, 1882-08-12
A yixtt 20 ST. Nary's Hospital

visit St. Muy's Hospital, ard as It Is IN a
f,ourishiug condition and one OF the nota ne
;ps,itu,ions in this city, What Lotes we maze
during \ short stay may be Of general 'n'e''
est enough 20 Justify tier reproduelon
mere. The Hospital, large thfee-s'o's
brick building. somewhat pretens'ous Id rs
architecture, stands in the midst OF very
spacious grounds. on Poplar street. peio"
Sixth. Passing under an arch. on VINCE
Won read "St. Mary's Hospital, across 4
lawn and up broad fight OF steps, You eii'
ter parlo- to the Left OF the hallway, Al"
While you wal. for the appearance oi Sister
Oliver. Superior, yOu notice that the room IS
quietly, yet very sasteiully furnished.
From frame hung between the iron' VIII
Sows there is q very excellent likeness o.
popular, GENIAL and .Ser-fai;hfnl Father
Duffy, aad IRON the west wall hangs 1
faithful portr.i. of Leo III, noted Tor his m
tellectual culture and rare executive ahlH'y
IN management rs the head Of the Catholic
church.
Tie Lady Superior greets yoa e'-c- :
and for few moments yon are y
entertained listening to her account OF Nos
pital and school work. especially the last III
which. you readily discover, she has al uh-
bounded interest Sic tbs yOn that St.
yirceu.'s is IN a very fourishins condition;
indeed. there was 80 much ~ an Increase o.
after. ance during the last session, anu 8
much f promise for the coming term:
which begins On the l4h OF this month, that
4 new department was decided upon; a III
,i.ion Of the classes and another teacher
employed. Sister Oliver IS the rrlnc'p'i'
and the subordinate teachers, So lar selected
are Sister Dougherty, Sister Perpetua, SiSSar
Morris. Other SISTERS vii teach the mns!c
classes, and III the new department.
Then you are introduced 10 Sister J9hn'
who has charge OF the dispeGsary. and gene
raj supervision Of the HosP;sai. She :
assisted by Sister Roierck sa3 sister
A~i,dius, who IN turn are sided n the
kitchen and .oom work by half dozen o.
pban Girls. who attend school sni lai'or al
the Hospital when not at study.
Through the courtesy of Sister John, We
wer. shown throughout the building. III
from the parlor Is the dining hi. iars"
room, with tables set il the middle o. the
floor, comfortably farAished, the walls hung
with appropriate pictures. tableware al
tractive, and verything as neat ana clean as
household care and labor can make such
room. Across the hall. you enter the dis
pensary, where everything is arranged ior
The convenience and safe Issuance OF the
medicines. Adjoining this on the right you
are shown to Hospital chapel, 20 qGi-t aud
inviting that inyoluntarlly YOU respect II as
a sacred place. The next room Is the Nis-
ter's dining hall. furnished as the other I'm
ing room. On the opposite TO this Is the
kitchen, and here you are disappointed,
because you do not detect any OF the smells
peculiar to place of this kind, and find not
sign of what is known as kitchen DIRT.
Everything IS bright and clean and sweet.
Out in tie wide halls you find stoves for use
In cold weather, handsome clocks telling the
speeding hours, and at the head o. the
stairs leading to tie second aoor you ind
text framed and hanging on the wall read
ing =
Live as if e.ch day were 10 be your last.
On the second hoor We come TO the rooms
and the wards The Hospital is provided
with six private rooms. all OF them hand
somely furnished, where patients can enjoy
the utmost seclusion If they 70 desire. I"
patients occupying these rooms, meals are
brought Such patients pay from $40 to SD
per week, which. as in be case Of the ward
| patients. who pay Ss> kIfek. includes
everything except IN It of the doc
tors fees And here. each patient is at lib
erty to employ any physician he may choose.
Not only TINS. SO far as religious matters are
concerned, patient is As free to act as
though in a public hotel. At the head OF
the stairs to the left, is located the main
ward. Another ward, smaller in size, Is To-
Gated opposite. on the west side Of the bull
inr. The main ward has hall dozen white
curtained beds, and they look so inviting
tnat We imagine it would he almost luxury
70 be sick, in order To live here IN this cool
quiet apartment. The wari opens out upon
a vide porch or veranda, over. .ooking tie
handsome grounds lying between the Hos
pital and the Convent building upon that
magnificent cJlopade Of Lombardy poplars.
so much commented upon and admired by
strangers. Adjoining ihe main ward OF the
sOnth Is one Of the private rooms Another
is in the front, on the other side OF The hall.
Thess rooms are nicely furnished. 4 pa
Ii. Mt in one OF these rooms. suffering from a
crippled arm, assures us that nothing could
be more pleasant IN location. In spise OF
his suffering, he looked the picture OF com
iort At the other end Of the hall We ind a
large room lifted up for smoking, reading,
checker playing and the Ike. Bathrooms
are provided for all the floors
Ascending another flight uf stairs we find
a ward fitted up for the use Of female pa
.ieuts also private roo n Or two. A. we
come down stairs Sister John tells Us that
there are about fifteen regular patients in
the Hospital; they can accommodate forty
Most Of these patients pay. Naturally
| enough, now aud taen, one comes along,
faint and weary and out of hope almost, and
: ike Good Ssmaritans. these Sisters give
him tenderness and care. nurse HIM back 10
health snd send him into the world to make
another 6gh, for life and its happiness. To
all. whether they pay or rot. 81. Mary's IS a
! blessed resting place, where, under the care
( Of these devoted Sisters, courage and energy
renew themselves, everything IN the sur
! rouri:-ss IS healthful ami eT...!aratIIg. hope
| springs again, and few but lave n bless the
/ DAY OF rest at this institution. Patients Of
! all nations and kindred are taken, and IN
| der the treatment health nak,s brave E sht
| with disease Of all kinds.
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