New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-17

strip Of wood a foot in length at the back OF the
head the whole elaborate structure being decorated
with artificial flowers and silver pins.
This picturesque young woman had been care
fully trained by her superior. and she weighed out
quinine took down the bottles they were re-
quired and administered doses offered salves to
the patients as though she had been thus engaged
all her life. Many of the children who were brought
to the little American physician herself almost
as slight and delicate as a child, suffering
with skin diseases eczema, and, In some cases.
hdeous ringworms that had almost destroyed the
childs hair. One boy pallid and emaciated
with consumption, the mother could give no ac-
count of him. as she said The had been away earn
ing his living" He showed little uneaslness at
the sight of the Doctors sethoscope. and hesitated
when the thermometer placed i'm his mouth
but treasured by her expanation-in fluent Chi
nese, which she had learned to speak-he submit
ted patiently.
IN THE WAITING ROOM.
Others were suffering from ulcers and scrofula
and there were few cases Of ague. Each pa
tient who could pay was required to do so, and
those who had been to the dispensary before
ceived tickets upon which number and a
brief statement of their case. which they were
required to present This saved the Doctors time
an important consideration. There were some thir-
ty people, young and DID, in the waiting room. who
were waiting their turn. Those who could pay
examined In separate office.
In addition TO these patients were dozen or
The rooms were in reality, Chinese houses, though
not detached, and each was supplied with kang
over which was spread the mat upon which the
patients slept and upon which was the low
table at which they ate. The pillow was block
Been found nd thai they did best when allowed CHI
nese food rather such Chinese food as furnished
proper nutrition, and this was cooked, Chinese
fashion, by a Chinese woman In this woman's
hospital many of the patients were of the bet
ter class even to the rank Of a generals wife,
and among them were who came TO DE cured
of the opium habit. These could be recognized by
their CHASTITY color and CLASSY eyes
NEGLECTED BABY
In one Of the rooms lay tiny baby asleep, with
its head on a hard Chinese pillow adapted 10 its
size II wore only little knit shirt which had
been furnished by the doctor It is not the custom
among the poorer Chinese TO provide clothes for
newly born children. for fear they may not live. IN
which event the work ana materi I,i w Tn pe
had made its advent into the world the day before
but the mother Vas P ana o99S S ordsa brprh
which she had passed . ala
difficulties In the way. First, the Chinese object
ond a knowledge Of the Chinese language is indis-
pensable This is not only one OF the most difficult
when IL is acquired the student discovers that that
which is spoken In one province cannot be under
stood In another
A MOVEMENT AGAINST FOOTBINDING
There is an energetic movement 10 abolish
the barbarous custom Of footbndlng. This 1t
may be said, is not universal throughout China
never having been adopted by the Memchus and
Tartars. This class, fortunately now includes the
Dowager Empress-the best thing that can be said
OF her-and the imperial princesses, and the
ample Of royalty In China as we'll az In Europe
has had more effect upon the public mind TO induce
an abolition OF the barbarous custom than all the
work Of missionaries and the more enlightened
Chinese combined
II is greatly the credit OF the missionaries in
hat endeaVOred Amert
canlze or Europeanize the Chinese. The aim Is to
enlighten and Christianize them. without Interior
ing with the National mode OF life. beyond In
ducing them to form such habits az conduce TO
greater comfort and cleanliness. and consequently.
health In one OF the compounds that under the
charge OF the Women's Foreign Missionary So
cety OF the American Methodist Church. there Is
a boarding and day school for girls, In which there
are about one hundred and forty students. The
hoarders live in small houses built after the Chi
nese plan, but much more comfortable than any
Chinese house; they wear the native dress. with
the addition of underclothing which can be changed
and washed and they eat Chinese food prepared In
their own manner.
Mrs Jewell. the wise and competent head OF this