The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-05-27
INDIA, LAND OF SORROWS"
SAYS MISSIONARY
GRAPHICALLY TOLD BY MISS
CAMPBELL, A RETURNED MIS-
SIONARY.
In the Methodist Church Sunday
Morning-Costumes and Curios
Displayed-Wil Return to India
in the Future.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ttllu SullOS
Displayed-Will Return to India
in the Future.
Miss Elizabeth Campbell, of Scran-
ton, addressed a large audience in
the Honesdale Methodist church last
Sunday morning from Rev. VIII n.
Killers pulpit. Miss Campbell, who
has spent two years in India, is pre-
pairing herself to return to that field
to continue her work as mission
ary. She chose as her theme, In
dia, the Land of Sorrows" Miss
Campbell, after a warm introduction
by Pastor Hitler, commenced her ad-
dress by stating that she appeared
before her audience as an India mis-
sionary and also an American girl.
She was attired in native costume.
Miss Campbell opened her address by
telling of the different kind of castles
in heather India, naming four.
Among other things she said in part:
These castles do not mingle with each
other. There are 1000 of them in
India. She also stated that the peo-
pie of the different castles would
starve rather than break caste.
Miss Campbell related an instance of
little girl four years old, who was
suffering with severe eye trouble.
The little ones eyes were badly in
| famed and she recommended that
they receive medical treatment. The
| child's eyes were examined but be-
| fore the examination was made rel
ative told Miss Campbell that she
nor the doctor must touch the little
one, for if they did so it would break
! the caste. The ointment was secur-
ed, but unfortunately was not ap-
piled. The next time Miss Campbell
saw the little girl she observed that
her eyes were looking worse instead
of better and remarked to the father
that his child would lose her eye
sight if not treated. He replied in
an unconcerned way that he didn't
care if she did, that then she would
go around and beg and being sc
small she would receive considerable
money and then he would not have
to work for years to come.
The greatest drawback in Chris
tianizing India is it's child marriage
The missionaries of India, however
under much difficulty, succeeded il
changing the limit of the marriage
able age from 10 to IL years. Little
girls become married from the age O.
three to IL years. Their husbands
are often many years their senior
Should they die the widow is blamed
for his death. She then goes to livt
with her late husbands relatives anC
; lives an unbearable life. There ar,
) 26,000,000 widows in India. A wild
ow can never marry again.
The laborers of India are yer,
poorly paid. There are very fey
manufacturing plants there, whicl
makes the chief work that of agri
culture. Rice is the chief product
3 The farmers are entirely dependen
upon the rains. If there is not suffi
cient rain, then crops will be poor
A laborer receives about cent an
l half day for his hire. There ar
: millions of beggars in India. Owe
two million priests are beggar:
/. These holy men go from house
house and beg rice. You often rea
]. in the papers about famine in Indi
and of people starving. One reaso
is that the crops have been poor an
S another, you have not sent enoug
money to India to help sustain thes
people during such times.
The people of India live in house
IL or 13 feet square. They are or
J. story high and are made of mud wit
straw or bamboo roofs. The who
family, father, mother, children an
if some are married, live in tn
small hut. Should they own a got
or OK these also are in the san
4, room.
N When a native of India is aske
~ how many children he has he nev,
, counts the girls, claiming they
y not amount to much, that they a
expensive and cost too much to ha'
them married. Often times when
bright little girl is born to paren
!. the father is seen going about Il
=. room with his hands folded and b
=. thumb pressed hard in the palm
his left hand. This is to indicate
the nurse to press certain spot
d the top of the baby girls hea
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