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"WeCHAPTER XIV,WOMAN SWORK IN GENERAL.(Exclusive of Educational and Medical.)Mid-China.scope of this article is work in the Yangtzeprovinces and Chekiang, namely, Kiangsu, Anhwei,Hnpeh, Szechuen, lying wholly or in partnorth of the river, and Chekiang, Kiangsi, Hunan, andKweichow, south of the river.The material herein used has been culled fromletters received in answer to requests for informationaddressed to many of the stations of this territory andalso from the published reports of the various missionboards represented inthis region.We find a marked similarity in these reports ofwoman s work, the aim everywhere being:1. The reaching of the Chinese women and the preaching tothem the Gospel story.2. The giving to them of Bible instruction and preparingthem for church membership.3. The nurturing of the spiritual welfare of the convert andthe upbuilding of Christian womanhood, with the further trainingof some among them for the work of Bible-women, but this lastcomes more properly under the head of educational work.REACHING THE WOMEN.Ca) By guest-room work, that is, by extending friendlinessand hospital it v to them in their visits, often of mere curiosity tothe home of the foreigner or to the "foreign school."have many guests often as many as fifty aday,"writes one lady in Anhwei. "During festiveseasons our guest-room (Chinese reception-room) cannotaccommodate the crowds."