Hi, ladies!!
Cosmos, I didn’t know the word ginseng, chosen-ninjin. It seems like the Japanese reading of a Chinese character. By the way, whenever I read an article about China’s famous person in TIME, it is difficult for me to recognize who s/he is in its English reading. Mandarin is harder language than English. China must be our mother country in a sense, but I feel it far away from our home…
The other day I read a terrible article in the newspaper about a crisis of new-flu pandemic, warning us of emergencies near future, or more precisely, this winter. A researcher says that Japanese government or authorities had so little information that he made his own site to provide public with quick reports from overseas.
We need food stocks at least for 2 weeks, he says, when a new flu pandemic occurs in Japan. He also emphasizes that it is important to hold accurate information in common in this serious situation. It will be frightening, but he is quite right, isn’t he?
Well, see you tomorrow, bye!
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Dear Cherry and friends,
Hello. How are you?
It’s a little bit chilly, tonight.
Yesterday afternoon, I went to one of Nakano Ward Libraries in Tokyo to survey books and materials about Miss Tapson who worked at Nakano Garden Home, a nursery home for women tuberculosis patients. I couldn’t find anything from books on the history of the ward or about religious institutions. The librarians promised me to collect some materials from old newspaper articles if there are any. I will visit to check it again.
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From Pratt's book, several Victorian pioneer women have not been discussed yet. The Metropolitan Association for Befriending Young Servants (M. A. B. Y. S.) established in 1874 provided girls who might eventually remain in workhouses with friendly and sincere support. Girls were able to communicate with lady friends through the M. A. B. Y. S. In January 1873, Nassau Senior (1828-1877) became an Assistant Inspector of Bristol’s Local Government Board and carried out a survey of the physical condition of the children in the Metropolitan schools to examine "the existing systems in the schools" and "the after-career of the girls who had been placed out in the world." (p 230) Her conclusion that girls needed mothering resulted in the establishment of the M. A. B. Y. S.
The Girls Friendly Society was a world-wide society which owed its origin and organization to Mrs. Townsend. It was initially a religious society whose objective was to develop friendship among girls. There were "Sister Associations" in the country and the Colonies.
Elizabeth Gilbert who became blind when she was three years old began an institution where blind people could work and earned some money.
The last chapter introduces three women who worked among soldiers and sailors: Mrs. Daniell, Miss Agnes E. Weston, and Miss Sarah Robinson. Their work was philanthropic efforts towards temperance. Mrs. Daniell formed a home for soldiers who might otherwise go to publish-houses to drink. The home functions as a mission hall and a "public-house" without a drink. Miss Weston, who was the superintendent of the Royal Navy Temperance Society, wrote monthly letters to soldiers and sailors to persuade not to drink. In 1876, she opened the first "Sailors' Rest," a public-house without drink. After working for Mrs. Daniell's institute which was opened in 1863 and helping outcast women there "The Soldiers' Friend" Miss Robinson visited many military stations to encouraging soldiers by giving lectures and later established institutes for soldiers and sailors.
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Good night.
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