The Kansas City Deaconess (Kansas City, Mo.), 1932-05-01

              "This is the victory that overcometh the 
world, even your faith."

VOL. XXIV KANSAS CITY, MO., MAY, 1932 No. 5 

COMMENCEMENT CALENDAR - - COME
May 20, 9:30 A.M.--Class Day Address...Rev. D. E. Fields, Pleasant Hill, Mo. 
May 22, 11:00 A.M.--Baccalaureate Sermon...Rev. I. M. Hargctt, D.D. 
Linwood Boulevard Methodist Episcopal Church, Linwood Boulevard and Olive 
Street, Kansas City, Missouri. 
May 22, 8:00 P.M.--Annual Sermon...Rev. George A. Fowler
Pastor of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church. Bancroft Chapel, Kansas City 
National Training School. 
May 23, 8:00 to 10:00 P.M.--Open House 
May 24, 2:30 P.M.--Communion Service...Rev. Wilbur N. Mason, D.D.
Superintendent of Bethany Hospital. 
May 24, 8:00 P.M.--Commencement Address...Rev. W. E. Lowther, D.D. 
Pastor of First Methodist Episcopal Church, Lincoln, Neb. At Trinity Methodist 
Episcopal Church, corner Kenwood and Armour, Kansas City, Mo. 
May 26, 2:30 P.M.--The Brotherhood of Man: A Fellowship Service. 
Dr. J. B. Bisceglia, Pastor Italian Presbyterian Church. 
Mr. W. Robt. Smalls, Secretary, Urban League. 
Dr. Nicholas Jaime, Mexican Physician. 
Rabbi Samuel S. Mayerberg, Congregation B'Nai Jehudah. 
Dr. Irvin E. Deer, Secretary, Council of Churches. 

MORNING MEDITATIONS 
Saturday, May 21, 8:45 A.M........................Rev. H. O. Holter, D.D.
Pastor of Quayle Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, Kansas City, Kansas.
Tuesday, May 24, 8:45 A.M.........................Rev. Raphael H. Miller, D.D. 
Pastor of Independence Boulevard Christian Church. 
Wednesday, May 25, 8 :45 A.M...................Praise Service. 
Thursday, May 26, 8:45 A.M........................Rev. Frank Lee Roberts, D.D.
Pastor of Grand Avenue Temple. 

2 THE KANSAS CITY DEACONESS
The Kansas City Deaconess
Published Monthly in the interest of the Kansas
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Woman's Home Missionary society.
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KANSAS CITY, MO., MAY, 1932
EDITORIAL
A MODERN MIRACLE
"I wish you would tell me how a group of one
hundred and six students and deaconesses in the
W. H. M. S. Auxiliary of your school could have as
your missionary gift for a year like this $1,511.40!
I have often heard of your wonderful Mite Box
work. Does the family do all of its missionary giving
through this one channel?"
"No ; we could not do that, with all the interests
we have through the W. F. M. S. and the church.
However, when we visualize the folk that we reach
through this offering each year we find that we
almost encompass the world Alaska, Honolulu, the
fl Chinese, the Japanese, the Greeks, the Mexicans, the
lepers; and at Bingham Canyon, Utah, and Rock
Springs, Wyo., we touch almost every known na-- H tionality. And best of all, approximately a dozen
deaconesses and missionaries have received training H through the scholarships we have paid.
H "Two girls have been kept in school from little H children until they were grown. We call them our H daughters. One is happily married in Hawaii and H is mother in a fine Christian home. The other is H using a wonderful musical talent for others. We go H by proxy to so many places that we are thrilled with H the privileges that come to us." I "Do your faculty receive a large salary that you I can do so much? Or are your girls from wealthy
homes?" I "Neither. Our resident faculty, including the I president, are all deaconesses working on the regu- - I lar deaconess plan of room, board and laundry with I $35 a month allowance. Many of the students have I worked for all or half of their scholarship this year."
"You arouse my curiosity. How do you do it, I anyway?" I
"Sometimes we feel that God does it for us when I we make ourselves a free channel through which He I can work. When school opened Inst September and M
we faced our pledges, which were almost fourteen B
hundred dollars, it seemed insurmountable. Some of I the new students, who hadn't had their mite boxes H
during the summer, I am sure felt that we were H
little less than crazy to think of accepting such a H
pledge. When we had our first Mite Box opening it H
looked as though we had been presumptuous in our H
faith."
"Please do not keep me in the dark longer! How H
did you do it?"
