The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 19, 1902, Page 4

THE SUNDAY CALL. 4 Ty i 33 P TRifLT Lives bed by the Little i Wemgen of Tndia’s Faming District By Jarah Comstock. These two meals are as strictly vege- g ing e DS tarfan as up-to-date L‘hnstcndn:n;o:‘} f little girl for a whole year. it s o e e be.en‘:‘)gr it / S b Bd h"' the sacred laws of the 1(;:;( Eogruis é gty el a, st to cat that which has had li e. So these by. Perhaps it had been a kinder e = t i ; children come to the m B, famine had it snatched her up along with hl:: it b ot and MK aaitast v mesl 3 g et rid of the hef”progectors. i Even though they get ri Out In the terrible Agra district, where :fl:um s command, they still loathe the the sun rages for twelve months out of M’M sl the twelve and the famine and drought and as the prejudice fits in very neatly with the exigencies of stare you in the face and now and then Bl Mt ‘chniatel ihey dre afidwed fo: e the plague sweeps down and lays waste, S Rhix varatavian, way' Saitue snere arc five hundred lttle girls waiting Consequently their twelve dollars covers for the fifteen dollars aplece which will SHS St of £ yesr's Tood This mdbas vicer keep them fed. ciothea, food: the girls living in the barracks make 8chooled for » their own loaves of unleavened bread have the from the grain furnished them, and cook their own vegetables ting me housed. and vear. Failing this, they one choice and only that one, left. There are plenty + and the villages are They live for the bad enougp. mMost part on rice and millet; once in a While they have & wheat treat Most of ‘thege o _ pas o Vs mam:tsv SIS are little wigows, They get beautituly and wonderfuily When (e g, ,S Y the time she is g, fat on this ajer, live on as 1. of (hejr L‘h”l."{ne killed men it lage many tle as any race in the world, anyw ; This was orean s o8 alone in tpe world Jis 1s due te theyy T I 28 SO had o other i their food g, <.flu e the mep gave scientj, and g, 1 turin L Was duriy, time, S that 1,4 ble the addeq 4, Mmisgi, St h baby iy T cam 1 by then, . ber boy, o o to sheet, & torg op tiny “Roti ge . of hep 7 1, ang o and oye. | crieg, , - “Rotl gojr % 2N ggg( Miss Map, de Sain, oyep " ATKS saiq. 241wy feed 1y . Letme yee the by YOS fhe o by der, wig,, MOther opio Hi N‘u‘“lmng him opoe oL 1“1(!: a shyg. M cag Your gy 8™ atrajq Ve upoy is uny,, Orthy - e b . Whispereq Uildipg “ map 1 . e v has the does g hem Clothjn, Ot attem,, 0, were than (ha, b 50Ve Your gay, Bhte, ang 1 it ks, hom Wil Toed <5 0u arq all,» AWRY . Do the daygy, b Bhter whop, 3 I'ang 1 o, iy Deated pgyy, Margy e S r:-re Again tpe Woman v, e ent ayw, i 'Y Pratesting € thirq da La, g Came wi shers ol Wi g ana o th the gy, cleton pojn,. Wasteq o the : s came wigng, a NOw you gy R cath, 2 all al pe o, Lo the m::'z' ‘Iflflrk-, 204 broygy, breag, Vided. Ty, live jn the ® already pro -adur iy, . built of a miss o) . tle kind of adobe, This "" barrackg brot §00d protection ggq, S at 'the 2 ] s, ; L %4 D8t the heay. j, ¥ EP(:GL! S 2ble 15 - '"m‘ohl:fr = it is the Ort of justic, 9, Same T e, 2 bu”::z:zrenu that all the naegye huts Laduri 1g ggy ' ‘"eIr Uking i Bhe is ajgy g o s BID e 15 3g g 41 than teachings g guerrh 10 Ber early pyr ey e e g, R us- Miss Marks lese some L1, % Ta8-timist. tomed in their own homes to every yn. % o sanitary condition tha 7, tempt. t lack of Ventilation and [ were, in gj, ht : Lady ght, oM Bemincs, T dgre syt Mies porgy le them. are not especlally dirty, as (he bloomin “Stuscbadic b shed her ‘eathen goes, but the famin er from he; b by Separating T brother for a whore gq S roomosll theen - st 1S Bent e 3% to such poverty ang Caused them such La(;“s”\«nu Y TR e punishment aud mental and physical suffering that their hoted e thoroughly repentan; morals and manners went to the demni. _'he €nd of the day, but 5 week later sh -Wows and left them in a state Stole more pice. l:':,:vb:l:se to that of savage man. So, "'f'" tme Miss Marks cast her moral when these litle widows dragged their SUBSIOn principles (o the four winds anq poor little skins and bones to the mission Buve Ladurl a neat little caning on her they had to be tubbed and scrubbed every bare littie brown legs. She wept co- minute that they weren't being fed. plously. by he The barracks offer them much the same ki of accommodation that they have been used to without dirt. Here hundreds of them can be sheltered while théy are attending school The school is a big stone building that was erected during the helght of the amine. The work done in its bullding 1 fifty native families during the seige. Here are seven great classrooms for the girls. All this involves another That leaves thirteen. The school pencils, paper and slates paid for will leave about a dozen dollars. These, one a month, must feed the lit- tle widows. They don't eat much, according to our of thinking. Two meals a day is living for them. so high that they * to get used to it gradually in order to stand off the gout. It was good luck to them to have one a day in their own “1 will be good, I will, 1 will, Miss Sa- hib"” she moaned, "It 1sn’t enough to tell me that vou winl e £00d." Miss Marks explained. ‘vou must tell God 8o, too. You must sit down here beside me until you have prayed and repented.” Ladurl sat down and it was not long before she had brought herself to a state . of kneeling repentance. ~ She was only seven years old ani prayed with a zeal that was. too big for her. Her prayer was dictated alone by her own small contrite heart. “O Lord, bless my Miss Sahib,” she groaned, rocking in an ecstacy of relig- ious fervor. *‘She has punished me, to be sure, but she did It to save me from the bad place. And bless me, Forgive me for stealing the pice. I know I shouldn't have done it, O Lord, but I couldn't help it. My fingers just itched for them when first T looked upon them. But now I um sorry” O Lord, please give me the wisdom of Solomon. Amen.” T Ir ZHE ZI7CEEN