. Missionary Visitor, The (1904). ckets andfrocks inside out. upsidedown or hind foremost in putting them on. Atfirst it was a real nov-elty to them to wearclothes. but a shorttime was enough andthey were glad to goback to their junglyways again. And thenis when the battle be-gan. To go withoutwas their delight. Toteach them to wearthem was the problemwe had to solve. And now as you look at the picture you may ask why so many are dressed so scantily. To put good clothes into their hands was useless, as they only threw them around in the dirt. They were quite as happy with only a skirt or a clo
. Missionary Visitor, The (1904). ckets andfrocks inside out. upsidedown or hind foremost in putting them on. Atfirst it was a real nov-elty to them to wearclothes. but a shorttime was enough andthey were glad to goback to their junglyways again. And thenis when the battle be-gan. To go withoutwas their delight. Toteach them to wearthem was the problemwe had to solve. And now as you look at the picture you may ask why so many are dressed so scantily. To put good clothes into their hands was useless, as they only threw them around in the dirt. They were quite as happy with only a skirt or a cloth to tie about the loins. As they learned to take care, better and more clothing was given them. This army of tatters was a group outof the number of children gathered dur-ing the first half of 1902. Out of thetwenty-five ten are yet living. Nearlyall who have died were sufferers fromfamine effects. For a time after beingwith us all seemed well, but when the sifting time (monsoons and the twomonths following) came, the test came. Orphan Children. T64 THE MISSIONARY 11 SIT OR May, 1904
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