the Blackmer home it's purposes and of what it had already done for these people who needed their help so much. She mentioned a number of interesting characteristics of the Jap anese, spoke of the eagerness of the young girls over there to obtain a good education, and in a thorough and convincing manner explained a vast number of ways wherein good could be accomplished by means of money and by means of cOnsecrated Chris t1ans who were willing to give up their lives to the task. The remarks of the speaker were listened to by everyone present with the strictest at tention and at the conc1musion of her talk there was much favorable com. ment concerning the delightfully."- pleasing manner in which so many in- &~-.< t,r- them.
 This Blackmer home in Tolzia was named in honor of the late Lucian Blackmer of St. Louis, who endowed the institution and up to the time of his death did an untold amount of good there. Miss Catherine Osborn is in charge of the home and Miss Hath away is second teacher. The place is very much like one of our girls boarding schools. In connection with the home a Kindergarten has lately been established and 1t has proved wonderful success. Through their children the mothers have been reach ed, and with a friendly relationship established in this way, the labors of the missionaries can be made to count for much
 Miss Hathaway told in detail of the work that was carried on in the Cen .tral church in Tokio, of the interest taken in it by the young men She spoke of the high grade of their Sun day schools and of the growing i'm portance of the night schools. Refer ence was also made to the revolution that was being wrought among the Japanese peOTle by reason of the young peoples societies that were be- ing started everywhere, and of how much these epople appreciated the so- cial part of life
 The speaker. mar interesting man Ter. gave 2 little picture of the home life over there of their habits and of the advantages and disa dvants yes of of the most striking characteristics of the Japanese girls, who can rise to an emergency better than the Am erican girls can. but dn not have the staying qualities. The activity of some of the people there in the tenn perance cause was also touched up- on.
 Speaking of the object of this home Miss Hathaway said that first of all it aimed to train therein girls to be pure Christian home makers. Tn the second place. they aimed to give the girls there a higher educ9 ton than they would otherwise enjoy. There arc very few high schools in Ja pan and every one of them is croYtCed, many girls being turned away every year be- cause they cannot accommodate them This BIaekmer home Is compelled to turn many bright, promising girls away from their doors because they are unable to provide for them.
 r Miss Hathaway mentioned A few of the things that tend to. encourage and discourage a missionary worker, told of what beautiful country Japan was.