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Dear Friends in America:
Here I am back in Korea with 4206 miles of Pacific Ocean, from Seattle to Yokohama, between ust
I left New York City on June 13th and arrived in Pyengyang on July 18th, having spent enroute one day in Chicago, one day in Minneapolis with my brother and his family, two days in Seattle, one week in Japan, and two days in Seoul. The trip was quite ordinary all the way, tho made pleasant by the meeting of congenial fellow=travélors. Our steamer passenger list was full. There were six touring parties on our boat coming to the Orient for the summer. There were three in our cabin but my cabin-mates were truly delightful women and we managed very happily. On the ocean we had three very rough days and most of the trip was quite cloudy and chilly. A 24 hour run from Yokohama brought us to Kobe where I disembarked about 10 P.M. on July 4th. My sister and family (Mr. and Mrs. Voelkel) were in Kobe waiting to sail on the 6th of July for Americae We had two full and happy days together.
It rained nearly every day I was in Japan so I visited friends rather than many places, Then on to Korea. A cordial welcome was given me in Pyengyang. All our faculty, a number of Korean friends, the missionaries who were in town, and a representative group of students from our Girls’ Academy were at the station to mect me. As I camo into the school yard the dormitory girls stood in line on either side of the path and sang the school song as Miss Snook and I came to our house. The closing exercise for the spring term was held the next Monday morning and I had an opportunity so sreet the girls before they scattered for the summer. I rejoiced to hea: kam quite a number of our girls are planning to teach in Daily Vacation Bibl: Vo&cols this symmer. We will have their reports in September.
You are probably wondering how our difficult problems are being solved. Everything is quiet just now. The next ceremonial days come in September and October and we shall appreciate your remembering us, that in everything God may rule and that definite guidance may be given all of use
Most of my first week in Pyengyang has been given to receiving callers, hearing of the births, the marriages and deaths that have taken place during the ten months that I have been away. A faculty picnic supper was given in my honor, one of our teachers was married and I helped make the bridal beuqucts, our alumnae met for their annual meeting, and I am beginning to feel as tho my trip to America is a beautiful dream and I had not been at all.
Some travel notes by the way:
And this is Japan}! Coming from America I had to speedily reorientiate myself by remembering to "keep to the left"; when in doubt "wear rubbers"; carry a fan for it was awfully hot; be ready to tell one's name, age, address, and profession to any inquiring policeman. It was amsing to walk the streets just before supper-time. Shop keepers and residents throw water about freely in front of shops and homes to lay the dust and cool the atmosphere. You pick your way carefully to avoid mud puddles or a dash of water. Dignified business men ( I have no idea of what class) stand out on their bit of sidewalk(?) dressed only in rayon or cotton underwear a comfortable way to get cool, and it seems as tho even in the cities three - fourths or more of the population are barefoot at any time of day.
From the train window: I saw a respectable native gentleman on a station platform, with straw hat and white shirt on, stepping into a pair of immaculate white flannel trousers. It is quite common for Japanese men to take off their uncomfortable foreign suits when making a long train ride and wear the comfort— able Japanese cotton kimonos or just to sit around in their B.V.D. Evidently the above gentleman had napped too long and unexpectedly arrived at his station, altho it was mid-afternoon. Japanese scenery and gardens are surely an artistic achievement, and of course look very fresh and green at this time. I saw one large tree trimmed so as to look like 6 or 8 huge balls hung on the tree trunk. In the rice fields, so clean and well-groomed, both men and women waded thru the water and mud pushing hand cultivators, or transplanting the rice by hand. I saw @ number of small shrines in the nitc!.cs of the rocks by the side of the
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I spent a delightful day in Nara, famncs Sor temples and the sacred deer that roam freely thru the park. They come up to the visitor for wafers that . can be bought for a few sen. My ricksha man told them to say “thank you" before he would feed them, and each deer would bow his head! When all the wafers wer: gone he held up his hand to show them it was empty and the deer walked away. In the miseum I saw many interesting and beautifully carved wooden figures of Buddha and other gods, also old temple treasures dating back to 710 A.D.
And this is Korea: - from the train window - it was a beautiful ride up from Fusan thru the broad valleys and the great, beautifully green mountains of southern Korea. I saw a church bell hanging from a poplar tree and knew that, tho too poor for a belfry, there was in that village a church bell and all that such a fact implies.
There has been plenty of rain in southern Korea but up here, after a very dry and practically snowless winter and months of drought, the rain came a few days ago. The Christians have been praying earnestly and their prayers were answered in time to save most of the dry farming. So great was the anxiety of the people that all the sorcerers of this great city have been gathering for days beating their drums and clanging their cymbals, petitioning their gods for rain.
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Snook and I returned ‘eY, Auge17th,for she had much packing and had not gotten a she ool and dormitory accounts in hape to turn over to z [ took over the houseke< ping,cleaned downstairs and started jelly making and canning peaches, After not having lone it for eight years or more I had to learn all over again. Since our regular cook was with another family at Sorai, I worked in the kitchen full time with Chay-si our laundress who has nad: some experience with other families, but while she cooks very simple thing is not considered a cook, and to whom one would not trust the ate srilizin & jars, canning or j lly making. She is & very clean, neat woman, and I am planning to let Mother: have Paksi,our regular cook, and take chee ud on for my general woman after ‘iss Snook leaves. I don't know how much of the cooking I shall be doing myself, but I'll just consider that as my hobby this year! [ really enjoyed the jelly making a lot, and got.a bi thrill doing it, When the old coal wouldn't burn fas enough to make a hot fire I had a couple of charcoal fires made, and then did our canning go fast! Charcoal is even hotter than your gas, I think, and one day we canned 25 quarts of peaches and made some jJam,and put up some peach honey! We have made beautiful plum and crab jelly,as well as several kinds of pickles which I especially like, Pears have not come in yet, but. they will be the last of the fruit.
