Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-08
LETTER FROM MISS STARTLING.


i ter writing. FOR the last rev nlRnCes
we have had visitors nearly every
night, that have just taken up my
whole evening. And when the ma
tives come in to visit. they never
know when to leave. They have no
business to engage them. and don't
seem to think that we may have.
This mail brought me an ample
compensation for not having gotten
any mail last week, seven letters and
beautiful colored photograph Of a
New England roadside, bordered
with apple trees in bloom. a belated
birthday gift. have spent most of
the evening over my letters. some
of which were unusually interesting,
yours especially.
We had our annual station meet
ing last week. to present our re-
ports for the year; and we found. to
our great delight. that in Chieng
Mai and out-villages. there had been
over three hundred conversions, the
the high water mark in the history
of the station. Partial reports from
other stations make it practically
certain that it will also be the BAN
ner year for the whole mission. We
have surely cause for great graft.
tude. that our work has been blessed
as it has been this year.
Mr.. Y. started down last Monday.
to meet the new men, who are ex-
pected to arrive in Bangkok, about
the first CT Nov. Though we have
had long drouth. he had not been
gone more than fifteen minutes, be
fore it began to rain; and he was on
wheel. too. He reached Lakawn
yesterday afternoon, and DIR. Nc
Kean received wire from him to-
day, saying that it had raine6 all
day, and he had gotten a good
bath" He is the most unfortunate
man! i believe he could scare up
rain in the midst of the Sahara de-
sert. If he doesn't get lost two or
three times, and have a tiger fight
or so. / shall be surprised. He must
have been born under an unlucky
star, and the dog star" at that.
The lace out here is made on the
same principle as the lace you have
seen at the expositions. A piece of
wood the size Of small tabletop,
but with rounded corners, is stuffed
and covered with oil-cloth. In the
middle of this large spool is placed
which is padded. and then covered
with the pricked pattern. This
spool revolves. The thread is wound
on bobbins. and thrown around the
pins, which are placed in the holes
of the patterns, as the lace progress
es. 1t is really very simple. and /
have found it very fascinating. We
have some lovely new patterns, but
the demand has been exceeding the
supply so far.
Week before last, one of the girls
came to Miss Buck and asked to go
home; that her mother was very sick |
and had sent one of the neignbors
after her. Miss Buck asked to see
the man. and the girl said that he |
had been afraid to come in; that he |
had only come to the gate. and had
gone on out the road to wait for her.
Miss Buck finally decided not to al |
low the girl to go home. Last week
a woman came from the same viii
lage to take her little sister home for
over Sunday, and of course the girl
who had wanted to go the week be-
fore, wanted to go too. So Miss
Buck decided to let both of them go,
as well as the little sister of the first
girl. Last Monday the mother of
the two girls who were sisters.
brought all three of them back, and
asked Miss Buck not to allow them
to go home any more. that they
didn't want to return to school when
they once got home. Miss Buck ex-
planned why she had let them go,
when the mother denied that she
had been sick. or sent for the girl at
all. So Miss Buck had all three
girls in for lecture on the heinous-
ness of lying. After her sermon she
asked the culnrit what mas fit nun