Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-11

{ following the disorganization of mis-
| sion work consequent upon. the Boxer
uprising Nine years later the China
Medical Board of the Rockefeller Foun-
dalton assumed the full support Of the
college and today it is one Of the most
highly efficient medical centers in Asia.
comparing favorably with any in other
parts of the world. H. Is 4 fully equip
ped hospital and a training school for
physicians and nurses.
Governments Policy.
In the course Of our inspection. which
had to be brief because Of lack Of time
for a thorough visitation, we learned
that it is the policy OF the organiza ton
gradually to transfer responsibility for
the conduct of the institution to the
Chinese. as rapidly as they develop
capability. A gratifying advance has
been made in this direction. certain in
hibitions on the part of the Chinese
having been overcome. There Is still a
stiff rivalry between the old native
school of herb" medicine and the new
school. but year by year young men are
being graduated who are making head
way against old prejudices, while the
native population place their sick in the
hands of the Western physicians for
treatment at the hospital with steadily
diminishing reluctance. The institution
is splendidly housed and equipped, and
would serve as a model for American
hospitals.
Having a couple OF hours in the after
noon. placed myself in the hands of
Rickishaw Boy Number 244 and We
went camera hunting. His zest was de.
lightful There was but one good
place to go. the old Chinese city south
OF the Tartar wall. We went down
there and toured in and out of the mar
row streets that connect with the board
highway passing through Chen Men
Gate. Here and there I got a shot at
a group. a begRar. o street sprinkling
gang. Steadily Boy Number 244 worked
his way southwark. He knew where he
was going, II I did not. At last We
reached a space without buildings. but
covered with tents and other temporary
shelters a mass of swarn1ing humanity.
This was. said Boy 244. the big fair or
market Of the people from the country.
Did want to go? did. We went.
the rickishsw humping furiously. as Boy
244 twisted and Unanswered through
the crowd.
Shower Spells Sightseeing.
Had not shower arisen, to drive me
home, might have stayed there for
hours, for more fascinating place
never have seen. There were hundreds
of booths for the sale Of goods-cheap
trashy things Of all sorts. of foods, Of
everything the Chinaman needs or
wants. There were fan makers. artists
painting the curving sheets of paper
with designs 10 order and pasting them
upon the frames. These fan makers
have q distinctive noise of their own,
trade signal. It is made by several
score Of small bells, like those that used
to be fastened to the harness of horses
in Winter time when the sleighs were
brought out Of the barns. These bells
are strung upon wires stretched on a
frame above the box containing the
wares.
But 1t was not the merchants or
artists who were most interesting In
this strange medley of humanity. The
funmakers. the entertainers. the aero
bats. the sword performers, the mu-
sicians. the trained-animal performers
end many other sorts OF catch-penny