The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-11-28
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MONEY IS IN SIGHT
WICHITA HOSPITAL SUBSCRIPTION
HAS REACHED $4,000 LINE.

L. W. Clapp Announces That the $4,000
Required as Furnishing Fnnd For the
Marttason Brick Block is in Sight and
That Wichita Is Surely to Have the
Greatest Hospital In the southwest
Bosrd of Directors Acknowsedge
School ChiIdren's Thanks giving Dona-
tions to the Hospital
The subscription for the Wichita Hos
pital that is TO be enlarged, and refitted
and re-esta bIished in the big Martinson
block, has now reached the two thous-
and dollar line, or at least that much OF
the $500 required is in sight. OF the
institution Mr.. L. W. Clapp, one OF the
executive board. said yesterday:
There is now no doubt but that Wich-
ita is TO have hospital and training
school for nurses, unsurpassed by any
located within 500 miles. The fact is the
Wichita Hospital right now is doing a
greater work than most people under
stand or even imagine. 1t is not only
caring for all the sick poor sent by the
county and city but the pay wards are
overfiowing with patients from all over
The state and Oklahoma. These pay pa
tients make the Hospital self-sustain-
ing, assisted by the appropriations re-
ceived from the city, state and county.
'If the Hospital had a larger building
and better equipment and larger staff,
selected from both schools OF medicine,
the number of these pay patients would
be largely increased, and in consequence
the amount Of money now distributed
among the merchants, hotels and busi-
ness people would be double or treble
what it is now, and 1t is now about
1000 per year for supplies and wages.
There is no reason why the physi-
clans all through Kansas and Oklahoma
should send patients needing hospital
treatment to Kansas City, Chicago and
St Louis a. great expense and inconven-
ience to both patient and physician, ex-
cept that there is no hospital with ca
pacity and facilities sufficient elsewhere
nearer.
''Tnis is one of the works that the
Wichita Hospital will accomplish when
they get into the new home.
when it was announced that the gen.
erous owner Of the Martinson building
proposed to donate the Martinson struct-
ure to the board and deed it free OF in
cumbrances, with no conditions except
that it was to be conducted free from
any political OF religious bias and open
alike to all reputable practitioners OF
medicine regardless of theory of treat
ment, it became evident that this was
one of the opportunities too rare to be
passed by, that every pcember Of the
board of gentlemen who We're invited to
give an opinion on this question at once
decided that every effort should be made
to assist the women Of the Hospital
board to comply with the conditions and
accept this gift.
"Our business men have responded
promptly and literally. and it is appar-
ent that the amount to be raised, as
condition, $500, will soon be realized.
But more money is needed. This is
large building. The building itself will
cost the board not a penny. But 1t
must be heated, sewer built. wards con-
structed, operating room put in, sanitary
plumbing, and many other things to be
done, and $1,000 could be used easily.
The better the institution is equipped
the more good it can do and greater ad-
vantage it will be to Wichita.
zone of the features OF the hospital
work, perhaps less understood by the
people, than the hospital proper, is the
training school for nurses. This feature
not only is valuable aid TO the hospital
in supplying a continuous corps of train
ed nurses at moderate expense, but en-
suited for the work, TO prepare them
selves to 80 out and earn not only
good livelihood but a very satisfactory
salary. Fifteen dollars per week is
gladly paid for a competent trained
nurse, and those that are thoroughly
trained and competent are almost con-
stantly employed. The field for this
work is unlimited. Every village
throughout the state and Oklahoma
would support one or more trained, skill
ed nurses. and the larger cities many.
THE hospital superintendent always
has room for proba TONERS and any good
strong healthy girl or woman, who is
adapted for the work physically and
morally can always enter the classes and
take course Of two years training; at
the end Of which, il entitled thereto, she
viii receive a certificate of proficiency
as a trained nurse and diploma that
will give her opportunities to earn sal
ary beyond the usual pursuits OF book
keeping, stenographer or other clerk"
The committee having charge of the
cannot see all, but on that
account none who are able and willing
TO help need be missed. Almost every
body passes the office or store of some
member of the advisory board and any
any money handed in. This board con-
sists OF c. G.. Conn. II. II. Dewey. Ed |
ward Vail, W. z. Stanley, A. f Lehman.
Cash Henderson, c. z. Potts and L. ".
Capp. 1t seems that the character Of |
rhe proposed gift is such that everybody |
feels like helping. even il with only
few dollars. which VIII be equally as
and do a. much good as any
other dollar of the larger contributions |
SCHOOL CHILDREN'S DONATIONS. |
The board of directors Of the Wichita |
acknowledge with gratitude.
the following generous donations. re- |
ceived from the school children:
Twenty bushels potatoes. 10 bushels /
sweet potatoes. 6 bushels apples. 10 |
bushels tuTnips. so cans fruit and tona> |