The record-union., 1897-06-09

tied accommodations in the old Ridge
Home, its records will show a larger
per cent. of recoveries after the gravest
operations than can be produced in the
best hospitals by the sea-
I'VE may also point with commenda-
bic pride to the records of our railroad
hospital on this subject, and to the re-
ports of our county institution, where,
Notwithstanding the subjects are often
broken down by vice and dissipation,
some Of the most difficult operations
have been thoroughly successful
L believe many of our people do not
understand that the successful manage
ment of important cases often depends
on measures difficult to carry out in
private homes even of the best charac-
ter. The marvellous results of certain
surgical operations would never have
astonished the world had not the mas
ters in surgery required the isolation
and preparation of patient and sur
roundings by a practice SO perfect that
germs of disease could not develop.
TT is also proven that. in the matter
of nursing, the skilled attendant is al
ways to be preferred. All the love of
a mother; all the attentions of sympa-
thizing friends; all the watching of
fraternal members cannot be compared
TO the labor of a trained nurse whose
whole mission in life is to care for the
sick and afflicted.
In rOnpl1lGi T thn
hope and belief that the institution will
grow to be one of the largest and most
successful in all California With its
elevated aims. long may it prosper and
bring the choicest rewards to the good
Sisters and his reverence, Bishop Grace,
through whose untiring efforts it has
been so successfully established"
MR.. BRUISES ADDRESS.
On being introduced by DR.. Simmons,
Hon. j. c. Brusie delivered the dedi
catory address as follows:
I'm this busy, working world Of ours,
one of turmoil, contention, and strife,
how agreeable and gratifying it is to
occasionally turn aside from the seeth
ing throng, into such an atmosphere as
this. What solace and comfort are
brought with the realization that there
are some places on this earth above the
clamOr and clash of arms in the battles
of men, and where life, and the lives of
our fellow beings are preserved, rather
than sacrificed.
In such place do we find ourselves
to-day. Men in their struggle along the
great highway of humanity have no
time to spare in the preservation of one
another; but, as the great procession
surges along, in all it's tumult and con-
tention, we find following in the dust of
| its wake these Sisters of Charity who
bending low, lift up and comfort the
weak and wounded who have been left
by the wayside. What beautiful ex-
emplification of high-minded unselfish-
ness!
How sacred are the lessons their
lives of purity teach; how sweet are the
stories their lips could tell; how many
many times have they knelt upon the
blood-stained soil of battle-fields to re-
ceive the last precious message to the
waiting loved ones at home; how often
o, how often, have they brought light
happiness and hope to the last moments
of a passing life; how many a poor, for
saken and forgotten wretch has closed
his eyes for the last time upon vision
never dreamed of, until pictured to him
in the whispered prayer, and words of
consolation, from the lips of these an
gels of earth.
What better plan for following the
example of our Savior could be con-
ceived than the one adopted by these
sanity women, in thus providing a
place where relief is given to the sick
and suffering, where the wounded can
be healed?
THE spires Of a cathedral may pierce
the sky, but it is from such monuments
as this, resting on the corner stone of a
generous humanity, that people are best
awakened to the lessons and teachings
of Christ
THE aisle to the altar is wide, but
the one leading here is as broad as the
expanse of the universe, with no gate
at one end or the other; no hindrance
to the saint and sinner, the pure and
the defiled, the godly and ungodly, pass
side by side through the open door,
1T is to these Sisters of Mercy a debt
Of gratitude is due which can never be
paid. From the rich and poor alike; for
in these days of enlightenment, of pro-
gress and scientific achievement. such
institutions as this are not designed for
wanderers alone; but those blessed with
all the comforts of home find it prop
er and best for all concerned that the
patient should be removed to Just
such a complete and cheerful place as
this, where attendants skilled in the
care of the sick, can with better results
watch at the bedside than the careworn
wife, mother, or sister, whose constant
worry and solicitude are often more
painful to the patient than his ailment
And it is to these Sisters, 1 say, that
the world owes a debt of gratitude;
debt increasing as the centuries roll by;
debt for which there was given
world of toll and trouble; a world of
tenderness: world of sacrifice and
suffering; a world Of toll, denial, and
poverty; a world of sanity love, and
Christian charity
GUESTS ENTERTAINED
At the conclusion of the exercises
the guests were invited to the dining
room, where the Sisters had prepared
an excellent collation..
Hester Wife-Beating Case.
In the Police Court yesterday morn