there were anxious to learn to read. The missionaries in
Aintab hired an old man to go around from house to house to teach the
women to read in their homes, but the women were so eager to learn that
the old man was unable to meet the demand. So children were employed to
assist. The plan worked admirably, and in 1851, eighty women received
instruction and became able to read God's Word. The Arab girls in Mrs.
De Forest's school were called together, and it was proposed that they
sew and embroider and send the proceeds of their work to pay the little
girl teachers in Aintab. There were present, Ferha, (joy,) Sara, Saada
Sabunjy, Miriam, Khushfeh, Khurma, Mirta, (Martha) Feifun, Katrina,
Hada, Sada el Haleby, Esteer, Helloon, Fetny, Akabir, Hamdy, and Liza.
The needles were briskly plied, and in due time, two hundred and fifty
piastres were collected and forwarded to Aintab. Mrs. Schneider wrote
back thanking the "dear Arab girls." The habits of benevolence thus
acquired have continued with the most of these girls until now. The
greater part of them are now church-members and the heads of families.

The following letter written by Mrs. De Forest in Feb. 1852, gives some
account of Lulu Araman.

Beirut, Syria, _February, 1852_.

My Dear young friends in Thetford:

The quilt you sent came safely, and I thank you much for all the
care and trouble you have taken to make and quilt it for me. I at
first thought of keeping it for myself, but then it occurred to me
that perhaps it might please you better and interest you more if I
gave it to Lulu, one of my girls, who is to be married some time
this year to Mr. Michaiel Araman, one of the teachers in the Abeih
Seminary. You will thus have the pleasure of feeling that you have
in one sense done something for the school, as she is an assistant
pupil, or pupil teacher. She has been with me now for about eight
years, and seems almost like my own daughter. Perhaps you will be
interested in knowing something of her.

She was born in a pleasant valley, Wady Shehrur, near Beirut,
celebrated for its fine oranges, and indeed for almost all kind of
fine fruits. She lost both her parents early in life. Her brothers
(contrary to the usual custom here where girls are not much
regarded or cared for) were very kind to her, and as she was a
delicate child, they took