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DAILY WORK AT THE HOSPITAL.

MISS KI.I/.AUKTII G. \)E PKKK.

As our work in tho Mason Memorial Hos-
pital increases wo are anxious that vour iu-
terest shall increase witli it, ami so we want
to l“，q) you informed ot what is being done
within its walls.
The missionaries who have been some
i years on the field could toll you better than
IM I can witli how much comfort tlioy have
been able to carry on the medical work this
summcT. as cumparcd with other summers, owing to our luiviii/
such a splendid building to work in. There is certainly a great
clilYcrcncc bct\vec*n our large airy hospital and the little room on
the first iloor of the mission-house, which served as dispensary
formerly.
\\*c have not had many women iu-patients yet, as they arc
very lotli to leave their homes, even for better surroundings. I'ut
we feel that we arc gradually winning their confidence, and we
liope the day is not far distant when they will be as glad to stay
in tlic comfortable, attractive women's ward, as they arc now to
come to tlie daily dispensing.
From about thirty to fifty gather in the chapel every morning
for the service which Mrs. Zwemer holds witli them before at­
tending to their physical wants. The chapels (there is ono on the
men's side, too) arc very pleasant rooms, with appropriate texts
written artistically on the walls in black, rod and gold. There arc
scats, but in the women's chapel they usually have tow occupants,
as the women prefer to sit on the floor.
After the service is over, they come into the dispensary one
In- i.»nc, ami each presents her card, on which is written, on the