The western sentinel., 1894-01-25
T WIN-CITY HOSPITAL
THE HOME FOR THE SICK READY
FOR OCCUPANCY
The Association Appeals to the Cfti-
Zens of Winston-Salem for H elp
Debt on the Lot.

-DcDC on Une LOT.
On Brookstown avenue, near the in
tersection of Pond street, stands a
commOdious, rather imposing looking,
building.
1t is the '"Twin-City Hospital, -
built by the combined efforts of the
ladies of the two towns, assisted by
the business men Of both places. 1t
is entirely completed and ready for
occupancy, but the ground on which
it stands is not yet quite paid for, and
the ladies dare not appropriate it to
the uses for which it was intended un
til every dollar OF debt is paid.
To successfully carry it on will re-
Quire monthly expenditure that
will tax the energies OF the lady man
ayers TO their utmost capacity, there
fore the building must be free from
all debt. Looking forward the sl100
still owing on the land seems a very
large amount; looking back on what
has been expended, comparatively
small one.
Like all undertakings of the kind,
some who started in the beginning
full of enthusiasm and hope, have
Wearied of the strain and dropped
out, some even Withdrawing from the
Association. as newer things have
presented themselves. But is there,
can there be, nobler object for
which to work than the care Of the
sick and suffering?
Sickness comes to every one sooner
or later and it is hard to bear when
every comfort of a well appointed
house is ours. What is it, think you,
when there are no comforts?
A sleeping place at the factory, or a
room shared perhaps by twoor three
Others, attendance that Of room-mates,
kind it is true, but unskilled and fit
full, as the attention must be taken
from the hours Of rest, those of labor
are not theirs to give. Then the cas-
uality cases.
l came up on the car last year with
the young lineman who fell from the
would be cared for, | enquired, and
was told, ''Oh, he has good boarding
place; he'll be all right" Fortunately
his injuries proved comparatively
slight. But how many Of the women
presiding over good boarding houses
have the time or strength to attend
to the bodily needs Of their boardcrs,
other than the three daily meals to be
cooked and served day in and day out.
ouI UOWuspOOplC SCHCI dIly. DuU CS-
pecially our physicians and ministers,
can tell of the great help it was to
them when the Hospital was open,
and they have time and again asked
why don't you open the Hospital?
When will you open the Hospital ?"
The why is answered above, the when
depends not only upon the ladies but
upon the citizens of the two towns
women as well as men. Let each one
ask, What can | personally do?
There has been now for some years
little band Of children (they were
when they began) working for the
chlldren's ward. They will take a
room and care for it's inmates, All
honor to them and their leader who
has trained them to ask and answer
the question, who is my neighbor?
Now my friends of larger growth,
who is your neighbor? What can you
do for him? The ladies of the Hospital
Association put their case squarely
before the townspeople.
We have worked, We are still work
ing and we will keep on working for
the object. we had in view when we
started namely: 1.-The Twiu-City
Hospital" Now it has materialiZed
in building, we need your help to
put in the life, that it may be the
blessing we hoped for 10 the towns,
and, Indirectly, the surrounding coun-
try. Come and see what we have
done, and then see if you can help US
to do what remains to be done before
we can open it, and after it is opened
to assist US in providing the daily
bread for it's inmates.
CONE OF U.s."