The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-06

aries the Ir1oQUSI1lp Oh TIE I1ODllitS ana
enabled America for years to lead in
all the advanced movements here.
DR.. Allen risks his life in attempting
thu cure. When he arrived at the
palace he found thirteen native qhy-
SicianS about to pour boiling wax into
the gaping wounds of the prince; and
it was only by tact that he was able
to make them stand back and allow
him to dress the Wounds. AS a thanh
Offering the king then started q gov
eminent hospital with Alien in charge.
1t had forty beds and it treated over
ten thousand patients the first year.
The Methodists have now five hos
pitfalls, in which twenty thousand cases
are treated annually, and the British
Society for the Propagation of the
Gospel has four. The Presbyterians
have a number of hospitals, one of the
largest Of them being the Severance
Hospital, situated outside the Nan
dai-mon Gate. This is the gilt OF
Louis NJ. Severance, a we'll known
Presbyterian man Of Cleveland, Ohio,
who has given a great deal of money
toward mission work throughout the
far east. Mr.. Severance takes a
business look at such undertakings.
He says he believes that money invest
ed in missions in Korea pays bigger
dividends in the way Of results than
the same money so invested anywhere
else. The head of this hospital is Dr..
AN1SOn, ana the c1lcI dSSlSldHl Is Ut.
j. W. Hirst OF Philadelphia. h
hospital treated something like eleV-
en- thousand patients last year, Of
whom more thar niEe thousand came
to the dispensary. The hospital is
now practically self-supporting. 1t
receives only S1G0 q yea from Ameri-
ca, the rest of the expenses. amounting
to 1900 EN-, coming from the work
of the physicians in charge. A large
part of his derived from Koreans pa
tients, and over $4,000 from medical
services to foreigners in Seoul. The
hospital has a medical college
ed with it and it graduated seven K0-
rean doctors last year. It has Ko-
rean nurses and a nurses training
school, and also a clinic at which the
better class Korean patients pay 1 yen
per visit.
The Korean Y. NJ. c. a.
One Of the most striking Of the
new buildings of Seoul, is a three
story brick structure which has just
been completed near the old Bel tow
CT in the heart Of the city. This is the
home OF the Young Mems Christian
Association. 1t. is the gift OF John
Wanamaker, and, as far as good is
concerned, it viii probably do more.
dollar for dollar, than any money he
ever spent. The building has cost less
than $4,000, but it could not be
erected in the United States for three
times that and, with the ground upon
which it stands, it is worth several
hundred thousand dollars today. 1t
covers, I Judge, something like Il
quarter of an acre and is thoroughly
equipped as a technical training school
and as a modern educational institu-
ton similar to the !. VI. c.. AS Of our
country. It has a large lecture hail.
social rooms and lacks only a modern
gymnasium to make it complete.
O>hoyo &c room on tho Lot for this and
it Will be added as soon as the money
can be raised.
The Korean y. NJ. c. A. is only eight
years old; but it has already 1890
members, and these comprise some Of
the best men Of Korea. When the
corner stone of the new building was
laid, Prince. Ito aided in the celebra-
ton and this little crown prince, WAC
is now in Japan, gave $4,000 to the
association ii bank notes Of ten yen
each. It was the prince who laid the
corner stone, and his name Is on the
front Of the building.
Among the members of the Y. II.
c.. a. are fifty higI. Korean Officials.
students of the modern schools and
college here, and leading men in the
business and missionary circles. A
fund of 100. 900 ven is now peing rails
ed to endow the institution and more
than 1000 Koreans have already
subscribed about 1000 yen to this
fund.
The institution is carrying on 4
large educational work, and in the
past it has had to turn away many stu
dents for lack OF room. 1t has .
sixteen teachers, thirteen Of whom
are Koreans, two Japanese and one
American. 1t gives three-year course
including many OF the studies OF our
high schools, II it has also night
schools for advanced work in English
and Japanese, and IN bookkeeping.
It has a manual training department
and also an atheletic branch devoted
to gyInnastic sports of all kinds. 1t
has a religious department which IS
doing a great work, and a social WORK
department which gives two lectures
q week and often has audiences Of sew