The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-12

native girls and educate them a. teachers
20 that eventually there will be teachers
enough for all the children.
Now women work in the silk factories
and are lacemakers and embroiderers.
Those Wens about the only fields open 70
them before tho new Constitution came
into existence One point that may seem
ourioustoth the American Is that lace Is soli
by weight and never by the yard or piece
a. In other countries. have seen whole
tons Of il Just a. Il had been bought in
the villages shipped 20 the port ready
20 he sent 20 other countries
The answer 20 the second half Of tho
question 70 popular in this country takes
more time To hegin with / will say
that have just turned over 20 the Pres
hyterian Board Of Foreign Missions the
only popular tuberculosis sanitarium IN
the Ottoman Empire and that this IA the
FIRST time In history that a mission board
had taken charge Of an institution for
the cure Of the white plague.
BY popular santtartum ] mean where
the charges are within the reach % poor
people and many Of the cases come In
free There are institutions where
wealthy people with tuberculosis can
be treated in Egypt and Turkey. but In
Syria and Palestine the sanitarium which
! opened in a building formerly USED for
a school on Mount Lebanon il the only
place where poor and friendless consump-
tives can get treatment
1T was while engaged in medical work
near Junieh that the necessity for such an
institution cOnirontet me The needs %
the consupptives IN Syria appeared %
me then 20 be appalling not only herause
I Of the disease itself but because Of the
/ fear and dread with which every one
looket upon ia victims.
The syriahs have a much greater fear
Of tuberculosis than Of smallpox. leprnsy.
diphtheriA or any other contagious
disease II IL not an uncommon thing
for q person having tuberculosis 10 he
locked In a stable or any other outhuild-
ing and his food thrust through the
single window or some small opening
One instance 81 this fear that came
20 my attention was that Of a young bov
in a hotel near which was working
as a physician. This hoy had a hemor-
rhRRe a nd vsnt % his home In a mountain
village With the thought that rest and
pure air would effect a cure. Tie was
turned out Of doors by his family and
every friend and relative excepting
. WV hf1NAlFN NFNNNrfN NAlIN NINlAffF HNHNIRE
or assistance. This brother built him
a shelter Of boughs on tbs mOuntainside
3 for from al human habitation, and thers
the boy died alone and unattended.
Il was shat sane spring that a plssin z
neighbor stopped az my door early ono
7 morning and after avail king me- said.
You love 10 do deeds Of mercy. lady
last night n man brought bis wife down
from the village and threw her away
In the cave of the crazy woman
-knOwtngthnt II meant a case e tuber-
Oulosis ] sent az once 70 have tho cast
on wife brought % my house. hut IN
fortunately my messenger wis too bate
II was a case Of Ealoping consumption
and her husband mad determined - get
rid Of her NJ soon as possible Hs was
really afraid for his own life
This cave u the crazy woman II an
Interesting plaCe. II has the appeartnos
% having been used by the early Chris
tians a. a chapel and for long time
was the only home Of poor woman WHOSE
mind became unbalanced by ths loss
~ two childron on tho same day from
diphtheria. She partitioned oh her cave
into rooms. In one Of which she built a rude
D bed which she explained shs kept ready
for any guest that the Lord might send
This consumptive woman thrust upon
her N suddenly she took as being sent
by the Lord. and she provided for her
and served her a. tenderly a. was In her
power
IL was incidents ~ similar nature that
nade me decide o. devote my life % found.
ing n sanitarium for c1nsumptlve pa
tents and ~ teach tho PEOPLE n Syria and
Palestine how n prevent and cure the
di-ease With funds collected by mo
personally ] bought tho house. on Lebanon.
II ~ mile away from our nearest neighbor
IA on a beautiful plateau about aOoO feet
above the sea level and sheltered from tha