Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-12

e Fairfield. April 11-From far away
South China, on the other side of the
globe, a former Fairfield girl, Miss
Helen H. Clark. daughter of Rev. and
Mrs. John L. Clark, writes about
her work in connection with the Wo-
mans American Baptist Foreign
Missionary Society. She is located
at Sawtow, South China, and writes
under the date Of Jan..20, giving
most graphic account Of her trip to
that place, incidents along the way
and her impressions, fresh and in
teresting, of the country in general.
Miss Clark's father was pastor of
the First Baptist church in this town
for ten years. Miss Clark was in the
Lawrence High school of this town
in the class of 1915 but graduated
from Colby Academy, after which
she entered Wheaton College, grad
uating in 1918 from the two years
Associate course. She then prepar-
ed for secretarial work at the Kath-
arine Gibbs school for Educated
Women in Boston.
With four and a half years prac-
teal experience in secretarial work
three of which have been passed in
the New York foreign department OF
the Woman's American Baptist For
eign Missionary Society, she goes
forth we'll equipped to continue this
type Of work in China.
She writes in part as follows:-
1T has been over three months
since / started on my long trip to
China. I have seen SO many strange
sights and had so many new exper-
fences even since my arrival in Swat
fhncn ~ vi ~
quite q part of the past" She writes
that her cabin mate was DR.. Velva V.
Brown, young woman physician,
going out for the first time and also
designated to the Baptist Mission in
South China. They had met three
years ago and this former acquain-
lance did much in making the trip
more pleasant.
Miss Clark declares that they new
err lost their sense of humor and
what would sea voyage be without
a touch of that much talked of NAL
de mer?" She describes their stop
at Honolulu, the social life on ship
board and her first glimpse Of Japan.
In Japan. at Kobe, she visited with
Mr.. and Mrs. William Wynd and
Miss Jessie Wilkinson and had an
opportunity to view the Baptist
work at Juso. At this school. Miss
Clark met Miss Lavinia Mead and
saw again friends she had met in
America at the Jubilee in 1921. in
Guiding Evelyn Camp. Lucy Russell
and Nakaji San.
The typical Japanese tub is de-
lightfully described by Miss Clark.
Tho Japanese believe in getting
into the tub, which is a small one.
When they are clean, that is the
time to get into the tub which con-
! tains as hot water as possible to
stand, enough to parboil one.
wise Hongkong, where she, with
others of the party purchased neces-
sary equipment, including a pith hat
and mosquito net. Her visit to the
market she describes in a very inter-
esting manner. She was able to buy
two boxes of Oregon apples. although
she refused to pay the price first
asked, that being the custom as she
had been advised.
On leaving port 1t was a strange
feeling when they found themselves
behind bars, she writes. The deck
having the entrance to the bridge
| was barred and an armed sikh On-
diam pranced up and down on the
lookout for pirates. Not so long be-
fore that. pirates had taken posses
sion of a boat. so every boat run
ming between Hongkong and Swat
ow is now guarded.
"Just to think that the next day /
was to see Swallow with my very
own eyes and a number of friends
whom 1 had met in America! I shall
never forget my thrill as I thought
about it. October 81 was the great
day. We were due in about 730 A.
NJ. so Velva and I got up shortly
after six to see from our portfolio q
most beautiful pink sky. We had
some coffee and toast served on the
deck and the rest of our breakfast
came after we landed. We were too
interested in our surroundings to
care much whether we had any more
to eat just then. AS our boat came
into the bay, it was from the port
side that we saw Kakchieh and the
mission compound. From the star
| board side we saw Swallow city.
| Kakchieh is all hilly ground and
quite n contrast to the low lying
ground which composes Swallow
! city The hills are just covered with
huge boulders and a few scrub
bushes and pines. The compound, it,