Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-01-01

limit. which is az. II resta with the eth
Gems to decide II the spare beds shall re-
main unoccupied.
Tho health Of the inmate, Is worthy OF
remark. During the past season. wniiss
10 many houses have been draped IN
mourning. there has not been one case oi
| iliness--not once has IN siety been felt. and
| so II IL generally. =.
visit to the asylum and . sight OF the
happv facesthere would teach all to SYM
| pathizr with mothct's feelings who left
| this city last week for o distant home 20
make her own living, having placed her
two little ones-two and four years OF
ago-in its keeping, With the certainty
/ that they would be well cared for.
The officers arc MIRA Frank n. RufiiD,
president: Mrs. Lucy q. Trent, secretary:
Mrs. Walter X. Martin. treasurer. Board
OF Visitors Mrs. Charles Gennet, airs. w.
=. J.. Mayo. Ers. Margaret Danforth, Mrs.
r. @. Ruin, Miss Emily Harvie, Mrs. Or.
Christiar, Mrs. J. 2. Cooke, Mrs John
SPOTS. Mrs. Colonel Buford. Mrs. John
! II. Claiborne. Mrs. }. II. Moore, and Mrs.
A. s. Lee: DIR. John upshur. physician.
| DA Shields and DIR. Joseph White are
always ready TO render service in their
| special departments.
Richmond Exchange for Womsn's W"rk-
| It's ninth year 10 full Of encouragement.
| The object Of the institution briefly stated
| is TO promote the sale OF the products OF
womai's invention and industry by pro:
yiding depository tor the reception aud
exhibition OF their articles, and thereby
help women 20 help themselves. IL IL not
simply another avenue for the distri button
OF bric-d-broc, but any article which q
woman can make well and tho public Will
bui finds place in the sales-rooms. The
| domestic department, with its daily supply
of homemade bread. cake, pies. etc.. ia o
J boon 20 housekecpers, and the patronage
steadily increases.
| The annual subscription OF two dollars
pays for three tickets. upon which the
work OF three persopsean be entered. Inc
| membership fees are the chief support OF
| the enterprise. az the commission OF l0per
| cent. on sales would not meet current ex-
| penses. The affairs of the Exchange are
managed by board OF ladies numbering
thirty one, including the president, Mrs.
*. II. HAYES, and the subordinate officers
| The sales-rooms are at 327 east Franklin.
| with Mas +. l.. Nunford a. superintend-
ent and Mrs. Frank Binford assistant SUI
| perintendent.
| Tho Richinond Eye. Ear. Throat, and Nose
| Tn1rmsry.
This institution is located at 2l7 Gov
ernor street. IL was incorporated October,
| 1879. aud Is now IN the twelfth year OF
| its existence. IL ia not private hospital,
| but a public charitable institution, man
| aged by prominent lady managers, assisted
| BY a board Of trustees, the president OF
| which is DR.. james y. McCaw. The presi-
dent OF the lady managers IA Miss Lilie
| Peasants. The medical services are rem
dered free to all deserving poor persons by
surgeons appointed by the board.
| The Outdoor department, or dispensary. Ia
open daily from 1870 TO 7. NJ, during
which hours one or moro of the attending
surgeons are actively engaged IN treating
the visiting poor suffering WITH the speclal
diseases for which the hospital was or
ganized.
The indoor department is always open, and
during the past year al diseases were
! treated in the wards or rooms. and many
of these received free board a. well as
treatment. The number Of days spent by
free patients was 395 in total OF 1.036 days.
Three hundred and eighty-two operations
were performed. and among them 81 were
| TO restore sight to the blind-all success
| FIJI. Thirteen hundred and thiTty-two
cases in sll were treated, and 4,2is tree
/ visits made during the past year. The in-
| stitutionis dependent almost entirely upon
charity for support and 10 not at all self
| sustaining.
The $lOO given by the city does not
| quite pay the interest on the debt incurred
| IN the purchase of the house. and all other
1
| managers may.
The medical and surgical work is in
charge of DR.. JOSEPH. A. White. DIR. John
Dunn, DR.. Edward Turner, and DIR: X. IL
| McMurraD, all Of whom are appointed by
and removable at the pleasure of the
board. Tie mstron IS Mrs. s. Z. Turner.
spring-street Home.
| In the late report OF the lady managers
Of this Home resume of the institution
was published in the DISPATCH, showing
that since its organization, eighteen years
| ago, 800 girls had been received. and OF
| this number the board have kept their
eyes upon so Of them. who are now leading
| proper and useful lives. The 800 were
| from different southern States. Twenty
| four have married. and some are raising
| families. During the past year several of
! the former inmates have visited the Home,
! where they are always very welcome. and
| have expressed their warm appreciation of
/ the kindness and help Of the lady mana
| gers in rescuing them from life OF shame
aud sin. The Home has q small endow-
ment and gets $500 from the City Council.
| Donations from town and country Of
money or provisions will be thankfully re-
ceived. Tho Home has been painted and
timed this year, and Is in excellent condi-
ton. Dr. w. w. Parker. 700 east Grace
street, is president of the Board of Direc-
1 Es
street. is president of the Board OF Mana
gers.
This home. situated Oil Governor street.
| opposite the Capitol Square. was estab-
| lished in Nav. 1885, and has been in sue
cessful operation ever since, except III the
month of August OF each wear. when IT is
| closed for necessary repairs. Slnce the
| Home was first opened many improve
l e hou IA
and convenience added tor those who re-
qulre medical or surgical trestment--so
that It now ranks as one OF the best organ
lied, best furnished, and most home-like
| hospitals in this country.
The medical and surgical department is
directed solely by DR.. Hunter Mcclure.
assisted by pr. Stewart McGuire.
! The resident physicians are DR.. A. ID.
| Drew and DIR. y. G.. Lewis. The matrons
are Mrs. Ann Cook and MISS Bertha Hart.
| Superintendent of Nurses, Mics Jennie
! McCune. Thlrty-three patients were re-
oeived in the first year of the Homes ex-
istence. The number has steadily ill.,
| creased until there IL not room to accom-
modate all who seek rehef within its walls
During the year 1891 over 500 patients
were admitted. OF these many were free
| patients, board. nursing, medical and sur
gical attendance, aud medicines beng
furnished without compensation.
Connected with St. Luke's is training
school for nurses. established six years
ago. Applicants must be endorsed by re-
sponsible persons; must prove their quail
fcations for work by passing satisfactorily
a months trial The propriety of retain
ing or discbarging them is then deter
mined by the physician In charge Those
fulfilling the conditions OF the probation
airy month continue during the full term
OF two years. After final e. .lninations
they receive. If adjudged worthy, diplomas
certifying TO their knowledge of nursing, |
and are then at liberty TO choose their |
field of labor This new and honorable |
work for women is gaining III favor. |
giving them an open field for the exer. |
else of all that is best and modest In
womanhood."
81. Paups Church Home.
This orphan asylum is located at SOC east
Leigh street. Ii was established by Rev. |
Charles Minnigerode, ID. D., then rector of |
ST. PsnPs church. about 1858. II was sup
ported by the members Of ST. Pauls church |
until q large legacy left by the late Mr..
William Barrett, of Richmond, at once
placed 1t in a prosperous condition. andit
IS now an Incorporated aud endowed lnsti-
tuition. with capacity for the accommoda-
ton Of tltty children.