Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-08-30

took place on a temporary platform
erected for the occasion in front of the
main entrance of the edifice. The
exercises opened with music by the
Firemen's band, after which Mayor
,, Hargens welcomed the visitors in a
neat speech which was in part as
follows:
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle
men: The honor of bidding you well
come to this, the laying of the corner
stone of the Lady OF Lourdes Hospital
has been accorded to myself. / would
that / we're equal to the task thus as
signed to me, for the occasion is an
impressive one and one that marks an
epoch in the forward movement of Hot
Springs as a health resort. l like not
the task of speech-making, and had 1
my way would have come the Chris
tian Science dodge on you and dis
covered to you that matter is but man
ifest mortal mind, and given you what
the Christian Scientist denominates as
an absent treatment, but the commit
tee of arrangements have informed me
that the hospital was being built of
stone. wood and iron, truly material
substances, things actually existing,
just as much so as the boils that
troubled job, and that l must be here
in body as we'll as in spirit-that's why
I'm here, and bid you welcome. We
are pleased to see you here upon so
auspicious an occasion: we are graft
fed to know that by your presence
you feel the import of the steps we are
taking here, aud that you approve of
it most heartily. We want you to feel
that Hot Springs has warm spot in
her heart for you, and that there is
nothing within reason she will not do
for you in view of the interest you
manifest in our rev hospital. We
know that those who manifest such in
terest in an institution devoted to the
relief of pain, sickness, suffering. and
death, may be safely trusted with our
latch string. Ever since Eve prevailed
upon Adam to partake of the forbid
den fruit, and the same stuck in
Adams throat, producing Adams apple,
and causing Adam to be sick at the
stomach. and Eve to wander out into
the damp woods and catch cold, sick
ness has afflicted the human family
] and doctors became a necessity. Sci
entific medicine has evolved the hos
| pital-the two combined attain the
| acme of good results. Hospitals exist
| for the reason that it is the only proper
place to treat the sick. The accumu-
lation of experience is to the effect
that good nursing contributes largely
to the recovery of patients suffering
from many dangerous diseases and
that this recovery is best attained in
institutions, designed. equipped. and
conducted expressly for the care of the
sick. Here in this hospital the Bene-
dictine Sisters will, i'm the future, at
tempt to repay you for the interest you
manifest today, aud when you are in
weariness and painfulness and in need
of the unselfish ministrations of a
class of noble women, who have put
aside the material things of life and
consecrated themselves to the relief OF
human suffering, you will find the same
within these walls Have you ever
stood in tho wards of hospital and
watched the human body, when breath.
ing is but gasp, when the pulse is bu,
a thread, when the last final hour shall
have come to the invalid have yol,
say, observed the patient, silent. pa
thetic ministration of a devoted nurs,
to her petient? If you have you know
what this hospital means to the home
less. the weary of heart, the ragings O
5 the storms of life. If you have no
you have missed sight you owe your
self to see. Again we bid you welcome
Judge Moore, of Lead, happily re
sponded in behalf of the visitors t
Mayor Hargens pleasing address q
welcome as follows:
!, MIR. Chairman, Ladies, Gentleme
4 and Fellow Citizens All: A few day
e ago was much pleased to receive a
Il invitation to respond to the address g
i welcome that my friend DIR. Hargen
g your honorable and worthy mayor, ha
: just so ably made. and l assure yo
+ that l deeme and esteemed it an ho1
a or to be requested to meet with yo
v here today, to take part IN these Ger,
monies. And for the honor accorde
Q me, thank you in behalf of myse
n and the people of the northern Hill
S Your mayor has said that he had pre-
pared speech to deliver here toda,
Q but that his office boy mislaid it. If
d was any better than the one he deli,
|. cred, l should like to hear it. But
g am afraid that the doctor is like tb
J. printer; when anything goes wrong, til
d doctor says "the office boy", while til
S printer says the ''devil''. Now l do nc
t know if my brothers of the clergy si
|; ting on my right would put the blan