The age-herald., 1900-02-11

for the convenience of the sisters. There are dumb walters for each floor and also what may be called the ward kitchens from where the sister on duty receives the trays intended for the patients in her ward. The dressing rooms and bath rooms will have tiled floors and the entire hospital will pre- sent that charming wholesomeness and cleanliness that comes from perfect sanita- ton.
 The interior decoration of the hospital entrance will be done in marble and tiles. The platform of the main entrance portico will be tiled with dark Georgia marble. The vestibule will be tiled in like manner, the design showing black and white squares with border of vivid pink. The sills of the inside door will be of pink marble and the walls will be wainscoted with pink mar ble, the base showing a darker coloring blending into the paler pink of the dado. In the side entrance hall to the main corridor beyond, the tiles will be of white Italian marble. The operating and sterilizing rooms are to be tiled and wainscoted in Italian marble to the height of five feet. In the main building the stairs will be constructed with double flights. The hospital will be equipped with elevators.
 From the superb marble entrance the chap pei and the reception room will open, and in an apartment beyond will be the community room for the sisters. The hospital will con-
 
 physicians There will be private dining rooms for the sisters and the attendants There will be linen rooms and private dress ing rooms on every floor. The building will be lighted throughout by gas and electriei- ty. It is understood that St. Vincent's will operate its own electrical plant. The prl- vate wards will be elegantly furnished. The physicians who own private hospitals in the city that are constantly being overcrowded are delighted that St. Vincent's will so soon be able to accommodate the pay patients St Vincent's while built from the general fund and in charge of the Sisters of Charity, of whom the superior is Father R. A. Lemon, is entirely non-sectarian..
 The furnishing of the charity wards has been undertaken by the Woman's auxiliary of St. iVncert's hospital. They are raising a fund of $5.O00 to be expended solely in fur nishing and maintaining the charity wards. A bazaar and vaudeville for the purpose ef raising funds will be given Easter week at the Jefferson theater. The plans for the bazaar are elaborate. It will be similar to the benefits given in London and New York for the Boer war fund.
 The exterior of the building is rapidly as- suming the beautiful design of the archi- tects. The arahed openings in the verandas are O be enclosed with sta'ned g'ass through the brilliant colorings of which the lights of the hospital will appear to come from great and vast cathedral
 The exterior finish of the cupalo. includ- ing the cross, the balustrade, etc, will be Of galvanized iron, as will also the cornices of the dormer windows and the balustrades of the verandas. The steps leading to the hospital will be of stone and above the inn posing entrance there is a rich embellish7 ment in carved marble. A carriage drive way will lead under an arch.
 The emfnence tipon which the hospital is Hx,,t1E .t%r is difficult to imagine more charming To- cation It is is the very center of fashiona- ble Birmingham.
 The large grounds the magnificent trees, the remoteness from the dust and smoke of a thousand industries. the accessibility to the electric lines and ito the beautiful road ways on South Highlands. will annually in- crease the valuation of the property. With present prices the erection of various build ings called for in the architects design, ap- proach the half million mark. When the additional wings to be added as Birming- ham grows, St. incVent's will some day easily represest an expenditure of a million dollars. The sisters of the Order of St. Vim cent express themselves as delighted with the attractive views from the wards of the hospital. They know the good effect of Night. sunshine, view of the sky the trees, the terraces upon the physical and mental welfare of the body. It would be absolutely a blessing to hundreds of persons in this valley to be a convalescent at St. Vincents, to have one's white cot moved to the win dow nearby, to glimpse again the warm earth. to enjoy a view of the hills. to be nursed back to life by the little figure in the simple robe. In such surroundings would leave reluctantly.
 Crossing the terraces with Sister Chyrsos- tom and Sister Patricia, spoke of the success of the work, of the hope that the hospital would soon be completed, of the need of large hospitals.
 The Sister Superior paused on the terrace. "It is my wish" she said softly, "to light by electricity the cross upon the dome of St. Vincent's thus guiding perhaps the poor wanderers to us should they see it flashing in the darkness"
 "Yes," said the other. ''the poor would know where to find us "
 They stood thus upon the broad hillside.