Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-05-31
A BUST OF JUSTICE MILLER
Presented to the Garfield Memorial Hospital
by His Daughter.

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Presented to the Garfield Memorial Hospital
| by His Daughter.
| Yesterday was the first anniversary Of the
dedication Of the Miller wing Of the Garfield
| Memorial Hospital and it was made the occasion
Of an interesting ceremony. number of
members of the board Of directors and of the
Ladies' Aid Society of the hospital assembled
| in the reception room of the hospital in the
afternoon and witnessed the presentation of a
lifesize bust Of the late Justice Miller the gift
OF his daughter, Mrs. Patty Miller Stocking. JUS
| tice Miller was one Of the founders of Garfield
Hospital and to his efforts was largely due the
! erection Of the wing of the building which was
| finished year ago and bears his name.
MRS. STOCKINGS PRESENTATION.
Mr.. H. A. Willard and after the assembly was
called to order Mrs. Stocking presented the
bust. with some well-chosen remarks, during
which she said:
Just year ago today the building which
bears his name was dedicated. and today that
building is occupied with souls and bodies to
whom healing and comfort are being admin
istered by willing hands, sympathetic hearts and
trained skill 1t comforts us in his loss to know
that from the ashes Of his funeral pile has
sprung monument lofty, extending the
sphere of a work SO pure and noble, which he
IN connection with you helped to inaugurate.
IL comforts me unspeakably to be associated
win those among whom he labored in work
! 30 dear to him..
She then referred to her absence in Europe when
her father died. to the fact that the late Justice
Miller successfully practiced medicine before
he commenced the study Of law. and spoke
most affectionately Of the many noble traits of
character OF her distinguished father, continu-
ing as follows
Into the life of this man came grave cares
and responsibilities, public and private. to
make MIN serious-came storms and clouds.
trials and bereavements. to make him grave.
lime was too precious not to make him impa-
uent OF shams and dilletante members of his
profession, or workers in any field who wasted
precious hours of his own and of others To
You who know him l need not tell how all these
traits combined to round out a grand char
acter-one combined Of gentleness and gravity,
OF Impotence OF all that was shutting or false
put OF Infinite patience for weakness or en-
oeavor; one whose predominant feature was a
loyousness, geniality in the presence of
friends in the gratitude he felt for all the great
mercies and favors that Providence had crowned
him with.
"He bowed his head to meet blow he could
not avert. but when it had passed he lifted up
his face to the sunlight again. He believed in
cuitivatlng the glad heart that makes cheer
lui countenance.' He was philosopher that
might have walked hand in hand with Socrates
or Plato. II he Is here in spirit today he would
not have us yield to its painful memories, but
would have the thought of him, the sight Of his
lmaged features give us cheer and courage for
the work yet to be done here.
"And now. Mr.. Chairman and gentlemen, and
may add board OF lady managers, if in what
nave said today OF one SO near to me have
been betrayed into egotism 1t is your words,
spoken and written, engrafted into your first
yearly report after his death, that have led me
into 1t. and 1t is on those expressions Of yours
and on your tender memory of him count for
| indulgence. 1t is with the hope that this clay
image OF him as it stands in the hall of this hos
pital in the years to come may be to you in ever
SO small degree the inspiration you sav his
living presence was that leave my humble gift
in your hands"
JUDGE M'cAMMoN's ACCEPTANCE
Judge Joseph J. McCammon, in behalf Of the
board Of directors. accepted the bust and ac-
knowledged the gift in the following words:
On behalf Of the directors Of the Garfield
Memorial Hospital. accept the bust of your
honored father. our late lamented president,
Mr.. Justice Samuel F. Miller. The remem-
brance Of the good works Of Judge Miller. as
were exemplifed by his devotion to the welfare
Of the hospital, will remain as long as the insti-
tuition itself exists.
| At the beginning of the work Of establishing
the hospital although there were many capable
| persons willing to carry out the laudable ends
| of the project, the strength Of character hui
| name feelings and large experience in affairs
combined in Judge Miller caused the choice to
fall on him. He had been trained early in life,
| as is well known In the profession of medicine,
| and 1t was then he became profoundly impressed
with the self-sacrifice OF the physician, who had
done so much. he was accustomed to say, for the
| amelioratiOn of the condition Of humanity.
| The natural bent of his mind toward the law
induced him. however, to finally adopt it as a
profession, but amid his great labors as lawyer
and judge, mindful of his past he was ever
responsive to the call of duty in connection with
the oppressed, the suffering and the sick. His
very presence. heroic in mold, and strong in
| character. inspired the best efforts Of Others
and as u leader in the work Of the hospital he
had the most devoted assistants. who believed
in his deep interest, his unerrng judgment. and,
added to these, his perfect charity in its widest
sense.
Others have fittingly spoken Of Judge Miler's
| fame as a jurist whose genius has illumined our
constitutional history, and will be especially
| conspicuous in judicial annals. To us he was
| the embodiment of wisdom, applied to
administrative affairs, and the friend of man.
kind.
You, madam. have conferred an inestimable
| favor on the friends Of the hospital by your
gift, for. although his recent associates will
| ever in their hearts recall the noble hneaments
VI uelT Tue Dust Will serve Tor
| those who come after as memorial to the large
| philanthropy and great heRrtedness OF Judge
Miller. What more appropriate eulogy OF him
could be pronounced than that The was a good
man and just"
THE MILLER WING.
The new Miller wing is valuable addition to
the hospital and provides almost luxurious ac-
commodation for the sufferers who NAV need
hospital attention 1t ia eouipped with nil the
modern conveniences Of a hospital and is ar
| ranged upon the highest sanitary principles.
| The two lower floors of this wing are free
wards, long, wide rooms with rows Of single
beds, and are we'll lighted and ventilated. The
third floor is divided into eight rooms, provid-
ing accommodations for patients who can pay
! for privacy and additional comforts. Each
room has been furnished by contributions of
ladies and the rooms bear the names of the
patrons. Mrs. W. p. Kellogg. Mrs. La Grois
Woodward, Mrs. Emma La Forge, Mrs. P. NJ.
Stocking, Mrs. Tucker, Mrs. W. c. Hill and
Mrs. Ford Thompson have furnished rooms and
the eighth one has been taken by the Metro
| politan II. E. Church.