Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-10-31
OF THE
SISTERS DEFINED
In the Charity Proposition
Which Now Interests the
People Of This City.
CARD FROM ATTORNEY CHlLDERS
To The Evening Citizen:

To The Evening Citizen:
The cali for a mass meeting to be
u held at the Commercial Club, IN
I Thursday afternoon at A o'clock, to
take steps to raise funds for the sup
port of what is called The Associated
Charities if it is intended to include
st Joseph's Hospital as one of the
charities to receive public aid, is a
mistake. This misunderstanding is
unfortunate, and the sooner it is cor
1 rected the better. The meeting held
i last Friday was called at the request
of the Sisters of st. Joseph's Hospital
for the purpose of submitting a state
ment of the needs of that excellent
institution. In some ~unaccountable
way a resolution was passed to create
an organization to be called ''The AS
ISOLATED Charities" There is no
,doubt that the intentions of the pro-
motors of this organization are eX-
cellent, but it is apparent to any one
who has the slightest knowledge of the
order to which the Sisters belong that
they can enter into no such partner
. ship. The only superior to the excel
lent Sister who Is manager of st. Jo-
seph's Hospital is and must be the
Mother Superior of the order.
We are authorized to say that the
Sisters must necessarily appeal to the
public directly for assistance, and will
do so. The monthly interest charge
!. which they have to meet is 1920 per
month. This, as well as the current
expenses of the institution must be
met. From $500 to $500 interest must
be paid next month. Everybody knows
how successfully the Sisters hospitals
are managed and what splendid charit-
able work they do. They always re-
ceive general local aid and support.
The community that secures one OF
their hospitals considers itself fortu-
nate. Right now there are no less
thar thirty INDECENT patients in st. Jo-
seph's, who are receiving all the care
n attention they request. The doors
of the hospital are open to ali alike,
without regard to religion or creed.
It should be aided and its facilities in
creased. Do not let us make the mis-
take of dividing our efforts too much.
The good Sisters say they must make
the hospital self-sustaining, that is,
locally so. If the promoters of 1.-The
Associated Charities" attempted to
found and mains/n such a hospital,
they would soon find what difficulties
the DlSI6IS nave utdil VIII III nv past
and are c%ontending with now. Let the
public provide for st. Joseph's first,
aid then literally aid The Associated
Charities Whatever st. Joseph's
receives must be given directly to the
Sisters. to be disbursed by them, and
the institution managed in their own
way. or course, anything THE AS
ISOLATED Charities" may give st. Jo-
seph's will be gratefully received, and
ali the patients they may send to the
institution will also be received n
properly cared for.
We have written the above at the
b. request of the Sisters n many OF
their friends. We also know that many
Of the leading citizens, including many
of the physicians of the city, are in
full sympathy with what we have said.
The latter especially appreciate the
importance of sustaining st. Joseph's.
This communication is made not for
the purpose OF fault finding or criti-
cising anybody, but in order to let
the public know exactly what position
the Sisters take and why ii is neces7
sary that they should take it.
. Respectfully,
w. B. CHILDERS,
JAMES H. WROTH,
G.. s. McLANDRESS,
d. H. CAIRNS,
ALBERT FABER,
p. G. CORNISH,
w. G. HOPE.