"I think the first opportunity to do something 1 together came when we had our lovely Family Birth- - H day Party and each one put as many pennies in the H table mite box as she was years old. Next, the whole H family agreed that instead of giving Christmas gifts
J to each other we would play the Christmas Sister
Game, and put the money into a white gift."
" 'Christmas Sister Game' what is that?" fl
"All the names of the family were written on
slips of paper and we each drew one; and for a
whole month she was our Christmas sister and we
did all sorts of nice things for her without revealing
our identity. It was a delightful game, full of mys-ter- y
and ingenuity. Just before Christmas we had a
lovely Christmas party for which not a penny was
spent and we all discovered through some ingenious
method who our Christmas Sister was."
"Intensely interesting, wasn't it?"
"Yes, much more so than material gifts would
have been. Later, a lovely concert given by the
Music Department yielded over a hundred dollars,
twice as much as we had dared hope for, and so
much appreciation from those who heard it that we
felt doubly repaid.
"The girls besieged me for ways of earning
money until I finally let them do some of the things
I had formerly hired a man to do. They cleaned and
varnished chairs that needed refinishing; they paint-e-d
the lawn seats and porch chairs and such fun
as they had doing it in their recreation hours! It
took them out doors and they came in rosy and
hungry. j
"Almost every member of the family had some
unique way of serving the needs of other members
of the family, and steadily the nickels and dimes
found their way into the mite boxes. Each one had
assumed such portion of the whole pledge as her
faith gave her courage to take; and occasionally
with shining face and eager yoice someone would
say, 'I have my goal !' or 'I had a letter from So and
So and she sent me a check for my mite box.' 'Did
you ask her for it?' 'No; I just told her what we
were doing.' "
"Wonderful!"
"Yes, I think the family really came into the
of sharing, which goes deeper than tithing.
H 9 I THE KANSAS CITY DEACONESS 3
The home folk caught the enthusiasm, too, and in-stead
of sending a cake or candy for Easter sent a
gift for the mite box. Friends wrote saying, 4I am
enclosing a small gift for your mite box.' A spirit
of unselfishness grew. No one thought of buying
candy, gum, ice cream, or going to the picture show.
Even the ten cent store lost some of its charm."
"Do you really enjoy it, or do you do it from a
sense of duty?"
"The family certainly has experienced the joy of
venturing with God ; and out of it has grown a new
interest in and understanding of those with whom I we share our gifts and ourselves. To think of others
has become a natural expression of the life and love
of God within, sometimes to the degree of real sac-rifice,
which, after all, is only refusing to give to
higher."
the lower that we may have all to give to the
"Almost you convince me that the day of miracles
is not past. I don't see yet how you could do it; but
it
also."
makes me want to go into partnership with God,
"You will find it a glorious experience."
Anna Neidcrheiser.
A house party
ANNOUNCING
for Missionary Maidens of Meth-odism,
to be given at the Kansas City National Train-ing
School, 15th street and Denver avenue, Kansas
City, Mo., June 11-1- 8, 1932. Under the leadership
of the Missionary Women of the Kansas and the Mis-
I souri Conferences; Dr. Anna Neiderheiser, President
of Training School; Mrs. Sol D. Dice, Dean of the
House Party, 1715 Hogeboom avenue, Topeka, Kans.
A week of spiritual, mental, social and physical de-velopment
through Bible study, morning watch,
home and foreign study books, story telling, dra-matics,
pageantry, methods., recreation.
KENSINGTON WEEK DAY CHURCH SCHOOL
The graduation exercises of the Kensington
Week Day Church School were held in the Kansas
Building of the Kansas City National Training
School the evening of April 29. Thirty-seve- n boys
--.and girls received the diploma. The attendance for
- It the year was the largest in the history of the school.
Miss Corinne Clough, principal, reported that sixty-si- x I had a record of perfect attendance for one year;
and twenty, a record of perfect attendance for two
years. Fifteen denominations were represented in
the enrollment.
The teachers, all members of the Class of 1932
of the Training School, were as follows: Kathleen
Bell, Marien Holbert, Ethel Lehn, Eureath White,
Effie Thomas, Electa Schaefer, Elizabeth Dalbey,
Hettie Mae Parsons.
Miss May Faulkner spent May 2-- 9 in the District
W. H. M. S. Conventions of the Northwest Iowa Con-ference.
She also spoke at Sac City on Sunday, I May 8.
