The evening world., 1888-06-01
1.-THE Evening Worlds" Offering
Gratefully Appreciated.

the distribution will be to some extent a recon-
pense for the trouble you have taken In organizing
and carrying out such a good scheme. Believe me
sincerely yours,
ASNEsLEY KENEALY, Secretary.
Nursery and Child's Hospital, Lexington avenue
and Fifty-nrst street, May 30.
To he Editor Of The Erening World:
We take pleasure In acknowledging receipt OF 100
pots OF flowers, surplus Of the contributions 30
generously given to-day. Thanking you In the
name OF our sick for your thoughtful suggestion In
their behalf, we remain yours. gratefully,
SISTERS OF CHARITY.
81. vincents Hospital, May 80
To tie Editor II The Evsntn0 World
Permit me to make grateful acknowledgment
of receipt Of q number OF potted plants sent here
by you to-day. Very truly yours,
GEO. =. LUDLAM, Supt.
New York Hospital, West Fifteenth street, New
York, May 30
To The Editor NJ The Epsni~o World:
beg gratefully to acknowledge the receipt, upon
an order from your representative, OF a large
quantity Of flowers and potted plants for this hos
pital.
The kindly thoughtfulnfss that prompted such
disposition Of them has evoked from suffering
hearts and lips thoughts and words Of joy and
praise.
In behalf Of 100 suffering women I thank you.
Very truly yours, s. II. LIE Roy, Supt
The Woman's Hospital In the State OF New York,
corner Forty-ninth street and Fourth avenue,
New York, May 81.
To he Editor Of The Evsning World:
Please accept our thanks for your kind donation
Of flowers and plants. We hope you will continue
to favor our institution with your assistance,
thereby aiding Q worthy charity. Very respect
fully, Board OF Trustees, by Q. WITT.
German Hospital, seventy-seventh street and
Fourth avenue, May 81.
To the Editor Of The Ersntng World.
Please accept our thanks for Q large baske. of
potted plants received through your kindness last
evening. Flowers are always acceptable to the
siok, and at this time, when the nation remembers
her dead heroes, 1t Is lifting that those who can
take no part in the public ceremonies should also
be remembered. Respectfully
X. G.. CUNNINGHAM, Matron,
Hahnemann Hospital, Fourth avenue, between
sixty-seventh ana Sixty eighth streets, May 81.
Moralizing on the mutability Of existence,
that great h~ymnologist. Reginald Huber. in
one of his funeral hymns, speaks of death
lurking in every flower.
Had the good Bishop been privileged to
witness such joy and brightness as flowers
added to the life of the sick and suffering in
the hospitals of this city yesterday, it is
doubtful if that line would have been writ
ten.
Five thousand potted plants, most of them
in the full loneliness of their bloom, had
haa, f,rDiuhaI in axcacp Of fhpoa naaIa1 b.
decorate the graves of the nations heroes on
Wednesday. These were cared for by The
EVENING WORLD and distributed among the
city hospitals.
How they were disposed Of. with what
| pleasure they were received and the great
good they did is best told by the hospital au-
thorities.
The Sister of Charity who received an
EVENING WORLD reporter at st. Vincent's
hospital, in West Eleventh street, said
1T was a most happy thought, this dona-
ton of flowers to the hospital. They always
make q sick-room cheerful and bright anu
have q decidedly beneficial effect on the
patient.
Those which we received yesterday,
through the kindly thoughtfulness of The
| EVENING WOhLD, uhNo Dcch ulbpObcu VI IL
two ways. The Towering plants were dis
tributed throughout the wards, while the
others were placed in the courtyard. where
our convalescent patients spent q most en-,
joyable afternoon in transplanting them into
beds"
Supt. Ludlam, of the New York Hospital
was very enthusiastic in his praise of TIL
EVENING WORLD for its work in securing &c
liberal and generous q donation.
" 1t is 30 seldom that we get plants anG
flowers in pots" he remarked. TIL cut
flowers which are usually donated are very
beautiful, but they soon fade, while these
will remain TO cheer the sick for q long
time"
This idea of flower contributions to thu
hospitals is capable OF indefinite expansion
he continued. There are thousands Of
people living in the neighborhood Of the city
whose grounds are glutted with bloom. L
they only knew the good they could do by
sending some of them to the hospitals I'm
sure they would do it. Even wild field flow
ers are invested with q new value when trans
planted from their native feds to a sick
room"
With O smile brighter than any of tn,
flowers of which she spoke. Miss Annesle,
kenealy, the house secretary at the Nurser,
and Child's Hospital, told of the receipt o
The EVENING WORLD donation;
What shall l say about them ?" she OK
claimed. " There has been no previous do
nation with which to compare them. Sucl
beautiful gifts TO the hospitals are too infre
quent. The Flower Mission keeps us well sup
piled with cut flowers but they don't last lon
and II is dangerous to have the water in whic
IT is necessary TO preserve them kept 80 Ion
in a sick room. Then there is somethin
Q much more pleasurable in watching tn
a growth of n plant than in seeing a cut tiowe
= wither and die-at least to q mind made mol
= bid by illness"
d The visit to Miss Kenealy was productiy
0 Of a very good su~ggestion-that the hospitI
0 should have more than one Memorial Da
during the year. One day may be enoug
have a life of suffering frightened. MOI
should be provided.
DELIGHTFUL Delightful |" was the vel
d dict. Of Supt. lie Roy, of the Woman's HoI
Q pital. Everybody is talking about thei