The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-12-20
TWIN CITY HOSPITAL.
1T SHOULD BE OPENED WITHOUT
DELAY.
There are Several Who Need the Con-
veniences of a Hospital-Relp
the Ladies to Open 1t.

I Iner6 are SeVerai w no N0eu Tic Coh-
| veniences Of a Hospital-Relp
the Ladies to Open 1t.
To the Editors of THE SENTINEL
If ever there was time when the
| Twin-City Hospital should be open
and doing it's allotted work it is now.
/ Gases of sickness that are otherwise
neglected through lack of knowledge
are now coming up which are pitiful
! in the extreme. Yesterday, in behalf
of small benef1cent organization, l
visited family and found them in
this condition the father was dis
ahled by an accident last August, and
| week or so ago was just about able
to resume work when he was taken
with pneumonia. Then his oldest
child, boy of 10 years, was smitten
with the same disease, with typhoid
added. Now the two remaining chill
dren are down with pneumonia. None
of them had any medicine until Fri
day last. The mother has, by wash
ing and the help of friends, just man
aged to exist during this time. l
greatly fear that this is not an Isolated
case, and only relate it to emphasize
the fact that we need the Twin-City
Hospital. There is an immense
amount of charity dispensed in our
towns, but in how many cases is it
that the surroundings, as in the case
cited above, work directly against the
object sought fOr-namely the recov-
cry of the sick and diseased.
If we could combine our work and
guarantee the Twin-City Hospital SO
much every year / feel sure that many
heartrending scenes could be avoided
or ameliorated. Imagine single room
with two large beds in it, and no win
dow to the house. The door must be
opened that Gods light may enter; on
those beds father and three children
in the hot fever of pneumonia, and
the wild east wind Of today pouring
in at every crack and crevice and sing
ing at the open door. In the fireplace
there are few twigs, which sputter
and die out as the damp air strikes
them. Then imagine the coZy room
or ward of the Hospital. Ventilation,
instead Of being prOfuse, skillfully
regulated; nurse skilled not only in
the fine art of tending the sick, but
also with tender sympathetic heart;
the doctor, to give steady, careful at
tention to every change for better or
worse; the lady manageresses, with
constant care and watchfulness, look
ing after every detail-the great pub
lie with open and thankful hearts,
giving, giving the wherewithal by
which the sick may be healed and
their comfort looked after. We can
easily satisfy the wants of the hungry,
but to take care of our sick poor re-
QuireS organization, and nothing will
take the place Of hospital in this re-
gard.
The noble women who have al
ready done so much towards this need,
with commendable caution, have not
gone ahead with their work for the rea-
son that they could not bear the idea of
plunging Gods most beloved charity
into hopeless debt. They deserve that
before another year shall pass-is it
TOGO much to hope that before another
year shall begin ? the Twin-City Hos
pital will have spread it's wings into a
flight of highest usefulness and.good.
Are times too hard ? Is money
scarce? Yes. yes. But how about
Gods money Is it failing? Are
there any signs that He has left US,
and we must henceforth only exist as
we shall determine? Does He bless
the cheerful giver? Does He destroy
those who care for the sick, visit those
in prison and feed the hungry? Let
us take these things and ponder them
in our hearts. and then act, and that
right speedily. WINsTON-SALEM.
Salem. Dec. IL. 1894.