The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-14
DR.. DICKINSON POPULAR
Audience Applaud Whenever
His Mamie is Mentioned
The New Room.


place. Bishop Starkey, in with
all the clergy of the Hospital Staff, pass
ing from room to room, that each might
be separated consecrated.
After these rooms had all been blessed
the visitors, of whom there must have
been some five hundred, gathered in the
| main hall and surrounding rooms, while
the Rev. George S. Bennitt, president Of
the Hospital, called the assembly to or
der and introduced Bishop Starkey, who
made the first address standing on the
| platform of the stairs.
Il was going to say Ladies and Gentle
men," began the Bishop; but as this
is a church institution, l will say.
Friends I feel a profound interest in
hospitals. 1t is a great comfort to me
that. have two hospitals in my diocese,
In the Far East there may have been
some sort of hospitals in the early ages,
but in the world of Europe there was
no such thing as a hospital until es-
tablished by the Christians in the third
or fourth century, Then, after telling
about a few of these early institutions,
the Bishop continued, THE hospital is the
outgrowth of Christian charity. 1t is the
| GROWING glory which combines Chris
| tan and charitable institutions. As they
| began at first and were due to Christian
| charity, so let them continue to be"
The Rev. George S. Bennitt was the
next peaker. He said, ut is expected
!! that the president should say a word and
I will try and not make it very long"
He then rehearsed the history of Christ
! Hosnital from the time when It compris-
ed a hired house, twenty-six years ago,
speaking of those who had founded the
Hospital. DR.. Abercrombie and DR.. Put
nam and "a whole host of Cody men
and women too numerous to mention.
When the present building was opened,
nine years ago, DR.. Bennitt said, 1t was
remarked in one of the addresses that the
Angel of Mercy had but one wing, ana
the speaker hoped it would not be long
before it had its other wing. 1t mas az
ways been a pleasure to me- continued
he. 'sto think that that was the WING
If mercy He then spoke OF the eToft
made by the Hospital to fit up a place
that people might not have to go across
+he water for treatment and mentioned
Or. Dickinson's name as going down
from generation to generation, at Whicf
there was much applause.
~ know of no hospital" continued the
sneaker ..that has more lovers than
christ Hospital and then proceeded 70
toll how the different floors and rooms
had been named and furnished.
The upoer door will be known as
s.D ckinson Hail. in honor of DR.. COR
dom K. Dickinson. President of the Medl-
cal Board. to whose fundamentally the
new wing is largely due. This floor con-
sists of a main and several minor oper-
attng rooms, beautifully fitted up with
every appliance. a modern steriliz.ng and
etherizing room. all of which are exeep-
~tionally light and airy. There are also
musicians and nurses robing rooms.
The second floor will be known as
.sstevens' Hail. in memory of Mrs
Martha Stevens. of Castle Point, Hobo
ken. and the ground floor as "Duncanson
Hail. in memory of Mrs. Duncanson's
two children.
The rooms have been furnished as fol-
lows:-The women's and mems sun par
lors by Mrs. e. f. c. Young and Miss
reca1ia Gaines. the Dickinson and
Elliott, rooms. by Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
w. Elliott: the Christ Hospital Guild"
room. by Christ Hospital Guild of Hobo
ken: the .'Forget-me-not'' room for chill
Ofe1, WHICH, 10 5Ff0NbtS DE-N'
by children of the Wednesday Afternoon
club. the "Guilford" room by the Open
Hand Club; the presbyterian room, by
the Presbyterian circle. and st. Mary's
Guild and the Daisy Club have furnished
what is known as the DAISY Ward
There are also the Katharine Farrel'
room. furnished by unknown workers;
the Fannie NJ. Knox /" room, by Mr..
Z..a n Lrvor. fJ,o tfJVrc,11a, rnar11 Inv
DR.. ]. J. Baumann; the Ellison room,
in memory of the Rev. and Mrs. NJ. e.
Ellison. and the Augustus Creveling''
Creveling.
These rooms give accommodations for
twenty-five additional patients.
After DR.. Bennitt's address. Bishop
Starkey. who was obliged to hasten away
paused upon the stairs saying, at is
pleasant to look into the faces of you
dear people. God bless o all" thus
completing his benediction of the Hospi-
tai.
Miss Nelson then sang The Chorister,
n after a telegram of congratulatory
greeting from the Rev. Louis A. Osborne,
who was unable to be present, had been
read. the Rev. DR.. Warren, chaplain of
the hospital maze u Dflel duuTSSS, III
which Dr. Dickinson was mentioned and
apolauded.
DR.. Dickinson. himself. was the next
speaker. and the assembly was fairly lost
in applause before he opened his mouth.
His ADDRESS was brief and to the point,
giving some statistics of early hospitals,
explaining why the hospital of today had
become so popular with both rich and
poor, one reason for which was that even
the wealthy are not prepared for emer-
geney in their own homes
Mr.. Robert w. Elliott. treasurer, was
the next speaker. He gave a brief re-
port of the work done by the hospital
and its expenditures. He spoke of Christ
Hospital as second to none in the State
saying. TT work that 1t has done during
the past five years proves its necessity to
the city,
1.-THE people are awakening to the fact
that there is a hospital in the city, but
not sufficiently" continued Mr.. Elliott,
and then went on to praise the Aber-
crombie, st. Mary's and Christ Hospital
Guilds for their good works. He also
spoke of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Elkins as
having expressed their congratulations in
a five hundred dollar check.
Mr.. John G.. Crawford, the senior mem
Der of the board, spoke most beautifully
in memory OF DIR. Richard Mason Aber-
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