INDEX

Addams, Miss Jane, p. 92.

“Age of the Child,” p. 4.

American children at work, pp. 248, 251, 252.

Anti-foot-binding movement, p. 33.

Applied Christianity, p. 17.

Bathing, pp. 22, 23.

Bible, place of the child in, p. 197; the power of, pp. 207, 208.

Bible reading, pp. 41, 82, 128, 172, 216, 256, 261.

Bibliography, pp. 42, 84, 128, 173, 218, 257.

Blind children, pp. 118, 120.

Bunker, Alonzo, p. 6.

Burma, a home in, p. 55.

Burma, Christian children in, p. 242.

Burnett, Mrs. Frances Hodgson, p. 9.

Caste, India, p. 213.

Childbirth, China, p. 39; suffering during, pp. 13, 14.

Child labor, among Bedouins, p. 104; in Africa, p. 104; in Persia, pp. 105, 106; in many lands, p. 105; need of public sentiment concerning, p. 103.

Child marriage, India, pp. 68–72, 79.

Child slavery, pp. 107–110.

Child training, Persia, pp. 58, 59.

Child wives, Persia, p. 81; India, p. 10.

Child welfare agencies, p. 5.

Child at worship, Thibet, p. 180; India, pp. 180, 181; Moslem lands, pp. 181, 182; Africa, pp. 183, 184.

Children, of India, needs of, p. 3; of Persia, p. 4; of Syria, p. 3; importance of, p. 8.

Children’s pavilion, Beirut, p. 38.

China’s awakening, p. 227.

Chinese, mother ideal, p. 57; mothers, p. 10; mothers in council, p. 231.

Christ needs the children, p. 223.

Christianity, in the home, p. 78; place of child in, p. 263.

Christmas, in India, p. 264; in Japan, p. 265.

Clothing, p. 23–24.

Cochran, Mrs. James, p. 21.

Confucianism, attitude towards girls, p. 21; and Christianity, pp. 187, 188.

Conservation of human resources, p. 8.

Contagious diseases, pp. 34–37.

Curtis, Wm. E., p. 235.

Crowther, Bishop Samuel A., pp. 237–239.

Dale, Mrs. G. F., p. 38.

Deaf and Dumb children, pp. 118, 119.

Defective and dependent children, pp. 110–124.

Death of children, pp. 196, 197.

Discipline, lack of, p. 58.

Devine, Dr. E. T., pp. 6, 31, 52.

Dolls, in Central Africa, p. 126.

Dying child’s doll, pp. 101–103.

Education, Africa, pp. 170, 171; divergent views on, pp. 136–138; Japan, pp. 139, 140; China, p. 141; India, pp. 141, 142; Persia, pp. 142–144, 154, 234; Turkey, pp. 142–144; Siam, pp. 168, 169; extent of American Missionary, pp. 163, 164; among backward nations, pp. 151–153; of future mothers, p. 156.

Egypt, Lord Cromer on, p. 155.

Eugenics, pp. 9–11.

Evil Eye, pp. 15–16.

Evil spirits, p. 17.

Exner, Dr., p. 28.

Family life, foundations of, p. 65.

Famine waifs, pp. 116, 117.

Fathers, position of, pp. 61–64; Egyptian, p. 62; African, p. 62; transformed by Christianity, p. 63.

Feast day, Arabia, p. 124.

Feast of dolls, Japan, p. 93.

Feast of flags, p. 94.

Feeding, pp. 26–28.

Foerster, Dr. F. W. on education and Christianity, pp. 144, 145.

Foot-binding, pp. 32, 33.

Games, pp. 95–99.

Girls, mothers of, pp. 64, 65.

Giving to missions, pp. 243, 244, 251; systematic, p. 250.

Harrison, Elizabeth, p. 148.

Health, pp. 31–32.

Heathen baby, A, p. 213.

Heredity, pp. 9, 10.

Hindu Vedas, p. 186.

Holy Child, The, pp. 252, 253.

“Holy Night,” p. 263.

Home, the center of a nation’s life, pp. 52–54; a transformed, p. 79; a Mohammedan in Persia, p. 47; a heathen in Africa, p. 49; a Christian in Zululand, p. 51.

Homes, disorderly, p. 54; how to bring Christ to, pp. 72, 73.

Hygiene, pp. 28–29.

Hymns, p. 208.

Idol worship, pp. 190, 191.

India, infanticide in, pp. 19–21; work for children of, pp. 232, 233.

Industrial training, p. 163.

Infant mortality, pp. 24, 25.

Infanticide, pp. 18–21.

Influence of a picture card, p. 255.

Influences, moral and immoral, pp. 56–58.

