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"""WOMAN S WORK IN GENERAL. 271now." "Visits are occasionally made to the women intheir homes by Miss B.. but she must give most of hertime to the girls boarding-school." We can do houseto-housevisiting only as time permits.";(Whereverwe have gone we have met a hearty welcome and beenentreated to remain and teach, or to return soon. Onedistrict is six days journey from end to end withnumerous stations between, so it is only possible to staya few days at each, two or three times a year. Shallwe condemn them if sometimes they wander away andforget what the missionary tells them? Rather wemarvel that months after when she returns she findsthem faithful and trying to keep alive the little fire thathad been kindled in their hearts." "On every sideopportunities now press upon the worker." i4We methundreds of attentive listeners and hungry hearts on ourevangelistic trip along the canals." "Scarcelv ever dowe meet a closed door in visiting the women, and usuallymarked courtesy." "Many are eager to be taught ashort prayer.""This has been our best year yet inreaching the women." From far Kweichow we hear:"During a two months stay much interest was manifested and considerable opportunity for work among thewomen, but later there was no one to keep up the workbegun."And even from Kiangsu, speaking of theGrand Canal district, comes: "This district is badlyoff for Christian workers." Work has been maintainedin the central places, but a larger staff is needed to carryit on in the many out-stations." Missionaries in thesethree years have had little difficulty in gaining anattentive hearing, whether preaching to crowds ortalking to groups in the streets of a great city (likeHangchow) or itinerating among villages of a denselypopulated district (like that around Ningpo)." Inanother report from Chekiang we hear of long itineraries ;one including thirty-six market towns and many villages.From Anhwei : "Women s work is carried on atgreat disadvantage, as we have no one to visit country