The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-12
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fine PEOPLE
pr p II ri b b Teuslsr, FIVE g Years III
e okyo, Has Many
Il Kind Words. .ts5s
ARE NEITHER GLAD NOR SAD
Little Fellows Take Success and
Defeat With Equal
Caltnness.
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DR.. r. B. Teusler, who practiced meIL
cine In Richmond for several years, and
who has been for the past five years q
medical missionary In charge OF "A ST;
Lukcs Hospital In Toxic, ia pan, Is in
the city. He will be here until to-mor-
row, wien he leaves on q vislt to friends,
returning the first part OF September.
His present tntentlon$is to sail for Japan
In the early part OF next year. t5
Nj Asked last night at the residence OF his
father.in-la Mr.. W. Minor Woodward,
No. Oh Floyd Avenue, to give some ace
count OF life In Japan and his work, DR..
Teusler salt /: lt 4.
st. Luke s Is "a hospital Under the con-.
troll OF the Episcopal Church Of the
United States, and Is used chiefly for
mission work. Il ! have been In charge OF
the work there for five years: & the first
two years I was there were spent In
learning the & Language which Is very
difficult. When I arrived In Toxic. the
hospital was closed, but our work there
has had great success, and, although we
have made! two additions to the building,
1t is y always filled to the limit Of It's
scapao lty. We now have accommo dntions
for thirty-five patients, but are very.
anxious to cnlarge tho hospital. In fact,
that lis the chief bject.| OF my trip to this
scou9try.-to secure funds to add to the
hospital and to increase Its equipment;
THE head nurse. Hiss Iyo Oraki. a Is
well known lin Richmond. She was grad
Suated at the Old Dominion Hospital Our
ihosp1ta now has q training school under
her charge. i have two " pan ese physl-
clans as stants. and they are very.
efficient. We have a " free dispensary5
also. N i3iS
AT the out break Of the war. our hos
5pital was offered to the Japanese authoti-
ties to be used In time of need, and our;
offer was accepted The IS government
has excellent II army hospitals under
charge OF bod surgeons. T hose surgeons
who are trained abroad are almost itl-s
3yariably excellent men" a!
NE OF the Japanese # people ~ and W. their
cterlstics. DR. N Teusler$ Id VIII
3$8BsS ersonally, 4 am very fond OF them
They are a fine people. anxious from
tho lowe coolies to the most aristo-s
cratic noblenan to elevate their country
TO be the peer of the great nations Of the
world. z hey are willing to meet for-s
ieigners more than half wa y In anything
likely to help them; but they don't want
any foreign intercession In this war, as
they think t hey are able to do #all that's
necessary to- attain Il their end Kidding
Korea and A1anchuria OF the Russians.
They, .[: are not Ea5 boa stful people. though.
in any sense of the word, 81
st'' was part icularly struck by their be-S
5hayiorS over the war news They never
show any hflarity or anxiety and bust
ness and spleas sure are never In terrupted
on count Of the war; indeed !, in. Toxic
one would hardly now the war vas go-s
Ing! on, but for the & ne wspap ers. When
2Makaroff wen t Town with his ship. r
heard many e expressions of sympa thy for
his = family and regret for the loss to the
world of $50 great and good a man. BIZ WI