fhe torrential floods of this summe, have been tl worst in Korean
history, It rained all during August. The papers sfer to the first ana second floods-especially effecting the South,ka rn and Western parts of Korea, The mainline railroad was out of commission for several days. We have Just had several beautiful da ays and were begii f think that lovel fall weather was here, but af rained fed: yesterday the flood report iven in the "Seoul Press" 6 of Sept. as as follows--—- to date "Casulties-2,165 persons eras chee injured id 1,285 missing,
king total of 6,318 affected persons; 176,526 houses destroyed, wag away or unundated.," You can imagine the sufferinc there ust be. The sovernment is coming to their relief, and quite a bit of ioney has been contribhted from the Yapanese Imperial Fan Ys N@wspapers, and various organizations, The Government has formed or sponsored a Chosen-~ anchoukuo Colonization Company, and many of these stricken families will be sent to Manchuria, and into northern Sorea, but ‘teenie into Manchuria. Poor people- there will be so much suf fering for them, sent to cold anchuria this fall to face the winter with inadequate preparations,ete.
Mother like a gay young thing went as a deligate to the Yomen's issionary mecting (Korean) which met in Kwang gju just before General Assembly. She was gone from Monda Ly thru Saturday. of the past week. I went Over and spent the nights at Fatherse At (7 years of age, and a heart that 1s not too good, I hated to have him along, tho ri he said it was quite unneces sary .
The com unity gathering for the welcome to the returned missionarie and the farewell for tt 10Sse leaving (Miss Snook, and WMrs spyoa-Loulsetayes" & mother who is going to India to be with her son for the winter) was held & week ago Saturday in the Foreign School Gym. Fz milies broug ht their Suppers, and speeches followed. We who were ‘eing "honored" were ‘uests
of different families. I ate with Father aud Mother,
for Americé not to return. She has been in Korea 3 36 years, and has
‘ truly done} wonderful work. Last Thura@day a banquet was given in her honor ¢ he Wha Sin Department Store, by the leading public-spirited peope of th® city. There were some 56 people present of whom there were five of us foreign ladies, three Korean ladies, and the rest were prominent Korean educational? business men, doctors, lawyers, two from the police department, etc. They made several lovely speeches, congratulating Miss Snook on what she had done for Korea and the women of Korea. It was a very lovely honor. They also presented her with two solid silver pieces- one a rice bowl wihth cover and the other an open soup bowl such as are used in their homes every day, only these are of silver, engraved and inscribed. They called for us and sent ts home in a taxie too.
Saturday evening the school held their farewbll to M ss Snook. They prepared a delicious Korean dinner-for which our girls are famous and invited the faculty, our Board of control, about twenty special Korean and American friends. After dinner there was a program in the chapel, lovely songs of appreciation and farewell, and special messages of appreciation and then the student body presented Miss Snook with a lovely gift. The Alumnae have given her a writing desk made from a very old and beautiful Korean clothes chest (Chang or tu-e ge) It is just too beautiful for words. Other gifts she is receiving are= a bolt of hand spun andw woven silk, a lovely solid silver boh- bon dish, a solid silver tray. She will be leaving about the 23rd, so there will be many days‘of teas, receptions, etc!! I must not write more this time, as this should go. I'll be writing more definitely one of these days when our fall celebrations are over. ‘Till then, I think of you often and love you so much,
The Korean papers have had some nice write ups about Miss Snook and the splendid work she has done, but the authorities have forbidden that more shall be written about her. I don't know whether that is especially from the police dept.eor the Ed. dept.
I'll write again soon, so will quit for this time. We are making some more pickle- I'm having the fun of making only my favorite kinds, and by the unexpected ly large number of jars you mix ight think that I was in love; but they are all pint jars at that.
Dearest Gertrude: Just a note to enclose with these letters. I am sending you a very poor copy just this once and I hope you will forgive me and also be able to make it out. How busy life has been since we returned from Sorai! I long for the well ordered life one can maintain to a degree in America!
You will note what I said about Father and Mother, Dr Smith saw me ahone the other day and said that Father had been eve over for a general check up, and they found that he has high blood pressure and quite an irregular heart. Dr Smith told Father that he ought not to preach, since Father had told him that when he was preparing a sermon he was not apt to sleep well,etc. but Father said that that was one thing he did not want to give up. Dr Smith consulted with Dr Bigger, and they decided not to forbid him preach, but told him to be careful and not overstrain, tho I don't think they made too much of his heart conditione Dr Smith faidultkerencouldn't be a more glorious way than for him to be taken when he was in the pulpit." It would be another case like Dr McAfee who was out here. I am just letting you folks know. It seems to me that Father looks more tired and frail than he did at Soral, and I am glad that Dr Smith has prepared us for what may come unexpectedly, I don't want you to mention this in your letters to the folks, as I don't think Dr Smith told Father in so many words the real condition of his heart, and I don't want them to worry. ButPlease~pass thts note-on to the ethers, and you all may more than ever realize that you can bring a Lot \of comfort to them by your frequent notes and letters. Gertrude=- you have been marvelous in writing so often along the way,\and your letters and pictures have brought so much joy to the folks.
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