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EDUCATION OF WOMEN. The more we feel that our women. must be educated, the more convinced we become that this must be done by ourselves. We cannot longer subat to the disgrace of depending on the missionaries for
O essential a service. That it is essential, all are agreed. Without some preparation in reading and writing, how are our wives and sisters to enter into the new ideas with which Bengal to-day is seethWithout some new training ing of faculty, some fresh development of executive ability, how are they to meet all those new dematids with which each year of their lives is likely to confront them?
Very simple schools will do, however. Only to read and write, and know how to sew and count, and acquire the habits and instincts. of a gentlewoman are accomplishinents sufficient for a girl of twelve. If she has these elements, added to the sound qualifications of a good Hindu home, there is nothing that the husband cannot do, with a
little labour and sympathy, after marringe The material is then ready. He has only to apply the light of ideas, and the torch at once Hames up.
What we need is to institute on behalf of our girls something like our old pathshala system. We ought to have little neighbourhoodschools in every direction, where yomon of good birth and anticefonts, who need an income, will teach the little girls of their para the necessary elements. It is important that these Schoolmistresses should themselves be well-born and bred, for we cannot afford to let our children learn to read and write, at cost of becoming vulgarised in thought and manner, or losing the ancient idealism of
our race.
The school kept by Nagendra Nandini Devi, at 14 Kartik Boses Lano, is an instance in point. Forty little girls attend this school and receive the rudiments of an education there, at the same timethat they enter into a strong living tradition, with regard to all that is highest and best in the life of our notherland. For the last eighteen months, this school has been mainLained as a branch, by Sister Christina of the Vivekananda Sohool. Allowing the odest sum of fifteen upees a month for the head-mis11 herself, the expenses amount. to thirty rupees per month. This tnt can no longer be borne by the Vivekananda School, since its own expenses are constantly in
asing. It has carried the underLaking through the purely experimental lago, and enabled Nagendra Nandini Devi to prove her value to her neighbourhood. Is It possible, now, to find those who will contribute to prolong the life of this school for girls, as a first step in n wide-spread movement of the kind?
Contributions to the work of Hegendra Nandini Devi, may be
KARMAYOGIN
sent to the Sister Christina,-17 Bose Para Lane, Bagh Bazar-by whom they will be gratefully acknowledged.
NEWS.
THR CONVENTION CONGRESS
A meeting of the Reception Committee took place at Lahore on the 20th Septonber to elect the President of the Congress, The Hon'ble Mr. Harkishen Lal. presi ding. The Secretary explained that all Provincial Committees, except Bengal and Burma, nominated Sir Pherozhnh. Burma recommended Hon'ble Mr. Khate while Bengal recommended Nawal Maho med who has expressed his unwillingness. Subsequently they found it stated in news-papers that Bengal recommended Babu Surendranath Banerjen and he received a private letter from the Bengal Provincial Committee intimating its nomination of Rebu Surendranath Banerjea as President of the Congress.
The recommendations of the Provincial Committees were considered The Punjab, Madins, the United Provinces, Berar and Bombay recommended Sir Pherozshah's election. The Central Provinces. and Behar gave his name first in alternative groups. The Reception Committeo resolved that the recommendation of the Majority of the Provincial Committees be adopted and elected Sir Pherozshah Mehta, President of this year's Congress.
SWADESHI MEETING AT BARIBAL.-
On the 20th September a big Swadeshi meeting was held in Raja Bahadur's Haveli under the presidency of Babu Upendra Nath Sen Rai-Chowdhuri, Zemindar. The proceedings commenced with the song Mayer deo mota Kupar matha toly nere bhai. Then Babu Baroda Kanto Banerjee, B. L. gave his impres sions of the Hughly Provincial Conference, specially, emphasizing the need for union amongst the parties and the use of Swadoshi cloth manufactured at the Banga Jakahui Cotton
Mille.
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spoke feelingly on the Swadies movement and urged the audience to keep up the movement and use only the Banga Lakshmi Mill cloths. Dilating on the demoralisation that has set amongst the shopkeepers and the false notion about the Swadeshi by using Englishyarn made cloth. In conclusion he appealed in the name of Babu Aswini Kumar and Satish Chandra to remain. firm to the vow for which they are suff ering so much in silence. The audience accepted this portion of the speech with expressions of Assurance. The president spoke in the same strain and made a pathetic appeal. The proceedings closed with the song sigan in Pirata palane bir at hayo nabhaio Hanashi gon,and loud shouts of Bande Mataram.
THE HOUSE SEARCHER,
A correspondent writer:-At Sherpur a village under the Rayna Thana, in the Burdwan District on the 10th September two house searches were made
one in the house of Babu Karali Charan Daw and the other in the house of Babu Bama Charan Daw by the Police Sub Inspecter of Rayna with two constables having search warrants issued by the District Magistrate. Nothing incriminating was found.
NEWS.
BROJESWAR DACOITY CARK
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Bail application was made on the 24th September before the Magistrate 1.idpur Mr. Donald on behalf of Sarat Candra Chatterjee and Birendra Chattee, two young boys of Fatejangpur, wh are brothers, and who were arrested in Chiencta over a fortnight ago for their alleged plcity in the contouplated Bhuj Dernity on the statement of Gobesh Chatterjee the informer in the Paces Sabising ease. The Magistrate rejected the application and said that she case would be tried under the new Crimes Act by a special Bench of the High
Court.
BATEA POT CASE
The supplementary trial of the Baira rio: case came on for hearing on the 21st instant be for the Sub-Divisional Officer. Four witnesses were examined for the defence, on the first day.
JAIPUR DARBAR.
In continuation of the notice in the Japur Gazette of June 9th, 1909, the Jajar State Gazette of September 15th has published another Durbar proclamation which runs thus:-That it is the duty of all Jaipur subjects to at once give information to the nearest Durlar official should they become aware of the pre-muce in Jaipur territory of any person who has in his possession any seditious paper, picture or photograph, any explosive substance or any article described in the notice of June 9th or who joins any meeting assembled for siditions purpores or who engages in any seditious practice directed against the Government of India, and failure to give such information in the absence of reasonable excause, the burden of proving which shall be upon the person or perROH HO MWare, render thein liable to severe punishment. Hin Highness further orders that any Jaipur subject, who commite any of the offences enumerated in the notice of June 9th last with intent that any injurin British India, or mischief shall be caused on conviction be punished in the same manner as if such act had been confined to Jaipur territory.
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