El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-03-21

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God, walks more nearly in the footsteps
of the divine master that Is possible to
those who pursue any other calling
| wha' sOever.
The ce ebr@ ted author, Robert Lou 6
Stevenson, thus speaks of the medical
profession:
There a-e men and classes of NEE
that stand above the common herd: the
soldier, the sailor, and The shepherd
not unfrf quently: the artist rarely:
more rarely still the clergyman; the
physician almost as rule. He is the
fowe (such as it isl of our civilization:
and when the stage of man is done with
| ind only remembered to be marvel d
at in history, he will be thought to
have shared as little as any in the de-
fects of the period, and most fully ex-
hi bited the virtues of the race. Gen
crosby he has, such as is possible to
those who practice an art, never to
| to those who drive q trade; discretion
tested by hundred secrets, tact tried
| by a thousand embarrassments, and
what are more important, Hesaclean
| cheerfulness and courage. SO it is
| that he brings air and cheerfulness in
to the sick room, and often enough,
though not SO often as he wishes, heal
ing;"
In the opinion of some, this esti-
mate of the tru. physician from the
pen OF the famous poet and novelist is
overdrawn. | do not think SO; certain
IL when his words are applied to such
| a man and physician as was DR.. White
You who knew and loved him as did,
| know well that this eulogistic descrip
ton of the best type of physician of
modern days, seems to fall far short OF
| picturing to Us in It's true light, the
| noble life, exalted character, and self
| denying lahors of this loved physi-
C an whose irreparable loss we mourn.
] [ fell that l should be untrue to my
| self, and to this dear friend of ours.
untrue to his family, to his professional
confreres and to the community at
large, did l not bear my testimony to
bis worth For 10 the death of DR..
White, | recognize the fact that no or
| binary lie has gone out and that when
| he closed his eyes upon earthly scenes
| and human suffering, no ordinary ply
stefan went to his we'll earned rest,
else there would never have gathered
here ten days ago so great throng of
men and women 10 do him honor, to
bend their heads in grief, and heap
| floral offerings on his grave, turning
! away weeping, de-olatS. broken
! hearted in their deep longing
"For the torch OF avanish ed hand,
And the sound ola voice that is still. !"
It has been said with truth that 1.-The
question is when man dies, lot how
much money did he leave, nor how
many enemies did he stay, but how
many h ats bed, how many tears
we're shed for hiD, how many incurred
him dead" Jud led by this te>t, DR..
! White was no ordinary man and 1
wOu' d, therefore. draw aside veil and
exhibit to your sight the great hearted
| nan, always and forever faithful"
whom most Of you loved and of whom,
no dou bit many of you could speak for
more elOquentIy than 1.
HE WAS AN UNsELFIsH MAN.
| Probably unse16shness was the ruiz
ing principle OF his life. Born In Mary-
land, of a family that has ever been
consp cuous for self-denying labors 10
behalf of humanity, he could hardly.
have ben otherwise than unselfish,
The family crest presents a pelican
feeding her young with her life blood
falling from the self inflicted wound in
her breast. Above is the motto, mon
sibi," a free translation of which
would be mot for self.''
Like the great physician, he pleased
not himself. Very reticent to the
many cases where he greatly alleviated
suffering by medical skill, he was
equally retcent concerning those
where he helped the distressed with
advice and money. The poor, the out
lcast, the neglected felt that they had
in him friend and adviser. The
lyoun- man struggling amid the bat
ties of adverse fortune knew that he
CO" Id dep" nd upon the doctor for sym
patty and counsel. The one over
taken in d fault, whether man or wo-
man. when other friends turned away
| went with perfect confid ,nce to this
man, feeling assured that he at least
could not turn the cold shoulder The
sick poor who had no money received
as careful attention at his hands as
those who paid and never charge was
entered against them, ofte1times
medicines as well as prescriptions he
ing provided by the generous, whole
souled, unselfsh man.
HE WAS A GENTLE MAN.
Gentlenes-, kindness, tenderness,
character zed his practice as well as
his social life. "Thou. the geptlest of nv
frie1ds," wrote a patient whom he ha d
loag attended and in this light he was
regarded by almost all whom l have
heard express themselves conc arnine
him as q ph ysiclan HE was so much
more to me tn an my DOCTOR" l have
heard not only one but many saw AS
Jan McLareu VIZ; te1 of VIM. Mcclure
in tt e Bonnie Brier Bush, she wa.
kind to the wimen ard the bairnies, >
and perhaps amongst his sincerest
mourners today are the women and the
children who intuirively recognized in
him a 10 An to be truly loved KNOWING
as they did that he felt tor them in