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2Q2 CHINA MISSION YKAR BOOK.receiving the fees for board and tuition, paying theservants wages, distribution of pupils tasks, etc. Inschools fortunate enough to have competent Chinesematrons these duties are discharged by them. TheChinese classics are usually taught by men of the "oldschool," and the sciences are taught in many cases byChinese men graduated from long-established missionschools. The foreign missionaries teach most of theEnglish work as well as other subjects.Kindergarten. Well-developed kindergartens existin the missions of the Presbyterian Church, Nanking in;the Methodist Episcopal Church, Chinkiang and Nanchang,and in the Methodist Episcopal Church, SouthSoochow, while a few other schools offer some kindergarten work.Special Schools for Girls. St. Mary s Orphanage(A. C. M.)i Shanghai, has thirty-four boarding pupils.Most of the orphanages are incorporated in the boardingschools,and therefore need no special mention. As yetthere are no schools for defectives in connection withwoman s work in this section. Mr. Clayton, of theWesleyan Mission, is in charge of the David Hill Schoolfor Blind, which includes two women among its thirty-sixpupils. Mr. Clayton hopes that other women and girlsmay enter the school.Results. The age limit for marriage has undergonea desirable change. Progressive officials, merchants and.even parents of the poorer classes are often unwilling tohave their daughters marry before they have had aneducation. It is safe to assert that the attitude ofChristian educators has had much to do with theabandoning of foot-binding. Women of vision are incharge of schools, and young women under their careare catching something of their world-wide vision.Visiting tourists are impressed with their bright facesand self-possession, and not one would think of applying