Pueblo chieftain., 1922-02-06
PUEBLO GIRL MISSIONARY IN
INDIA WRITES LETTER Home

on mats on the floor where we had
rice and curry. Miss Grier and I had
the spoons Sonny had carried alone
but the others ate with their fingers. II
took constant viligance to keep out {,
dog. and n hungry cat that kept Jump
ing down from the loft. The walls and
floors OF such n house arc hard and
smooth, ''leeped" by the women
hands with mixture OF mud and the
refuse from the barn. Tho sweepcrs arc
collectors of the sewage. and one has
to put up with the service of the
sweeper in whose allotted district one
camps. whether she Is satisfactory or
not. Besides the farmers In this town,
there are many rather prosperous
money lenders, but 1t doesn't pay to
live prosperously for thieves are too
common, and the houses afford little
privacy.
The wife of Preboo Das Is a sloven
with crying baby forever on one
school Another afternoon We went To
call on Mohammcdan woman. They
wear calico trousers shaped like riding
breeches. Most OF her drawing room"
was filled with IL great pile of cotton,
us it had been brought from the field
There was just room for us on a ledge
and the woman with her ncighbors and
neiShbor's children to crowd in round
the door. Sunday We drove about eight
miles to see two Christian families in
an Isolated village. The older man had
recently sold his daughter in marriage
to doubtful bridegroom and they
were little uncomfortable about it.
They are wrctched managers. and live
huddled together in very primitive
way. the old mother rather ruling the
roost. Their children arc unusually
bright and good looking. but they
are apathetic about sending them off
TO school. Fifty miles is long way
off to such simple farmers. The usual
sore eyes and flies on childrcn's faces
are as hard for me TO stand as any
thing / see.
Yesterday VIC moved camp closer to
the railway station and tomorrow We
go into town for Christmas, after
which Misc .Gricr and ! are to go Wis
iting and sigh, seeing for a week. Our
tour will inciudc Tai Mahal.
Miss Grier's camp work always takes
her Tor drive TO distant villages
during the morning. and 1 read and
write and amusc myself. During the
afternoon and evening people often
come FOR medicine-she gives sslts.
boric acid for eyes. ointment or nd
vice TO 20 to the city to the hospital.
She does this work several months
of each year and has a regular system
of boxes. tight jars. and cans, fold
ing furniture, and such like things. \
blue mat on the floor seems to keep out
the white ants that aro so bad about
night
The night watchman she has hired
from the village for several night
has declared that he saw a pair OF
tigers and several wild pigs circling
our camp nightly. but the quiet OF
the dog and horses has resssurcd US
II is little warm in the tent just
after noon. hut cold enough at night
TO require the bed clothes you use ln
Rye.
suppose the most perfect hostess Is
she who makes the Kticst feel SO
natural that he forxets he Is guest
and being entertained. That II the
way l feel about Miss Grier and my
work here.
You will be receiving this about
Valentines Day, 80 here's to all of you
dear Valentines. and most philosophi-
cal. ! think OF you often. and with
loving interest.
Yours.
EDNA K. PREvOST