The Sunday globe., 1901-07-21
WANTS A FATHER
Does the Forthcoming Baby OF a
Virgin Nurse
UNDER CLERK CHARLES LYMAN
NOt in Cages Department, but In the HOmeo-
pahC Hospital, Of which Mr. Lyman Is an
Interested OireCtor-Hs PTeSIdes Over a
Reorganization and a Physician is Fired.
Law Proceedings Instituted.

The enclosed came from the Post
| Saturday, July 18th. This is the hos
pital that your friend, Charles Lyman,
| presides over. ] think he is treasurer.
He lives near the hospital, and l think
he has made himself laughing stock
to every one in the neighborhood by
! his pompous and arrogant manners.
He has lots on his mind, or he would
not go along the street gesticuhting
and talking to his own august person
age. Stoddard, the doctor spoken Of,
is nothing, while he was in the hos
| pltal he put on lots Of airs, perhaps
the imitation Of so much wind caused
| the collapse when his resignation was
asked for. Send to hospital for a
yearly report, and then you can see the
officers of the institution. The Globe
is much sought after in the vicinity Of
the hospital, and there were many dis
appointed ones yesterday not to see
something about Lyman, and the doc
tor, and the nurse, and and. How could
she have gone wrong when under his
care and guidance?
The above was received with much
regret by The Globe, as the enclosure
referred to narrated the downfall Of a
virgin nurse, despite the fact that Mr..
! Lyman has maintained a watchffl care
I over attendants, nurses and patients.
| The hospital is the well-known homeo-
pathic one, and the scandals which
/ have recently developed necessitated
/ its reorganization. The last Congress
appropriated $4,000 for this institution,
and the question now is, in view Of
what has transpired, whether the Dis
/ trict Auditor will honor any drafts by
/ the management for any portion Of the
amount. But Charles Lyman, Appoint
ment Clerk, Sunday School superin-
/ tendent, hospital director, broker, ETC.,
ETC., has put his shoulder to the wheel,
as perusal of the following shows:
with a view Of remedying this state
of affairs, the National Homeopathic
/ Hospital Association, Of Washington,
| d. c., met in the red parlor Of the Eb-
| bitt House and decided to apply for
new charter, under the name of the
National Homeopathic Association Of
| the District Of Columbia. Mr.. Charles
/ Lyman presided over the meeting last
night, which barely had a quorum,
while Mr.. Elias G. Hutchinson acted
/ as secretary Mr.. Arthur A. Birney
/ presented a new charter providing for
the change in name, and extending the
/ life of the corporation for twenty
years. This was unanimously adopted,
and among those signing the papers as
/ incorporators are Elias S. Hutchinson,
DR.. Richard Kingsman, Charles Ly-
man, DR.. Charles A. Davis, Henry
/ Wells, DR.. L. B. Swormstedt, DR.. r. l..
. ATo1n1poTd A
The trustees for the first year are
/ DR.. Ralph jenkins, DR.. T. L. MacDon-
aid. Charles B. Bailey, Henry Wells,
/ Charles Lyman, Mrs. John B. Wight,
/ James G. Hill, Mrs. Sara A, Spencer,
/ Mrs. A. R. Quaiffe and A. A. Birney."
| So far, so good. Lyman is turning
/ the corner at his usual clipper gait, but
what about that Virgin nurse? The
| Globe is reminded of Ophelia's Groom
| in Hamlet, but, although we have heard
| leading American lady stars sing 1t,
would be highly immoral to reproduce
the verse in The Globe, and, besides,
| its publication would shock our pious
neighbor across the street.
In the usual language of the we'll
trained reporter of the subsidized daily
newspaper. here is the nurses history
in blank verse:
"In the early part of last May a dis
covery was made in relation to one of
the female nurses at the Homeopathic
Hospital. who was a member OF the
training school. which led to her dis
missal and also to inquiries as to the
responsibility for her condition. She
made conflicting statements, and final.
/ ly accused a Baltimorean, giving an
address and the name of a firm for
which she alleged he was employed.
! Investigation failed to locate any per.
son of the name given at the address
| furnished by the nurse. Members of
| the firm mentioned also stated that
| they employed no such person. Con-
fronted with this contradiction, the
nurse returned to a former statement,
and in a letter to an official Of the hos
pital said that she had transferred the
blame to a fictitious party outside Of
the hospital entirely for the purpose
of protecting the institution"
Now. the interesting part Of this par
agraph is "the former statement"
What former statement did the nurse
make? Did she accuse a spirit with
visiting her in the silent night, or an
attachs employe or other hospital Of
! fetal? Why is this former statement"
| hushed up and the one ascribing the
event to a Baltimorean, imaginary or
real. given?
Mr.. Charles Lyman owes 1t TO him
self and the other gentlemen connected
with the hospital to give this former
statement OF the former virgin nurse
to the public. She, now IL appears ad-
| 1. %, 30 - apd
in all probability, the lady knows who
Is responsible for her condition" Let
the public have his name, by all means
Mr.. Lyman, and remove suspicion from
all but the guilty man.
There was further trouble in the
homeopathic hospital. in which Ap
pointment Clerk Lyman takes such a
deep interest Our correspondent, in
private note, says:
OR Stoddard was not named by the
woman, and, in fact, she distinctly ex-
onerated him, and after his withdrawal
from the hospital the nurses there unit
ed in a hattering testimonial to his
high character and unassailable con-
! duct while residing in the institution.
| In view of certain scandalous gossip,
| DR.. StOddard asked the board of d.
rectors to investigate his conduct in
the hospital, which was done it is said,
the members Of the board assuring DR..
| Stoddard that there were no charges
against him. and that there had been
no reflections upon his character"
Very good so far again says The
Globe, but why this extraordinary ac-
tion?
Notwithstanding this, DR.. Stoddard
received from the secretary OF the
board, a short time after appearing be-
| fore It, a letter requesting his resigna-
| tlon. This stated that the necessity