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stickiness. The workmen have put in the new
glass in the cupboards & have been mending chairs for
several days, so are about thru' now.

September 8 1922 – Friday
Finished Ma Martha's books & began
on Ma Hla's today; she has the largest class in school
so far as numbers go, so it will take sometime
to get around. Am drilling my Eng. class on defini-
tions[definitions]; they need it, but there are some who need brains
more than anythng else, & that's one thing I can't sup-
ply [supply] them. Some of the children have gotten their books
very dirty with soiled & sweaty hands apparently; while
others have rolled the corners of the pages or made
a mess by too much erasing. Gave my B. class anoth-
er [another] written lesson this aft.; had begun to write in the
inspection book but as I had not finished, took one
with me & finished there; then took to several of the
day teachers to read before they left finally leaving
in Ma Tuit's hands for the others to peruse & sign over
the week-end. Wrote about the position of the child-
ren [children] who have been marching in with arms
folded in front, which gives them a very bad atti-
tude [attitude], so far as cramping their lungs is concerned,
so shall have them put their hands behind them
hereafter. Also had items on noses, teeth, tardiness,
going thru Ma M's school-room, the official time
object lessons, writing , and use of the articles a &
an (also the pronunciation of the former like u), etc.
Will have to remember to write about captialization
& punctuation – among other things – next time.
There is more red tape in connection with the schools
out here than one can shake a stick at – but with such
poor material to work with (for the most part) it is
not so surprising after all. And now there's more to
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goodness knows, but the scheme outlined seems
cumbersome & expensive – when we as a mission can least
afford it.

September 9, 1922 – Saturday
Was up earlier this a.m. than for several Sats; jobbed all
a.m. & corrected my carbon copies of the paper on Bur-
ma [Burma]. I've been putting off till Sat. eve. to get my S.S. lesson
but hope not to do that after the Oct. holidays; think
Mrs. C. has thereby been very much disgusted with me.
Every few days I wash or darn stockings, do some
necessary mending such as sewing up a slit nighty
or putting on a button in place of the one the dhoby
has dashed off against a stone. Broke the top to the
earthen pitcher I've been using – too bad; believe it be-
longs [belongs] to Mrs. E – worse luck. The large cup I'm still
using belongs to Miss P., while I'm also still using
the door drapes (2 sets) of the former; otherwise I
think I've long since given back all that I had of theirs
at first. Mrs. H. over for a little while this aft; she often
pops in for a few moments when she comes over
for the G.G. Forgot to mention that I found a lot of
books – among other things – when cleaing out
those cupboards over at the schoolhouse; tho' I have
by no means enumerated all the things I found in
them – but enough. Mrs. H. brought several of her Women's
Home Companions over for us to read, but I'll not have
time to do so for the present; Miss P. enjoys them how-
ever [however], as she has to lie down every day & can then take
time to read; but she is not on quite the same basis
as the rest of us, as Mrs. Shirk pays part of her salary
on the distinct understanding that she is to take
care of herself (she wears abdominal support) as other-
wise [otherwise] she will not be able to stay in Burma – so Mrs. E.
was telling me. My red checked table cover was a sight
when the washman brought it, streaked all over, and