MAY THE FIRST I
Sunday was May the first. There must be some- - I thing very special, else why the pretty baskets an- - H
nouncing an early rising-be- ll and an early meeting H
in the chapel. No, not May Day, even though May 1,
for the Juniors had let us know that their celebra--
tion was to be May 2. H
The opening of the chapel doors made it evident H
that it was indeed something very special the 1932 H
"Shield" was about to appear. H
A processional of the staff, white-cla- d singing H
of one of the Shield songs prayer, by Miss May H
Faulkner, a former Shield editor presentation of H
the Shield by the present editor, Carolyn Haffner H
another Shield song the recessional and then, at H
last, each had a Shield in her hands, to examine, to H
read, to exclaim over, to treasure! H
Yes, something very special the completion of H
a task the beginning of a chain of influence. H
TRAINING SCHOOL GARDEN PARTY
You never heard of one? H
That is why I am suggesting it to you. Then, H when Training School Garden Parties, have become
"just the latest thing ever," you will have the fun H of saying, "Why, yes, of course, I knew of them long H ago and suggested the very first one ever held in
this town."
How do you do it?
First. Plant your garden with the Training School
in mind. Just plant a few extra rows of peas, beans,
beets, carrots, corn, tomatoes, or whatever does best
in your locality. Then tend them faithfully till rain,
soil and sunshine have done their part in getting
them ready for the "Party."
Second. Invite your women friends and neigh-bo- rs
(the more the merrier) to spend the day, or
the afternoon, at some convenient place, and put
these products into cans for the Training School
table. Yes. Miss Neiderheiser will be glad to send
the cans, if you will only let her know about your
"Party." M To be sure, many things, such as potatoes, sweet
potatoes, parsnips and the like, will not need to be
canned. Just send them as they are. The cabbage
will be very acceptable, too, if made into kraut, that
lovely home made variety that tastes so good with
sausage on a cold winter's day.
The men will want a part in this "Party"? Yes, 'H indeed. And they may have it, too. They can hoe jH
the garden and pull weeds and help to gather the jH
vegetables. 'H Now, do you not think that a garden party worth 'H while? Maybe the Epworth League or the Young
People's Sunday School class will want to help also. jH
Best of all, it need not lessen, by so much as one
onion, the number of good things you will have to
eat next winter and you will enjoy yours even more
because of the share you have sent to others.
Miss Eunice Britt, field secretary, drove to At- - 'H lantic City with Rev. and Mrs. William I. Hastie.
Mrs. C. B. Spencer also went with them. They found JH the trip very interesting. I
TRY IT
Do you want to rend something that will make
you reluctant to lay it down before it is finished?
Try the 1932 "Shield." I Here is a bona fide conversation:
"Mr. V., have you read your Shield yet?"
"No, Miss C, I haven't had a chance. When I
took it home last night my wife began to read it and
read it for three hours. I hope she will be ready
tonight to let me have it." Price, $1.00.
FROM CASTLE GARDEN TO SANCTUARY
The Spirit of Festivity
The Beauty of a Castle Garden
The Glory of God's Sunset
The Castle Sanctuary
May Day of 1932.
Everyone eagerly awaited any word concerning
the plans of the Juniors because May first came on
Sunday, but when Monday evening arrived we all
were repaid for the thirty-ho- ur wait. The first scene
was laid in the Castle Garden on the Campus be-tween
Schoellkopf Hall and the Kansas Building.
Two trumpeters heralded the coming of the queen
of 1931 and her attendants, bringing us with one
fleeting glance again, as it were, into the May Fes-tival
of Greek Maidens. A procession in all white
made way for the May Queen, Dorotha Dickerson,
and her attendants. The Queen's gown was of a
simple flowered pattern and her two small attend-ants
were in dresses of pale green. One of the tiny
tots came before her bearing the Crown of Pearls;
the other gracefully bearing the Queen's train of
filmy white. The picture of the Castle Garden was
now complete a high background of green shrub-bery
a velvet carpet of grass the Queen with her
attendants and the Ladies of the Court on either
side of the throne.
In honor and devotion one of the Ladies of the I Court placed the Crown of Pearls upon the Queen as
she knelt before the throne, in festival spirit the mes-sage
of the class of '34 was given in poetry, with fit-ting
words of tribute from the Class of 1932 a cor-sage
was presented to the Queen, and, an expression
of appreciation was voiced by one of the staff the
Glory of the Castle Garden vibrated with every tone
of the violinist's tribute solo, "When You Come to
the End of a Perfect Day," and the regal procession
led the way to the Castle Dining Hall.
