Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-02-10
HOSPITAL RECEPTION
ATTENDED By 4 LARGE NUMBER OF PERSONS
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
Lis! Of the Donations to The City Hospital The
Sewing Guild and What II Has
Accomplished.

A reception was held at the City
Hospital, at the head OF Twentieth
street, between the hours Of two and
six o'clock yesterday afternoon. The
hospital presented a cheerful appear
ance, and all of the visitors were i'm
pressed with the general air OF neat
ness and cleanliness. The members OF
the Board Of Directors and the different
committees of the ladies', assisted in
receiving and showing callers through
the different departments. Several
hundred people called during the after
noon.
A list Of the contributions made by
the general public, follows:
Miss Lula Oberman, salt; Mrs.
Triver, fruit; Mrs. Gibbs, towels; Mrs.
Lindsay, jelly; Mrs. Falksnstein,
sugar; Mrs. Fadely, fruit; unknown,
corn; Mrs. J. T. Mcclure, fruit, jelly;
Mrs. J. ]. Jones, jelly, pickles, bed
spreads; Mrs. j. 7. MeCammon, tapioeo;
Mrs. j. NJ. Brown, sugar; Miss Ii. En-
sheimer. fruit; Mrs, Rex, sugar; Miss
Cora Wallace, gelatine, corn starch;
Mrs. Fortney, preserved pine apples;
Miss Title Fortney, towels; Mrs. ID. G.
Meyer, sugar; Miss Kate Hanke, jelly;
Miss Rulda SawmAler, sugar; Mrs.
w. J. w. Cowdeu, toilet soap,
Jelly; Mrs. M. A. Woodward, 500;
f. Marion Young, castor oil, iodoform,
gauze; T. A. Morris, maple syrup; Miss
Title Schenck, soap; Mrs. Lou Schenck,
salt; Mrs. Dawson, rice; Mrs. Scheule,
rice; Geo. Il. Taylor, towels and nap
kins; Mrs. Comeriord, silver sugar
spoon, corn starch; Miss Minnie Con-
rad, salt; Miss Evelyn Con-
rad, sugar; Miss Bsssie Miller,
salt; Miss Elsie Metzner, sugar;
Mrs. Mary Metcalf, ounce marmalade;
The Whatsoever Circle, Fifth ward
school, two porcelain baking dishes,
bread knife, fruit press, coffee toiler;
Mrs. Freese, sugar; Mrs. Miller, sugar;
Mrs. Watt, sugar; Unknown, crackers
and rice; Mrs. C. E. Pratt, loaf sugar;
Mrs. Henry Baer, case canned peas;
Mrs. Mary Vance. three jars jam; Mrs.
Jessie w. Franzheim, check for $50;
Mrs. Morris Horkhelmer, twenty
eight pounds of French prunes;
Miss Hunter, 10 pounds pepper; Mrs.
Weisgerber, fruit; Mrs. Alfred PAUL,
Ivory soap; Mrs. Edmund Booking,
water bag and gauze; Mrs. George
Richie. sack -four; Mrs. j. c. Lynch,
Jelly; Jewish Sewing Circle, 10 yards
sheeting, l dozen towels; l.. S. Good &
Co., / dozen towels, bed spreads;
Albert Stole & Co., beef extract, 6
bottles clam bouillon; Mrs. A. NJ. Stew
enson, fruit; Mrs. j. II. Mcclure, 6
pounds sugar; Swope Guild, s sheets,
bed spreads: Mrs. Schambra, dozen
towels, 6 pairs pillow cases; Mrs.
Sweeney, sUger; Miss Julia Wiley, 81.
The Sewing Guild, an auxiliary OF
the City Hospital, was organized some
time during the early winter, The Guild
is composed Of president, secretary
and ten directors. Their object is to
solicit ready made clothing used In the
various departments OF the Hospital,
each director to solicit two articles from
ten different persons, TO be sent to the
Hospital on the annual donation day.
Yesterday they had the first reception,
and the result was most gratifying, and
the Guild would return thanks to the
generous donors.
The following articles were received
SO pillow cases, 60 napkins, 116 towels,
80 sheets, l night dress, 2 wooden IN
derShirts, tabecloth, l pair knitted
slippers, l wooden hood, night shirts.
The members are Miss Cook Wilson,
President; Directors, Mrs. Dora Hill
dreth, Mrs. Joe A. Metcalf, Mrs. John
Wright, Mrs. TFeber, Mrs. Robert J.
Reed, Miss Blanche Moffat, Miss May
Hauke, Miss Sue Campbell, Miss Blanche
Hare, Mrs. Freese; Sue. G. Metcalf,
Secretary.