The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-17
By MYRA WILLIAMS FARRELL

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Mrs. d. C. Kline and Mrs. A. l..
Rogers entertained Monday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. Kline in Horne
street for Miss Lulu Golish, recently
returned from China, where she has
been teaching in a school at Chengtu-
The guests were so interested in the
things which Miss Golish had TO tell
of her experiences in China, that she
was induced to repeat the talk at the
First Presbyterian church Wednesday
evening. Also. she will show some of
the beautiful samples of Chinese work
which were presented to her when she
left for the states.
Chengtu is a city of a million peo-
pie, situated $500 miles inland. Some
speaking of his native county, You
cannot hope to move that vast in
ertia."
Questioned in this regard. Miss
Golish said China of course is far
behind all other countries in civiliza-
ton, but some progress is being made
by the individual efforts of graduates
of schools and universities, as well as
by the missionaries.
There are four billion people on
the globe who have never heard of
the Gospel Naturally. China. with
her four hundred million souls, fur
nishes a large per cent of that num-
where graduates of schools and uni
versities have located, the Christiani-
zation and education of the people IS
gaining some Roadway.
For instance, [ went to town OF
1000 people not far from Chengtu
and at the gate of the walled city l
INQUIRED of an old Chinaman about
a Chinese woman who had married a
university graduate. she herself hav-
ing attended our school. The old man
said that everyone in the town knew
her. and when 1 asked how that hap
pened. he said it was because she kept
the cleanest house in town Her
house, when 1 reached it, consisted OF
two rooms, a. living room ana Steep
ing chamber. In the living ROOM
which was papered with newspapers
she had saved while she was in school,
were several women, who said that
the woman I sought was in small
building next door. I found her teach
ing about forty Chinese children
whom she had gathered in from the
street The money for the rental OF
the building was contributed by the
children. each one bringing 10 cents
a year to cover the cost. The women
in her own home she taught from the
Bible. while the children were study
| ing their lessons, and she explained
that tho they spit on their own floors
and were otherwise dirty, they re-
spected hers. When asked what COM
pensation she received for the WORK
she was doing, she appeared surprised;
and said that the American schooi
! had taught her what she knew, ana
that she was repaylns II IN TINS way
Thus, you see, it was light shining
| in the darkness. and by such lamps
will the darkness of China gradually
| Miss Go1ish, whose home is in Seat
| tie. Wash. will, together with her
AT GToeleX
Colo, before going east to study
year. When she has completed the
| study for which she returned to Amer
! lea, she will go back to China to con-
tinue her work;
A Topeka woman to the mann IT
born suggests that items about folks
not socially prominent be run in the
Snap Shots rather than in the society
column. In this country. where two
or more persons assemble for any pun /
pose except work, politics, religion or
| a funeral that is society, and the Snap
Shot column is not for them The To
peka woman to the manner born will
have to struggle along with her name
on the same page with that of the
humble maid who gets three or foul
cronies together. serves brick ice cream
and cake and calls & * it 3 a party
Judging from the files of the
Journal of twenty years ago. life wa:
| just one lovely, peaches and ice cream
existence, before such things as soviets
and Bolshevism were dreamed of
before even the automobile had
| snatched away the leisurely view
| point: when the matters of gravest
| import were new fads in clothes fol
men.
About this time of year. twenty
years ago, male society was concerned
with the rumor that men were to wear
| shirt waists, such as those affected By
the women. To quote. the question
| took precedence over affairs of state
| THE theme of city, county. state and
national Importance on the streets a.
present, is the shirt waist man. Wher
you see a group of society or bushes:
young men standing on the stree
| corner or at the bottom of an elevator
shaft earnestly discussing some topic
| it is not politics or religion.-it is shir'
waists.
George Stansfield is at present il
the lead. A friend of his in Buffalo
sent him two shirt waists. They arr
too big for him. and two tailors and
three seamstresses and a professional
cutter are at work on them trying t.
train them down to Georges class.
/ "I am in ecstasies over them sait
Mr.. Stansfield this morning.
Ralph Moore expressed himself thu:
in regard to the style. Men can weal
them if they want to. I don't see WHY
they shouldn't"
Carl Nellis is quoted as saying
| Really, 1 haven't given the matte