Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-07-01
News From The Orient.
Xochow, Human, China.
February 5, 1920.

lovely letter from home. Inc blrth-
day greetings were just a week ahead of
time, so | will have whole week to
think about it. The folks here are teas
ing me, so l think I'll run away on that
day. On Monday l am going to Hsin-
chang to supervise the examinations,
and may not be back till Wednesday mig hit
so will avoid such stunts as had to be en-
dured other years. On Thursday l am
going to HankoW to do some shopping
for the school. and meet Alice who is
home from nurses convention at Shang-
hal
Perhaps you wonder how have time
for all these things After the Flu cpl
! demic abated, we had a case of measles,
and to avoid another epidemic We had
exams and closed school ten days ahead
of time sche iuled for New Years vaca-
/ ton.
In my last letter l probably told you
about the girl who was sick in the hos
pital with pneumonia. They, l mean her
relatives, insisted on taking her home,
and she lived only a few minutes after
reaching the home. But her folks were
afraid she would die here, and as it would
! cost 80 much more to take her then. they
were unwilling to give her the chance to
be saved. The poor child was engaged
to an idiot, and there was no hop, of es-
/ Gaping the match so it may have been
blessing after all.
| Now please tell me who you think the
| blue covers are meant for, if not for you.
/ If come home snd find that you have
not kept anything for yourself, Ill make
my headquarters sumo place else. III
take tor granted that you don't want
anything from China around. But above
| all don think too much about my home
coming, sonnet hing may happen. and then
,ou would teei disappointed.
Have been having nice time correct.
ing Eugllsh papers. | wish | could re-
member some of the funny things that
we're said One girl said "a bird IN the
hand is worth two in the earth" and one
! of the hospital nurses informed me that
man has five senses, seeing, hearing,
feeling, ia. ting and smiling" The fifth
sense is surely rudimentary in some folks.
Was stopped at this point and have been
greatly rushed ever since. Have been
to Hsin- Chang, and tomorrow go to Han
kow.
Palm Sunday, 1920.
If do not write to you soon, feel
will truly have no face to go home.
Our acquaintanceship will dwindle away
and | wont get an invitation to visit you
in your new home at Burkittsville. Mrs.
Heinrichsohn scoded me for having ne
elected you so long, and made me prom
Use that I'd take time to write to you to-
day no matter what else | neglected.
During Chinese New Year vacation |
was kept on constant rush. and since
school has opened no breathing spell.
Have opened new day school at the
West Gate. We were very late opening,
as the room had to be fixed, and so we
were afraid there would be no pupils.
To our joy on our opening day twenty
appeared. Mrs. Hsia was greatly pleas
ed She is very nice teacher from Kin
kiang, is separated from d cruel husband,
and has one darling little boy tor support
| must tell you about one of the interest
ing pupils Her right hand is withered,
and her folks brought her and didn't tell
it for fear we would not take her in as
she could not learn to write But we said
this is cur chance to show them we
really want to help. We've got to teach
that child to write with her left hand.
So Mrs. Hsia began with her, and it
would have done your soul good to have
seen her trying. How hard and how
earnestly she worked, and | am sure she
is going to write Chinese characters after
while. Her parents said she had never
used chopsticks, but always spoon. So
| am trying to convince them that she
can be taught to use the left hand as one
would use the right. 1t is quite walk
from here to the West Gate but | enjoy
it, The only trouble is the constant rain
and the mud we have had for the past
two weeks. 1 come back splashed with
muG and feeling in the same class with
some pigs | have seen. But most of all
| enjo the bright faces of the little girls
who are having their first introduction to
christia ity,
We have been having such an ocean of
magnificent sweet vplets. How often
have wished could send you some.
What would you say if l decided to
postpone my furlough for year. There
is possibility that may. When do
come home, am hoping that may study
medicine before returning to China.
Last Friday l should have gone to Hsin-
Chang but the weather was so dreadful
ano the desks | was to take out Were not
oiled, so put the trip off till this week.
leave Wednesday on the night train and
cone back Thursday night. This is my
first trip under the new schedule. The
train is due about ten p. m, but usually
gets in about two or three m.
Our Kinchiang day school has about
doubled in attendance. We are very
happy about it.
In spite of the ticipated outbreak of
Boshevsm. the anti-foreign feeling in
general, there are few things to give
one real hope of the country's salvation.
Todpy's pf Der announced that hundreds