The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-28
HELP FOR A GOOD CAUSE
Contributions for the Eye, Ear,
and Threat Hospital.
Many Liberal Donations of Needed
StOres-COllectiOnst to BE Taken Up
in the Episcopal Churches Today
A New Building PrOpOsed-COm-
mendnbIe Work Of the Institution.

Hospital Saturday" and Hospital Sum
day are the two most important days Of
the year to the management of the Epis-
copal Eye, Ear. and Throat Hospital. of
this city. On these two days the friends
of the institution provide for its mainte
nance for the ensuing year. On the first
day an effort is made to have the public
contribute enough groceries and supplies
! to provide for the needs of the institution
for full year. and on Hospital Sunday"
a collection for the benefit of the hospital
fund is taken in every Episcopal church
in Washington.
Yesterday enough groceries and other
supplies to last nearly full year were
received at the hospital. on Seventeenth
and l. Streets northeast At the services
in the Episcopal churches of Washington
today it is expected that nearly $1,000 " Ill
be contributed to the support of the insti-
tuition. which is the only one of its kind
in the South with the exception of one at
Baltimore.
In order to secure more donations than
before the management of the hospital
this year sent out 200 large paper bags
to as many people whom they thought
might contribute. On the bags was print
each person was requested to contribute
as literally possible of groceries and
supplies. The plan met with success.
Nearly every one TO whom the bags were
sent replied generously and many others
who had learned of the plan also sent
liberal donations. The store rooms in the
basement of the hospital building were
filled to overlooking and it is thought that
the staples such as -four, sugar, potatoes,
Nd rnl Ar, ,x,;ll IL,
of the institution for nearly a year.
The great good that the hospital does
is not generally known to the Washing
ton public. There Is absolutely no dis
tinction as to the race creed, or color
Of the applicants for assistance. A corps
of trained nurses is always prepared to
give patients the best of care. At certain
hours in the afternoon the dispensary is
open and treatment is given free of charge
to anyone who is unable to pay. The
waiting room is often crowded with poor
people waiting to be treated. Some rev.
enue is derived from the treatment of
those who are able to pay.
The hospital has grown so fast and is
called upon at present to do so much that
the building now occupied is utterly in
adequate to the needs of the institution.
The building is three-story brick and
contains. besides the operating room and
dispensary, wards and private rooms
There is accommodation sufficient for
nineteen patients in the building. This,
however, is not enough inasmuch as there
are often requests for treatment for far
more than that number of serious cases.
The management desires to erect a build
ing large enough to provide for all the
needs OF the institution. They are ham,
pered in this movement, however. by a
lack of funds. At present the hospital has
an endowment of bat $1,000, while at least
coo will be needed for the erection of
new building. The management is conf
dent that the plan can be carried to ulti-
mate success and a building committee
has been appointed which will solicit funds
for the purpose. A site for the location Of
building is under consideration. The
building committee will start its work at
once. 1t is hoped that the general public
will respond literally to the appeal when
it is learned what great good is done by
the hospital
The hospital was established in 1897, I'M
der the auspices of the Episcopal Church
in the District of Columbia. The Right
Rev. Henry Yates Satterlee, d. D., is the
President of the board of governors. which
is composed of members of the Episcopal
Church, together with a number of the
leading physicians and surgeons of Wash
ington Miss Lucy Minnigerode is the SUI
perintendent and has immediate charge of
the hospital.