Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-12-05
THE FLEETHNG SHOW.
'Ome of Its Facts and Fancfes.

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Written for the JOURNAL AND CoURIER.l
DEcEM.
Glad December! closing chapter of the years
long, varied story;
Swept with storm and cheered with sunshine; of
all months tina crown and gem;
They malign thee who reproach thee-mock thy
charm, deny thy glory,
Oh Decem!
Then the snow flakes, soft and fieecy clothe the
brown earth with their whiteness,
And each seeted stalk is shining like a princes
diadem;
And the wind-tossed boughs are clashing, and the
suns rays blind with brightness,
In Decem.
Then the turkey and the oyster, where the
Church Fair gaily boometh,
Yield their precious lives, unwilling, in a cause
that boots not them;
Then sweet Charity is hast'niug where the shade
of penury loometh,
In Decem.
There is hurried Christmas shopping; pleasant
tasks achieved by snatches
Jocund revels; gift-crammed stockings; sportive
plot and stratagem:
Merriest of months! upon thee all the rest are
only patches,
6ay Dccemi
FROM THE WORK OF ONE.
The advance that has been made in sup
plying medical aid to the women of India,
and the powerful influence for good that
the woman medical missionary may exert,
is strikingly narrated in Bishop Hursts
recently issued work entitled: 'Indica:
The Country and People of India and
Ceylon."
AS is we'll known, it is contrary to In
dian custom and the laws of propriety for
a sick woman to be attended by male
physician. No matter how serious the
case, the sufferer is left to the care of a
nurse of her own sex, devoted it may be,
but ignorant, and there are no women
physicians worthy of the name. The agony,
the loss of life, that follow the lack of a
proper diagnosis and the right remedies,
can hardly be over estimated, but the ira
ditions of the nation must be duly re-
spected.
It happened that the wife of an Indian
prince was very ill, and no native woman
could be found who was able to help her.
In his distress, the Maharajar applied to
an English woman, a missionary physi-
clan, who came to the sick woman's relief
and by her skill and care restored her to
health. The missionary, Miss Beilby, was
about to return to England and take her
degree at medical college, and just before
she sailed she had very affecting inter
view with the grateful princess who beg
ged her to promise that she would go to
the queen and tell her how much her
women subjects in India were suffering,
and urge her to assist them. Miss. Beilby
explained that it might be difficult for her
to see the queen. "But," urged the
princess, 'you say she is gracious
and kind, and always tries to relieve the
sorrows of her people" Miss Beilby ad-
mitted this, yet dared not give her any en-
| couragement; the princess, however,
wrote message which she enclosed in q
locket, hanging the lockst around the
| physicians neck and claiming her promise
to wear it until she could deliver the mes
sage to the queen.
Providence favored the princess, for
Miss Bielby was soon after her arrival ad.
mitted to an audience with the queen, who
| when the simple, pathetic words, the cry
of heart weighed down with the sorrowt
of her people, were read, WAS touched with
sympathy, and sent hack the princess 6
message of comfort with the promise OF
help.
The opportunity came with the appoint
ment of Lord Dufferin as governor-gen
eral of India; Lady Dufferin, kind
hearted, energetic woman, becoming tn,
queens agent in this matter. A nationa
association was formed for the purpose oi
supplying medical aid to these women, ,ant
fund for the same object was started
called the Countess of Dufferiu's Fund.
The work of this association has been
remarkable one. Hospitals have beel
built, and medical school founded ant
| there is now O large force O