Letter from Mattie to Edward, December 20, 1879

Letter from Mattie to Edward, December 20, 1879

Christian education of girls; Letter writing; Women missionaries; Women physicians

In this letter to her brother Frank, Mattie writes about the recent company they've had. Dr. Sara A. is supposed to leave the mission soon and everyone is happy to see her go. Mattie also recounts how a "Chinaman" entered the school, shocking everyone, and made an appeal for them to take his niece. She was too young but her family wanted her to be raised by Christians.

Kerr, Noyes Martha

Loose, The College of Wooster, Special Collections, Noyes Collection

Unpublished

1879-12-20

Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant

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Canton China
Dec 20th /79
My dear Edward
For once I have
put the letters received by
the last mail on my writing
desk and mean if possible
to answer them before the
next mail leaves which will
be on Tuesday. We are very
glad to hear from our dear
brother notwithstanding
his protestations of always
writing nothing but non
sense. As for me I wish I
could do something in that
line {writing letters I mean}
but really we do not get any
thing accomplished scarcely
It is 9 weeks since I
came home and we have

not been a day without compa
ny, nor shall we be much
before the end of the year. It
does take so much time and
strength When people come
it brings all our community
to call on them then there is
the going out with them sight
seeing and to evening compa
nies which comes into the
programme and can not
be avoided. Miss Dr Frask
from Fuchau came up in
the Steamer to day and we
are to meet her at Henry's to
night, do not know how
long she expects to be a guest
there. It seems she is an ac
quantice of Mrs Sara A.
but from all we hear a totally
different person has done
a good noble work in Fuchau
and expects to take her vacation

a year from now in Germany
so that she can study her pro
fession more thoroughly. I
have heard a great deal about
her and am exceedingly glad to
have an opportunity of seeing
her. Dr S. A. is expecting to leave
this side of the world about the
1st of Jan, and we are properly
thankful. She has made her own
impression upon everybody
here and it is only true to say
it is not a favorable one. We
will all be very glad when this
outlay of funds is stopped.
Henry thinks she is to be mar-
ried in England but it is of
course only surmise. Dr & Mrs
Graves are with us until after
Christmas when their new
house will be ready for them
They fear they will be obliged
to give up their trip to Palestine

because of the non arrival of his
helper Mr Simmons. I am so
sorry. To day a Chinaman came
here with a little niece whom he
wanted to be taken into school
Hattie was gone and I out hear
ing classes in the B.S. when
dear little Hattie Kerr came to the
door with the news "there was a
Chinaman in the parlor who wan-
ted to come out into the school
with her and if she liked the es-
tablishment wanted to come
into the school. Well a [u] China [/u] [u] man [/u]
would make a commotion among
the girls. No such being ever entered
those doors. Well says I to myself
a funny individual you must
be to think you can put your
bald head into our dominions
and I forthwith betook myself
into the house. The creature had
been in San Francisco for five
years which accounted for his
good English had been in Dr
Loomis' school said he hoped
he was a Christian

[Continued vertically on the first page]
The child was as pretty as a picture but only 7 years old
so we could not take her. He said his sister wanted
her children
brought up under
Christian ladies
He seemed very
nice indeed,
and they were
willing to [u] pay [/u]
the child's expenses
Well good night
not much here
is there. I can tell
you what you
do not know that
we are having very
fine weather, no
need of fires yet.
Must write to
[Illegible]
Mattie

[Written vertically on the fourth page]
Dear Edward I hope I may sometime have the privilege of
hearing you lead a prayer meeting



中国广东
12 月 20 日 /79
我亲爱的爱德华
我有一次
把收到的信件
我写作的最后一封邮件
桌子，如果可能的话，意思是
之前回答他们
下一封邮件将
在星期二。我们很
很高兴听到我们亲爱的
尽管兄弟
他的抗议总是
只写非
感觉。至于我，我希望我
可以做点什么
行{我的意思是写字母}
但实际上我们没有得到任何
几乎没有完成的事情
我已经 9 周了
回家了，我们有

没有一天没有陪伴，我们也不会太多
年底前。它
确实需要很多时间
实力当人来
它带来了我们所有的社区
去拜访他们然后有
和他们一起出去的景象
看到和晚间公司进入
程序并不能
避免。弗拉斯克医生小姐
从福州过来的
今天的汽船和我们
去亨利家见她
晚上，不知道怎么样
很久以来，她希望成为客人
那里。看来她是 Sara A 夫人的熟人。
但从所有我们听到的完全
不同的人做过
福州好贵族之作
并希望带她去度假

一年后在德国
这样她就可以更彻底地研究她的专业。我
听说过很多
她非常高兴
有机会看到
她。 S.A. 医生准备离开
世界的这一边关于
1 月 1 日，我们是正确的
谢天谢地。她做了自己的
给大家的印象
在这里，只能说
这不是一个有利的。我们
当这一切都会很高兴
资金支出停止。
亨利认为她要在英国结婚，但它是
当然只是猜测。医生和夫人
坟墓与我们同在，直到之后
圣诞节当他们的新
房子会为他们准备好
他们担心自己会被迫
放弃他们的巴勒斯坦之行

因为他的未到
帮手西蒙斯先生。我是如此
对不起。今天来了一个中国人
和他的一个小侄女在这里
想被送进学校
海蒂走了，我听到了
在寄宿学校上课时
亲爱的小海蒂可儿来到
有新闻的门“有一个
想进学校的客厅里的中国人
和她在一起，如果她喜欢这个机构就想来
进了学校。好一个中国人
会引起轩然大波
那些姑娘们。从来没有这样的人进入
那些门。好吧，我对自己说
一个有趣的人，你必须
是认为你可以把你的
光头进入我们的领土
我立刻开始了自己
进屋。这个生物有
在旧金山待了五年
占他的年数
良好的英语一直在博士
卢米斯的学校说他希望
他是个基督徒

[在第一页垂直继续]
孩子美如画但才7岁
所以我们不能带走她。他说他姐姐想要
她的孩子
长大
基督教女士
他看起来很
确实不错
他们是
愿意付钱
孩子的开销
那晚安啦
这里不多
在那儿。我可以告诉
你是什​​么
不知道
我们非常
好天气，没有
还需要火灾。
必须写信给
[难以辨认]
马蒂

[垂直写在第四页]
亲爱的爱德华，我希望有一天我能有幸
听到你主持祷告会

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