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WOMAN'S WORK
Conducted by MLm Oarrle lie? Campbell
A PRAYER FOR THK KITCHEN
WALL.
May labor make me glad!
May I have eyes to see
Beauty in this plain room
Where I am called to be:
The scent of clean blue smoke,
The old pans polished bright,
The kettle's chuckling joke,
The red flames' lovely light.
May I have wit to take
The joy that round me lies.
Whether I brew or bake,
May labor make me wise!
May labor leave me sweet!
When twilight folds the earth
May 1 have grace to smite
And count the day's good worth.
An old song in my soul
And quiet in my breast,
To welcome tranquilly
The night's old gift of rest.
And gather strength to face
Tomorrow's busy strife.
Here in this humble place,
May labor bless my life!
? Nancy Byrd Turner, in The Bap
tist.
THE KITCHEN KALEIDOSCOPE.
It cost the whole of fifteen cents;
but it is worth it!
Mrs. Busyasabee tells us she will
never be without one again, and the
word of such an up-to-date house
keeper is not to be ignored. Some
people may not know the difference
between a skillet and a scuttle, but
Mrs. Busyasabee knows every inven
tion that ever was made to lighten
work, and nothing, nothing has ever
given her the comfort and that happy
sense of freedom-while-doing-chores
that this 15-cent kaleidoscope offers.
"Not that I don't appreciate this
proper-height sink," she said enthus
iastically, "for I do. It's a back-saver,
and as for this kitchen cabinet, my!
what a step-saver it is! And there
never was a fuel-saver like this fire
less cooKer. I don't need to tell you
that a washing-machine is a labor
saver and a time-saver too. But in
spite of saving back and feet and
hands, there were my head and heart
meandering around in the same old
inefficient fashion until this kaleido
scope came along!"
Who invented it anyhow?
"Mrs. Montgomery!" smiled Mrs.
Busyasabee, triumphantly, "so now
you know why it appeals to the heart
of a Presbyterian woman, and sets a
dozen new thoughts parading daily
before her mind's eye."
"Lead us to this kaleidoscope."
So she led us kitchen ward; and
there, propped on the window-ledge
over the sink, we saw it. A book!
We picked it up and saw that it was
dated throughout.
"This Just gives you an example,"
Hhe said, "read It." So we read:
Mrs. Mary Horton Stuart (1874),
Miss Eliza B. French (1888), Dr. and
Mrs. J. Mercer Blain (evangelistic),
Miss Rebecca E. Wilson (teaching).
"What does that mean to you?" she
asked.
We said it meant people to us. Peo
ple scattered here and there over the
face of the whole earth.
"Exactly," she smiled, even more
triumphantly than before. "Now let's
suppose that this morning I am wash
ing the breakfast dishes. This ka
leidoscope Is propped open before me
on s level with my eyes, 'Ah,' I say to
myself, 'it's the prayer day of Mrs.
Stuart in Peking, China.' Now, I really
know nothing more to start with than
you do about who this Mrs. Stuart
is and what she looks like,
yet because it's her prayer day I fal>
to wondering how she is spending it
away over there In China, bless her
heart! There are two mission fields
in China. I look them up in my copy
of "The Survey" and I find we Pres
byterians have a big work in China
among about 19,000,000 heathen souls
and we have less than 200 mission
aries, and that gives each one 85,000
souls to reach, and I know Mrs. Stu
art and all the others are too busy,
and she must be spending her prayer
day in one grand rush, trying to make
herself fit around over all the thous
ands falling to her lot. 'Dear Father
in heaven, be with her this day,' I
pray, and I find myself going into lit
tle details in that prayer. I am sud
denly tremendously interested in Mrs.
Stuart. I don't want her to get tired
at her Chinese Mission in New Orleans
and I talk my heart out to God about
her.
"AniJ, oh! so many others. Some
body every day."
"And my day is richer because, on
the prayer day of these good Pre*,
byterians, I have circled the globe to
watch them at work. Their protjlem-J
are, after all, my problem. We are
workers together! They have been able
to go, and I have stayed behind. I
must hold the ropes. So I pray. And
when I go to market I order a little
less, saving the difference for my
Might Box. You have one, haven't
you?"
So we ask what the real name of
this kitchen kaleidoscope is, and find
ii is called "The Prayer Calendar."
We realize that no kitchen can be com
plete without one! That kitchens are
ideal places to find "tne mind at leis
ure with itself"; that something pic
torial is needed to people the bare
walls with images of others. So as
for us, we have ordered our "Prayer
Calendar" for 1923, for, aside from
the prayer dates, it is a gold mine of
suggestions and rich treasure-trove for
those who would have a colorful view
point while immured inside kitchen
A GOOD CHRISTMAS GIFT.
What to give for a Christmas present is a question being asked
by many people just now. A Christmas gift ought to be some
thing of real value. It should give pleasure to as many people
as possible and it should last.
That describes The Presbyterian of the South. It will give
pleasure and profit to all the members of the family and it will
make its weekly visits to the home throughout the year. It will
in this way be a constant reminder of the good will shown at
Christmas in making the gift.
The cost is only $2.50 for the year. This is not more than
would often be paid for a book, a flower or a toy.