Light from tall tapers, flowers and happy music
graced the room. During the dinner which made
one really think he was the Queen's guest there were
songs and music a mingling of solemn and gay
notes. Then upon the group wild with joy and
thrilled with the sacred beauty of the occasion came
a breathless hush!. . .In the hands of an artist the
violin poured forth a holy benediction. No heart
failed to beat in responsive rhythm to the strains
"Abide With Me."
Into the Castle Sanctuary, our Bancroft Chapel,
to follow Sir Gregory to Bethlehem in the Crusade
where we, too, might hang the lamp of our devotion
near the birthplace of Our King. Following this
story the Class Gift was presented a pair of bronze
candelabra for the Sanctuary. When the candles I
were being lighted we felt our love rekindled and I
as we left the Castle Sanctuary a new zeal burned I
in our hearts. 1
II. S., '32. I
PERSONAL TESTIMONY
The following is the testimony of a group of
sixth grade girls who have been attending the Ken-sington
Week Day Church School conducted on the
Training School campus every Wednesday afternoon
from October to May. They were asked to write on
"What This Year of Study Has Meant to Me."
"I have learned lots more about Jesus." j
"It has taught me to be kind and it has taught
me not to talk back to my mother and father; to go
to church and to pray to God and to obey his com- -
mandments, and to try and help every one to learn
about Him."
"This year of study has reminded me of all the
Bible stories I have known, and shown me all the
mistakes I make and have made. Also what a Chris-tio- n
girl is and should be, and that I would like to
be a Christian girl."
"This year of study has taught me to be kinder."
"It has taught me to follow God.
It has taught me to pray when I am in trouble.
It has taught me to love everybody in the world. ,i
It has taught me to go to Sunday School and not
fuss about having to go.
It has taught me not to fight with other chil- - ,
dren." J
"I have learned many things out of the Bible.
He has taught me to be a follower of God.
He has taught me to pray to God.
He has taught me to love one another.
He has taught me to go to church."
"I have learned where I can find the Kingdom
,of Love. I can help in the affairs of my neighbor-hood
to build on the Kingdom of Love."
' "This year of study has helped me in my Chris--
tian life. I have learned lots more about Jesus."
Are these not evidences of real "growth in
grace?" What pastor would not be delighted if his
hearers could give such testimony?
A. M. G.
Miss Mary F. Smith, of our faculty, broadcasted l over WOQ recently in behalf of the Eighteenth jfl
Amendment.
ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION OFFICERS. I
President Aletta M. Garretson il
Vice-Preside- nt Grace Hutcheson I Recording Secretary Grace Vause I Corresponding Secretary. May Faulkner
Treasurer Minnie Pike i,
Treasurer Love Gift Anna Neiderheiser I Historian Bertha Cowles I Editor K. C. Deaconess Anna Neiderheiser I !
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THE KANSAS CITY DEACONESS 5
A PROMISE
"Mother, mother, guess what? Tlie nicest tiling
has happened. The Queen Esther Standard Bearer
girls are having a banquet out at the Training School
Friday night and they want me to sing," said sixteen
year old Celia, as she rushed into her humble home.
Celia was a Greek girl, very beautiful, with a mezzo
soprano voice, her notes were clear and strong, she
loved to sing and her one dream was to some day
study voice. Somehow the fates had been against
her, so it seemed, and all her life she had had to
live in a squalid little home in the slums of a big
I city.
"Now that is nice, and what will you sing?"
said her mother, who had the kind, tender face of a
mother and yet it was lined and wrinkled with care.
Sorrow, disappointment, and hardship each had left
its mark.
"Oh mother, I know you'll like this; they want
me to sing in Greek."
"My mother tongue," said the mother, smiling.
"How glad I am I have taught you and sung to you.
the Greek lullabys that my mother used to sing to'
me! But tell me, Celia, why were you asked?"
"I don't know. I stopped by the Mission on my
way home from school and Miss Riley said they had
asked her to ask me. And oh, mother, the best part
of all I haven't told yet!"
"What is that, dear?"
"Miss Harding, you know, she is one of the Train:
ing School girls, asked me to stay all night at the
Training School! May I, mother?"
"Yes, dear. But I wonder what you will wear?"
The intervening week was a very happy one for
Celia and her mother. Mrs. Kasbob had found in
her trunk a dress she herself had worn many years
ago, and together they fixed it into a very becoming
frock for Celia.
At last the night arrived. Miss Harding and Miss I Riley called for Celia in their car and soon they were
at the Training School.
