Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-09-24
MISS MILLER GOES
TO FAR-0FF BURMA
Girl, With Many Relatives Here,
Crosses Ocean Under North
ern Baptist Auspices

mission workers who went from
the United States under the direc-
tion of the Northern Baptist AS
sociation last week was Miss Ma
linda X. AMiller, of Stanford
whose fatlieSFwas first cousin OF
Col. w. III. Miller, of Richmond
and who is widely related to
many prominent Madison famil-
les. She goes to Burma.
Miss Miller sailed from New
York ON the steamer Albania, by
way of England and the Mediter-
ranean, to Burma, India. Miss
Miller was educate at the Ken
tucky College for Women, and
Georgetown College, taught at
the University of Tennessee, and
is graduate OF the Teachers Col
cge at Columbia University. She
was a Y. w. c. A. worker in
France during the war. China
was Miss Miller's choice as mis-
sion field, but on application she
was asked to go to Burma, and
agreed to do SO. She will teach
English in a mission school. Her
first task will be to learn the Ian
guage, one of the three thousand
dialects spoken in India. Her
school will not be assigned her
until she reaches Rangoon. a
modern Burmese seaport OF 5OO,-
600 population.
Miss Miller came to Richmond
and got her passports from FEEDER
al Clerk Miss Sara Monday. be-
lore departing. She said that
the details of her outfit and the
tremendous amount of red tape
incident to her departure made
her feel as it she were going to
housekeeping. Each missionary
is allowed two tons of freight.
which must be completely invoic-
cd. Among the articles cmpha-
sized in. the lengthy list sent for
her assistance were bed. lamps,
mirrors. keys, and books. Among
other things, her will must be
made out, Il copy taken with her
and a copy left at the headquar-
tcrs. White clothes arc used
largely in Burma, though not en-
tirely. Clothing must be chang
cd daily. When laundry time
comes. the wash man takes the
garments to the river and beats
them out on the rocks. While
many European articles may be
purchased in Burma. very little
american goods is available. The
typical missionaries house. made
for two. is a cross between native
and English architecture. Each
side is occupied by one worker.
with Il common apartment in the
center. The bath room is tin
Sprinkling arrangement. with a
sloping floor off which the water
drains. Venetian blinds are used
instead of glass windows. The
walls never reach the ceiling.
Missionaries are given short
summer vacation i'll the hills dur
ing April and May. the disagree
able part Of the yearruAfter five
years work, they may have :,
ycar's leave of absence with full
pay. "mit. s...
The Burmese, of whom there
are 100000, are d cross be-
tween Chinese and Hindu races.
They are a happy-go go-lucky sort
of people. fond of singing, dane
ing, and drama. The women are
not secluded as in other Asiatic
countries. Rice and tobacco are
the chief products. Women
smoke as much as men. In a
sense. it is the U. S. of Asia-the
Get-rich-quick country ON ac-
count of its great natural re-
sources, rubies, gold, oriental
woods, and tropical fruits. In
stets swarm in everything. for
the Burmese. since they ar Bra
hmans. will destroy no animal
life. Yet they do not hesitate to
buy meat of butchers. Their
plan of eating would suit many an
American boy--at five a. m. they
have little breakfast" at seven
or eight middle breakfast"
at eleven big breakfast" After
two hours siesta at noon, they
have an early tea, at five O'Clock
formal tea. dinner at eight, and
supper at bedtime. In the Bur
mese written language there are
10 vowels and no space between
the words; they write. from right
TO left. thus making it very diff
fIcult for a foreigner to learn.
The Karens, or hill people, the
first inhabitants of the country
are more open to Christianity
han the others. A tradition was
held among them that once their
race had had fhe r,,re and f1nde'fI