The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-06-04

ly have the right arm bare with
cloth thrown oves-their right shoul-
der. The left arm and shoulder are
covered, unless II IL warm or they
are working, when they strip to tn"
waist. The better classes usuauV,
wear the clumsy but sometimes pic.
turesque Tlbetan boot, Many 70
barefoot, however. even In the cold
weather. The children arc usually
part naked and the majority en-
tirely so, even In cold weather.
Their style OF hsir-drcss IL somo-
thing like tho oldlfashloned' Chi
hese que. The women braid their
hair with brlght-colored yarn"
From tho letters one can con-
struct picture OF life in the mis-
sion station. Baby Eugene Morse Ia
happy and well and loved Tot only
IN his own household but alsp uy
the heather people who regard him
"a u younger foreign devil" Mrs.
Morse has enough To keep her busy
all day long In caring for Eugene
and giving orders TO the shlftless
servants, 80 untrustworthy that all
supplies must bo kept under lock
and key and doled out by her a tea
spoonful OF baking powder at a,
time. In addition she teaches In
Sunday school and leads devotional
SERVICES in the rude little church.
She is teaching music on tho orgat!
to Tibetan girl who II to no mar
ried soon to one of the Tlbetan
evangellsts and who understands
and speaks English as she has been
in the home Of the McLeods Tor sew
oral years. She spends much time
In language study. II can speak
along very well and now can Eive
the alphabet. In Chinese get
little Tlbetan and can pronounce
my servants orders and carry on
little conversation with my teachers.
Chinese is easy compared 20 the
Tibetan. The tones are an impor-
tant part. You can say tho same
words In four or five different
tones. all with n different meaning.
hardly distinguish difference. We
are anxious 90 get busy working
with the people. There Is 40 much
to be done on all sides"
"Takcs Them for "a walk"
In n recent letter to her parents
at Norman Mrs. Morse takcs them
In Imagination on a walk Through
Batahg.
would you like to take n walk
through Batang2 We will put on
Eugene's wraps, put him In his bas-
ket. 'Dige' Will come and carry the
basket on her back by means OF
ropes. She walks ahead OF us and
Eugene peeps out Mt us and smiles
Now l must warn you to watch your
step. There are bad stones in tho
path. See that group OF naked chill.
dren standing there gazing at us
They do well to wear n jacket when
II IL cold. There is large mud
place where tho Chinese soldiers
stay. They nearly all have Thibetar
wives. These women sitting out
here In the street nursing their chill
dren are probably all the wives OF
soldiers Well you must remember
they never had a bath except wher
dog licks them. It's no wonder
that most OF them die. There, lool
ahead of you. Those animals will
the great horns are yak. They hay,
been plowlng the fields. Don't b,
Nafraid OF them for they are too SLOW
, to hurt you unless you run into thei
, horns. One time one of then
| Knocked my chair over but II neve
. hurt me. IL you want to get sprin
. kled with water just walk by clos
/. TO that woman carrying the waite
! on her back. Get out of the wa
quick
The women are saying SUNNI
to you. That is their greeting I
a woman. II means Mrs. Yes. the
r are very pleasant and are intensel
t Interested In white babies. I don
! know why all streets are Just eigl
. or nine feet wide unless they like, I
$ be able to talk with their neighbor
r across the way. There. don't ste
In that blood. They have Just kille
r the hog. The hogs are so poor tina
: they can't be scraped easily. It's n