Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1921-01-13
LETTER FROM ALICE REED
Tshehsw, Shantung Province,
China

China.
Dear Foiks:--This has been an
other busy week. Work to the limi
every day and some diversion t.
help us forget It . little while eacf
evening. find I can do moro witt
the period OF relaxation interjected
than to try to rest and only sit and
think how tired I am. 1t Is easy tC
have something refreshing most ev'
cry evening. because of tho variety
and number OF people that are com,
ing and going from all parts Of the
world. For instance on Friday even
Ing We had to dinner the British
Captain OF whom spoke In a recent
letter. . Mr.. Warner, son Of the War
asr Corset" man of Now York and
Darlington Goodrich, who was rails
Cd in Pskin. his father being one of
the oldest missionaries In this land.
However Warner and Goodrich were
college mates at Williams college,
Mass. Warner IL the Standard Oil
representative in these parts, Capt.
Empey represents the British Govt.
and Goodrich IL helper to Paul, who
has boon chosen commisssry of the
road building army. that is to
earn the half-million dollars set
apart by the American Red-Cross
for self help employment. paul Nc
Eschron Is the Superintendent Of
the mission school).
Tho poor school" flourishes. We
have twenty-five children scrubbed,
deloused and wearing clean under
wear. They are learning little al
ready and are very happy. There
are 4 lot more parents begging to
have their children taken in, and I
am wondering whether We dare I'M
dertaks = hundred and twenty. Mr.
Baker, head man for the Red Cross
was here today and spoke as II we
might got some help from them. I
am going to consult with tho Chinese
teachers, make my. plans and esti-
mates. and submit them to Mr..
Baker. an quite excited at the
prospect.
1t would be easy to narrats the
case of each child A. pitiable, but
I will just tell Of tho most pitiable
ono that has come into our care. She
II seven years old and was found
with her mother and \ nine year old
brother living In . room Of an ADAM
doned temple. The Chinese who
found them said tho mother looked
like = dead one and when sho smiled
At the promise Of food for her child
rem. her look was 30 terrifying that
he could not endure to look at her.
The little girl had no article of cloth
Ing and so was being kept in bed,
Tho had eaten such unfit food that
The had to 90 under the DrB. care as
loon a. she arrived ut tho mission |
But now after = few days care she
. doing finely. Ono other case, Sat
lrday evening a woman came carry
ng = year old baby and leading an
light year old girl. They had walk,
ID seventeen miles on tho hope that
70 would take the little girl. We
lid! and the poor mother started
Jack Sunday morning, carrying the
'aby, to walk again tho seventeen
niles where her other children were
xcept fourteen year old girl who
lad already been given away, to
hose who arS ready to take q girl OF
hat age.
On the whole the famine doesn't
distress mo a. much as 1t did in the
arly fall. Tho explanation Is that
low We are doing something to re,
leve It, and We are SO busy with
he immediate task. that We have lit.
10 time to think.
Mr.. Daley, . reporter for tho Chis
ago Tribune IL with US just now for
few days. Il
II might be vol to say, the last
sitter received dated Dec. IL, has
10 first acknowledgment of gifts
8nt from here They were sent ear.
7 in November. so the later gifts {
70 already enabling them to do the {
lings intended. but 1t requires {
bout 80 days after receiving them
II Acknowledgement to get back to c
}. Tho form of this first acknowl. /
igemont Is IL am delighted"