The Washington times., 1918-12-25

iupssslvsaess about the man which
MAG denote either strong self-control
or indifference
He has talked at length with his
lawyers, but. goes over the same
things a great deal-little happenings
at the hospital in which the young
nurse with whom he was infatuated
was concerned He speaks in the
highest terms Of the hospital and Of
the kindness and hospitality OF DR..
Brush. He seems to realize that By
his actions he made but poor return
FOR all the kindnesses accorded to
him -s a.. -
Has Exprensed Sorrow.
He even has said he is sorry he
killed Dr. BoIff.
He has read the newspapers. but as
yet has shown no interest in the
literary work on which he was en-
Faeed when he committed the crime.
He has not asked for his books or
msnuseripts.
Az he sits in the gloomy little jail.
his mind must wander back to his
arrival in the new country and Of the
high hopes which were his when he
set forth from distant japan to find
him IN his chosen profession Already
at the top of his profession and noted
in the branch in which he specialized
his book recognized and used as a
text book in the leading medical
schools OF Japan, he was ambitious
to rise higher. eager to know more
with DR. Matsumoto and Dr. kRso-
kai he came TO this country to study
Institutional management. Cultured,
distinguished he was everywhere cor
daily received.
, Dr. Brush, of the Sheppard Pratt
Hospital, was delighted to meet the
eminent psychiatrist with whom he
had correspOnded. He arranged for
the japanese to attend the Phipps
clinic at Johns Hopkins. He also in
vited him to attend the lectures anc
clinics at the Sheppard Pratt,
which DR.. Ishida did, making the trip
from Baltimore to Towson three times
Rweek.
Had Little Diversion.
Engrossed in his new studies, con
eerned with the revision OF his book
on mental diseases, already in itsI
seventh edition, and busy writing ar
ticles for the medical magazines, DR..
Ishida had almost no diversion or
social life.
Z DR.. Ishida was most anxious to at
tend the convention OF the Medico
Psychological Association in Chicago
last summer, and DR.. Brush arranged
for him to 20. At the convention he
was made an honorary member Of the
association. He visited Hull House.
and Investigated a system just inau-
1-yrated in the Chicago courts where
BY all persons arrested were exam
Ined by a psychiatrist to determine
their mental condition and RESPONSE
biiity for the crime or misdemeanor,
they had committed.
1t was in August that a chance
brought about his taking up his resi-
dence at Sheppard and Pratt Hospital.
Talking with DR.. Brush. he remarked
that he was about to change his lodg
ings in Baltimore because, with the
hot weather and the necessity OF hav-
ing windows open, he found the
Asighborhood so noisy he was unable
to concentrate on his work. 1t was
then that DIR. Brush suggested he
r1fne to the hospital One OF hts
assistants had gone into the army,
and he invited DR.. Ishida 10 take the
vacant quarters DR.. Ishida moved at
once, and seemed delighted at beinc
made one of the family OF doctors and
provide as homelike an atmosphere as
possible.
DR.. Brush describes DR.. Ishida as
an indefatigable worker. keenly alert
for new ideas and opportunities. At
this moment there lies On his desk 4
formidable list of journals and books
which Dr. Brush had given him to
read in response to his own request
for suggestions which would enlarge
his field OF knowledge.
Then Came q Girl.
And then came a girl-just an aver
age American girl in the white cap
and gown of a nurse. DIR. Ishida was
10 longer a young man. He consider
ed the follies of his youth a matter OF
ancient history, part and parcel Of his
university days and of gay life in his
beloved Tokyo. In Nippon waited a
Nipponese wife and two little almond
eyed babies Affairs Of the heart
were not for this staid professor. Or
% he thought.
DR.. Ishida had passed the days of
his youth. to be sure but he had ar
rived at that time and age which
psychologists know as the danger
Gus age" in either a man or a wom-
ans life. He was forty-three.
At that time, as a man leaves forty
and approaches fifty, the psycholog-
lists tell US he unconsciously Graves
the youth which has passed. Some
times they think they have glimpsed
II again in the eyes OF a girl. Gals
worthy has depicted this phase of q
mans life with rare understanding
and sympathy in The Dark Flower"
And so II was with the studious pro-
fessor of psychiatry. A girls dark