The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 8, 1898, Page 24

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 8§, 1808, 24 AL OTTING THE EARTH WITH MISSIONS FOR THEW. C. T. 0. . expense of his countrymen’s intelli- B as Juxuries and much we co: ere is no real po ES,” sald Miss Jessie Ackerman, found it advisable to call a national blood rush to their head is far from the kind ever held in that country. And the time were more than ordinarily in- I have been t around the convention, at which National pleasant, I pulled the signal line and good work was established. It was fested with bandits and we narrowly geun‘lga - o h o e 6 = % -~ Union of Australia was organized. was drawn on board, when the suit was there I met Andrew Murry, a saintly escaped an attack. ‘here can be no que: 8 e 1d in the interest of the W. ~uAs the work established in th properly Inflated and 1 was this time character, the author of that'book upon -1 was taken back to a_fort and fate of that latter card at the presen and in both cases have vinces well as upon lowered feet downward, in which man- the higher Christian life. visitea passed the night in safety, surrounde me. M ghe ed that feat account- ng:dai ?fszc»rilnlxz?i :\ur ner 1 gradually descended to the hard, Olive Schreiner, then a bride of a few by the British guard and 1000 Sepoys. 'We are not entirely f\lyhout émhxgs;t ' £ i@ main a year and gi sandy ocean bottom sixty feet below. months, and found her to be a woman “The dread jungle fever was another in Southern Europe, however, ?n G » PAQ {7ed unions my pers The pressure of the water was so great of a wonderful personality, but through Indian experience, which has left its work at Naples and Rome. In Rome ance, an offer which I that I experfenced no difficulty when severe mental strain she has become mark,” she said, touching the prema- I was struck with the significance gf‘a_ “It was on the pea. walking about in my heavy sult upon what we would term a little bundle of turely gray hair that not unbecomingly Wesleyan church in the very shadow the west coast of At what appeared a firm, newly nerves, tapping a foot and hand con- framed her face. 5 of the Vatican, and learned dur! nhd mi that country and Ja d beach with here and there a stantly while conv “I also followed Mrs. Leavitt's lead travels that the Methodists have done i y marine ar 1 or shell. “She showed m house on the to Burmah and Siam with fair resuits. more to establish their work on the “Twice I walked the length of the great karco,whereher‘Storyof an Afri- I did not stop in Korea, however, as the continent thanany other Protestant de- ship, but ng nothing of great inter- can Farm,was written,assuringmethat sident missionaries sent word that a nomipation. est and h nplished my pur- the vast e e of the dreary karoo terrible scourge of smallpox was rag- “In Paris temperance unions have S gain pulled the and the ir sighing and sobbing ing. advising me not to leave the ship. also been established. ‘ drawn on board, of the wind little house, from “In Cairo and Alexander, Egypt, the “In Norway, Sweden and Denmark t minutes. whose windows s could see tigers work had already been established and our work has become very strong, 2 submarine trip creeping upon the far away hills, was upon the day of Miss Willard's death the people are willing to act on prir , and I expe- the inspiration which created the work. a union was organized in Jerusalem. ciple. y i Her husband, a most fascinating In Syria and Armenia our work was “In Germany our work is m unprotected condi- man, put an end to a brilliant political strong and we had organizations in cult, as women there have litt hich I man I met ‘What do g by giv- ng articles unds off ad the t woman, I w F: tain of the pearling f champion ir friends did a third trip “but for the rched, L and 2 which I fancied career by yielding to her wishes in as- Constantinople. ing. Should one of our sex attend a suits of 1 ich some wandering suming her name, for he brought upon “In China the work was difficult, but political speech she is ordered out by % crea elf the contempt of every thinking unions were possible wherever mission- the police, and they are never all d ® Dloees np : man and woman. aries were stationed, but in Japan 1 to gather in a body for the discussion i He expressed great sympathy with our found much sympathy with the prin- of politics. 1 8 T. cav He also inspired me with the ciple I wished to propagate. “Upon the various northern T s of being th ‘e were off the coast of Africa, and greatest respect for his wonderful in- “In Italy and Greece as well as other met with more or less suc at a Canadian gate e 1t from that coun as told that one of the company’s telligence and broad views. southern wine growing countries, I ject was not well ur tured later in conventic ~ at 10 that evening, s “He is indeed a monarch of men who found little encouragement to establish Isle of Man, where I 1 e B which c sion to go up with the could sit back in far away Africa and temperance unions. weird little man w subject, M > plan I followed In Alaska proved upon which were drawn shoes Weighing cay and salute her; a feat which I alone, by force of will, compel England “Of course Spain was included with just the person ¥ ul been the mea successful {n Honolulu, where thirty-two pounds. knew was not impossible for me, as I to keep her hands off,” and in saying these, a country where I passed con- write the books which he gives to the 900 unions, and hav S strong, ‘‘My head was protected by an iron steady head, and the suit which this M Ackerman looked the ad- siderable time and where, in order to public. 