, 1881-10-30
THE REESE HOSPITAL.

Some OF the DisaicultIr. IL, the Way Of
Grttfn. 72oEey in tfHn Il Charity.
To-Day ut. r. ILL., n meeting Of the dce.utcs of
the uuited Hebrew telief Association will be
held IN the Michael Reese Hospital to heur the
annual report Of the Executive Committee and
Tor the election Of officers for the ensuing. year.
The entire cost or the hospital tcxclusiyc of tho
land} reachrs shc snm Of about S1D,000-con,rib-
uted by Joseph and Henry Frank from, Michael
Reese be1uests, SJ1, ,WU; by subscriptions about
s=:s,tHN: hy contribution from the Reese Charity
Fund Ilacot Rosenberg; md tfcnrtte ttoscnfed
rr,1stecs} al,oaE $ll,oU- The hospital will tbc
delivered over to the United Hebrew Relief AS
sotia,ion free Of nil ticbts, the trustees Of tho
iseese Charity f.m having kindly paid up
everything, they will dn ltoOns have
been furnished by private PARTIES.
~ r,,tl the Institution will take ahnut Sl5,U0
for the jrst Jrar. The resources to meet this are:
First, Ss'DUtU uonutt1 by tho above mentioned
trustees nnrr tho sole condition that the nntiit
vt the hosptal re''';t'n forever Michael Necse"
Hospital, whether rebuilt Changed lit idc1t-
tiul, and tllnr only the interest be Used; sccuud
$,tW tsHA life members. only tho interest to TIC
used; tn'r], regular 5"rpotters, ut 81 year III
through cnlcctln= committees. htth, book Of
life subscriptions from visitors to the hospital;
sixth. paying pntiel}tS> II nny.
The EXPENSES consist il. salaries Tor steward
$l,su: engiuesr, S!.pV; jatitnr, S'ao}: druggist,
$;;t0: ntrscs. ~ IN: gas and coal, s2.NU; hep,
81. proti:i"i,s etc. <0o,: incideusals about
$..,,tU; additional stairway, FLU, IT will be ait
cusy t,,sk to RINSE Ihis amount Of funds an1on;
tile Jewish pol'u.tion Of Chicngo. it they 70 ut
II Is ~ he greatly regretted tt,u1 there is
~tlct;'. .rooicd prejudice. a:;aist the ,icscfascese
Jewish community. Tie reasons assfgtcd ~
the opponents Ut the l.usritIl are as various as
tho nature Of tho oppuuen,s.
y, we'll meaning, we'll man OF family,
his his ow., comfortable hoinc, und Is not III
nec'l Ut II hosptat. Why should he help IL build
it "r SUPPORT it:
i, would like TO contribute If the Michael Reese
estate had nnt contributed uetrly sl1aouu,
Why! because!
Cwuuld contribute alt in his rowerif the
Michael Reese cstatc had contributed tho wholu
ap,ount uetessary. AMI had also provided for tho
support OF the hnsp!tul fur nil eternity.
u woui! cousr'butcit The United Hebrew ist-
scntcA for Il donation of t0sV and upwards to
name the hospi1n1 Atter Michnei Reese.
L would like to contribute r lnr.e amount. If
it was not fur some uensbcEs Of tho board WHOM,
he begr,1ds:es.
+ wOtld hare contributed Il still larger
amount than L. II certain families had not sub
{; would noI contribute cent. because GER
tain ether persons did not subscribe as large nm
arlol11ir as In his Optttinn they ought to.
II would gladly subscribe jf only IN nrchi-
tect OF his persuasion had built tho hospital
was specially invited when the cornerstone
was laid. IT is useless to tell him that nuholy
else was. II pays him better to believe Us hc
| wishes tn.
X suffers too much from angina cords to be
| able to bear charitable i,lca+
l. distributes his own charities. He is lost to
| society and to cooperative humanity.
u is II b:.. man whose merits were ncFeE
recognized by the association. lie never wns
| elected IL member of rno board. Tho oonrsl
| forms close corporation. Hc, OF course, would
| not contribute.
| n thinks the world of his wife. who had heard
! that puor person was not ajd by the ,lssocia-
| tion as in her Judgment 1t ought to have done.
| or course dare not contribute
All these letters represent c'tases and little
| ciiuues, nrl more might be addcd- The assnciA-
| ton has up-hilE work for soue time 1:ut good'
SCUM. cot,i,nun sense will prevail III the cu,rse
Of lime, and all whpsc support end :;oo.lwll is
worth havln. will surely wheel in und bc proud
| Of ,Ee Michael lscese Hospital orlnttttt:
| to1ile city. II monument TO the charitable char-
| ucter Ut the Jews. aid nstiny benefit to the
| suffering poor. Tho meeting today should be
| we'll attended,