St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-12
HOMEOPATHIC HOSPITAL.
"A Cosy Resort for Sick People Of Al
. Classes.
SAVED FROM A CYCLONE.
Charitable Ladies Who Take an Interest
in This Institution Will Su-
pervise Ball.

1.-THE imposing sign inscribed Homeo-
/ pathic Hospital, directs the wayfarer'S
/ steps i'll proper paths after alighting
/ from the University avenue ear at Agate
/ street and climbing the steep hill, upon
/ the summit of which the hospital stands.
/ Being ushered into cheerful reception
+ room, whose sunny windows are fianked
I with pOtted plants, and seated in COM
I Portable arm chair the visitor has an
/ opportunity to become acquainted with
/ Miss. Manchester. This young lady is
/ an efficient and noble worker among the
|: sick and poor, and came to st. Paul
i three years ago under the auspices OF
/ the Missionary society OF Plymouth
| church.
1.-The house accommodates twenty-five
! patients, and all summer we were
crowded, having to refuse many for lack
of room,' said Miss Manchester.
when the new building is put up. we
will use this building for contagious
diseases OF else for a maternity cot
tage. We have plenty OF ground in
which to build. and the location is too
desirable to think of moving. Here,
you see, we arc on the summit OF the
hill and overlook the whole city. have
pure air and no noise. and in summer it
is full twenty degrees cooler here than
down town. Mr.. Clifford, Of the Wis
consin Central, speaks most highly of
our services, and we have charge OF
many of his men, and of all who run on
this division.
This Intuition is only little over
year old, and was incorporated as char
table, but is also self-supporting,
eighty patients having been treated
during this time.
Everything was in perfect order yes
terday and every part of the house
looked as cheerful and cosy as possible.
There were many dainty little evil
denceS of WOman'S care scattered
through the rooms. Some of these com
forts are owing to the Ladies' Aid So
ciety, which is unremitting in its work.
There is to be charity ball at the Ryan
i'll a few weeks for this worthy object.
s.Whe was the lame girl in hall?'' was
asked of the hostess.
THAT is Minnie Smith, who was
given up as incurable, by the doctors in
st. Cloud" was the reply. 'She came
to us from the Heme of the Friendless
and at first we could do nothing with
her. She was so nervous, and in fact,
SO violent, we had to give her ether in
order to have her knee examined. She
has been troublesome patient, and the
disease being purely nervous, it re-
quires tact to deal with her, but she has
thrown away her crutch now, and is
getting Oh very WELL"
This is the girl who figured SO hero
ically in the cyclone at st. Cloud. She
seized the baby she was nursing and
ran with it out of the house, which was
blown away behind her, and on she
went. till she could get no farther be-
cause of fallen timber, and was found
half buried in debris, with a sprained
ankle and terribly bruised. but still
holding close TO her breast the unhurt
babe.
"A little stranger in one of the wards,
cqddled close to its unhappy mother,
seemed to mutely appeal to the sympa-
thy Of all.
f'Do you have many cases OF this
kind?" was asked.
Yes, and it is very good training for
the nurses. This little girls mother
will have no difficulty in giving her
away. Girls are always in demand for
adoption. and the orphan asylhms are
flied with little boys"
''Do they generally wish to give them
UP as soon as posSible?"
Si.No. They always say so at first. but
sometimes they become attached to
them in a few days and resolve to care
for them, the mother-love asserting
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