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Show • ^ - - a - ^ - » « « * f p ^ l f PK^H At J. lag Yao vie turned Ytavrth Into th© great north and south Shansi fei#wsy» .ivory few Biinutes a bus passed us* ^any v»ers loaded inside with freight* *her© were ale© many rleksha coolies fasting long haulB of freight * frequently 6 gallon tins of gasoline tied in, on, in b?iCk of. and under their rickshas* Occasionally we par-sea a roup of oarte uoviug ammunition tnd with a Military escort* .*ve Saw a.portion of th© old "sunken'road with i t s mud. ia«eh towers * th© imperial hUrwoy throagh vhleh vhe «^re»o ,/rujg©r fleu through Shensi'when th© Allies ©verearae the boxers at raking* SJU miles before we got to %l*ks we iiad to stop and isend s t i r e , ft© pulled up at th© faJ&a hospital gate at btW *•!£# tflage were out in welcome* «e drov© on into the residence ©©©pound war© w© were greeted by the Hemingways, ttehe (Mss Hebner), iJiaay. (%Un nfcsaey (mirm)* Jessie £ayne and Gladys Lillians* ft© had Bob uems, Gertrude 'facer and $&m Wilson with us in the car * also Albert Ha^sske* ra© muttons and the rest of the Maasafee1© v.en left behind at Xtttaino* I*ater we saw nay ^©yor, who had beeja on the train with as, and Mrs* Moyer and t h e i r sir a l l daughter Joaiv, who live two miles away at what 1© ©ailed "The Garden % the compound of the Oberlla-Shsnsi £<ehool» Home a t ' l a e t l How good i t is to s e t t l e down and do a&at on© has looked forward to for so ion*-* v»*e are one big family* How fortunate I am'to be associated with a senior doctor with a plant a l l built and going and with i t s nursing school and OhlneS© doctors a l l at work* Of coarse I was anxious to see th© hospital* u%« :w-ili Tr got out 'his big bunch of keyB * ©y never saw esah a bunch at home - he had the oo^npound key, the garage key, and a key to about every doer and cupboard in th© hospital* H entered th© et<.sll back gate ntpr th© residence compound and the front door ©f the woman's hos~ - p e t a l , th© f i r t t of five p a r a l l e l building© a l l connected through t h e i r middles by a long corridor* fhe top floor of this f i r s t unit i s where H@!©n Disney and her student nurses live* In the ground finer is th© delivery room, private rooms, a maternity warA, and - nurse's office and class rooms* As we go dowa the long corridor to th© next units, we find they are more woman's wards * largeroo&y unlts with window© on opposite sides and private Mm* at the far andean arrangement they doa't like because of the long walk to th© privet? rooms from the eeatral corridor and servlee rooii© throu^i the ward. HIn tt* middla of the long corridor is a door separating: th© woman's from the eisn's hospitals* Her© i s X-r* fiemiiagway s office* The next units are man's wards and th® operating wing* -the operate lag room i s lovely with many windows on three sides, roomy and large* I Didn't like the Lint sing and 1'eaehow operating: rooms because they were too small* Here I won't safficat© if we have to ©lea© th© windows for a duet storm* ra© fioors are wood * my I en so glad not to have cold stone floors* rherc i s a £-.reen o i l paint on the wails to about three feet high v*hieh can b© washed and £©pt clean. But,the upper wails and ceilings are a l l whitewashed and dusty * yet 1 don't taow \^at would be batter* I like th© porches but 1 hat© th© thiefc briofc walls and few windows generally* At thetfar end w© can© to the ft ,fc unit with th© c l i n i c and uiuj.e.i^aiy or on© side ~ laborer tory 1.. i t s ©! rCvf-r - * a the h . v i ' a i ohapel on uh© other with alberta bualaesa'office in i t s ©MX reoza* Beth the Chinese doc t o r a are &ost cordial: l*r* Wen and iir* Ohiao, ihe woman r. id wife ueee pvetty well with m> tean methods* -xhe Girif.eae nurses both, uea and women ere a fine bi, ,©h to work with* |
