The morning call., 1892-05-06

and il had 70 be thrown into the barrel to
be sold to the fat man." He also said
that he had to bring the contractor for fish
to terms.
The contract requires that green Guate
mala coffee. fresh, green aud Of the first
quality, shall be furnished, but in this in
stitutiOn it is furnished roasted, and when
asked for this deviation from the contract
the award said that there is no adequate
means for preparing the berries ia the hos
ptal. and that to provide a rooster would
involve considerable expense. In this insti-
tuition the coffee is prepared in the proper
lion OF enc pound to seven gallons Of water,
while at the AlmshOuSe it is one pound to 10
gallons. Ii the coffee-houses in the city
where coffee is furnished with cakes for 10
cents the proportion is one pound TO one
gallon of water, so by comparison it will be
seen that the extract of the berry furnished
In the institutions namfd Will never seri-
ously affect the nerves of those who drink il.
ROOM FOR REFORM.
The plumbing in the building Is not of the
best, and the outhouses emit an odor that is
not pleasant and no disinfectant is placed
In these to destroy the odor.
Adjoining the laundry is small depart-
ment exclusively used by the mattress
maker Of tue place. There all mattresses
many-are taken, ripped open and the fiber
Of which they are made up turned into
large boiler and steamed, the ticking is
washed, and after the steam has done its
work tie fiber is dried in the sun. picked
over and made up into new mattresses
The resident physician, in answer to
questions, said that as the community must
put up with the accommodations that are
furnished, the authorities ought to provide
sufficient bedding and other things that are
absolutely necessary to fit up large ward
that is now idle. 1--WE have plenty of bed
steads," said the doctor, but DO MATTRESSES,
blankets, pillows or sheets. The plumb
ing" lie added, sis in bad repair, and a coat
OF paint, and, in fact. general oyerhauiing
would not do any harm"
The young women who are devoting their
time to nursing for the purpose Of becoming
trained nurses are proving an excellent fea-
ture of the hospital They are spoken of
by the patients as kind and attentive, and
decided Improvement over the old system
OF the past. The instruction that these
young women receive Is OF the practical
kind, and they are required to serve In the
different wards-three months in each-so
as to faclliariZe themselves with the various
classes of disease, and the kind of nursing
that is required. In each ward there is a
cabinet in which is kept the medicine pre-
scribed for each patient, and on the door Of
this cabinet is sheet on which Is inscribed
the name Of each patient and when and how
he or she is to be treated and when the
medicine is to be given. 1t is also their
duty to see that all patients are given
everything the doctor orders for them
in the way of food. One Of
these nurses when asked how she liked that
work she had chosen said: Like every
thing else this has its agreeable and dsa-
greeable features, but ii is not for tho pres
ent that am working TO become proficient
it is for the future and in the hope of being
able to earn an independents living. Good
nurses are always in demand, and this place
is an excellent one in which to learn all that
nurse should know. You ask which are
the preferable patients Why, my expert
enee proves that the men are the easiest TO
manage. 1t is less trouble to take care OF
ward filed with male patients than it is to
care for half dozen women"
One OF the visiting physicians, who was in
troduced to the representative, in speaking
of the management of like institutions in
Europe said "In Europe many of the hos
pitfalls are supported almost wholly by con-
tributi0ns and the money thus acquired
goes great way toward making them the
model institutions that they are. 1t is sin
gular that in a city like San Francisco, in
which there are so many very rich men,
not one has ever made donation to
benefit the unfortunate people who are
forced to come here for treatment. Why,
in England there are number of gentle
men who annually make requests to hospi-
tails for the poor, and they have the salts
faction of knowing that what they do give
is productive of vast amount of good"