There were so many boys and girls of Celia's own
age, as well as some older, all so jolly, so full of life
that she felt as if she were in a dream, a dream that
she had dreamed for a long time. Then when all
were around the dining tables, singing, laughing,
talking, she did not dare to speak for fear it would
all fade away.
That night as Celia and Miss Harding were get-ting
ready to retire, Miss Harding said, "Are you
happy, Celia?"
A light shone on her face as she answered, "Oh,
i Miss Harding, if you only knew how happy I am!
I can't tell you. I don't have the word to express it." I "Don't try, dear; I know how you feel." I "But, Miss Harding, when I sat there in the din-- I ing room and listened to the girls of the Training I, School sing, those girls that I knew had consecrated II
their voices to the service of Christ, and I knew that I their singing came from a heart full of peace and I happiness, you didn't know and no one knew, but I right then I humbly bowed my head and said, "Oh, I Christ, if thou canst use my voice, I, too, shall conse- - I crate it to Thee."
"I am glad, Celia, because you can do much for I our Master with your voice," said Miss Harding, I softly. H
"If I could only come here to study! Everyone I js so happy, and the atmosphere here is so wonder-- I ful, so calm, so peaceful! Why, Miss Harding, you H
just know that Christ abides within these walls. I Then, too, you girls out at the Mission have given me I a vision. You are my ideal, and I, also, want so to I live that I can be an example to my brothers and H
sisters and to other young people. I want to give to H
them, also, a vision." H
"Yes, dear, Christ does abide within these walls I because each girl here has consecrated herself, as H
you are consecrating yourself tonight. Perhaps some H
day you can attend here. Let us pray about it." H
So the two girls knelt and prayed to their Heav- - I enly Father, one that He would guide her and give H
her strength and wisdom as she guided the younger H
girl; the other that she might keep true to her H
promise. H
LORA BELL DENNISTON, '34.
THE CHALLENGE I Daughter, will you meet the challenge, H
"Carry on?"
Can you smile when all is black? H
Can you give when much you lack? H
Take my task where I have left it, H
Carry on. H
Though the way is dark and dreary, H
Make the days bright, sunny, cheery, H Carry on. H
I have lived my life complete, H
Now I go my God to meet, H Carry on. H
When discouraged, sad and lone H
Don't give up ; you're not alone, H Carry on. H
Sow the seeds of joy and love, H
Store your treasures up above, H Carry on. H
Live that life that's hid in Christ, H
In the midst of pain and strife, !H
Carry on. H
Later on when work is done H
At the setting of the sun, H I'll meet you over there. H Carry on. I DORIS M. ROBE.
We wish to express our thanks and appreciation H
to the friends who have been so graciously supplying 'H
our eggs the last two months ; and also to those who H
have sent chickens for our Alumnae banquet. These H things help to relieve financial anxieties and increase H
th6 joy .in our good times. We will have a large H family for six weeks longer. 1 H
H " 6 THE KANSAS CITY DEACONESS I
STORY HOUR AT SHEFFIELD
When I first went out to Sheffield Neighborhood
Center, early in October, I found the children just
as eager to see me as I was to see them. They had
been playing around the Mission, but when I came
in the door there was a general chorus, "Are you I the story teacher?" Then, of course, there was a
scramble as to who would sit next to teacher during
the circle stories.
That first afternoon our stories were for the main
purpose of getting acquainted. Their silver laughter
floated like the echo of bells. Even the little girl
who had been severely burned and had to lie in a
buggy forgot her pain.
I certainly became acquainted that afternoon. I
learned the little ones who had more energy than
they could use, those who liked to act, and those
who loved games. The boys and girls had made
room for me in the circle, now to make room for
lovely thoughts and deeds in their hearts.
The children have done many things in the two
hours each Saturday afternoon. They love the stories
and then they love to act them out, sometimes im-personating
a character a whole week and doing
things that character would do.
I! So far we have used a certain theme for a whole
month; such as Kindness to Animals, Helping Others.
They have greatly enjoyed stories of other races and
countries and the games that they use. Among the
Character stories have come many stories of Jesus.
Each interprets in his own way, the Mexican as he
sees it, the Greek as he sees it, the American as
he sees it, and our one little Negro boy as he sees it.
Many of the lessons have become a part of the
children. One day a boy with whom I had been hav-ing
some difficulty, came into the group with some
candy. As I had been trying to make him see that
it was wrone to eat in front of others unless he could
share, I was wondering .what I could say that would
make an impression, when he came up to me, saying,
"Here, teacher, put this away till afterwards. I'm
trying to be like Robert, but I almost forgot." (Rob-ert
was the boy who would not make others want by
eating things in front of them.)
