New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-11-23
WOMAN'S HOSPITAL WORK
FORTHWITH ANNUAL MEETING OF
THE BOARD OF GOvERNORS-A
NEW BUILDING NEEDED.

The forty-atth annual meeting of the Board OF
Governors OF the New-York State woman's Hos
rtsl az Fiftieth-st. and Fourth-ave.. was held
yesterday afternoon at the home Of Mrs Robert
z. De Forest. No. Washington Square North
The meeting was held in the art gallery. and John
z Parsons presided while Mrs. Russell Sage rep
resented the Ladies Auxiliary Board
Those who made addresses were DR.. Andrew H.
Smith, representing the Medical Board; Charles
Andrews. Of Syracuse, and The Rev. R. W. Downer.
archdeacon OF Kingston, Jamaica, who also pro-
nodnced the benediction.
John Z. Parsons opened the meeting with the an
nuaI report OF the Board OF Governors in which he
stated that ss1 indoor patients had been treated
during the year 301 Of which were free and AIS out
door patients besides e.763 consultations. The sum
paid out s75.2l2 &c. and the deficiency is s25-
e2S He said that the project for the erection OF
2 new pavilion the next important thing TO
cancelIing this deficiency. Mr. Parsons reported
many gifts during the year number OF which
were conditional Mrs. Frederick F. Thompson,
the former treasurer has already given $4,000, and
when the requisite 100000 is secured for the new
building she will contribute home for nurses. to
cost g-55,ega
Mr Parsons called attention to the gap in the
medical STAFF caused by the death OF Dr. H. T
Hanks after thirty years service, and the resigna-
ton % Dr. T Addison Emmett. after serving forty
FIVE years
IN ny mind" ne added the future Of the hos
pital hinges upon TWO things: in securing physi-
clans OF equal standing with those VINO nave Ielt
and n obtaining a new building"
Dr.. Andrew Il. Smith gave e congratulatory ad-
dress the Board Of Managers and spoke Of the
hospital al educator, where the rich may ex-
tend the hand OF brotherhood to the poor. In
speaking Of the need Of & building he referred
th= church edihce a sermon IN stone, but the
hospital building as e perpetual prayer DR.. Smith
closed with z glowing tribute 10 the memory Of Dr.
Hanks as e martyr 10 his profession. Two resig-
nations reported were those of Mrs. Whitelaw Reid
and Mrs. Lewis c. Jones. Mrs. o. 3. Potter has
beer selected I'll Of the vacancies.
Lx-JE1Se Andrews spoke or the common pono OF
great cause OF charity. The great mass Of the
world ne SAID are the laborers OF the world;
those who struggle day by day, year by year, Tor
mere existence But the great work OF the word
could never 60 unless the great mass are De-
pendent upon and laboring for others II Is sign
O. the times mat the responsibility OF property Is
more tet day ~ day. Men OF wealth feel more
deeply me debt they TO the public which TENDS
poor" Judge Andrews in conclusion offered a tes-
cnortaI 70 the medical profession and the army OF
nurses IN this country
The Rev z ". Downer in his remarks took
the rel gous side Of the question and said that this
noble work OF lifting Up the weak is due entirely
70 Christianity. What Mahometanism or
BUDDHISM done 70 proong the life Of woman" ne
asked He said that he had visited the hospitals
u London and had been for twenty-seven years
Chaplain IN the hospital az Jamaica, but nowhere
had found such perfectly administered systems
as II the hospitals Of New-York.
Among those present we're Mrs Charles Aber-
netny- Mrs. William I. Andrews. Mrs. z. V. Ham
IN, Mrs. Morris Z. Jesup and Mrs. Russell Sage.
Wonan's Hospital and the staff Of physi-
Clans