Show I HUNDREDS OF LEPERS K AT THE CULIAN CULlAN COLONY j Washington to Jan Jaim 20 After HIU After a long long and anti vexatious delay the tho Cullan Culan leper I colony In the Philippine with wih t accommodations for fol about JI Lou SOO pak pa pa- 1 k- k was wal opened in Iii May 1 OG The rime r- r first l lepers taken there from fron Cohn and aud they thoy protested vehemently vehement p Against going When hon the they arrived Ce th they y were delighted d with J wel wih their surrounding sur sur- r rounding alI aol aud indeed their presort L life according to a report to the lar har bureau Is a it forcible contrast to lo n contrat i tho one the they had hut boon been living U To ToI Tonny I nn ni-my ni one who has has such seen n lh those thue o poor poo creatures begging in the streets trot o or 01 driven from town to town and obliged to eke cleo out a living as us l best t th they y could it Is a great geat pleasure to see them com corn housed welt well fo fed and looked after and situated where thoy they havea have havu a. a a modern a-modern rn sewerage e f system pure urO water wa wo- ter laun laundries bathhouses a church h and a dining hall ball hal capable of accommodating acom- acom t people le at a time li In addition to nil ul nils' nils they have a brass band and a theatre theatre- Tho The lepers aro are taken from all 01 over o the archipelago to the time col n A care care- ful oh l la Is mado made of each patent pa pa- tieni tent before he lie can cn enter tho the colony I Ir-haa Ir ha been found that in a n great many cases e persons supposed to have havo ha e let lep r rosy have merely been en lon with wih tropical cancers or ur ulcers Fop l' l of or charity havo have volun volun- I for duty ut in the colony a as I. I has hasa hasi ha i a a priest Father thor Vt who hu is Js t tp lo bo be tho the chaplain The quarters o of oC r- r the tho leprous n n i roe I dents aro are re- re 10 ro- ro mo about a a quarter of or a Q mile mi from rom the tho colon colony t 1 J. J |