St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-09
FOR POOR AND NEEDY.
Great Work Accomplished by
the Free Dispensary Aid
Society.
Women Who Have Banded To-
gether for a Noble
Cause.
Hundreds of Families Assisted
During the Past
Year.
Services Freely Rendered by
Physicians Of the
City.

iiO liOC WAS
by the physicians of this city four years
ago. The use of the building is donated
by the owners of the property, Messrs.
William Dawson, j. j. Hill. N. p. Lang
ford and Mayor Smith and the Hand and
GotZlan estates. and several others
whose names have not been secured.
The insurance, taxes, heating, lighting
and water supply are paid by the state,
and the state keeps the building in re-
pair. This year the state spent $500 in
repairs. The building is insured for
$4,000. The eminent physicians OF this
city give their services as specialists,
furnishing their own equipment, which
comprises valuable surgical instruments
OF great variety and usefulness. The
first year the physicians betrayed all eX-
penseS outside of those that have been
mentioned, such as drugs, surgical
dressing, nursing, etc. The second year,
the physicians seeing the large field for
labor there was before them, called
upon the ladies to organize the Woman's
Free Dispensary Aid society.
The object of the society is TO aid the
physicians in maintaining free dis
=
may receive assistance. ANY one may
become member by an annual pay
ment of fee of 81, and be thereby en-
titled to send patients to the dispensary
for surgical and medical treatment. pro-
vided, however. that those sent are poor
and in need of help.
The university free dispansary, to a
great extent, reaches a class who are
not professional pauperS, but people
who through the vicisSitudes and mis-
fortunes of life have sunk into poverty.
This worthy poor have a laudable pride
that makes them shrink from going to
any place where they will be put OH
record as paupers, and it is for the in
crest of society to foster
This High Feeling.
That the dispensary, like all charities,
has been lmposdd upon occasionally has
been q matter of serious consideration
for the board. However, many of the
| applicants, who. from appearance,
seemed unworthy, have been found
| upon investigation to be in most dis
| tressing circumstances. DR.. Willard
made careful inquiry into three such
cases. One was a young Irish woman
who looked as if raised above want. 1t
was learned that her husband died, leav-
| ing her with six children; she was ell
| tirely without means of support and in
| urgent need of most Skillful surgical
treatment. She was sent to st. JOSeph'S.
successfully treated and carefully
nursed, and is now ready to take care of
her family. The other was man Oh
| Dayton's bluff, who lost his home through
a mortgage. and had become broken in
| health. These are only a few of the
many cases where the breadwin- 9 ) Of
| families have been restored to health
and usefulness.
Once a week, during eight months of
the year, the clinical part of the medi-
cal department of the state university
meet in the auditorium. This auditori-
um, with its simple surroundings, be-
comes the seat of medical learning, and
st. Paul shares with Minneapolis the
prestige of being the medical center of
the Northwest. Tne ladies are justly
proud OF this. but they are more direct
lY interested in the charitable work of
the institution than III its scientific ac
Quirements, though the former is de-
pendent on the latter.
Each working day of the week pa
tients are attended from the dispenSary
from II until l. This year the patients
have numbered over 5000: when the
ladies commenced their work they num-
bered about 600. The yearly
Free Bed at st. JOseph's Hospital
has been constantly occupied, and much
of the time two extra beds have been in
use. The surgical work of the diSpen-
sary has been most important, and here
the skill of medical science has lent
itself in its most powerful aspect to the
aid of suffering humanity.
Feb Is, 1891, section of article was
amended increasing the board of man
ayers from fifteen to twenty. Oct. it
was again amended increasing the
board to twenty-five, seven still consti-
tuting quorum. There was no quorum
in April or August. Despite the en-
largement of the board, contributions
came in this year very slowly. Dec. 2
only 1893 had been received from mem
bership fees and S345 from entertain
ments. 1t is to be hoped that the COM
ing year there will be a more wide
spread interest in this charity. 1t is
one of the largest charities in the city,
reaching the greatest number of people.
1t Is an altruistic work that should APP
peal both to the pride and sympathies
| OF our people
MAY 6 the first visiting committee was
appointed. This work has not yet been
properly organized, and very little has
| been accomplished. Perhaps the most
was done in June and July, when Mes
| DANES Mead and Hackett for two
months devoted themselves to the work
| of visiting the patients at the dispen-
sary and at st. Joseph's hospital. The
| work of the visiting committee requires
the most self-sacrifice and the greatest
Devotion to Duty.
| 1t affords, however. the largest field for
real usefulness. Then charity, to be of
value, must be wisely administered. and
| it is only through visiting committee
that we can obtain the necessary knoWl-
edge and experience, besides, like all
good deeds, it is practical schoo! of
ethics where we may grow with our
work.
The management of the society for
| 1891 was in charge of:
Oficers-Mrs. H. L. Burbank, president:
Mrs. Pascal Smith vice president; Mrs. Ansel
| Oppenheim, secretary; Mrs. j. B. Hoxsie,
treasurer.
Executive Committee-Mrs. W. r. Merriam,
| chairman; Mesdames oliver Dalrymple, G..
| W. Hackett. Ii. L. Stevens, r. n. McLaren,
| Jasper B. Tarbox, w. q. Robertson. G. B.
| Thurston, E. l.. Booth, P. FL. Kelly, MAURICE
Auerbach. RAYMOND DuPuy, Warren Mead,
| n. G. Stone, Henri de Jonge van Ellemeet,
| H. w Blssel. NJ. D., E. Jaggard, Miss Emma
| B. Nelson. Miss Mamie Kelly.
Entertainment Committee-Mesdames W.
R. Merriam, Jasper b. Tarbox, Maurice
| Auerbach and Ansel Oppenheim.
Directors of the Dispensary-P. Il. Mill
ard, NJ. D.. A. Senkler M. D., c. E. Reiggs,
| NJ D., j. F. Fulton, M. D., Green NJ. D., G.
| j. Abbott, NJ. D., z. A. Wheaton, NJ. D., A.
j. Stone. M. D., A. McLaren, NJ. D., A. B.
| Ancker, M. d.
The new board for the year is COM
| posed of the following persons:
| DR. A. McLareu. DR.. J. McLaren, DR.. Mill
| ard, Dr. Dunning, DR.. Green. DR.. Fulton, DR..
Gillett. DR.. BrimhalI DR.. Wheaton, Dr.. Van
| Slyke.
Finance.
The treasurer's report for the year
| ending Feb. g. 1892:
DISQUALIFICATION from the House Of
Hope, $t1O.37; memberships, $1,000; from
| opeyetta Golden Hair S330.65; from l. o.
U. clpb, SIS; fines collected, 30 cents; total,
SLO26S2,
Observation-Disclosures due Noyes Bros.
& CgtleE February; }sSl S55:ss: drugs rugs