They have learned to appreciate the library
books and to keep them in order in the bookcase.
', Of course, they have to be reminded, but last fall
even reminding did no good.
One of our Greek girls is bringing her baby
brother to Story Hour and letting him play on the
floor while she watches him, rather than to leave
him under the feet of their sy mother. I When I first began the Story Hour at Sheffield
our little Negro boy not only felt out of place, but
he was continually acting up in order to get atten-tion.
The other children would not play with him.
But through our stories of other races he has be-come
a member of the group and is very welcome.
He is no longer misbehaving.
At Easter time they made little baskets in whioh
they put an egg they themselves had colored and
some candy eggs, and presented them to their moth- - I ers. Giving was a joy. Then the next week they all I told how the baskets had been appreciated. I
These boys and girls are becoming more and I more interested in doing the things which are going I to make someone else happy, instead of continually I thinking of themselves. I
The Story Hour has meant much in the lives of I these children. I J. B '32.
QUITE BUSY
Clara Swain Hospital, I Bareilly, India, --.,1
March 27, 1932.
Dear Friends: I This weather reminds me of Commencement and I when you receive this that time will soon be. I wish H
so much for you and am sure that it will be a blessed H
time for all who attend. I shall think of you during H
that week. H
This is the time of year that we look for snakes. H
A cobra was killed out on the compound the other H
night, but I have my first one to see yet. In each H
room is kept a long stout stick, and a few nights H
when we have been talking about snakes, or when H
I have been suspicious, I have taken my stick with H
me. Miss Westrup gave me her technique, so when H
Mr. Snake appears I shall be quite a heroine. H
We have been quite busy the last few weeks H taking care of eye patients; in one week we saw over H seven hundred. Many of these were given medical H care; 170 were operated on; then there were many, H many who had eyes that could not be helped. Then H they would cry and beg some more and finally we
had to send them home to a life of blindness. I
shall never forget some of the scenes.
There was a continual line of old men, young
men, children and women of every caste. They
passed through one door of our dispensary and out
through another, the Hindu woman with long, full
skirt; the Mohammedan woman in purdah; the long-haire- d
Sikh man all came that they might be able
to see. Each brought their family, their food and
bedding. Since this is a woman's hospital and we
knew that if our clinic was to be a success we would s.l have to care for the men also, four tents were put
up, with young men of our Sunday School as nurses.
Many of these patients have gone home now, but
the days never lack work. I love the work and am
finding many places to wedge in some help. The
problems are many and I am finding that people are
similar the world over.
Tomorrow the Bareilly Convention begins. This
is an inter-denominatio- institute which lasts for a
week and is characterized by its spiritual atmo-sphe- re
and is for spiritual uplift. The tent is only
a few feet from the hospital and we shall entertain
some of the out-of-to- guests. !'
It is a wonderful challenge to have to be a
jack-of-all-trad- es. My latest is that of anaesthetist.
Every type of disease imaginable is here and we are
finding much use for our knowledge of medicine,
much opportunity to be friendly and to show by our
personality the Christ-lik- e life lived aright.
Everywhere one goes beggars are very much in
I evidence. Yesterday a new group were around. They are usually dressed quite attractively and hand out
a letter which has been typed, saying that they need
a certain amount of money to go and see their dying
mother, or something similar. They become quite a
pest if they are given a chance.
Give greetings and love to my friends.
ALTA M. TUCKER, '31.
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE
t Several times students here at K. C. N. T. S. have
said, "I did not know Mexican people were like Miss
Garcia and Miss Guerrette. Why, you know there
is a difference!" Most Mexican people would resent
this. I do not like to think there is such a difference.
Yet Jesus Christ makes a difference in Mexican
folks' lives.
As I look into the faces of my Sunday school
class of adult Mexicans, I realize that Jesus is stead-I
ily and surely making a difference in these people.
To see this difference I have had to know, visit,
pray, work and love them. In turn, they have little
by little grasped the great principles that have been
so obscure in their minds.
Some of the messages that they gave me to give
to a young people's meeting were such as these:
From a man who has not had a job for over two
years, "I thank these people for helping me through
the Mission with food, clothing and shelter. I am
deeply thankful that I have learned to know Jesus n i i h as my oavior ana can sing praises to Mis name.
H A neat, clean little lady, whose oldest son is very
ill with tuberculosis, said: "Because my boy can H have milk and eggs, I am thankful."
