The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-10-11

October Days.
Out in the field is the golden rod,
Waving and bending it's yellow plumes;
White is the silk in the milk pod,
In the yellow days of October.
Crimson are trees of the forest land,
Berries hang red on the climbing vines,
Naples are touched by a golden hand,
And the nuts are ripe in their provinces.
Close TO the grass are the asters white,
Brown on the ground lie the fallen leaves,
Circling around summers birds take flight
And the quails whirr up near the fences.
Over the land is the autumn haze;
Slowly at eve comes the great, round moon;
Silent and sweet are the country ways
In the golden days Of October.
EVA A. MADDEN in The Ladies' Home Journal
The Grady Hospital.
Atlanta has many charitable institutions
of which she may be justly proud, but
none appeal so to the hearts of her people
as does the Grady hospital noble monu-
ment to her best beloved citizen. In years
gone by the very suggestion of q hospital
brought only something unpleasant to the
mind, and a sick person had n dread of be-
ing taken to one, but how different now; only
to visit one or two in our midst would be
enough to dispel all such ideas. While
Atlanta boasts of several of the best hos
pitfalls to be found any where, yet the
Grady hospital takes the precedence. A
visit to this hospital q few days since sug-
gested the thought that probably some of
my readers might be interested in a detailed
account of it.
The building, which Is of brick, occupies
an entire square. is four stories high and
of beautiful design. The interior is arrang
ed with a view to the comfort and health
of the patients. Long corridors enclosed by
glass windows afford the inmates delightful
places for taking exercise, and on
winter days enjoying the warmth Of the
sun. There are four wards on the first
floor, ono each for the white male and fe-
male and for colored male and female.
These are spotlessly clean, and the white
beds and clean looking patients are some
thing pleasant to behold When a patient
first applies for admission they are taken
to the reception room. There the case is eX-
nLnined, and if admitted, they are carried
Immediately to the bathroom There the at
tendants furnish clothes and the patient is
bathed and their other clothes put away
n 81 only the garments furnished by the
hospital are allowed used. They are then
taken TO the ward and made comfortable
This is done with all, both colored and
white (of course, these are the charity pa
tients). On the second floor are the rooms
for pay patients, these are nicely furnished,
and any one able to pay $50 month board
can occupy room and have the attention
OF the hospital physician and surgeons free
of charge, but if they prefer sending for
doctor not on the staff then they pay the
bill. In this connection it is well to state
+baro pi,x iaio nd
the best the city affords, that give their
services free TO this hospital, two on dis
eases of females. Each one gives two
months at time, then the next takes the
place. Besides there are three young doc
tors constantly on the different floors day
and night, these act under the direction of
the physician in charge, and see that ali
of his orders are carried out. The hospital
was formally opened in June. Since then,
they have had 1856 patients, twenty-seyen
now on hand; sixteen deaths, the rest dis
charged There have beeu tifty-seven sur
gical operations, from cutting off of 4 hand
OF cancer.
In the colored ward there are two white
nurses and Il colored one; they fare just as
the whites do, The surgical rooms, offices
aud dIspensary are all on the first floor and
nicely fitted up. Too much cannot be said
IN praise of DR.. Albert Fensch. the SUPER
intendent; his management and care of the
hospital has been perfect Having been al
ways engaged in military service, he is
splendid disciplinarian, also surgeon, and
the trustees have been fortunate in their
selection. An Albanian could scarcely go
through the building without feeling Of
pride and also gratitude TO the originator,
fhe now honorcd president, Joseph Hirsch,
for to this one man more than any other,
his untiring zeal and perseverance, is due
this structure. Could the departed make
known Their feelings, it is very sure that
Henry Grady would appreciate more than
all other monuments or tributes of love this
home where the poor and poverty stri3Ien
of both races find Il shelter from the cold
and heat, Il place where pain and sorrow
is alleviated, and the outcast and broken
hearted find rest; where all that can be is
done for suffering humanity, for it was 10
this class his tender heart was ever goinG
out and his means never withheld where it
could relieve, and SO there could never have
been SO fitting monument erected
to his memory as this hospital.
A Father, Evergreen, Ala.-A wise old law
yer and politician said to me when L was
about entering mans estate, Never get into
q controversy with an editor l do not pro-
pose 10 violate that wise advice now, bur
must take issue with the queen Of Woman's
Kingdom as 10 one part of the recent chapter
on etiquette. L cannot agree that the Knife
and fork should be put into the plate when
the plate is passed TO be helped. They are
in the way of the person who helps the plate;
they are in danger of falling out of the plates
as it passes between the eater and the helper,
and they are frequently bcsmearcd almost un
avoiddbly, by what is put into the plate. With
small plates and heavy knife-handlcS which
overbalance the blade, one or more Of these
unpleasant incidents do frequently occur. 1t
appears to me much better, in every way,
hand and send the plate up without the risk
of diSagreeahle nlishaps. | was taught this
by my father. who was Nirgnan | also
read it some where and besides it has the APP
proyal of my experience and observation both
in passing and helping plates. And so l
teach my children.
Table Manners.
A few weeks ago we sent our children
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