New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-06
NURSES FOR THE SICK POOR.
GOOD WORK OF THE DU BOIs FUND.
HE CRYING NEED FOR SUCH cnARirr-wHERE

THE CRYING NEED FOR SUCH A CHARlTr-WHERE
SUBSCRIPTIONS MAY BE SENT.
The Du Bois Fund sending trained nurses tn tho
deserving sick poor established in January 1887
The CITY missions employ few nurses who visit dozen
or more patients during the day. consequently they can
give but short time to each patient and they DO not 20
out mt night There are many cases where THIS attend
ance ia insufficient AMI nurse Is needed 10 stay
throughout tho day, to alternate AZ night nurse
thus enabling the parents to continue their daily labor
and I'm that way support their families There many
among the respectable working classes who are aoe and
willing pay s. more for weeks nursing but can
not afford pay the graduated nurses Trained nurses
who have been graduated receive 500 per week,
and they cannot expected to tho poor when che
demand so great for their services among the roh
The Nightingale Training School for Nurses already
established at No. 1873 East Thirty sixth-st (Mrs.
Andrew H. Smith, president, Mrs. Thomas f. Sat
terhwaite secretary, is under the care OF Dr. Julia e.
McNutt and IA connected with the POSTGRADUATE Med
zeal School and Hospital AID also with the Presbyterian
and ST. Elizabeth Hospitals 1t provides nurses for the
wealthy and hospitals but Its means do not enable 1t
to extend Its work to the sick poor The Du Bots Fund
supplies this want The Of training In this school
covers two years-one year In the hospital where bed
side instruction Is given by resident and attending
physicians with lectures and demonstrations at the
Homo in the evenings the other year. the nurse being
sent to special The pupil nurses provided by the
Du Bots Fund who have had six months experience In
hospital work receive the advantages OF the Nightingale
Training School They will still be under the supervi
sion of the officers Of the school Should nurses be sent
where small fees can be paid the amount Of such fees
will be added to the Du Bots Fund
WHAT A GIFT OF $500 CAN DO.
Five hundred dollars will provide nurse for this
work for year, including all expenses board wages
and car fare The OF the Du Bos Fund are Mrs.
c. Dubois, Mrs. William NJ Kingsand Mrs j. ". Ellis
and George H. Sullivan Donations subscriptions TO
the Du Bots Fund earnestly solicited and may be
sent bycheck or registered letter to the treasurer
George H. Sullivan, Drexel Building, No 90 walst.
The following physicians approve this work and are
interested in its success: Drs Abram Du Bois j. j.
HULL ]. T. Metcalf j. r. Leaning. T. NJ. Markoe, Robert
F. Weir T. Galiard Thomas, Alfred L. LOOMS. George
A. Peters, George L. Peabody, Fordyce Barker, Il. l..
Partridge. George G. wheelock and J. c. Jay, jr..
The first annual report OF the treasurer OF the Du Bots
Fund covers eleven months The salaries OF the nurses
during the year amounted TO Sl,625 or this the
patients voluntarily paid 1912 20, reducing the dis
bursements for salaries to 1882 H. The fetal amount
Received for the year 1897 from subscriptions and
Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt 81 600 Mrs William NJ.
Kingsand. $50; Cornelius Du Bos, 700; mrs; J., w.
son. $780, the Misses stokes $780, Mrs N A. Du Bots,
sos; NJ L. Delateld $50; Benjamin H. Field. go;
Martin Mart SIS; Mrs T. b Bronson, ss5; Arthur Leary
sos; Eugene Du Bots. $25; Mrs Erastus BROOKS 20;
Miss Du Boi S25; Hrs. J. A. scrymser s25, and o. f.
kingsand, $40.
A GOOD USE FOR THE JUBILEE FUND.
"The London Illustrated News OF January -
devotes more than to the Queens project OF
approprlating the Womens Jubilee Fund to some pur
pose connected with the training or employment OF
nurses. A committee suggests that Her Majesty shail
found an institution for promoting the education and
maintenance OF for tho sick poor in their own
homes" Florence Fenwick Miller In her article
suggests that it would be great ani widespread bless
Ing II Her Malesys gift could be used for carryn out
plan by which nurses partly paid out OF charitable
benefaction could be supplied 10 the lower, middle and
aresian classes The dicuty arises in arranging how
The committee make no suggestions whatever on this
This idea was not only suggested in the city OF New
York ago. but been In successful operation
during that time The obstacles referred to by Inc
London News have been removed and the dliicultles
overcome by the Du Bos Fund which now IN It's infancy
needs only additional donations to carry on the work
The Jubilee Fund will supply iu England all that Is
wanting in New-Ysrk AS soon rs the work Is wen
understood in this city the generous public VIII doubt
less supply the provide nurses for the dcserv