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,i wwwhaaaMiaaMWitiM Ixje tiixftxia IpaxI gaglje: J&tttitaij g0mit gatgitst 19, 1900, A.iA..V.A..A A..ft..Ai,A ,A .A. $ $ 0sA V "fr ft 6 $ $ $ ute to the work of these women in Chi- , t $i$$0OO a, iif.iiy''yt'y'yt-yyr',yi- w 'y','iyl',yyr"y'''T v v v 'r na. The secluded lives of the Chines fc $$$ '?'' women make it impossible for them to tt receive direct medical attention from THE HER 1 Women Missionaries In CMna. the male physicians, and the woman I j missionary once Is es- -I doctor, her skill i It tabllshed In a locality, is regarded as I ACCOMPLISHMENTS J something supernatural. When she PORT XOVING AXD HOW'SHE BESSES it Good Work Done by These Self j visits the women In their homes. It Is i? j her business to minister to mind and ? FOR Sacrificing Wo?ne7i : Some Ac-- til soul as well as body. She Is always GIRL. THEM. ti accompanied by a duenna in the shape' tt of an elderly Chinese servant who. it count Their Missions the herself a Christian, can be great as- it of hi ? of :A..AAA.lAl.ttlO'lft4fr0 A tt sistance to the mission workers. That - - "' $ $ - f Celestial Rmpire tt the missionary In any field has her 'l" j hands full one may imagine when it Is d O fr tt, girl of tho day Is an all round fare used for trimming the dark felt i ylt't't't't't'41' 0'ft'QlOlft0. &. i j understood that she is expected to ac THE spo rtswoman. She can hat, which is a fitting example of the f'iiyT''T 'T'T'T'T quire a, conversational mastery or the bird or bear with unerring pretentious variety noted at fall milli- language. aim. She well knovs how to sit square nery displays for outdoor wear. missionary is a being greatly ministered to they are told of the Chris- At Peking, the place in which at the in saddle, lift horse scientifical- No recent radical change in dress has THE be pitied. He has no favor with tian's Bread of Life. In a country such present time the most interest Is felt. her Iht or as China, a ly and take a hurdle neatly. She boats, created quite so mucM comment as that N heathen abroad the heathen where children are important the Presbyterian church maintains climbs mountains, guides a "mobe," which marlcs the decline of the severe at home. "When trouble begins with an In the family life, kindergartens and girls' boarding school, under the direc- a bit, golfs a great deal, and is and p'rim riding habit. The close fit- unchristianized nation, it is a rule for schools of the best sort are opened, tion of Miss Grace Newton of South Or- wheeis poor bdys board- now adding to her accomplishments by ting black cloth habit, consisting of the unchristianized at home to lay the and the are permitted to send ange, N. J. It also has a fence. Jn consequence of plain basque bodice, relieved by a tiny trouble at the door of the missionaries their children free. ing school and the Au Ting hospital learning to conducting all this we have a race of big, sturdy white linen band visible at the neck and raise a protesting wail against the "With a poverty stricken population, and dispensary, besides women, well developed and muscular. and sleeves, with a still plainer skirt class as devoid of tact, useless cumber-er- s oppressed with disease as a result of I Itinerant mission stations. All the male and, the A debutante would beitter have forgot- topped off by a somber black derby, even of barbarian earth and unsanitary lives, such as is the case in missionaries are married, with ten to to dance tlian to have neg- has "seen its finish." In its stead we of the public pence better de- China and India, hospitals and free exception of the wives of two of those learn cor- coun- lected her golf or the technicalities of have a happy combination of th'e pic- voted to the enlightenment of dark dispensaries are opened, where medical missionaries now visiting In this turesque and practical which is an echo ners of the home land. "skill, superior to that known in the try, all are in China. gunning. Schools, The sportswoman, like all of her sex, of the ruling spirit in the world of Fabulous tales are told of the lives of orient. Is to be had for the asking. hospitals and dispensaries is a creature of whims and caprices. dress. ease led by the missionaries, their lack Nearly all of these missionary hospitals dot the Chinese empire as the result of summer she is content to run The latest riding habits are blue of education and bigotry; yet, odd to are in charge of women