The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-07-07
SILVER CROSS HOME,

7. Sherwood Hodsoh, CrsGeld.
SILVER CROSS HOME,
| For the Care and Cure OF Epilepncs, Wis
TIED by the Board of Managers
| ieneiicent Work OF the Kings
Daughters and Sons-A
| beautiful Spot at port
Deposit,
Tho ''Silver Cross Home for Epilep-
tics'' at Port Deposit is now ready for it's
oenetcent purpose, aud was inspected
yesterday by the board of managers who
went up from Baltimore in the morning
The home is situated on bluff nearly
two hundred feet high which overlooks
the railroad station of Port Deposit. A
prettier site could not have been selected
If search for month had been made.
The house, two story frame structure,
which faces south, was built nearly
century ago, and it looks substantial
enough to weather another hundred
| years. AS one stands on the veranda
which runs along the front of the dwell
ing, or home, as it must now be called,
the view commanded elicits the most
hearty admiration.
Looking south. in the distance is seen
| the bridge of the Baltimore and Ohio
| Railroad and beyond that an occasional
| glimpse is caught OF the houses of Perry
| vile and Havro he Grace. across the
the river. TIE broad Susquehanna is
| less than quarter OF mile to the west,
and the Hartford county shore, across the
| stream, shows that it is a fertile farming
country.
| Such are the surroundings of the house
| and its three acres which Mrs. Wood
ward Abrahams has so literally donated
to the Society Of Kings Daughters
and Sons of Maryla and Baltimore
City" who are responsible for the being
of the SILVER Cross Home" Il is to be
used as the nucleus OF an institution
| devoted to the care OF persons afflicted
With epilepsy. The word nucleus is
Silver Cross Home hope to see it at some
time in the future enlarged. both the
house and its little tract of land.
The house was built by a man named
| Coudon before the year 1900 Since that
time it has been owned By two others
one Mr.. Stiles and Mr. Woodward Abra-
hams, who left it To his widow. Its
history is similar to that Of every other
country house, with the one exception
that it is said to have had General Lafay-
cite as guest on bis tour through this
country. Ga the first floor are five
rooms. all OF good size. There are half
a dozen on the second floor, some of
| which are small. at the TOP of The
| house there is an attic. the ralters of
| which are of those liberal dimensions
which prove that the house was built
many long years back. The accommo-
dations are considered sufficient for ten
| patients, matron and servants, and as
the number of patients demand it, from
| one to four nurses The matrcn selected
is Miss Georgia Diffsnderfer The nurses
will be graduates of the University of
Maryland Training School for Nurses.
MEANS OF SUPPORT.
The home will be supported entirely
by the different circles OF the Society of
Kings Daughters in the city of Balti-
more. OF course, donations will be
accepted from anyone, gnd if some kind
hearted parson wishes to make an endow-
men6 FOR the purpose of enlargiug it,
hearty thanks will be given the bene-
factor. It will cost nearly $4,000 an
nually to maintain the home. The house
has been renovated, painted a yellow
with brown trimmings Oh the outside,
and tastefully papered within, at an
expense OF nearly 5000 The furniture
has been donated and supplied by the
society. "The Cbidren's Friend Circle"
has supplied one room. whlcA will accom-
MEDIATE two patients, with the necessary
furniture, and that room will be known
by the name Of the circle, as is shown
|
the order-on the door. The name OF
the circle and the letters Il. Il. N" are
, on the cross. Mrs. William E. Waring
is president of this circle. The Robert
, J. Rankin Memorial Circle" formerly
, known as the Loyal Circle Of lafayette
Square Presbyterian Church," of which
4 Miss Emma Rogers is president, and the
e "Fraucis Ridley Havergal Circle,' Mlss
Bessie Smith, president. have each fur
. nisbed room to accommodate patient
) iu apiece, and these rooms will be known
by the names of these circles.
The furniture in all rooms will bt
simllar-of antique oak. Mrs. Abrahami
has given orders for au artesian we'll, tt
o be sunk at her expense, to supply thu
8 nesded water. The plumbing and drain
Y ing will be done by Hutchinson Bros
e James d. West, of Port Deposit, was tn
:. contractor for renovatiDg the house, ant
II Joseph Giesler did the painting Ant
D papering.
ORIGIN OF THE IDEA.
t. The idea of startiug q home for cpl