A NEW WORKER'S LETTER

Through the kindness of trisnds L
have been acquainted with Nauakwa
for sometime asa reader, And since
woming tothe Home L have become
acquainted more particuatly, with one
branch of its usefutuess, that fs lettin
the irietds at home know of sume of
Wie needs OF bliis, He youtigest Hone
for Iidivu giris whien Wie W. i. o. has
ii Chiuwge, anit giving thes the pleasure
of courmouimig tu our need, It the
trivids at home could see how nicely
the giils look in thew gingham aprons,
nd what a comlort it isto huve nice
warm wnderclotbing aid stockings for
these girls when they come itty the
Lome, and a great many other tit
I could mention they would be thank-
ful w sanakwa tor letuny them kuow,

For the first ume t am to make my
acquaintance as ove of its outributors,
aliuongh Ido uot pretend to write, yet
av sir, Raley’s request | am pleased to
eb tue home irieuds, who may be read-
crs ut otiuakwa, know of my sate arr
val, justiive weeks trou the time [ lett
howe Lenjoyéd che trip out very meh
aliiough LT did nut prove as goud a
traveiler as had hoped, bat the pleas-
wut stop overs with friends at Wiani-
pes, slorley, Bani! und Vancouver,
were enjoyable breaks in we journey’
aud my necessary del at Victoria
and Kivers iniel, were not without a
bright side. at Victo! it gave me
pleasure to nicet the missionatics Miss
sforgan, and irs. Snyder, and lear:
something of that part of our mission
At Rivers Inlet, [saw something:
of the life at salmon canneries of which
Thad read so often; it v ill so new
and novel to me, yet nut without its sad
sid¢ too beeause of the evils practised
there. Here To amet Miss Long and
Miss \ankland for the first lime,
Mr. and Mrs. Kaley whom Ibhad met
m ‘Forum, and afier a week's delay
Waiting for a boat, we all started for

!so

onr home at Kitamaat On our arrival
we were welcomed in ad hearty way,
the band turns {outia full foree and
played several selections in good shy le.

T was very pleasantly impressed
with the village as T caught sight of it
from the boat, [think it is one of the
prettiest villages that I have seen up
thecoast. On landing’ the tirst thing L
noticed was a birge board with the
word, “NOTICE !"— written in’ large
letters, L thought it would be safest for
me to read infor fear 1 might trans.
gress some of their laws ignorantly and
it was to this effect,— “Any person
found gnilty of smoking on the side-
walk of this village
50” —I thought some of the Eastern
towns and villages could take a leaf
out of the Kitamaat code of laws.

Lwas delighted with the appearance
of the Home it was so much better than
Tex pected in an isolated place like
Kiramaat where building material and
lahour is so expensive, this means that
a vreit deal has been done by Aly, Ritl-
ev himself and through his influence
with the people in vetting them to con-
tribure to it as well.

From what T have seen since | came
Tthink that the Home has had a great
influence on the people of this plice for
good. Ltis remarkable what Miss Leng
has done in teaching and training the
girls, I find them in advance on all lines
of those with whom | have worked pre
viously, and alogether the prospect of
work in the Home among the girls is
very pleasing tome, I believe more
firmly than ever in the Home influence
in helping the people to a higher mode
of living.

They sre great imitators and there is
no greater foree of teaching than ex-
ample. T fear I will execed my space,
atsome future time [ may have the pri-
vilege of writing more fully of the work
here as | become better acquainted.

A. JACKSON,