physicians; the the charitable missionary spirit of In early English, her auto, swim a little, golf with vigor broadcloth, serge or satin finished la- say, when the occidental barbarian, a kindergartens are under their care, and 'Americans and the two great con- missionary and maybe take a spurt at tennis, but dles' cloth, as you please. But blue stranger in a strange land, looks about the majority of the schools are nations of the earth. One rith th waning season she bethinks they must be, with a touch of color in for society and sympathy, it is to the ducted by them, either alone or in con- of the most interesting of the women of more active work and longs vest form on the coat and many rows humble home of the missionary that he nection with their husbands. J missionaries in Peking is Miss Bessie herself I McCoy, daughter for a hunting trip. Hence we find of stitching on the skirt. makes his way. That the missionaries live Hve3 of the of a missionary. expeditions making ready for And this is not all. The soft felt Of the missionaries fully, one-ha- lf luxury is absurd. Their quarters In born in Peking Nov. 2, 1SI3. She stud-- I shooting ied in country the Maine woods or Adirondack re- sombrero has put to rout any other are women. They are scattered all over China, in any of the great cities of the this at Parson's college gions, with women as their leading style of headgear. There has never the world, from darkest Africa to the empire, are, as a rule, in one storied and at Lake Forest. She was gradoat-- j any aboli- Patagonia ed from the Chicago Training school spirits. seemed real necessity for the most extreme points of and dwellings, occupied not by one, but by ' type of femininity Is, how- tion of furbelows where a habit was cheerless bolitudes of Finland and all, the missionaries of denomina- and returned to China In 1S95. She la a V This new the that ' young to traditions of the sex, concerned, and I think the innovation Labrador. The advance of years has tion in the district. The little church woman of groat Intelleot and ever, true the ' K.nitt. and does not overlook the all important will be liked by many, for, after all, seen a wonderful advancement in the or school or hospital, at the most capa- of clothes. The problem 'of men do dote upon the filmy, frou frou methods of converting the heathen. ble of accommodating about 30 persons, The Congregationalism, under 'the question name of board, how to appear picturesque and yet be things women wear. A man may like With the harmlessness of the dove, the is all included behind that one defense, the American bar at practical is more easily solved than to chum a whole season with a shirt missionary has tried to combine the so that in case the heathen should rage Peking a fine school for girls. It was formerly, thanks to the tailor's quick waist girl who affects mannish dress guile of the serpent. The old fashioned unduly, the missionary may have some founded by Mrs. Bridgeman. a mission ary, u Intuition and the outdoor girl's sugges- traits, but invariably falls head over missionary, like Paul on Mars hill, was more substantial bulwark than faith and bears her name. The heels in love at the end of that time to make his or her entry between himself or herself and the mis- hospital and schools, however, tions. accustomed represent Each costume, whether It is for golf- with the "piazza girl" who is swathed to a town with a Bible in one hand, siles of the mobs. the most important work of hunting, shooting or auto driving, in dainty muslin and laces. seeking a suitable eminence to ascend The majority of the women were ac- the Congregationallsts In China. St. ing, Mary's Is and carefully modeled in All the characteristics I've mentioned and address the gaping ,throng. He customed to pleasant homes and re- school. St. Luke's hospital ami distinct Shang- Every detail. The sportswoman studies of the new riding habit will be observed would then deliver a theological dis- fined surroundings. They are well edu- the Church Training school at her dress from the tip of her dainty by reference to the illustration. It is of course, suited or ill suited to the con- cated. Some of them have been teach- hai are three of the model Institutions or heeled outing blue broadcloth, with skirt a trifle more gregation, according to the tact and in- ers in colleges and schools before they In the Chinese mission work.

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