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Show hi n t c i HfcChow, S^tM ***** H*?•:*•** f i a Tii Bgtau, Oh1 xm , April 13,1P$9- h^&r Mr, Stephens* h&ny times I tMkVi iuan>„ecl Qod that Ki load it to Doaus Uoilet.e arid I have UMMkM lin fiat ho gafri M the ycatc of helpful tniiiiag I® f«n hoiiic, 1 &a glad for the liHeMWi chlab fO« ar.id Hra« Stephens gtsre cc a*fcd for the hecoio suffering, and laboring which you both i a ,-liipu. The CO®* mniunship which yout ho&io afforded iae tea also an lion of no si«ali IflpOft* ano* in. helping »e during college days* I thanw you for your Kindly intox@4t which i:ue boon *»n.nif as too in if work hero in China. The t*o l a t t e r e fro® you tolling of your hopes of granting us help in pititiag up a Dispensary here has brought us aiuuh joy, la IPN reau iitli Iftttftat tin* correspondence with the hoards officers and f* can understand that they am a Clearing House for the g i l t s that are i « ! Is tho foreign »ission f i e l d . They are doubtless »i§h* in the desire to exercise supervision over the speoiai f. g i f t s that are aade fo» thJajvaneeoant of the toaster's *** in the territory gffairtid to the Aaerloan ®bard« ft ioiow Hwt the i a a a n ' i Board of the Interior is iauoh interested in this field and they have slio#ed that interest by &ranting us five Hundred Dollars for a uullulag fei the Qlria* M School. They suppoit the work too IMM here and f i ll doubtless (whenever their funds permit )protide a Dispensary for Pr•.Taliaoiw But you are well aware of the uncartslniiy of the tiaie when the gifts of the weaiJ* shall DO suffioient to 4Wmu% to us hero this which wo so such need I f t a ^e* •* t@i^ y°u t J i e situation hare as i t Is now. Daily Dr. 'ftUUon hm to see from fifty to eighty patients in a room by our Urge &ate«. This opens out upon the busiest street of this suourb ana in opposite the Military Yaaen of this D i s t r i c t . Here the people pass 0/ the hundreds and the fair days by. the thousands. The energies of |wo mn are taxed in seeping order whenever the crowd is larger than usual. The strain upofi $ phy solans' nerves is considerable and this untoward co adit ion uoulo be removed 'oj a Dispensary bulldiftg* hero tm roous Is so suaII that ©flea oelay aria H o M t n t i u i r e s u l t s . If th© root:, could be e.aar^ed, if separate plaeoc could bo provided !> for seeing the man and the wo&tea . |