Illiteracy, statistics, pp. 138, 139; Sir J. O. Rees on, p. 139.

Innocence, absence of, p. 55.

Japan, changes in, pp. 224–227.

Japan, Imperial University, p. 225.

Junior Endeavor, pp. 205–206.

Kashmir, the athletic method in, pp. 159, 160.

Kindergarten children grown up, p. 226.

Kindergartens, need of Christian, pp. 147–149.

Kindergartners, qualifications of, p. 150; a West African, pp. 150, 151; Union, Japan, pp. 145–147; China, p. 147.

Koran, p. 185.

Korea, praying children in, pp. 253, 254; Christian children in, p. 242.

Languages used in Presbyterian schools, p. 164.

Li Bi Cu, Dr., pp. 229–231.

Literature, need for good, pp. 161–163.

Lepers, pp. 120–124.

“London Bridge” in Africa, pp. 96–97.

Mary, the slave child, pp. 109, 110.

Marriage, early, a barrier to education, pp. 154, 155.

Medical practice in non-Christian lands, pp. 34–36, 39.

Milligan, Robt. H., p. 11.

Missionary children, p. 77; at work, pp. 246–248.

Missionary’s dream, A, p. 212.

Missionary education, reasons for continuing, p. 138; is it needed, pp. 135–136.

Missionary homes, pp. 74–77; wives, pp. 73, 74; mothers, pp. 29, 30.

Mothers, ignorant, pp. 26, 36.

Mothers’ meetings, p. 78.

Motherhood, protection of, p. 11; suffering of, p. 13; the burden of, pp. 64, 70, 71.

“Motherhood” (poem), p. 266.

Mpongwe, a dying tribe, pp. 12, 13.

Mohammedan girls, pp. 66, 67.

Mohammedan month of mourning, p. 190.

Montessori, Dr., p. 153.

Moslem lands, need of women doctors, p. 14.

Needs of childhood, pp. 3, 4.

Need of the world, the one great, p. 249.

Non-Christian religions, place of child in, pp. 185–188.

Obstacles, pp. 209, 210.

“Organized motherhood for the world,” pp. 5, 54.

Orphans, Armenian massacre, pp. 111–113; Mohammedan, p. 113.

Orphanages, India, pp. 114, 115.

Pacific Islands, pp. 240, 241; training children of, p. 255.

Persian girls, education of, p. 154.

Persian “Helen Keller,” pp. 117, 118.

Persian schoolboys, p. 234.

Physical training, pp. 157–160.

Play, teaching children to, p. 157; among the Lao, p. 125; importance of, pp. 90–93; stops early in non-Christian lands, pp. 99, 100.

Playground Movement, p. 90; America leading in, p. 95; in Japan, p. 94.

Prayer, pp. 41, 83, 128, 172, 216, 256, 262.

“Polishing Jade Establishment,” p. 114.

Questions, pp. 41, 83, 89, 172, 217, 257.

Rights of every child, p. 7; of every mother, p. 7.

Rite of the broken pot, p. 15.

Religious acts, results of, pp. 189–193.

Religious needs of children, p. 184.

Rescue homes, for slave children, pp. 108, 109.

Rescuing the servant of the gods, pp. 194, 195.

Saving a boy, China, p. 127.

Schools, the call for, pp. 133–135; missionary, pp. 165–168; Persia, pp. 169, 170; Kurdish Mountains, pp. 171, 172.

Sunday schools, statistics, p. 199; Japan, pp. 199–202; China, pp. 202, 215; India, pp. 202, 203; Africa, pp. 203–205.

Schoff, Mrs. Frederick, p. 8.

Selden, Dr. Chas. C., p. 10.

Sex instruction, pp. 60, 61.

Soldiers and babies, p. 40.

“Spirit of Play,” need of, pp. 100, 101.

Spirit worship, p. 214.

Starvation diet, pp. 30, 31.

St. John, Prof. E. P., pp. 59–60, 92.

Stuart, Dr. E. M., p. 14.

Superstitions regarding infants, pp. 15–18.

Sun Yat Sen, pp. 228, 229.

Syrian girls at work, p. 236.

Teachers, where to be trained, pp. 141, 143.

Teething, p. 16.

Temple girls, pp. 192, 193; legislation concerning, pp. 193, 194.

Training children for service, pp. 240, 241; Christian wives and mothers, pp. 66–68.

Twins, superstitions regarding, p. 18.

Underwood, Mrs. H. G., p. 27.

West Africa, boys of, pp. 166, 167.

“World’s Tragedies, The,” p. 237.

Yeung, Mrs., of China, pp. 245, 246.