Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-11-29

glimpses of mit sionaries to foreign
lands, some OF them on their way &c
their field of labor after a well earned
reEt, some enthusiastically looking
toward their first experiences in theiI
chosen life work of self-sacrifice and
love. These glimpses arc all too short
Cons idering the keen interest that Il
naturally shown here in foreign mis-
scenarios and their WORK.
Reverend and Mrs. Z. c. Scudder
after a thirty years sojourn in Indi:
are stopping over in Honolulu for 2
few days, as the guests 7of DR.. and
Mrs. Doremus Scudder. Mr.. Seuddei
is cousin of DR., Scudder and a broth
FER OF Mr.. Frank Scndder OF this city
Mre. Scudder is a sweet gracious lad
who has made a great. many friends
here. and one can easily imagine how
The poor people to whom she has given
her life must love her.
The Scudders' work has been con
fined to the villages In Southern Indi3
where the condition of the people is
in some ways very sad.
Mr.. and Mrs. Scudder are very
happy In their work, however and tel
many interesting tales OF their ex
periences there. After having lived In
a country for thirty years one farkS
be.k in memory, and notes the nlans
changes, and they are often interest
Ing as well as gratifying.
Our work has been among the
lowest of the classes" said Mr.. Scpd
H., 49,, anIl IL
yaLcement seems large. Our worF
has been confined to the villages ans
paracheries largely among the latter
where the poorest OF the poor peopls
live. The dwellers in the paracheries
are so low that their little village is
not even given tho honor of being
called village. These poor people arr
not allowed to walk the streets of a
village and the villagers would no
for anything be seen on the streets
OF parachery. When the villagers
who are the land owners. wish to
secure workmen they stand on the
orte kirts of the parachey and call to
such men and women as they want
Here you dog come here. 1T seems
that the common name for the poor
people Is dog or donkey. Mr.. and
Mrs. Scudder have under their super
vision sixty two of these villages and
-Paracheries.
The caste difference in India is SO
marked that If so much as a shadow
Of one OF the pariahs falls over them
the person of caste must Immediately
take q bath in some scored water This
cC1dition Is, hoWeyeT, being eliminated
t., a great extent by the railroads for
Ii christian can afford to buy sec
end class railway ticket and the caste
man happens to buy a ticket for the
same car, he must sit with the Chris
tan, the British government giving
him no choice in the matter. The
railway is breaking up the caste sys
tenn said Mr.. Scudder. 1T is the
cyener or leavener, so to speak.
AS men are not allowed to enter the
little homes of the women, it has been
Mrs. Scudder's privilege to visit among
them and as she is white woman
and Christian she is admitted into
the homes Of the caste people as vel
as those of the less fortunate families
When asked about the women and
their regard for education she taid.
These women received a little educa-
tom when they were children and then
when they were taken OFF the streets
end shut into their homes, where all
opportunity for more education was
tsken away. They are erer enxious to
learn more and the only way in which
they can do this is to receive visits
from the Bible readers. The majority
of the Bible readers and school teach.
ers are the native women who have
received high education. They are
received by the Brahmins as Chris
tians and are respected by them.
The dwellings of the poor people
are matched mud huts with no window
and but one little door the man is
the ruler in the home, and It is the
woman's place too feed him well and
take good care of him. Among the
very poor the women have to work
for their bit of food as well as the
men, and after child is nine or ten
years old 1t has to go out and work,
provided it is big enough. If a woman
is a very good worker she may at the
end of days labor receive two cents
and the man is paid FIVE cents If his
work is excellent The chief occupa-
ton is rice planting; The men do the
and as the water is allow
ed to flow upon the pioughed fields
the woman plant the rice.
In the families where finances are
= little better, the men go out and do
the field work while the women re-
main at home and prepare the meals
and keep the home clean.
THE women are great quarrelers"
said Mrs. Scudder. During the day
they have nothing to do but clean the
home and do the cooking an quarrel
ing q
The food consists largely of grains