. Life and light for woman. mendous problems of to-day. Said a prominentMexican lawyer, some months ago: I did not understand what yourschools were doing and I antagonized them; but now I see you wereteaching what we all need to-day, the principles of true liberty. In the reconstruction of Mexico, there has come an unprecedentedopportunity for our Christian teachers and preachers. Doors have openedand new occasions have taught new duties. The onward march hasbegun and our work must be no longer spasmodic, unorganized andfeeble; but stable, orderly and strong. We must be supported by theChurch
. Life and light for woman. mendous problems of to-day. Said a prominentMexican lawyer, some months ago: I did not understand what yourschools were doing and I antagonized them; but now I see you wereteaching what we all need to-day, the principles of true liberty. In the reconstruction of Mexico, there has come an unprecedentedopportunity for our Christian teachers and preachers. Doors have openedand new occasions have taught new duties. The onward march hasbegun and our work must be no longer spasmodic, unorganized andfeeble; but stable, orderly and strong. We must be supported by theChurch at home in a more fitting and adequate way for the great adven-ture in Mexico. If we unworthily let slip this present opportunity, weshall not find another, no, neither in this world nor in that to come. The Child in Mexico appeals to us with outstretched arms that it maybe restored to its birthright of happiness, of liberty in the truth, of lovethat shall lead it back to the Good Shepherd and to the joy of the PLAYTIME IS THE RIVER 390 . Life and Light ^September THL UMBUNDU BABY AND ITS MOTHER BY ELISABETH R. ENNIS, WEST CENTRAL AFRICA Mrs. Merlin W. Ennis who with her husband sailed in April from New York andhas been studying Portuguese in Lisbon had planned to sail from England August 28returning to the West Central Africa Mission. What effect the present war will haveupon their movements it is impossible to state. MUCH that may be said of the Umbundu woman isno doubt true of the average African woman, yettribes quite near each other present many differences andwhat I shall say here refers only to the women of theOvimbundu tribe in the uplands of Angola. They area large tribe, widely traveled and fairly representative ofthe Central African. The female of the species is difficult of description,be she militant, domestic or professional, and the Um-bundu woman is no exception. I have sometimes thoughther the original suffragette. There are many contra-dictions i
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