at I do? If I wish to bring the musicians and dancing
women, I shall do as I like.' Many women, on account of these
evil practices of their husbands, give themselves up also to
wicked ways, and others take to their beds with grief. Should
such a one take her case to a judge, he is worse than her
husband, and should she complain to the religious heads, many
of them in secret indulge in the same vices.

"Why then judge so severely those who are all suffering under
these troubles? Again you say that women should be educated,
but fail to indicate in which quarter of our city is situated
the school which they are to attend. We, in our ignorance of
its location, beg you to point out where we may find it. In my
own neighborhood there are twenty capable girls who are ready;
some wishing to study dressmaking, some sick-nursing,
midwifery, etc. Unfortunately, our nobles and ecclesiastics are
so busy, advancing the price of wheat, speculating on the next
harvest, snatching their neighbors' caps from their heads, that
they have not yet found time to establish a school or
university. I hope, through a blessing on the labors of your
pen, this will all be remedied, and this stupid people awaken
from its sleep. This brief petition I have made, and my
daughter has written it out. As I have no learning, I beg you
to excuse its mistakes and defects." ...

This letter is remarkable as showing that an awakening is beginning in
this country and that some women are feeling its influence; that among
them there are stirrings of a new ambition, and a great dissatisfaction
with their present condition. Moslem ladies, invited to witness the
closing exhibition of a school for missionary children, exclaimed, "When
will our daughters have such opportunities?" A young girl was filled
with the extraordinary ambition to become a doctor, like the lady
physician whom she admired; she came for lessons in English, physiology,
chemistry, and materia medica, showing talent and remarkable
studiousness; but during a disturbance against foreign schools, her
father forbade her coming, so the cloud again shrouded this particular
bright star.

What is the legal and social position of woman? A girl comes into the
world unwelcome; while the birth of a boy is announced and celebrated
with great rejoicings, that of his sister is regarded as a misfortune.
Said a mother, "Why shou