H Another fine faithful woman calls her garden
"her sanctuary;" believes in feeding folk and she
said that "her cup was overflowing and that if they H ever came to visit her she would have something H there for them to eat." I One member of my class is in the hospital, in a H ward with American women. She cannot read or H , write, neither can she speak English, yet she keeps
H the ward bright with smiles. It is because Jesus is
in her life. I How they enjoy a good time! We are planning
a party for them and their anticipations know no
H bounds. I Like every child of the Heavenly Father's, the I consciousness of sin is there, and like the rest of us I they try to hide it. It is so wonderful to have them I look you straight in the face and to know that they
are doing their best. I We have been studying such national problems ' I as the "liquor question," "world peace," and local
problems as the "pool hall" and "bootlegging." I Through the aid of the missionary magazines I have I been trying to give them the message of "Missions."
GRACE E. GUERRETTE, '32.
In
WANTED MISSIONARIES TO THE I
THOUGHTLESS I
She was a country girl in a city school. That I statement means the same thing in China that it I does in America. She registered in school late in I the term; and on her first day she entered the class- - I room after the tardy bell had rung always an em- - I barrassing situation for a new girl. As she clumped I across the room in her heavy country shoes, twenty I sleek heads were lifted from their books to survey I her. Yes, Chieh Lan was right. Chieh Lan had seen I the new girl clamber out from under the load of I boxes, bedding rolls and string-tie- d pacnages wnicn
almost engulfed her and the richshas; then Chieh I Lan had run to the court where the girls were stroll- - I ing after lunch to tell them, with many laughing I tosses of her black bobbed head, of the very funny H
new girl who had just gone into the principal's of-- I fice. ... H
The new girl really was funny in dress and ap- - I pearance. And her face lacked that eager play of H
expression, that quick responsiveness, so characteris- - H
tic of the girls in the Chinese-Wester- n School. Com- - H
pared to her schoolmates in their slim, tight-fittin- g H
garments of blue, their trim bobbed heads facing the H
world with assurance, she was "different" indeed.
Her name was Pao Chen, and from a distant vil- - H
lage in Central China her father had sent her to the H
Chinese-Wester- n School to learn many things he H
could not teach her at home. "Teach her science, H
history, English, and many other things that she H
needs to know, but do not require her to go to church H
or to study in the Bible classes," he wrote. The prin- - H
cipal had pondered and wondered as she had read H
his decided words. H
The heart of the new teacher sank as Pao Chen H
enrolled in her English class. How could she add H
another girl to an already full class! And such a H
stupid, dull-looki- ng creature! Her heart was to re- - H
proach her later, but on that dusty afternoon she H
knew only irritation and dismay. H
The term moved on. A change began to be ap- - H
parent in Pao Chen. She no longer clumped; her H
hair was smoothly braided and her bangs were H
trimmed so that she no longer peered through them H
like a Shetland pony through his mane. In other H
ways, however, she apparently remained the same. H
When called on in class she shouted back a half- - H intelligible answer as though both teacher and class ,::H
were deaf. She laughed raucously whenever embar- -
rassed, which was frequently. 'H
"Oh, dear!" sighed the new teacher to the prin-- H
cipal as she stopped in the office on her way from H
class one day. "I can't seem to do anything with ijH
Pao Chen She just sits and looks dumb. I've .H
talked and talked right at her, and I've explained H things to her after class; but all she does is giggle H and act silly." H
The principal, who always understood, looked
thoughtful. "You know," she said, "that child needs
friends and she doesn't know how to make them.
I wonder if it wouldn't be a good idea to change her
room and give her Lu Te and Ai Chen for room--
mates. They are sucli happy girls and such loyal
Christians; I'm sure they'll help her."
So Pao Chen was moved, and with the help of
roommates soon found herself a real part of the
school. At last she seemed to be enjoying life. On
Thursday morning, when regular chapel exercises
gave way to Bible classes and discussion groups, Pao
Chen appeared at a Bible class.
"My father sent me here to learn," she calmly Ii said ; "and right now I think it is most important to
learn about Christ. My father has already taught
me much mathematics and history, but he has not
taught me about Christ. Now I shall learn."
Surely it was a matter for consideration. Her
father's orders had been explicit. No religious teach-ing.
Yet who should deny her the full knowledge
and the satisfied heart that she desired so eagerly!
Shortly before Easter she came again. "I am
going to be a Christian," she said, "and I want to
join the church on Easter Sunday."
H "Have you written your father?" asked the prin-- H cipal, after a moment of hesitation. "It is only right H to do that, you know, before taking such an impor- - H tant step as joining the church."
