The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-08

! al about 50 GO upon me property, and
naturally the loss IS felt quite kesaly
upon this, as well as upon other accounts.
This organization started the movement
which has developed into the institution
Of which every citizen OF Wichita :
proud tos5ay-the Wichita Hospital. =
| then being called the Benevolent Home-
The animation OF re local Union &C.
Cured upon tne last Wednesday n June,
1855, al a meeting OF the Woman's For
sign Missionary Society OF the " E
church, IN session at tie residence OF
Mrs. 5. I. Davidson.
~ that tine and place Mrs. s, J. Lam
pasar told something OF the condition o.
: woman with FIVE l5-tle girls wao lived
neigabor % ner On June 81. 1sSs some
thirty ladies net az ne residence q Col
oneI Taylor ard perfected the permanent
organization. Z IS said that 81 that time
the entire press Of Wichita opposed r1=
movement save the single exception Of
the Eagle. During that fail a stand was
secured - -aa then county fair. AMI So
realized out Of the venture. waich was
conducted BY Mrs. Florence Gray. An
effort 20 install 4 free reading room was
the next move. and On January l. iSs4 il
was opened. 4 New Years dinner a this
time added SO 70 The fund This was a
21s East Douglas avenue. \ luncheon
room was started and met with great
success. sooa requiring the entire time
OF Z manager. tE0 cooks and three table
girls This continued for five years very
probably ard vas accompanied by me
sale OF pastries upon The plan OF the
Wonen's Exchanges st.u IN existence
over the country.
n the fan s65 was paid for the privilege
OF a dining hall al the fair. which net
ted s272. Mr. Pallet donated the lumber
the rest being pad for. N January 1SS5.
the library mad grown % 20 volumes
and the place was frequentsd by a large
number OF lads now grown 10 manhood
Mr.. A c. Payne donated 500 ard Mr. To-
Ter $50. Others gave smaller sums ard
this permitted further additions.
IN September. 1856. q kindergarten was
started. under the auspices OF Mss Anne
la HaLsey OF the Chicago Training school
L was never a paying enterprise but was
run for four years The Union being IL
debt a. the close some S1I7, which IS as
yet outstanding.
y
and was 60 by 1l0fee. as il still remains.
OF this 50 go was raised by subscription
and collected within thirty days. This
was during The boom times The other
s., 600 was narrowed OF ninety days time.
and this loan was what proved the down
fall o. the Union in the loss Of the prop
erty. OF this sum, the Union paid $50
out Of its earnings. an additional S525 be
ing donated by Mrs. z. 2. Madison.
Three men whose names could not be OBJ
tanned yesterday, each dona- ed $500. and
other sums down 10 > cents were also
donated 4 course OF lectures was ar
ranged which was opened by Judge
Brewer. now Of the supreme bench. Fol
lowing him were many celebrities, among
whom were Anna Dickson. BeIva Lock
wood. Joseph Cook. Major Dane. DR.. He'd
ley, General Lew Wallace, Kate Field
Bob Burdette and Mary A Livermo-e.
Later the beginning Of the Chudren's
Home was instituted. and exists yet under
a name known individually as It's own
now.
During the winter OF 1855, The entire
Indebtedness was about sseo. An effort
was made 70 raise this amount. but it
144 -i1~ meet HIttA Se-N~110- q" -11 NFs1ot -
to be done. IS not as yet determined. The
rooms which have been open as 4. public
reading room all Of This time has become
very much depleted in the matter OF sUfi-
Gent literature. They WI probably re-
main open for the present. and may con
tinue so for two or three months. when
the location will in all probability be
given up. The ladies are n hopes of Sc
curing a new location somewhere soon.
and begin the work which was undertaken
and which has been 50 fruitful Of re-
suits L IS said that one Influential man
is very much interested in the recon