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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · May 5, 1904

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 81, No. 18.

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Mission Notes

A NEW departure for Africa’s women was a Woman’s Conference held recently in the West African Mission of the American Board. It was the first of its kind among these people. The great change which Christianity has wrought was noticeable in the fact that the husbands were willing to aid in the preparations for the journey, and in caring for the children and the fields during the absence of the wives.
POSTERS are being circulated in China denouncing foot-binding. The upper part of the poster is covered with a series of illustrations showing the cruelty and results of foot-binding. Beneath is a statement of the Anti-Foot-binding Society. This society has been encouraged by the fact that the dowager empress has issued a decree against this ancient practise. We have recently received the picture of our Chinese Sabbath-keeping families. The little girl’s feet are not bound, and will not be.