The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-07-28

The following interesting letter
Vas written by Or. : f Roberts.
noted physician and surgeon Of
Kansas Ciy. 10 his sister Mrs Sam.
u,l Sea. Jr.. of this city. The doc.
or has been making tour Of
'u.o., to visit the famous hospitals
Il he larger capitals n order TO
reeome conversant with the very
latest and most up-to-1ate methods,
.1r'ifuiarly in surgery. for the bene-
III + his numerous patients:
VIENNA. Austria. April -. 1913
Dear Sis'er-Onc week from today
l viii be on my way TO London.
Sill spend several days in Lucerne.
Switzerland and Paris | had in.
tended I leave here on Thursday.
May l. hut Yesterday received al
invitation from NenneSe doctor
friend 10 80 on an excursion with
Party he has erganized We are
10 leave Vienna at 6 in the morn.
ing by train up the valley OF the
river Danube. Will have lunch in
the foothills of the Alps there
take river boat back to Vienna
arriving there at p. m.
Nov al NJ the trip. The doctor
who gave this pleasant excursion
trip i eHe of the most famous sur
icons in Vienna. He is attracting
worldwide attention by bra
eseration he has devised that he
does through the nose He has al
ready operated on thirty-siX cases
with only deaths. while other sur
Geons VIII perform the brain opera,
I on through the skull lose over
half OF their patien 5. There were
twelve in the party. most of whom
spoke more or less English This
NJ ID. is wealthy and spared no ex-
pcnse to show MS good time The
river trip s the most beautiful in
the world. as the Danube river is
practically surrounded by The tyr
lean Alps could write volumes
about it but viii tell all about it
when get home The Danube
is not as famous as the Rhine. but
peoilp Who have seen both say it
is far more beautiful.
Ths excursion Just finished my
stay in Vienna right Hope I Will
find things as pleasant n London
as have here Next Tuesday I
finish the last of my work. Will have
done over 2oo operations besides
the work in diagnosis and theory.
Won't have time 10 write many let
tiers hut Will send cards enroute.
VIII continue this upon my ar.
rival in London.
After leavn g Vienna ! went to
Lucerne. Switzerland. where | stay.
ed three days on the Lake of Four
CantonS. 1t is in the heart of the
most beautiful part of the Alps.
spent a day on large lake steam
er seeing what | believe to be the
most beautiful spot in the world
From Lucerne | went to Paris
where ! stayed three days. Paris
is to art and history What Switzer
land is 10 beauty. | won't attempt
10 describe it in de'ail. for l have
pictures of everything and can tell
ii much better in words
arrived in London May 6 and
have been very busy indeed
Am working mornings at Moor
fields or Royal Central London
Hospital" and afternoons at West
minister H spital Today was holi-
day whit Monday" so we plan.
ned an excursion.
First we went to Windsor Castle
where the King makes his home
part of the time. From there to the
famous old "Eton College" and
next TO Stoke Pogas Church.
In the yard surrounding this old
church, is Where Gray wrote his
"Elegy of Country Churchyard 3"
His body was laid to rest in the
year III
The old church was built in 1907
that is part OF it-and the old yew
tree under which Gray sat while
writ ng this famous poem Isl years
ago is still alive, altho' said to be
over 900 years old.
am enclosing sprig from this
Identical tree as a soucenir to be
handed down TO the generations to
come. 1t will he valuable some day
as il cannot live much longer 1t
is said that the only reason it has
lived so long now. is the fact that
so many persons are buried at It's
base
In this old church are the pews
of many famous people, among 9th,
ers the pew of William Penn and
the Penn family whose estate joins
the church on one side.
At Westminster Abbey among the
mementoes to the illustrious dead
is tablet erected to the memory