| Description | Letter from Amelia Nyasa Laws, Bergstrasse 33, Dresden, Germany, to her relatives, regarding weather and coming of spring; singing lesson to stop as organ practice is suffering; problems with combining Italian and German singing methods; a valuable lesson, though she has wasted time and damaged her voice; attempts to describe the two methods; reflections of them in national character; Herr Pfannstiehl her best teacher; Uncle to go to opening of Waldensian Church, though it is not heated, and Mr. Gibson is to attend; Mrs. Fleming does not approve and does not think so large a church should have been built before there was a congregation to fill it; Mrs. Kennedy, an American, has funded it and wished for a large visible sign of her donation, rather than the various funds which Uncle had in mind; Mrs. Kennedy's Scottish husband wanted the whole church to be American; the Committee is in debt, needing another £1,000 for the Aged and Infirm Ministers' Fund and £1,800 for general funds; a mission station should have been closed rather than letting such debt accumulate; problems with both Genoa and Leghorn missions; Miss Rowat has married in Rome, where she was staying with her mother for singing lessons; her husband is 30 years older and 'by guile made her take the step'; delicate girl whose late father was consumptive; Uncle never liked the husband, and the mother never trained her daughter to keep house or judge character; Uncle to have another At Home. |