, 1876-04-03
4 GOOD DEED IN 4 NAUGHTY WORLD.

a GOOD DEED IN A NAUGHTY WORLD.
Thoro is ono 1ady who has celebrated tho
Centennial year by decd Of bonevolence
which will mako her lifo beautiful with tho
gratitude Of tho sick and suffering and hor
mcmory fresh and lovely In all tho yenrs to
como. Hor benevolent decd Is nil tho moro
practical and timely in that sho has made
hor donation outright during her lto-timo, 80
that no litigation Of onvious heirs can dis
turb 1t, and It Is all the moro beautiful in
that It shines like bright light in tho black
moss Of venality, fraud, and corruption which
temporarily eclipse the national honor. It /
is gift 10 which no suspicion can attach. |
Envy will not question 1t. Numor md gos-
sip will passit by without stopping TO soil its
morcy or taunt its goodness. It is not only |
a prosont blessing, mitigating the suffering |
of to-day, but 1t will grow and broadon long
after the largo-hoarted donor shall have
pissed away, in that highest and noblest Of
fec Of humanity, tho n1leviation Of pain and
tho restoration Of health.
This lady, whoso namo by her own request
has not been mado public, has donated to tho
New York Hospital tho fno property on tho
Highlands occupied by the Cozzons Hotel,
well-known place Of summer resort for tho
fashionable society Of New York City. Tho
building itself Is 800 feet in length by 100
foot in width, md Ia capable OF accommodate
ing 800 patients. Tho grounds include IN
area Of 10 acrcs, beautifully laid out, md To-
Gated amid somo OF tho loyeliost scenery to
bo found upon tho banks Of the Hudson.
Horo tho skill of tho physician aud tho sur-
goon will DO reinforced by puro, bracing mir,
by tho inspiration Of gconory, and by MI
those healing ba1ms which Nature brings to
tho convaloscent. Tho Now York Tribune
intimates that tho managers Of the Hos
pital were alroady trying to deviao some
plan by which they could establish somo
branch of tho Hospital Outside Of tho munioi-
pal limits, whore convalcsconts might recover
moro rapidly, whom this donation cano to
thom 1iko Bpocial providence Tho Gum.
NOR idlors and loungers and butterflies of
tho great city will miss thoir accustomed
resort, and may mourn tho transformation
other places whero thoy may find consolation
aud fulfill tho elaborate duties Of etiquette
md nonsense. It ia possible the noble wom-
IN who planned this Christian work did not
take into account tho relations Of society or
fashion, but only SOW the pallid faces bloom
ing again, and tho wastod formB roouporating
and gaining now strength under influences
which thoy could not hope to have pont up
behind tho brick and stono, and exposed to
tho bad mir of the city, So she swept fashion,
idlencss, gilt, and gowgaws, and NIL the
lummery of society, ont Of her property, aH
Christ swopt and gnrnishod tho templo, and
devoted 1t to charity md humanity, to the
comfort Of the suffering, to tho roliof OF
pain, and to tho restoration Of the sick,
which Is not only the highest form OF boney-
o1enco, but tho highest, purest, and best
form Of religion. For "tho greatest of
those Ii charity"
As We havo Raid, tho gracious decd Of this
Christian lady ia celebration Of this Conten-
nial year not only touching md tender, but
| grandly human and benoticont. There will
be many other celebrations. Philadelphia
will hayo its groat Exhibition, and Ill tho
| world will flock 10 itu doors. A fow short
mouths and 1t will bo over. We shall havo
oyasions, and poons. and songs. They will
l,aye little lifo Of faino and then 60
to tho trunk-maler. We shall havo
q fuss and furry OF patriotism, firing
Of guns, blowing Of trumpots, ringing
Of bolls. blazing Of fireworks, mud waving Of
flags, but they will come and 60 and leave no
sign bchind, and, when tho year has passed
away, all its trappiugs Of patriotism, bun.
combo, and popular enthusiasm will bo
buried with 1t. This noblo woman's docd,
however, docs not end with tho year that
gave 1t birth. It Ia only in its infancy nov.
1t hardly gives hint Of It's future beauty aud
excellence 1t will go on and on through all
tho coming yeara, brondouiug md increasing
it's humane influences and spreading Its blosa-
ings more and more widely. Others will add
10 1t a. the needs increase, and tllua sho will
build for horsolf a monument "moro lasting
than brass." and her name and monlory will
be forever blessel Her example oommends
itself to others who hayo the means,
it they only havo tho disposition,
to make this Contonnial year memorable
by something done for humanity, and wLioh
mny glyo them tho thought that, when tbs
next Centennial comos, 1t will iua theis
benohsencs still bringing mercy and blessing
to tho suffering and now generations rising
up and preserving their memory foroyc,
green. There Is something In this work fos
humanity moro ennobing and enduring than
tho strife for place and power, the boarding
for self, or ths noisy clamors aud 1soting
showa Of the Centennial celebrations.
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Tho Pittsburg Qa.<th makes this assinin.
, observation: