The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-10
THE NATIONAL TEMPERANCE HOSPITAL.

To the Editor OF the EagIe.
Some time ago. at the w. c. L. u
countv convention. it was decided 10 re-
member in a substantial manner our al
filiated interest at Chicago, the National
Temperance hospital, and as there Is none
of the forty departments OF the white TO
bon army, whose work IS so little uhaer-
stood by the masses as this, IL may DE wen
to state that il is the only hospital I'D the
United States that has the one grand gov
erniug principle underlying h-tnaC an
diseases can be more successfully treatea
without alcohol than with it. This method
has been attracting the attention OF Cne
most thoughtful and eminent sclentists'
and upon It's staff are the most noted phy-
sicians in the city, and patients are gwen
every care and attention. In 1874 -FOUR eou
seryatiye W. c. T. [. women Zone OF whom
was Mrs Mary B. Willard met, ana Or
gonized later, in 1856. to forward tue eA-
periment, Mrs l.. II. Plumb OF Streator,
Ill. advanced So, 500 TO carry on the "orA
the first year.
The difficulties which met these earnest
workers, the obstacles that nave Deeh sur
mounted. cannot be told in these few INES,
but the ". c. T. unions in the various
states have helped by fitting up rooms,
with rugs, pictures, easy CHAIRS, snowy
beds, furnishings and supplies NAT
many friends are greatly interested anu
have gone down into their pockets ior
good Contributions. is evidenced by tue
good news made known at the annual
meeting in October that for the first time
in its history every debt was paid ana a
balance on hand of S53S. The total re
ceipts for last year were sS,3ol -: OF thls
| 81. 500 came from patients ana 1914 from
outside nursing by pupils IN the CARA
Barton training school Many interesting
| cases in the cure of the morphine ana To-
bacco habit could be cited. one
of the features of the new
| hospital, will be ward for the treatment
! of dipsomania the work Is largely increas-
| ing and the great question before the an-
nual meeting was-how to secure a new
! building? As Miss Willard said In her
annual address-'our non-alcholc nos
| pitai IS not myth, but fact. IL mas
come to stay" Aud to this end the coun
| ty Woman's Christian Temperance UNION
| Of Sedcwick county ask every one VINO
reads these lines, to send some contrlou
! tion. to the care of Miss Palmer, at the
/ reading room, corner of Market ana w IL
/ liams. in the way of canned fruits, DRIED
/ fruits, preserves, jellies, screens, nve lee'
high. three paunel to place between beds
where there are several In a room, soll
! blankets large dinner napkins
/ towels, indeed anything that would ct
useful in such au institution, for every
nat1ent that goes out from its doors car
| ries with him or her, into the world, thu
| principle taught there, (Which is mora
! uplift TO humanity and VIII 40 mncn u
! counteract the false l1eas we nave inner
tied about the efficacy of alcoholic treat
menu in disease.
When sufficient time has been given TO
all interested to respond, comnItte'
composed of Mesdames. johnson, Sawye
and Deem Will invoice, pack aud ship u
the untiring workers, the unexpected
gift. Papers in the city and county VII
confer favor by publishing tins call
ANNA ~ TAYLOR.