The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-09
NEW HOSPITAL HOME
History of the Institutions
Work in Wichita.
GRAND CONCERT MAY t8
TO Be Given For the Benefit
of the Work.

Much interest is being shown on every
hand in the effort to speedily raise the
money necessary to thoroughly and COM
pletely equip the new Wichita hospital in
its new quarters in the Martinson block,
and the ladies board of directors OF the
new hospital are meeting with pronounced
success in selling tickets for the grand
concert that will be given soon.
The concert will be S.n at the Craw-
ford Grand on Tuesday evening. May Is.
The program will be an unusually enter
tanning one and Mrs. Malvina Walden IS
using her best endeavors to make the
concert one of unusual merit. The solos,
trios, sixtettes and ensemble work will
all be of a high order and in arranging
the program Mrs. Walden has been care
full to make the cancert entertaining, and
while the best class Of music will be
heard, it viii be of such a nature that
It will entertain all, and 1t will not be
necessary 10 be a musician to enjoy the
concert. Since Manager Martling has
donated the opera house there will be no
expense and the entire receipts Will be
turned over to the hospital fund.
Until recently few knew of the really
good work done by the Wichita hospital
and many probably did not knew of its
existence. But since the friends of the
hospital have been presented with the fine
1hree-story Martinson block on the west
side, which will be the property of the
city as soon as certain things have been
done by the citizens Of Wichita, the in
terest has been awakened and the en-
thusastic and hard working ladies who
are doing all the work to comply with
the conditions required, are being watched
with interest. In this western country
frst-class Institutions of this kind are
scarce and It Is the intention of those in
charge TO make the new hospital the
most fully equipped hospital in the west.
To do this several thousand dollars must
be raised at once and TO this end the
ladies' board of directors are giving var
ious entertainments, and for this purpose
the hospital concert will be given.
The hospital was first known as the
Woman's Benevolent Home. That was
organized in 1885. Several years later the
Wheeler hospital succeeded the Home, and
In 1891 the name was changed to the Wich-
ita hospital For years it did good work
and the merits of the institution were ap-
preciated only by those who secured treat
ment there and these are its best friends
and are most enthusiastic in its praise.
It will be a matter of interest to know
that not one cent of profit is derived by
those who manage the hospital, but the
expenditures by careful management
have not exceeded the receipts The best |
of trained nurses are the attendants; the (
leading physicians of the city are on its /
stan. and thte various wards are furn- |
ished with up-to-date appliances and |
modern apparatus. So effective and salts /
factory has been the work that larger |
quarters are now needed and for this pur- /
pose the great concert will be given. The /
training school for nurses is also a new
and important feature of this institution. |
Tire old board consisted of Mesdames |
Woodcock, Campbell. Crume, Corwin, |
Gehring, and Misses Townsend and Het-
finger. This board accomplished so much /
that the new board of twenty ladies will /
no doubt be able to accomplish all that
they have determined upon, provided they .
are accorded that assistance by the citi- /
zens Of Wichita that the project deserves.
The present board of directors are Mrs.
Singer, Mrs. Brown. Miss Dewey. Mrs.
Black, Mrs. Priddy, Mrs Carney, Mrs.
Crume, Mrs. Corwln. Mrs. Conn. Mrs.
Vail, Mrs. Holmes, Mrs. Sherman. Mrs
Ross, Mrs. Smyth, Mrs. Pratt Mrs Nc
Phorson. Mrs. Higginson, Mrs Woodcock,
Mrs. Gehring.