Secretaries of Literature in the Auxiliaries are authorized to
secure or receve these subscrptions and will be allowed to retain
$1 as a commission for the Auxiliaries, for each new subscrip
tion sent us. This commission will be a good Chhristmas gift to
the Auxiliary.
Subscriptions may begin at once if the subscriber chOoses and
will be dated January 1, 1923. No charge will be made for papers
sent before that time.
out.
"Well, by and by I go down to the
next on the list and find thp Blain's
and Miss French and Miss Wilson, and
I picture them among those blue cot
toned Chinese; and I see plump little
kindergarten tots in blue trousers; 1
see wheelbarrows and sedan chairs
and green-gabled pagodas. 'I am glad
these workers are there,' I say, and I
pray for each one by name. By name,
remember!
"Then I see brown bodies in pain,
I see baffled relatives doing absurdly
awful things as treatment ? beating
drums, shaking the patient, burning
with irons, 'O, thou Great Physician,'
I pray, 'bless Dr. Worth and Dr. Bell
and Dr. Woods in China, as they fol
low in Thy footsteps, healing the sick
and opening the eyes of the blind.' 1
wonder what they give them for head
aches, and whether he has an auto
or must be jolted in a mule cart. 1
am glad they are in China where doc
tors are few and far between.
"After a while I come to the name
Bisceglia (sounds Italian), and I have
a quick vlsloning of him, leading love
ly dark-eyed children to the Saviour;
climbing tenement stairs. I pray for
him ? for tact and patience.
"And by and by I meat Miia Cr?evy
walla. Order one for yourself, and
see! And send them as Christmas
cards. ? Freely adapted from Miss Ap
plegarth In "The Baptist."
HOW IT HGIiPS.
"I want to take this opportunity to
tell you how much I enjoy your de
partment in the Presbyterian of th?
South. I always turn to it first." ?
Graham, Va.
THANK YOU.
"Just a word of thanks to the
friends all over the Church who re
sponded so promptly last Summer
with their copies of 'Day in and Day
Out in Korea.' * Our class Joins me
in thanks, and we certainly have en
Joyed reading the books. All will be
returned as soon as we have finished
with them." ? M. O. Hinkle, Unus, W.
Va.
KKY8KR, W. VA.
In November the Auxiliary of this
church offered for sale at the beauti*
ful home of one of the members, the
work of our Mission School in China
and Korea. These articles Included
embroidered table linen, Korean lace,
tatting, luncheon sets, articles of wear,
beads, souvenir* and other things.
They are durable, and artistic, and
as they make attractive Christmas
gifts, there was a most successful sale.
The proceeds go to the support of girls
and women over there <who would
otherwise be in the face of starvation,
and without education.
If other Auxiliaries are interested,
write to Mrs. R. G. Vance, Waynes
boro, Va., who, with true devotion,
and service as her only reward is
handling the output or many Mis
sion Schools.
CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR THK KING!
On His Own Birthday are we going
to give the best gift to the King? Or
are we so busy about our human
friends that we are saying, "Wait till
after the Birthday, and then we will
think of Him whose Birthday it is. "7
Let's remember the King on His
birthday, and give the best of self
love and devotion to Him; and to His
poor, whom He has planned to help
through us.
Give to the King on His Birthday!
KINDERGARTENS IN JAPAN.
The following Is quoted from a re
cent letter received from Mrs. S. P.
Fulton, one of our splendid mission
aries who had been in kindergarten
work in Kobe, Japan, for the past
fourteen years:
"Some clouda threaten to overcast
my kindergarten work just now. Last
spring, the Buddhists opened a kin
dergarten school within only a few
squares of mine. However, I'm
thankful to say that so far as I can
tell, it has done us no very great
harm. Our children continue to come,
and their parents seem to be loyal to
us. The trouble just now is this: a
number of Buddhist sects have banded
together and purchased our present
building (this being only a rented
house and not mission property). This
puts us in a very awkwartl position.
They want immediate possession, but,
as we cannot And a single place suit
able to rent in this general neighbor
hood, they will permit us to stay a
few months longer ? possibly a year,
but demand very high rent, almost 50
per cent in advance of the former
rate.
I cannot tell you how my heart
yeariw over this work. When I think
of the fourteen years spent in build
ing up this Christian kindergarten,
which now has the confidence and re
spect of the people and which is bear
ing fruit in many ways, it seems al
most more than I can bear to see it
forced to be closed for lack of a house
and lot. The people are poor and
not able to help. Several years ago
I applied to our Executive Committee
for means for a gospel hall. $15,000
was asked for, but amidst the other
numerous calls from every where, this
has had to wait. If only some Sy
nodical would take It up! I believe
we could buy a lot and put up a very
cheap building for $10,000 (Kobe land
is fearfully expensive), and then add
to the building later. This neighbor
hood sadly needs just such a hall ? a
kind of community building where
much-needed work would be carried
on. .
Two of our little Japanese teachers
were here this afternoon helping me to
plan our fall work, meetings for our
180 graduates, mother's meetings.
Thanksgiving- Day, Christmas, etc.,
etc. Kindergarten work In Japan is
one of our very best, most powerful
methods of Christian work. We feel
that the 'little child often leads'
the parents to 'Christ."
* COLUMBIA, S. C.
The Woman's Bible class of the
frlrst Presbyterian Church had en en