Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-04
WOMEN'S BOARD
HEARS OF Much
PROGRESS WORK
Practical Christianity in Many
Far-0ff Lands Themes !.
of Discussion

An unusually interesting meeting
of the Woman's Board of Missions
was that held in the church parlors
yesterday afternoon. The meeting
was opened at half past two o'clock
by the president, Mrs. Theodore
were conducted by Mrs. VIII Forbes.
who took Jesus Christ" as her text.
Following the reports of the re-
ccrding secretary and the treasurer
Mr.. E. G. Seudder of Southern India
gave a short but interesting address.
He told of the three fold work which
the missionaries in Southern India
are doing. THE first entering
wedge" he said lis the Hindu girls
school,, In the Hindu girls school
only the high caste girls and christian
girls are admitted. Though the Hon
dus and the pariahs are not allowed
to mingle the Hiudus and Christians
may, for; the missionaries will not
keep the Christian children away
from the Hindus. though they are
bound to separate the Hindu from the
Pariah. In this school the elementary
SuUJCClS dlC t0uSAIS 1OI OLICI thC 6itAo
reach the age of eleven or twelve they
have to enter their Zanatas.
Much of the, work of bringing the
families to the christian religion is
done by the children. They tell their
parents of the good things at the
mission and sometimes, though not
often a whole family will be urged
to go to the mission by little girl.
The second wedge is the "zanana"
work. This is done by the women
Bible readers. They go into the
homes of the Hindu women and not
only read the Bible to them but also
teach them to sew and to do the
other things that the women who
have taken a higher education know
how to do These Bible readers,
though many of them have come from
the pariah families, are accepted by
the Hindu women for their learn
ing. ...a.-:. ...... &
The third portion of the work which.
is accomplishing great deal in the
COSTA hospital Here, too, the work
is done among the higher class of
people i. The Brahmins can come in
their carriages and remain in the hos
pital away from the public eye. A
Hindu woman is not allowed to go out
of her home where the gaze of the
common people may rest upon her.
But if she rides to the hospital in a
we'll sheltered vehicle and, when she
reaches her destination, is kept in
secluded part she is allowed to re-
ceive the treatment.
Mr.. Scudder says that hundreds of
these high class Brahmins are con-
tinually receiving treatment at the
hospital.
Good Work Here Promised
In his closing remarks Mr. Scudder
spoke of the good work the Woman's
Board is doing here and complimented
them in that they have missionaries
of their own out in the field.
Mrs. Doremus Scudder, who has
been on the mainland for some time,
gave a short talk on the churches
sand Woman's Boards she had visited
there. 1t was her privilege to visit
the Woman's Board in Boston at one
of it's monthly meetings and also the
:Womans Board of the Pacific She
also told of the visits to a number
of churches.
An interesting letter was read from
Miss Mabel Bosher of Kawaiahao
seminary Miss Bosher recently Wis
tied the annual meeting of the Ameri-
can Board in Boston as delegate from
the Hawaiian Board. Miss Bosher in
her letter told of the work accomp-
lished by the Board.
Mrs w A. Bowen read two inter-
esting letters from Mt. Selinda,
Africa, and from Pang Tchuang
From Mt. Selinda came news that
was most encouraging. A nurse,
which has long been needed. has been
secured in the person of a Miss
Lundquist. Miss LundQuist will leave
short time.
New Industry Started
A spinning and weaving depart
ment has been opened and the cotton
industry is being started. The CORES
pendent in the letter said that these
things might seem small TO one who
was not in the field or who has never
seen the natives of Africa but to one
who has spent great many years
there and who has a thorough knOwl
edge of the people and their customs
every step towards their uplifment
seems wonderful.
The letter from Pang Tchuang was
from Dr. Tucker who is we'll known
here This contained news of the
war He told of the many soldiers
VINO came to the hispitals for care
and who, while there, received Christ
ian teaching. The war brought the
missionaries in CONTACT both with the