El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-06-11

leaders have established girls schools.
There is a man named ROychand, a
Jain, who has founded a school for wo-
men at Bombay, and that city has other
seminaries of a similar kind.
You have all heard of Pundita Ra-
mabi. who lectured in the United
States not long ago and collected some
money there for her girls school at
Poona. She is Brahmin, and belongs
to one Of the highest castles of the
Hindoos. She was educated in Eng
land and for a time she was professor
of Sanscrit in one of the colleges there.
Her school at Poona has been running
for years and il is dofng great good.
All OF the pupils are child widows. anC
some of the little ones are only five
or six years of age. Many are young
girls, and others are full grown wo-
men. In that school they are taught
reading, writing and arithmetic, and
also such arts as will fit the pupils
to make their own living outside. They
learn TO sew and embroider. and also
kindergartening and trained nursing,
as well. A farm IS connected with the
school. and some of the women learn
dairying and sheep raising Many or
the graduates are already earning good
salaries, some are teachers, others ma
irons Of institutions, and not a few
have married again. Some have become
missionaries.
Christian Work Among the Women.
Our missionaries are accomplishing
much for the women of India, as are
also those of Great Britain. The work
can be only done by the women, as
men are not allowed to go into the wO-
mems quarters or to speak to them.
There, are about 1900 females among
~
most of these do more or less work
There are 13S foreign woman physi-
clans and numerous hospitals and
schools. There are two Christian col
leges and in Madras alone more than
100000 girls are going TO school. The
girls are bright and they seem to learn
quite as well as our girls at home A
number Of them entered the univer-
sity, and some of the daughters of the
higher classes have graduated not only
at the colleges of India, but at those
of England. and are now acting as law
yers and doctors.
AS 70 the government schools. those
for girls are increasing. although they
are still far outnumbered by those for
the men. For instance. India now has
10000 boys schools, with about $780,
600 pupils. and only 10000 girls,
schools, with 100000 in attend
ance. The percentage OF iIliteracy
among the women is far greater than
among the men. In all India there are
less than one million women who can
read, and this means about one in every
$50. On the other hand, about one
man in every ten ca read, and a large
percentage can both read and write
The officials tell me that only about %
percent of the boys of school age go
to school and less than percent of
the girls.
One Of the crying needs Of this coun-
try is medical attendance, and especi-
ally doctors for women. Lady Dufferfn
started a movement of this kind and
lady Curzon aided in carrying il on.
The customs and caste distinctions Of
India are such that only woman doc
tors can treat the native women, and
the great need is women missionaries
who have good medical Quotations
The first female doctor came in 1870
and there are now many. There are
however, half million villages and
towns which have no resident physi-