The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-30
A NOBLE CHARITY.
THE RICHMOND Ere, FAR AND NOSE
TYFfRMARY.

.ronot ycpori of the Board OF Direct
ors An Interesting: and fiourishing in
i,ntion-Report of the Managers List
Of The Trustees. Office s, Etc.
The annual report Of the Eye, Ear,
Throat and Nose iniirmafy is just given
out.
The report of Treasurer, John II. Mon
tague, shows that during tde past two
wears their receipts wert: From George
w. Chllds Of Philadelphis, $l00; from
the city Of Richmond, $500; other sources
and balance on hand az the BEGINNING OF
the vear, two years ago, S130i4; tOtsl,
$1,000 u. The expenditures curing the
two ycals were. on account Of insurance,
$762s; interest, $739jO; rent, 500, bal
ence, $ll33 80.
MRS. COuES's RErORT.
Mrs Samuel Coh,n's repOr, shows
that there WAS received, together with
balance from two years ago OF $1J.lJ.
tle amount oi $3.G0j.3l, ana all was
iud ciru,iy expended excepting sfol
balance.
Ms Cohen states in her report that
The siI.clr-t economy has been observed
IN re management of the inSll ution.
Tbrrr itad,bi Of 500 2G 10 pay, which
1925 hs7 been recently subscribed.
Frioods ale askfd 10 subscribe monty,
proccrias, provisions, and articles Of any
other description.
THE REPORT or THE LADY MANAGERS
j. very interesting and is as follows:
10 Bio BOVd qf TRUSTEES:
Deer SiS,-We would respectfully
submit the following report; During
the pa two years we have had 800 I'D
missions to the IBfFmary who spent ,
$40 DAYS i'm The institution, SS2 Of which
were hy Tree patients. Besides the in door
work, our outdoor charity department,
or free clinic (open daily 10 the poor from
12to2 o'clock has record during the
two years of 1920 visits.
/; seems strange that wotk OF such
incalculable benefit 10 the oOr should
be apparently SO little known and appFe-
ciat ed among our citizens Of the better
class; especially those WHO in the provi-
deu,e of the Almighty have been so
fortunate 80 TO escape the aiiilctl1ns OF
these special troubles.
Probably this institution does more
charity work than any other in the city,
and hS good results are as far reaching
% the tllcicnt work Of Tie City Mission,
among the poor Of ali denominations
and colors, whist We think it receives
less help from the pubic than any char
i,y in the city.
Tie primary object of the institution
Is charity work, and tie addition Of a
pay department two years age, IN which
an. one can get all the comforts Of Il
home whilst under treatment, was sim
ply TO help us in this work were il not
for This pay department, which, thanks
TO the Efficient management Of the ma
trOn, Is acquiring some reputation for It's
good Table and homtiike surroundings,
we could not exist at all. The board OF
these patients, whilst moderate in the
extreme, helps materially TO meet the eX
peuses Of ihe charity department.
l. there not some way of getting other
help to enable us to continue this work,
without being hampered and bur
dened by debt? Our building
needs repairs which we are not a6le to
make on account of the constant drain
on our slender resources.
In the last two years we have only sue
Nti htu III paying va giNO VI NV iiANN'N
edness on the building, and this we did
by the generosity of Mr.. Geo. w. Childs,
OF Philadelphia, who contributed that
amount for this special purpose.
viii you gentlemen not join us in a
petition 10 the Council to give us at least
the equivalent Of the rental, as the service
rendered to the community certainly !
represents greater peCuniary value than
such a small appropriation could pro
cure in any other way, in diminishing
pauperi,m?
From the reports Of the institution you
Can see that in seven or eight years past
we have treated 6,729 diseases, hal over
45 900 free visits at the Dspensary and
had ,506 operations performed, of which |
430 were for the restoration Of sight or
the prevention OF blindness.
Is not this sufficient ground for our
application? If you will help us in this !
ami also 10 raise means 80 pay of the !
debt, once freed we will be able to keep
out Of debt
Respectfully submitted,
Mrs A. n. G. PRICE,