Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-03-02
Grace Dillingham;, Former Bara-
boo Resident, Is Now Mission
airy In Korea
PERSECUTION OF THE
CHRISTIANS Is STILL
BEING CARRIED ON
Finds Work Among People Very
Interesting and Children Are
Eager to Learn

III
AT a recent meeting of the Foreign
Missionary society of the First M. E..
church, held at the home of Mrs. A.
H. Varnell, letter was read, ex-
tracts of which are given here. The
writer is Miss Grace Dillingham;, a
! missionary to Korea, and a former
resident Of Baraboo. She was the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon G.
Dillingham;, who lived in Baraboo for
| many years, Mr.. Dillingham; being a
stock buyer.
The letter is headed Yyeng Yang,
Chosen, March 21st, 1921, and is writ
ten to an old friend in Iowa:
"How I wish l might tell you all
about this interesting. land and it's
brave people SO many of whom are
suffering as the. result of their patriot
ism Only a week ago Saturday. |
stood in the raw wind outside the
prison office, for two hours, to-, get
a. permit to visit four Of our former
teachers and church women. When
at last, got the permit, I went to the
women's prison and stood nearly as
long again before | had the oppor-
tunity to peep through a four inch
hole in the gate and talk for two min
utes each with the women. They all
put on. cheerful appearance at least
and. those who come out say that they
find great comfort in their faith, and
lots ef@sfheme havsa~aL, 4Wcnd del2 asiEae,
preaching to, the christian pris-
oners. This land has had hard time.
the past two years, but no doubt it is
for it's good eventually. But it Is
hard to see ones good friends, though
they be OF a different race and color,
arrested on trumped up charges or
none at all, cruelty treated and SEN
fenced to months and years of i'm
prisonment, often on mere suspicion.
Dies In Prison
''Not long ago one of my former
language teachers, a young man, died
as the result of year and a half
of Imprisonment, following severe
torture.
"We are just closing most sue
cessful year in our brand new Metho-
dist Girls Boarding school. We have
had sixty girls all the. year and are
only waiting for another missionary
teacher to enable us to add more. we
do not give free scholarship to poor
girls but require them to earn what
they receive. The girls are so eager
to learn.
eve are being besieged daily by
applicants for entrance this new
term. This year we have been using
two class rooms as dormitories, with
Japanese mats spread on the floor and
fifteen girls in a room. The girls are
jealous for the glory of the school
and have decided that the only way
to get dormitory Ainside of two
weeks is to pray, consequently, they
are coming to my sitting room for an
early morning meeting every day.
'"The girls are dears. Some are
pretty small, not more than eleven
years, but have not seen one home
sick this year. They are all Chris
tians but several have parents who
are not yet believers and whenever
we meet for prayer, they pray most
earnestly for their parents
Monthly Little Piece
zone of our pupils is the second
'of six girls and her mother only re-
Gently a Christian, decided that she
would send every other girl to her
mother-inlaws, and every other one
to school. U-Sin happened to be the
first to come to school. She was SO
uncouth and such a 'mouthy' little
piece, that we despaired of making
anything out of her. But after much
persistence, she is one Of the best
and fastest workers in the school and
l have high hopes for her.
Il wish you might visit our kinder
garten one morning There are near
.ly a hundred little boys and girls,
all with black hair and eyes, just
alike. They can play all the real
American games and how. they love
Them They wear the brightest little
skirts aId-wRists and. coats yon ever
saw: But.the poor little girls go bare
headed in the winter because that is
the style in Korea But that is not
half so bad as it is 10 walk along the