The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-03-18
THE WAR CORRESPON
DENT.
Sketch of the Life of a Remark
able Man.

A HERALD reporter, calling upon
Mr.. Phil. Robinson at his residence
yesterday, found that gentleman
Just returned from visit to the
Catholic Hospital. After the usual,
ceremonies of formal greeting, the
reporter referred to the hospital.
Mr.. Robinson at once responded. 81
am surprised" he said, that no one
should have taken me on my prevl-
Gus visit to see the place. 1t is an
honor and credit to the Territory.
Sergeant Ballantine was there the
other day with DR.. Benedict, and
came back full of admiration. Nor
do wonder at it. Its arrangements
as a hospital are simply admirable,
and if you can tell me where better
management and nursing is to be
found than in the hands of the Sis
eIhood of the Holy Cross, l should
like to hear it. During my travels
through the world l have visited q
good many hospitals and seen good
deal of nursing of different grades.
But wherever ] find the Sisters OF
the Holy Cross at work l know at
/ once that the patients are doing as
well as, in Gods providence, they
can do in human care. The last time
| saw the sisters at their good Work
was in Egypt. They had come
from France to attend to tie British
and Egyptian wounded in the hos
pitfalls in Ismailia-for the British
have civilized custom of treating
enemy and Englisman exactly the
same as soon as the fighting is over.
Two men, a Britisher and a Zulu,
may find themselves opposite each
other one day in the field of battle.
Next day they will find themselves
opposite each other in beds in the
hospital"
"Your reference to Egypt" said
the reporter, " reminds nae that
have come to ask you if you viii
allow me to put a few questions to
you with regard to your biography
AS you are lecturing here on Tues
day, we think it will be of interest
to your many friends to know some
thing of your past"
SWELL" said Mr.. Robinson, "my
biography has already been pub
lished, for in Europe they are goo(
enough to consider nae entitled to /;
place in the new publication called
Men of Mark" Some friend,
suppose, has been hoaxing them
Anyhow, you can find out all abou
me if you will refer to that work.
" am sorry we have rot cop,
in the Office" was the reply.
&" Iu that case" said the War Cor
respondent, it will not take m
many minutes to dictate a sketch o
my life. Are you ready?
"Quite."
"All right then. Write fast, as
have promised to go to the children
concert, and have half a dozen call
to make between this and then.
l was born in the fortress O
Chunar, in India. where my tathe
was Chaplain to the Forces. At fou
years Of age [ was sent home to m
grand father, DR.. Sharp, the celC
brate6 Vicar of Doncaster--Who IT
fused three bishoprics and to whom
\ Her Majesty the Queen presented
splendid stained glass windol
which was one of the sights of tn
great (LOndon) exhibition of 1856
/ resided with him for three year:
my fellow pupils in private tuitio
being the present Lord Rose an
the Duke Of Parma-MOdina. a
about 9 years Of age l was sent {
some relatives at st. BosWeil's,
village in BoxburghShire, in SEQ
land, where l learnt, if learI
nothing else, how to ride to hound
o fish for salmon and to shoot fl
my friends, who are the lords of tt
Manor of the country round
were very good to their youu
"kinsman from beyond the sea
When In Scotland had a strane
adventure. / went on visit to e.
inburgh, land while there murdered
That is to gay, 1 was dropped If
the sake of half-a-severeign in m
pocket, and the silver buttons o
my Jacket over Veith's Bridg
but my clothes caught on the ire
work of the bridge and 1 was res
cued by some University scholar
on their way homo from night
cat0use. Being a mere child tt
case attracted great attention at tt
time.
at Ii years of age 1 went to No
tingham, England, to the RetfoI
Grammar School, where l W.
lucky enough to carry off so man
prizes that the master determine
TO run me as a candidate for
scholarship at Marlborough Colleg
When 1 was Is went up to Mar
borough with Candidates from a
parts of Rngland) and won tn
scholarship. This decided my fat
and / remained at Marlborough fC
seven years. At the end of thu
time entered myself on the book
at Brasenose College, Oxford, bu
my father returning from India, az
vised my going into the Engiis
civil service. Lord Cranborne, mo
the Marquis of Salisbury is a rels
tive of mine. He gave me chanC
of an appointment in the Office {
the Under-Secretary for India.
went into the examination and NO
the appointment. But meanwhile
my heart was set on India Itself
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