New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-28
PAPERS FOR THE HOSPITALS.
WORK IN WHICH MANY PEOPLE, HAVE AlDED

WORK IN WHICH MANY PEOPLE HAVE AIDED
ANNUAL MEETING or THE COMMITTEES on HOOKS
AND rArERs or THE STATE CHARITIES AID AZ
scCtATIoN-woEK OF TUE LAST sEyEN YEARS.
The annual meeting OF the Committee Books
aud Papers Of the State Charities Aid Association
was held yesterday at No. G East Fourtccath-st
There was large attendance. Among hose present
were Mrs. Francis G. Barlow. Mrs Harriet l.. Rob
bins. Miss Louisa lIee Schuyler. Miss Georgina
Mss Lyon, Miss X Sands, MIR. f. Mcneil
bacon Mr,' Kan Names Ks apa MISS kng
Hobson, Mrs Eldr. Mrs II. 4: Thomas, Of Phll Iic-
pna,. Miss Grace Dodge, Miss Hoyt, Mrs, Mac;
Crcady. Mrs. W; .. MacDSnald, Mrs Coles Of
l.. SCHUYLER. the Rev. Marinus Willeit aud
the Rev. Mr.. buchanan. The charitable
Training School for Nurses the Bible AMI Fruit
Mission, St Eiz 1e,h's Ggd the New-York Flower
the Homeopathic Hospital and tho State Charities
Aid Visiting Committee.
William L. Dodge was made chairmanof the meet
ing and the Rev. Dir. Willett, the Chaplain OF
Harris and Wards Island was made secretary A
resolution was offered by the Committee on Books
anu Papers. expressing the sorrow of the committee
one of It's members and one OF tho trustees OF It's
fund.- The resolution said that the committee
loves It's existence to tie benevoent sympathy OF
the late Mrs Alfred Poll, sister OF Mr. Cary kca-
iZlng III her own experience the WEAKNESS Oh II
long-contihued illness, she sympathzed deeply
p paton. P0's snG %n1s kindly ihoSsht"Sess
DEVISED tbs plan of bringing sympathy i ana
relief to them in their secuslOn. In the further
ance of her charitable Intentions Mr.. Cary entered
with great interest into all the operations OF TINS
the committee for the last year thcu read; This
told first how the committee originated with SlrS
Pell, and then spoke, of the work done
since its organization, February l, 1874. The
substance
During the year 1850 daily average OF 400 papers
has been collected ion the boxes and these have bet
the hospitals and branch workanuse on Harris Island
TO the ionGlathc Hospital. and the Asylum ior tne
Insane Wards Island. aud 10 the INSTITUTION on
Rdudall's leland. careful counting OF these PAPERS
shows more than one-hrd to be thosa OF te mOrnims
which the collection Is made about the same hlniber
those of the Jay before, aud the remainder u Ne
Der assigned Bellevue osptll for here scarcely
mans ward tEcrr where few persons DO not sup-
nel drd w,i few Indeed would h. the newspapers seen
by the patents Of Harris and Wards Islands were 1t no;
carried on by The committee which Las tins branch in
oh rgc ami any one who looks into The room about
or i've pics about the floor. and on
the for Which one snSa %n spScoS
would that who each contained variety ~ fcli-
young III" aged or The si~it illustrated papers aud
short stories are acceptable To all.
such n m NraetecnM Crntru. The toraghAy Rcrip
ami rlnouG America ones. The iop"ir Science Monhy
puzzcu where r.Ich reading would be acceptable
but he chapains on tc islands to hose caicfu tisf
afraid seHdIng tde most thOughtrtqutirg literature
1n,y know individuals who have sunk rom br,t days
and iUil ted circles to whom such reaiinIls
% gJn,e wdO do not or asking Tor IT, Oi
co, g. there ara many who ALL hut since
au fort nas cen made 10 cultivate this taste cara
Il ON The chaplain 0f liacS~tfs Island that whereas
formerly only about hneen books were taken out OF the
library IN the course OF week now the average IA
100 week. Aud information comes from Bellevue
Hospital that H. The alcoholic cells TIT 70 II demand i0r
ali SORTS of reading. the uust ntelrciua' lu
whc every Kind hudss readers. that M desired
and at which W. can new nay enough - snort pas
aid illustrated papers and OF thcs0 We beg
During the past years packages or reading mat
bon Hnt Ia 30 different Institutions o. tEr~e
scat 10 iorinrs OF thus ass c,ii". at inc Nv
for Distribution In me rouuly PRISONS ava p0prh"lsrs
houses; four 10 rsIvig siriiOnB on thr coast. hvd
few Western missionhri Among the in,tintops Ia
Guided those iCr the nsanc. asylums Tor Inc |
brae. mes for th ne'%@. P;sons wLo
us for c'"rcd person.. and to cyrry ho.pt aud most
largest proportion 81 donations been dsrlbu
among nc iur" in 'tltu ions Oi ms city fl whose
rtt thi' branch 81 th"n>s "iaion Was moro specially
o.tb b and Tor whose brneili II Will rOntinHc 10 10
carrie AM ibtsc addition To- TIL long @t q"
Included The IIouer q Deniion for Witnesses aud the
Police Headquarters for Lost Children.
Mr.. Dodge said that he thought that this was
model report. He Thought tat II gave the oomplete
story OF This quiet. beautiful charity An ordinary
man could scarcely unders. aud the tcIIIm OF hos
pial lie. ruc committee. however, had done much
to help those who hal to endure tins. Many of ho
patients IN the hospital especially those III the Snr
VIcal departments. were we'll enough to read. aud
the laptrs aud books which the committed nfnishcd
were Oi Inrsimab e valhe 20 them.
Phiiip Schuyler sad that III lis connection with
some o iuu hospitals he had u good opportunity To
\ the results If the committee work. The news
papers and book which It distributed were often
better fur the patients than medicine. Tho Rev
Nj. Wctt thought chat the newspapers ami
books were particularly appropriate for three
classes: Tor PERSONS with mcuiabic Diseases for the
men aud women III tuc warehouses;, and Tor the
INSANE. lie also said that there WAS II great de-
nand fnI gaines OF all kinds among ihe'' cla~S"s.
Mrs. MIcCrrady, of the Biblr and Fruit Nilsson;
gave the results If her observations. She stated
that great many of tho older patients were III nced
OF spcctaclcs enable lhom to real. letter was
rrad lIon Miss Perkins Bellevue Hospital telling
how much good the WORK had done. hcnar y "rir
also made by Mr4. J.. llOyl and Mrs. MacDonald.
and letters were read from Miss Ella Russell prcSi
dent of the Flowcr and Fruit Mission. Miss Sands.
Mrs. 1uckcrnan, OF the FREQ Circulating Library
and Sister Eleanor, senior superintendent of the
unity lnirmdry
MIDNIGHT lVEAIHEE EEPORI.