00 pledge In nearl ntage of helmet with glass globes, through n traveling does not impede miration she felt. become familiar with the customs of “Our unions as well as those of the ed I have establish- with the h'I could peer, and this was fas- s “I spent considerable time in India that as well as other lands, I attended Good Templars are well established in rule have been treat- tened about my neck with an iron band n't wear bloomers. Just studying the religions of the country a bull fight. Jersey, where the home of Langtry was ed with the greate dness.” 7 little difl y in or- or hoop. ied a heavy rope gjvided skirts so full as to pass for in order to answer the people from “The Spanish women I can say with- shown me, and her father, looking very _ “Our work in ¢ d, Wales and unions in New Zealand. around my W pumped air into the ap ordinary plain skirt, yet which gives their own point of view. In most cases out prejudice are the most beautiful in poor and humble, was pointed out on gland, in which latter kingdom I was attended s 1 1 was ready to explore that me perfect freedom of motion. they were not difficult to convince and the world. Perfect physical creations the street. fore going to Icelan that of being a ld ocean which lay below the “Of course the other passengers, the I found them most courteous. When from the age of 16 to 25, but when old “I spent four months in Iceland, and uest of Lady Henr rt Lot women_especially, were horrified and making my investigations of the opium they are the most hideous. no country which ited d is so well ;flmhl'ish;xl (hat it needs mention. In Ireland we many celebrities els brought me in ¥ ch encased me declared that I would fall and be killed; traffic, the elephant and body guard ‘At that time there was no gause for me more favorably. I weighed 180 pounds I was utterly un- but I enjoyed the climb just the same, of a certain rajah was placed at my enmity between that country and our of 800 miles in 31 days, crossing in that also established many local unions. able to move and so was lifted d sat chatting with the good-natured disposal. own, and I found the people most time two mountainrangesand 16 rivers, As I rose to take my s more than satis- shoulders and feet by four men, who captain up on the yard between sky = “My researches in this direction re- courteous. It was in Seville that a making the journey upon a shaggy Ice- marked, “You have, of my labor, in Ifterally threw me erboard. and ocean for over an hour. sulted in the knowledge that enough Spanish gentleman, who had traveled, land pony, a little, strong creature many escapes from storm * s in time aided by many “I found myself lying helpless upon “That woman can’t perform the same opium, bearing the English stamp, is pointed out to me a shop and told me just a hand higher than a Shetland. bandits, from poisonous snakes and in- alous co-workers. In t country I the water after my fall of perhaps four feats of daring as man is only a tradi- exported each year to kill every inhab- this story: “I found that the Icelanders have had se from the scourges of disease; ssion for the promotion of feet, but soon began slowly to sink, to tion. When not hampered by the dress. itant of globe. ““A great card bearing the inscription, a legislature for 1000 years, are thor- in what instance did vou feel the most el temperance work. 1 also got out and consternation, how- we ordinarily wear a woman can go any “I attended the decenrfal Missionary “English spoke here, was at one time oughly educated and ~perfectly con- devoutly thankful for escape?”’ own literature, needed for and d and head foremost; the place where a man may venture,” Miss Conference held in Bombay, at which kept in the window. But the Spanish tented. I saw there the ideal home life, h o nares of ali ted to the occasion. 1 ped in such a way Ackerman said with decision. 750 missionary workers were present. nature took offense at England, and in which husbands and wives have no . a bachelor was so widespread as to make me top-heavy. “In Africa I was so fortunate as to And one of my thrilling adventures was another card with ‘American spoken interests apart from each other. y terms corresponding to As I wanted to see just where I was strike a popular vein, and was assured going through the Khyber pass with an here,’ was substituted. The narrator ‘“They have no great ambition to be- rdially our Stat re formed and 1 going, and the sensation of having one’s that our meetings were the largest of escort of British troops. The hills at hugely enjoyed the joke, though at the come rich. 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