St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-07
TO HELP AND TO HEAL
St. Paul Women Performing
the Noblest Mission
Of Women.
Reception by the Ladies at
the Hospital Of st.
Luke's.
The New Hospital for the
NOnce a Scene Of
Bright Life.
4 Perfect Success of the
Event Made by Those
in Charge.

Yesterday was a proud day for the
women to whose untiring efforts the
building of The new st. Luke's hospital
is due.
From o'clock in the afternoon till 9
O'Clock the hospital was thrown open to
everybody interested in its work, and
in the general congratulations of the
visitors. the board of managers Is
scarcely more a sharer than the city.
SO perfectly equipped hospital as ST.
Luke's is not only an inestimable bene-
lit 10 the city. but an ornament as well.
The hospital will not be ready for pa.
tents for about fortnight, but already
1 great deaf of the furniture is arranged.
Most of the rooms are to be furnished
by private individuals. There are al
ready two rooms furnished and en-
lowed. a. II. Wilder has endowed a
room i'll memory of Gov. MerrIam's son,
Amherst Wilder Merriam. and ID. c.
Shepherd one i'll memory of his
daughter. Mrs. Carrie Shepherd
Krech. Both rooms are dainty as
dainty can be. and complete, from
the pillows of the pretty white and
brass beds, to the very cologne bottles
on the chitfoniers. OF the rooms to be
furnished. but not endowed, St. Johns
church will take one, Christ church an
other, and St. Paui'S church a third.
Among the people who will each fur
nish a room are Mrs. Averill, Mrs. John
i. Merriam, Mrs. James Gi!fllan. Mrs.
Edwin Mason and Mrs. j. W. Jaeger.
Mrs. Gardner Moore, and several others.
The wards are so light and airy, the
rooms so CHEEKY and bright, and the
equipment of the hospital SO perfect,
that st. Luke's hospital is an instltu-
ton any city might be proud Of.
Luncheon was served yesterday in
the large ward OH the secol.d floor. The
table was lavishly trimmed with roses
and maiden hair ferns. The center
bouquet was of yellow roses. Mrs.
Langford, Mrs. Bum and Mrs. Brun-
sOE had the refreshments in charge.
The officers formed the reception COM
mittee, Mrs. j. 3. HoXsie and Mrs.
Cathcart, together with the visiting
committee, to which belong:
Mesdames C. Brown George Squires, T. L.
Schumacher, p. b. Conradson, ii. e. Clapp.J.
b. Schade, Arthur Sweeney, B. j. Stanton,
Miss Gardner Mesdames j. r. Irvine. James
GilfilaD, c. j. Thompson, j. L. Forepaugh,
Z. II. Langford, ". E. Bramhall. c. W. Carpen-
tcr,J. L.Ayerill. r. b. Galusha, Reuben Warner.
John l.. Merriam, W. ii. Vittum, G. II.
Browne, John White Miss Lucy NJ Perrin.
MesGames I. b. Campbell, f. b. Clarke. f.
Henry Hale, W E. Hunt, w. p. Westtall,
Edmund Rice. Ii. +. Stevens, Dalrymple,
+. Bird, j. II. Ames, MissF. II. Clark, Miss
Cook.
Guests came and weut in steady
stream, and among them were most of
the women who are prominent not only
III social but in philanthropic circles.
a few of the callers we're:
Miss Gordan, Mrs. George B. Young, Mrs.
Seymour, Miss Finch. Mrs. T. B. Scott Mrs
Goodrich. Miss Eastman, Mrs. George Finch
Mrs. Hoag. Mrs. Rich, Mrs. EdgertOn Mrs
NJ =. Gilbert, Mrs. hale, Mrs. Steadman
Miss sturgis, Miss Lamborn, Miss Taylor
Miss Stevenson, Miss Pore. Miss Bass, Miss
Baker, Miss Andrews, Miss Brown. Mrs
Pratt Mrs. Dunn Mrs. Frank Bass Mrs j .
W. Merriam. Mrs. John Irvine. Mrs Cath
cart, Mrs George Brown, Mrs. Henry Castle,
Miss Castle, Rev. \. S. Thomas, Mrs,
Paris Fletcher, Mrs. William Winslow, Dr.
and Mrs. Henry Hutchinson. Mrs E. NJ
Dean, Mrs. Averil. Miss Nelson. Mrs. C. E.
Otis, Miss Clark, Mrs. Mahan, Mrs John
Wright Rev: c: D. Andrews. Mrs. Gardner
Moore, Mrs William Rhodes. Miss Rhodes,
Mr.. and Mrs c. 2. Moves, Mrs Bramhall,
Mis-. Jersey, Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Jaggard