New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-26
HALF A MILLION GIFT.
Money for Orthopedic School, but Not for
Hospital Proper.


A gift Of over $4,000 to the New-YOrk Ortho-
pedic Hospital announced at the annual meet
ing Of that institution yesterday afternoon The
contribution made a year ago. and the build
ing for which II was given. industrial school
and hospital. is nearly completed White
Plains. but the matter was not made public until
yesterday
Some years ago." said o. Egerton Schmidt, the
president ''in making tho announcement, ex-
pressed a wish that the New-York Orthopedic
DispensaTy and Hospital might day be
blessed with a branch in the country, where pure
cir and bright surroundings might aid our good
surgeons IN shaping little cripples into straight
healthy and women. giving them also such IN
struction as might help them TO face tho world
IN their struggle for livelihood as if by magic
good fairy-or better still noble. generous woman.
Miss Emily A Watson-touched US with her wand,
and behold! the Country Branch and Industrial
School has become reality. A beautiful building
OF brick and stone, surrounded by about fifteen
acres Of land upon high ground. stands now-nearIy
completed at White Plains
HOME IN THE COUNTRY.
This building cost $4,000, and Miss Watson has
promised $4,000 more for its endowment. It viii
have accommodations for ffty-two children. and
OF the three floors will be given up to the
patients, one TO nurses and teachers and one for
schoolrooms and dining room The little sufferers
only be cured in the country. it IS said and It
has long been the wish Of the hospital manage
ment 10 utilize the long term OF treatment
educational purposes"
As this country branch is an addition 70 the
regular work OF the Orthopedic Hospital the
present institution does not gain anything hnaD-
cially therefrom and IL has unhapply been running
behind about 5000 every year.
The number Of patients treated now-about four
thousand last year-is three times greater than the
number treated twenty years ago." said the presi-
dent yet the subscriptions then for current ex-
penses were double what they are now. The amounts
invested for endowed beds do not yield as large an
income as formerly, and we are obliged to pay
tax upon legacies. Our shop for making and re-
pairing apparatus is very expensive, but very nee
essary and the dispensary is crowded all the time.
What must happen II our income IS not in
creased? Shall We refuse to care for the little
sufferers who come TO our doors perhaps foT very
LIE itself? The women our board OF super
visors with their friends and the several guilds.
work very hard 10 maintain the hospital in its
present splendid condition. but 1t is cruel and IN
lust TO expect them. through entertainments and
personal appeals. to 60 on begging TO keep Us cut
Q; debt.
APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC.
Suppose put a simple proposition to the New
York public: Do you want poor crlpples to increase
ana be q charge upon the community or viii you
with a few thousand dollars every year aid Us TO
lessen the number Of helpless defOrmed ones 50
that may be able TO return to you children
growing into health and strength. becoming able
living? Surely such an investment must pay a
good dividend n this city Of great riches and great
poverty"
The surgeon in chief. Dr.. Russell A Hibbs. spoke
IN a similar strain. and dwelt on the expensive
character Of orthopedic work.
Of the 1900 spent during the year. he said.
'lIcso was for the making and repairing OF braces,
ana that Notwithstanding the fact that the STAFF in
the shop was reduced that from two TO six
weeks oftea interviewed between the ordering Of the
DIace and its completion. There remains now no
punt at which We can economic further except by
turning patients away from our DOORS and do
Aol DelieFe mat the public VIII see this done"
He report OF the secretary Of the board Of super
Fisors Mss Elizabeth Stewart Hamilton, was also
q plea for more subscriptions
We cannot shut our doors q" she said .grIera Is
100 much pain and suffering cIaznoring at them.
blt we feel that II our work were rightly under
STOOD our financial difficulties would be at an end"
among the benetaotors Of the year Miss Hamil-
1oI H.t.lois mrs. seth Barton French. VINO raised
over 5000 by private subscription, and Mrs John
T. Lyle. who entertained twenty children with five
ny 7|'S LINUS
Both Miss Hamilton aad the president alluded
wa much feeling to the death during the year OF
~ ~ I~llnIlI officers OF the institution. Temple
rhine and James x. Oracle
DR.. RAINsToRD TELLS SOME FACTS.
Following the reports was an address by the Rev
Di W 3 Rainsford who told the audience how
made
iou are doing the correcting" ne said 1.-THE
go Of the diseases you are treating Is found Ia
ule unoernutriuon that makes chalI1y bones and
spines. The people OF the East side arc
RTT', A.Iea' right through I have not found in my
Ten ,oe 1inS there single 4i-inch chest. and not
m 80 VINO stood six feet. II you watch
s, sIls who flock Of a factory they will form
FsfbHalls contrast 70 those who walk uD and down
you I've, though Drawer. Eweeter. honester girls
~ Ssshnot ind anywhere
oueb, 4Ch know any philanthropy whose needs
vOare - Dc more Impressed upon people than
yOufE %. y, mere IS no sDOI earth where tho
pareS ne poor are IN greater need OF being pre-
eef 6,.D4 stern competition. We are apt 70 for
open Do-, severe ne competition is here with our
eivvevSS legislation 70 cOunteTact this evil is
dc LLied by lobbyists and politicians and still
w % unreguiated Immigration goes on.
ASiH suffers most from because The iucoul-