The National tribune., 1909-06-10

daughter OF IIlaC Kew MT. Eddy who
was one of the first of our missionaries
in far-away Syria. DR.. Eddy was born
in Syria, and with the exception of a
few years while studying in this coun-
try has spent her entire life there.
When a mere girl she made up her
mind that in no way could she SO well
serve her Lord and the people among
whom she had cast her fortunes as by
becoming a skilful physician, for in all
Eastern countries the ignorance, super
Stition and adherence to ancient GUS
toms which surround illness of any
kind is stupendous. Particularly have
the poor women suffered from all this.
for feminine life has ever been held
rather lightly among the Orientals, and
the rigid ideas entertained with regard
TO the separation of the sexes has made
such thing as the medical services of
q man doctor in attendance upon one
of them not to be entertained for an
instant DR.. Eddy was shocked at the
unnecessary loss of life which she saw
going on all around her, and lost no
time in fortifying herself with the
means to prevent this. After receiving
diplomas from several medical inStitu-
tions in New York DR.. Eddy returned
TO Syria and entered upon her lifework.
BY infinite tact and natural charm of
manner she succeeded in winning the
confidence of the people, and now is
known from one end of the Ottoman
Empire to the other. DR.. Eddy's pa
. tients embrace people of all races and
conditions, from the families of the ricfr
officials in Constantinople to the poor,
wandering Bedouins of the deserts of
Arabia. She has travelled over the coun-
try a great deal, taking with her large
dispensary tent, in which, thru her skill,
many thousands of lives have been
saved. AS is well known, tuberculosis
is the great scourge of the East. No
disease is so greatly dreaded by the
natives as this Particularly is this the
case in Syria, where its victims are
more feared than lepers or those suf-
fering from the most contagious mall
adv and who, upon its appearance, are
Isolated and left to their dreadful fate.
DR.. Eddy has for the past few years
devoted herself almost entirely to the
treatment of the white plague, and
largely thru the pecuniary help of
American friends has at last been able
to establish hospital on the slopes of
Mount Lebanon, 400 feet above sea lev
el, where there is plenty of room for
tents, and the carrying out of all up
to-date ideas with regard to the cure
of this disease. She is herself the house
physician. and applications for admis-
sion into it are coming from every part
of Syria and Egypt. While DR.. Eddy
can give her personal attention to only
a comparatively few OF the great army
of sufferers from tuberculosis, she has
done a world of good in waking up the
people to comprehension of what
they can themselves do to ward off or
at least retard its advance. For some
strange reason the people of the East
seem to regard the pure air of heaven
as especially deadly, and become cum
ningly ingenious in shutting it out of
their homes at night. A sight not soon
to be forgotten By an American woman
while riding over the -bordered,
moon-swept street of Agana, the Capt.
tai of our little island Of Guam, was
the thatched huts of the natives,
stretched along both Sides shut up so
tightly that not a breath of the soft air
of the tropical night could reach their
interiors, where disease was holding
high carnival. Thanks to our energetic
Navy doctors, all this has been greatly
changed, and in like manner has DR..
Eddy walked the people of Syria up to
an understanding of the necessity for
ventilation and of the curative proper
ties of pure air and plenty of il.
This pretty little story comes to US
from The Hague: The other day SOL
dier stood on guard in the palace gar
dens, and noticed a white baby carriage,
pushed by a very fine-looking nurse,
approaching him. A perambulator any
where around that particular royal
that for moment the guard stared at
Il in stupid amaZement, wondering at
the audacity of the maid who had dared
venture within the sacred precincts
Then IL occurred to him that it was the
r little Orange Bud" as the people of
Holland have dubbed the royal Prin-
cess, Juliana, taking her first airing,
and he came to this conclusion just in
time TO straighten up and salute the lit
tie lady as she was pushed past him.
Princess Juliana was all unconscious of
this mark of respect paid her royal sta
tion, for she was cuddled down on her
soft, lace-trimmed pillow, sound asleep,
put her princely papa, who happened to
be standing at window of the palace,
witnessed the pretty scene, and sent for
the guard TO come to the palace. The
Sergeant put on his full uniform, and
his wife and daughters were terribly
excited over the summons, hurrying
MIN off, so that he might get back ali
the quicker and tell them about it.
5, when he presented himself before the
Prince consort the latter told him of
what he had seen from the palace win
cow, ana now amused he had been at
the momentarily nonplussed state of
mind of the guard. Then the Prince
presented him with bank note as a
souvenir Of the occasion. and the
pleased Sergeant rushed off home to tell
"mother and the girls all about the
Interview.
The ranks of the suffragists in this
country have just received a valuable
acquisition in the person of Mrs. o. II.
Belmont. Mrs. Belmont, as is well
known, is the mother of the Duchess
of Marlboro. the divorced wife of VIM
K. Vanderbilt and now the widow of
Oliver III. p. Belmont. She has been
interested in the cause of woman's
rights, rather mildly for a number of
years, and has aided the cause finan-
ciaily, but she has only recently come
out as an open and bold champion
Mrs Belmont has spent much of her
time with her daughter in London, and
the atmosphere which the Duchess of
Marlboro has created about her during
the past few years has been calculated
to awaken an interest in the serious
problems of life The young Duchess
herself has not lined up with the Eng
lish suffragists, but she has become
deeply interested in other sociological
questions. The cause of woman's rights
has been carried further in England
than in any other country, and Mrs
Belmont has had an opportunity to
thoroly inform herself with regard to
IT. 1t appeals to her more strongly
than any other reform question, and she
has now become its earnest advocate
The English suffragsts by the way,
are very indignant just at present over
the refusal of the Royal Academy to ad-
NIT portrait of the celebrated young
suffragist leader, Miss Christobel Pank-