Evening star., 1924-05-04
RUDE SHELTERS DOT
TOXIC HOSPITAL SITE
Business, as Usual, Conducted by
Nurses and Doctors, Deprived
by Quake.
REBUILDING HUGE TASK
American Episcopal Institution
Facing Greater Future.

CORE spondence of The Star and the thlcago |
Daily News
TOXIC. April 19.-Along the water
front in Tsukiji, Toxic where the
waters of Toxic Bay merge with the
sluggish current of the Sumida River,
is a large plot of ground over which
are scattered several score of tents
and barracks. over this plot of sew
eral thousand tsubo Cone tsubo is
four square YARDS is a covering OF
several feet of broken-up bricks and |
mortar mixed with other forms of
debris-all that was left of the build
ings formerly occupying the land be
fore the terrible quakes and fires OF
September l.
Nearby several hundred Japanese
carpenters are busy building bar |
racks more permanent than those al
ready in use with the American Army |
tents. Along the water front small |
steamers and sailboats are plying |
their way through waters, while 9TH /
ers tied to wharves are giving up !
their loads of reconstruction ma |
terials. Throughout the neighbor-
hood the native Japanese are carry
ing on the huStling activities of pre- |
earthquake days in Shacks OF all de- |
itself from the city of rude shacks |
which sprang up Immediately after !
the disaster to a, city of more sub
stantial and better looking structures I
Old Hospital Site.
The lot upon which the colony OF
tents and barracks stands is the site |
of St Luke'S International Hospital. /
an institution of the Episcopal !
Church of America, which was de- !
stroyed along with all the other !
buildings along the waterfront last
September Located in what was |
- ont nf al
in the days after the arrival of Com |
modore Perry. the site is valuable /
both through its proximity to the |
waterfront and its nearness to the /
business center of the capital.
As the passerby stops to scrutiniZe
the scene. he notices nurses in clean, !
white uniforms and persons wearing
bandages covering wounds -Of earth
quake days moving about among the
tents and barracks. On the front of |
the ,-."ious tents and barracks are
signs y designating that these are va
rious departments of hosoital-here
is sign "PediatricS," and there one
reading, Eyes. Ears, Nose and Throat"
This is the temporary home of St.
Luke's hospital, where great good !
has been accomplished in caring for
the sick and injured since the great
tragedy. Hardly had the last wisp
of smoke been waited away from the
ruins of the large wooden structures
formerly housing the hospital, when
WoTheTS started TO erect TuQS par
racks and tents where the hospital
staff could carry on its mission of
mercy. Today the hospital staff and
patients are comfortably and Sani-
tarily housed in these rude structures
and business as usual is being
carried on.
Inadequate.
But the accommodations are far
from adequate to meet the needs of |
Toxic, and the new barracks will
meet this greater need within few |
more weeks. The driving force in |
this humanitarian work is DIR. & |
Teusler. manager of the hospital, |
who al the time of the disaster was |
n America on leave. Upon learning |
that the results Of his twenty years
Ct medical missionary work in Toxic |
had been wiped away, DR.. Teusler |
Immediately solicited funds for re-
success of his latest efforts is amply |
atttsted TO when one makes a trip |
through the temporary hospital six |
months after the disaster
Since st. LukeS Hospital was cstab- |
lished DR.. Teusler has made it a
Taying proposition, without any en-
cowment and only a small annual .
cash payment >from the Fspiscopal /
Church. The hospital had long ago .
outgrown its old quarters, and q |
substantial sum had been collected |
toward construction of the new
building. OF this, practically $4,000
tion. which can be used when con-
struction work is renewed. Mean
while about 100000 is being spent
IN erecting semi-permanent barracks
and replacing the destroyed equip
ment.
L. =. Fund Drive Planned.
\ drive will soon be started in the !
Ii ted States for raising funds for
erecting the new hospital. Then the |
people of America will be given an
opportunity to voice their approval.
through donations. of one of the most ;
worthy foreign enterprises in the
far east For the foreign community
of Toxic sorely needs the medical
facilities which st. Luke's hospital |
has so capably furnished and ST.
Luke's is the only completely Ameri-
can medical institution in Japan
with every indication that it will |
continue to be so.
While the Japanese government
plans to use S3,000,000 of the relief
funds given by Americans after the
disaster in erecting a permanent hos
pital, this new institution will be
strictly japanese in management and |
will be devoted entirely to charity
work. Thus, those Americans assist /
ing in the construction of the new
st. Luke's hospital are doing their
bit toward insuring that their fellow |
countrymen living in Japan have at |
their command competent staff of |
medical experts and a place where |
they may go for proner treatment in |
ease of illness ar accident