Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-05-31
NURSERY AND HospIT4L.
Formal openlnG of the New Building fol
the Care of Bnbics

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| Bishop Coleman formally opened the
new building Of ST. Michaels Day
Nursery and Hospital fer Babies, No.
S07 Washington street, Thursday after
noon. The building was opened for
| public inspection al o'clock and the
| ceremony Of blessing began at $50
o'clock. Despite the unfavorable weather
the attendance was large Among those
present were the Reys. A. r. Walker,
ii. NJ. Bartlett, G. 4. Hayden, Percival
Y. Pyle, Edward Henry Eckel, q. NJ.
Bond, George G. Hall aud Guy Wallis.
In conducting the service Of blessing
the bishop was assisted by his son, the
Rev Alexis |. du Port Coleman, rector
OF st. Michael's Church. The invoca-
ton was pronounced by the bishop and
| followed by responsive reading and
| prayer, after which the clergy and visi.
tors formed procession and proceeded
to the several rooms, in each of which
there Were appropriate recitals and
! prayers. The exercises concluded with
an address by the bishop. He said there
mad been an encouraging increase within
a few years past Of philanthropic sand
charitable agencies and the opening Of
81 MIchaeIs Nursery in enlarged
quarters was but another recognition
ol the claims which everybody must
leel were reasonable. The addition
OF the Babies Hospital was not for the
purpose Of creating want, but on the
contrary was an attempt to supply
want already existing. While to some
extent this want may be otherwise sup
Piled, yet the applications already made
to the managers of the hospital suf-
ilclently prove that this institution may
well ask for public support. Those who
had undertaken its management had
been prompted solely by d.sinterested
devotion to Gods children, and he ven.
tured to claim that the manner in which
they had thus far discharged their duties
~ TINS respect entitled them in this
larger enterprise TO the unreseryed con.
ildcnce OF all kindly-disposed and
charitable peopie. Herej in this work
because OF his own love for children,
ana because it was wholly placed Under
the guidance, and looked 10 the favor of
Almighty God. 1t had been entered upon
largely in faith, but he believed from
what had already been accomplished
that Wilmington and its neighborhood
would not allow it to suffer from lack
OF support In conclusion he expressed
the thanks Of the managers to DIR. James
walker and eS-City Solicitor Charles NJ.
curtis for valuable professional services
"A liberal Offering was received.
Inc visitors were shown through the
building and expressed great interest In
the institution. X poster displayed On
a wall requested small contributions of
money monthly Another asked for
donations as follows. A sewing ma.
chine, crib sheets and pillow cases, two
clothes baskets, bed room towels, four
iron bedsteads, four iron cribs, mat.
trcsses, spade for garden, one SOUP
kettle, six bed room chairs, colored table
cloth, rocking CHAIR for hospital, rubber
sheets for Gables, childreu's night gowns.
one basket ior soiled linen, long Sheets
and pillow cases.
One visitor presented the institution
with sewing machine and another
promised TO paint the walls of a room.