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Show Área of fíeld about 3,700 sq. miles One hospital, 3,000 to 4,000 patients a year Native workers: 42 men, 20 women Population more trian two rmlhou Sixteen out-stations, 700 chutch-members One kindergarten, eight pritnary schools Twelve American Board missionanes (Aug. 1920) Two grammar schooli, 260 pupils enrolled AMERICAN BOARD MISSIOISS LiNTSING SHANTUNG CHINA Oct .ober Í6 $ 19 ga* 4 Dear Sdith I am writiftg over at the Eastmans for Plorence and Kr. 8. and the t wo younger children are in *eking and 1-am staying wit h * fte ^arriet and Dorothy nigh. t s . They h*ve their meáis with the Whitakera and sleep at borne. ^he Es* are having dent al work done, We expect thea back tomorrow or Wednesday with Lliss 1Vic(xui gan with them, for the last l e t t er we had froia the Board said that she was leaving Honolulú on t he 29th of Sep-oepioer anu we figure sh e should nafre arrived in Shanghai about last ^riday. She had almost two weeks in Honolulú* You know how anxious we are to see her. I have p&t off several operations wait ing for her to nurse the ruases. I was very glad to have your letter of Aug. 1f> and surely - intendeé to get an answer off to youblong before thia. But we are doing a lot of repair ing and refurnianing in the Hospital and/ it all takes t ime to discuas plans^ choose colora, write ordera, etc.*, <é * etc., as you know only t 00 well. IPhe walls pf the. men1 a ward to the lev el of half the window were so dirty 1 had to do them over again and we fort unately thru Hsu Shih 7X\ found a combinat" ion of ^¿L the color obtainable on- the street and t ung yu which aeems t o be washable and we have put on that half way up. *t is going to ^ look very well * think and if it provea to be as washable as stated I shall have the Sargent Ward treated in the same way.. And we are having all the. tablea and stools reoiled.and all the bedding repaired. All Uie Windows are wastied so I hope Kiss llcG-, won t think we k ave entirely neglected the bu i l ding lately.» We have five women sew- Ing. , I have written to the Board about ou r plana for the Curses* Home and the bat hrooa, and sent a rough plan of the former. If you are in the Office sometlme *- wish you would look at the plan and ex-plain anything which is not clfar^. tho I think I have made fee idea plain. I told them my ideadla to^ülId an addition to the Hoapit& off the waahroom of t he operat ing room, th at i s to the South of the operating room wit h a door for the women leading from their hall way and another,entrance thru the ant eroom of the operating room for the men. I think we can al so have ano t her stoareroora (badly needed) in the same addition tho until we get a maternity room I raay use that room for obstetrical caaes. ,1 have drawn a rougbfeetch to refreah your raemory and if you aren t going to the Hity aoon would you might sending thia on to your"sister and.asking her to pasa i t on to the Board. It isnf t abaolutely accuííate but givea the general idea. I want to put in an honest-to-goodnesa bathtub, i washsta.nd and toilet (for the foreign nurse) and have i t look as a battirooíte should. -You know how Mr. Wolfe is so busy that he won % untí yet any actual raake pl.üris un t i l the moeny is act^ally .in, frandL .therefore we haven't plana for the addition-' to tñW HóuSé. 1 expected HrEf |