The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1922-06-29

to crafty my pride. Thus was I re-
brked. again I break my para
graph for the same reason stated
bcfore.)
You see the patients seem very
happy here. Four are tuberculosis,
two Of the feet, one Of the eye and
one the glands Of the neck. Two, no
three were in fights. and got cut all
tc pieces. There are several eye
cases and one operative. Miss Liu,
the nurse. is from Peking. and love-
~ girl. She is a good example Of
what the mission schools turn out, an
educated. ambitious. Christian girl.
We will stop in my Office which is
gathering place for everything no
body wants. There is n door opening
into the Mems Hospital and one op.
ering into the Women's. and here I
sit and direct the destinies Of them
beth. II is here ! am beseged with
request from all classes of society
dwelling under our roof, nurses. pa
tents, officers of the hospital. doctors
ard servants. From here give free
ly of good advice. soap, Mop rags.
supplies, and recently. fly swatters.
will stop long enough to take the
night nurses report and enter a few
vital statistics in the office book. which
are given me by the very good looking
Chinese business manager Of our no.
bic institution.
Now we are ready to tour to the
Mems Hospital. The room to the
left is rightfully the reading room
for patients. but has been converted
into a sewing room. The man sewing
is an ex-patient who wasn't able to
pay his bill and on leaving said he
would come back some day and work
it out, he being a tailor by trade. At
first when he came back I thot it was
a lovely idea, but he constantly bonn
bards me with questions and requests
in a dialect can't understand to save
me, and ! wish a dozen times a day
ho hadn't been so honest as to return.
The ward to the left is the opium
ward where we put those who come
in to break off the opium habit
That hymn singing row (they are
Christian in spite of their impious
habits) to the right are all from the
same village and they say if our cure
proves painless and pleasant half
their village will come to us for the
same treatment. The ward just a
cross the hall is the medical ward and
is usually full of eye cases. tho just
a. present there is quite a variety.
the little diet kitchen here to the
right was once my joy and pride, but
not so since yellow Streaks have
come in the white paint The nurses
still boil the dish towels and milk
strainer so I am entitled to a glow
Of pride. The little hall leads into
the operating room, and that feel
justified pride in altho it was my
predecessor and DR.. Hemingway, and
net | who made it what it is. II is
small and limited both in space and
supplies, but oh the shine of it,
And any germ that wanders in dur
ing an operation has just as chilly a
reception as in any hospital at home
This ward nearest the operating room
is the surgical ward. You see it is
full today. Now we come to the last
section Of the Mems Hospital Gt
really is first when you come in the
proper way thru the front gate),
which is two stored. II with the
two stored building of the Women's
Hospital, form the two ends Of this
long corridor with the wings branch
ing off, upstairs the nine men nurses
live. Downstairs is the dressing
room and clinic room FOR men, the
drug room and the chapel. Now you
have seen it all.
This really is enough for one time.
For the benefit of those who have
waded thru to the end I Just want to
add that it's a great life out here, in
spite Of the drawbacks which are
many. I don't believe want to swap
my job with any of you back home.
Come on out and try it.
Happily yours,
HaIax. nixpax,