The San Francisco call., 1897-04-23
v WILL!bG To LIVE
WITH THE LEPERS
One Woman Who Would
Devote Her Whole
Life to Them.
Mrs. Sarah ]. Hutchinson Makes
an Offer to the Board
of Health.
Feels Called to Make Their Lives
More Bear, blc-She Talks of
Her Plans.

There is one woman in this City who is
selr-sacrificing enough to wish to devote
her life TO the unfortunate being who are
lmm ured for life in that dismal, dilapida-
ted building called the Pesthouse. She
asks Tor no pay, no emoluments, nothing
but the permission to make their lives,
while they last, more bearable by render
ing their moldy prison more homelike.
This is the letter she addressed 10 the
Board of Health on the subject yesterday:
SAN Francisco, April %.
MT. President, and Gentlemen of the Board of
Heath: l have petition TO bring before you
IN regard to the lepers now confined in the
Pes thouse; 1t may perhaps be more properly
called request l wish to ask you to give me
the care of them, and of course put it in my
power to make them comfortable as the
inmates OF the hospital are made. If / could
talk to you, could make it more plain what |
mean than can on paper. but what l want, is
TO nave them as 1t were, given to me, the power
given me to make them happy and con-
tented as you would wish to have them made
II they were your own children. Their life is
a hard one at the best, after all has been done
that can be TO alleviate their condition. and
the Lord has given me great loving pity for
them wherever found.
bekan about two years ago to try for the
privilege OF going to Molokai (H. l. and have
since been to the Marquesas Islands in their
behalf but my services are not need ID there.
did not know of the lepers at the Pesthouse
untl my return from hawaii, but they do
need some one to make them q home / nave
been to see them and hereby offer my services
rs Il homemaker for the Iepers confined at the
Pesthouse, with the privileges that any home
maker has, of course, always with the approval
oil the board
do not wish any salary, but will provide
everything myself except that / should wish
for board and lodging
Will be glad to go more into details with
You If you viii grant me interview. Hop
ing that you will give this serious considera-
Mrs. SARAH J. HUTCHINSON.
Hotel Ramona, $50 Ellis street
When seen at the Ramona last evening
Mrs. Hutchinson said that she was actu-
ated to ma ke her proposition TO the board
mainly be cause she was concerned for the
salvation of the suffering ones souls. But
her feelings OF humanity, she explained,
cut no small figure with her desire to take
charge of the !epers.
Il want to be to them as a mother to
her children" she added. They should
be taught that for suffering and torture of
the flesh the only true remedy lies in the
peace that comes through following in
the steps Of the Lord.
II am q member of the Holiness Church
of Los Angeles. So believe in sanctifica-
tion-that justification stops short OF the
highest religious sentiment"
Mrs. Hutchinson was ignorant of why
her mission TO Hawaii failed. She stated
that sac handed in her application to the
charge of the lepers at Molokai, and that
1t was refused. with nc reason assigned
A second application received the same
treatment, and the newspapers simply
said, Refused for the same reason as at
first ~