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givcn for touching the young lives to 

 higher issues. In both Ihese dircctions 

 much help was found in the presence of 

 a strong boys f school. The homes of these 

 boys were wide opcn to the lady who came 

 saying, ''I Hvc where your boys go to 

 school." Mothers and grandmothers were 

 eager to see anybody who came from the 

 placc where thc childrcn attcnded daily. To 

 find favor with a woman from the school 

 niight possibly bring some added benent 

 to the boys of the household. A warm wel- 

 comc was therefore awaiting Mtss Black- 

 more in several hundred homes. And 

 again, the boys themselves are eager to 

 have their sisters givcn some opporttmity 

 to join them in their studies. The girls, on 

 thc other hand, secing thcir brothers going 

 and coming with books and slates, child- 

 like, are eager to imitate them. And when 

 a lady comcs to the house saying, "Let me 

 do for the girls what the big school is doing 

 for the boys," thc offer usually mcets with 

 favor, There is, too, a growing appreci- 

 ation of the value, even to women, of being 

 ablc to read and become intelHgent. Tlicre 

 are many Chinese and other households in 



