New-York tribune., 1907-01-15
Up IN LABRADOR.
Dr. GrenfeU Lectures on His Labors
Among Fisher Folk.

Dr.. w!lfred T GrenfeIl. the missionary physi-
clan OF Labrador, talked to g. crowded theatre OF
people in ScherTnerhorn Hall. Columbia University.
yesterday afternoon under the auspices Of the
board OF student representatives OF the university
his nominal subject being THE Life Of & College
Man in Labrador"
OF lecture, there none DR. Grenfells talk
was a running comment on the wonderful
series Of pictures thrown on the screen than any
thing else. and they presented panorama OF the
barren shores. the stately pinnacled icebergs the
forlorn little treeless wooden villages, the rude
fsherfolk and the hospitals. cooperative stores
nrphanages and Industrial schools by this IN
trepid soul such $. words-not even his-could
have done.
One thing Of special interest he said was that he
intended TO introduce domestic reindeer, such as
they have IN Alaska.
we need the milk" he said. ITO fight scurvy
and tuberculosis. Besides the reindeer feed them
selves summer and winter and they
viii enable US TO do without dogs Dogs are charm
ing when one considers how they will pull all
DAY and then, If the dog food has given out 20 10
sleep without murTnur and pull another day; one
cannot help but love and respect them. Still to
get up early on a long journey and find the dogs
have eaten your boots is-wel!" And he let the au-
dtence supply the missing adjective.
Concerning his hospital practice. he that the
air Of Labrador was splendid-almost gernless
There was very little suppuration, and operations
could be performed successfully as in q marble
lined operating room in New York I'VE have
eye diseases, due largely TO the glare Of the
the ice and snow. The great white plague
fs creeping in among and lately we had few
cases OF beri-beri-" Liquor, he said sometimes
gave them trouble. Il am convinced" he went on
that spirits not essential 10 physical welbetng
Il cold latituces I have been & teetotaler all nv
life I tell when liquor gets into a place as
surely as II II were diphtheria and we swoop down
on every house TIL we find where II IS being sold
II man wants 10 keep little IN his house against
SicKness, that's another thing
ssss 2t his III the ass h0 f ot 4 ERs aHs sin and s dis
men finch, there was hardly q word,
Inc colder the weather the softer your clothes
up there" he said. we wear dressed reindeer
skin, ana the softer and lighter II is the warmer
Il IS You could almost put your overcoat in your
pocket With the Thermometer from % to 30 be-
Low, bread and condensed milk freeze and but
5Sers no good-its so hard you can't eat Il But
iat pork-Ah! that's nectar!''
III me cooperative stores ne has established, DR.
tIttlIeA sald lhree are now owned outright by the
.lsherhaen and one is paying Is per cent. Nothing
IAet aas peen accomplished up there has done
more lor the people In closing, the speaker talked
gained. 49, ~ VI
.ia - am IA great believer in sports" he said THE
people liked them but were never willing 10 play
against each other for fear OF being beaten. Now
coinpeunVe sports, such as interVillage football
tlEtches played on the ice by moonlight are very
yoputaf' once year have meets that bring
81 me countryside together, with obstacle races
e eno cog races, in which twenty-five dog of
I'VE dogs apiece are popular features"