H "To be sure I have written to my father. I have H told him how I love school and the teachers and the H girls. At home I am very lonely for I have no one H with whom to study or to play. Here I have two H roommates, and I am never lonely. They help me H study my lessons; they show me how my clothes H should be; they teach me to play games and they H talk to me of Christ. My father writes that he is H glad for me to have good lessons and to learn the H outdoor games why should he not be glad when H I learn the best thing of all?"
H The principal breathed a prayer that such might
be the case.
H The time was drawing on to Easter, and still no
word had come from Pao Chen's father. One morn-in- g
the gateman ushered in a strange man who an- - H nounced himself a trusted servant from the family
of Pao Chen, sent to escort his young mistress home;
Pao Chen and all her belonging were to leave im- - H mediately.
A few hours later the principal and the new
teacher stood at the front steps and watched two
rickshas wheel out of the school gate carrying a
weeping Pao Chen and her bodyguard. How keenly
the new teacher wished she had crowded more of
help and inspiration into her few months with Pao
Chen!
H "Why, oh, why does the father feel this way?
How can he be so heartless!" she wailed aloud.
H Then the principal quietly told her of the father's
letter. Years ago he, too, with eager heart had set
out to get an education. He had gone to the United
States. There, homesick and alone, he had looked
for friendliness, for kindliness, for other evidences H of the Christian graces of which he had heard mis-sionar- ies
in his own country tell. He found prejudice,
disdain and coldness. "These Christian Americans,
they arc all hypocrite," he had summed up his ex-- I pericnce. And he had returned to China hating the H
very name Christian. Never should his daughter be H
permitted to become one of the hated hypocrites. H
Because of this he sent for her to come home even
though it meant taking her away from all the new H
joy which was opening up for her. There was noth- - H
ing to be done, the principal concluded; the matter H
had all been settled in America years before.
The new teacher walked silently to her room, H
thinking soberly of the missionaries that are needed H
in her own country; missionaries to the intolerant; H
missionaries to the careless; missionaries to the H
thoughtless. H
FRANCES A. MILNES.
(Condensed from Womnn's Missionary Friend for Mny.) Ol
PERSONALS I Miss Bertha Saville, R. N., '07, is now connected H
with the McCune-Brook- s Hospital in Carthage, Mo. H
Rev. E. C. Horn, D.D., of Mankato, Minn., spent H
a few moments at K. C. N. T. S. on April 27th.
Miss Mae Greer, '23, began work March 15 in H
connection with the Methodist Orphanage, Lake H
Bluff, 111.
Rev. John P. White, superintendent of the Chil- - H
dren's Home, Newton, Kans., was the guest of his H
daughter Eureath, '32, April 27, 28.
Miss Arabella Newton, of our Sophomore Class, H
had the pleasure of a visit from her friend, Mrs. H
Elizabeth Creveling, of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, over May H
Miss Grace Wasem of Girard, Kans., who was I with us as a student the first semester of this year, H
made us a little visit over the week-en- d of April H
22-2- 4.
On April 29 a group of ten W. H. M. S. members H
from First Church, Ottawa, Kans., with their pastor,
Rev. L. F. Waring, took dinner at K. C. N. T. S. and
became better acquainted with us. H
Carl J. Webb, pastor of Arlington M. E. Church, H
Kansas City, Mo., and a student at Baker University, ,H
accompanied by Anna Mary Eastwood, John N. l Green, Marjorie Long and Vincent Hall, also of H
Baker, called at the Training School on May 24th. I On April 20th Mrs. Solomon Dice and Mrs. A. J. I Warner of Topeka, Kans., came up for a meeting at 1 the Training School, together with Mrs. Geo. W. Mil- -
ler, Mrs. F. E. Bush and Dr. Neiderheiser, of Kansas 1 City, to make plans for the Queen Esther-Standa- rd 3 'I Bearer House Party, to be held at K. C. N. T. S.
June 11-1- 7. I On May 24th a group of twenty young people f.H
from First Church, Lawrence, Kans., drove over to H
Kansas City in time to attend church at Grand Ave- - H
nue Temple. After the service they came out to the I Training School, where they were dinner guests. il The afternoon was spent in visiting Mercy Hospital. M
Miss Gladys Hobbs, '21, whose home is in Lawrence, H
accompanied the group on their rounds. I
. v . "Lord, give me eyes that I may see, I Lest I, as people will, I May pass by someone's Calvary I And think it just a hill." I