Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-18
READY FOR PATIENTS
ADDITION TO HOMEOPATHIC
HOSPITAL FORMALLY OPENED.
Simple Ceremony Marks Dedication of
New NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Com
plete in Every Detail.

with informal yet pleasing ceremony the
new four-story addition to the Homeopathic
Hospital was dedicated yesterday afternoon
and declared ready for service of the pub
lie. The dedication marked the culmina-
ton of a long and earnest effort on the
part of officials of the hospital. of the staff,
OF the ladies' board of managers, the la
dies aid and its allied chapters to broaden
the scope of the institution and bring It up
to modern requirements, and the event was
in the nature of an enthusiastic celebration
DIR. Ralph Jenkins, president of the board
of trustees, turned the building over to the
medical staff, and in their behalf grateful
response was made by DIR. William R. King
Rev. DR.. Teunis Hamlin offered the dedi-
catory prayer.
The doors of the new structure, which
faces on Kirby street, just south of the old
hospital building, at the corner of Kirby
and n streets northwest, We're thrown open
at q o'clock and the guests arrived promptly,
In the corridors on the main floor members
OF the reception committee, which included
representatives of the ladies' board of man.
ayers, the resident and visiting STATS of
the hospital, the Ladies' Aid, the Nordhoff
Guild and Hahnemann and Catharne Biz
ney chapters of the Ladies Aid. made all
welcome, and on the different floors of the
structure other members of the committee
performed like service. The reception COM
mittee included: Mrs A. r. Quaiffe, presi-
NSihI VI tIES IduleS DOdTu or managers,
chairman; Mrs. Harrison Dingman, Mrs.
John S. Blair Mrs. George s. Martin Mrs.
w. s. Stetson, Mrs. J. E. Padgett Mrs
Jesse Whitaker, Mrs. Edward Graves. Mrs.
Lyman Swormstedt, Mrs. Charles Davis,
Mrs Grafton Fox, Mrs. ]. T Hough Mrs
Charles Lyman, Miss Kate Bradley. Misses
Sedgley, Mrs. Dalzell, wife of CONGRESSMAN
Dalzel; Mrs. c. H. Perkins, Miss Platt and
others.
Formally Declared Open.
Within few minutes after o'clock Dr.
jenkins calling the chatting groups about
him to order and enjoining them to silence
took his position on the staircase facing
the main entrance, and in a few aptly
chosen remarks reviewed the months of
hard work which had made it possible to
announce that the building is now ready to
such of the public as wish to avail them
selves of 1t. After briefly but heartily ex-
pressing thanks to Congress for it's ma
terial aid, DR.. Jenkins introduced DIR.
Ieunls Hamlin to make the dedicatory
prayer
DR., Jenkins on behalf of the staff of the
hospital, formally declared the hospital
open and stated that it was his pleasure
to offer the institution to the medical pro-
fession of the city for the care Of their
patients. In the absence of DIR. T. L. Mac
donald he called upon DR.. William r. King
TO speak for the physicians of the capital.
1t unexpectedly becomes my duty to
respond for the medical fraternity" said
DR.. King and in their behalf 1 am sure
that l am authorized to express thanks
for this magnificent accomplishment to the
efficient board of trustees of the Homeo-
pathic Hospital the staff of the institution
the ladies' board of managers and It's able
auxiliaries, and to the appropriations COM
mittees of both houses of Congress. We
feel that you have put into our hands an
institution thoroughly modern in every par
ticular and we shall endeavor to conduct it's
affairs SO as to reflect credit upon all the
large circle of friends of the hospital"
The reception was continued until Z
O'Clock, and during that time the ladies
room. A section of the Marine Band fur
uished music. At o'clock the doors were
closed and the new building became an i'm
portant integral part of the Homeopathic
Hospital.
Description of the Building.
When the entire group of buildings con-
templated on the hospital property are COM
pleted the structure dedicated yesterday will
be the administration hall, but for the
present it will be used for purely hospital
purposes. Ground was broken for the
structure about two years ago, and under
the stimulus of congressional appropria-
tons supplemented by active individual eff
fort, the work was pressed forward with
few delays. AS 1t stands the building and
equipment cost more than $4,000. Great
emphasis is laid by the hospital authorities
upon the fact that the new building is alb
solutely and technically freproof.
During the celebration yesterday scores
of visitors took advantage of the oppor-
tunity to inspect the new building, and
many expressions of admiration were
aroused by the evident care that had been
devoted to bringing every detail up to the
latest hospital requirements.
The basement, which is connected to the
old hospital building by covered passage
way, is foored throughout with cement, and
beside the heating plant, kitchen, pantry
and emergency room 1t contains several
rooms intended for scientific work In con-
nection with the institution. The main floor
is devoted to offices. with the dining room in
a one-story annex, and on the top, or fourth,
floor are two thoroughly equipped operating
rooms. with roofs and walls of glass, and all
appliances for storing and sterilizing instru-
ments, etc, in convenient abutting rooms
The second and third floors are devoted to
private rooms for patients, with baths ward
pantries, etc. in available space about the
center of each floor. Several devoted friends
of the hospital gave much of their time for
more than year past to arranging for fur
IDENTIFY stated yesterday, it is believed the
result will show that the hospital has equip
ment second to no institution of the kind in
the country. Some of the rooms were fur
nished out of the hospital funds, but others
were by donation. These latter have been
named for their donors, the names appear
ing on brass plates on the doors, as follows:
THE Nancy B. Scudder ROOM" "Nordhoff
Guild room" DR.. and Mrs. Richard Kings
man, Eleanor Reynolds Cooper DR.. l. L.
Macdonald, Mr. and Mrs. William T. Ely
non w. B. Hibbs, the Misses Sedgley, Mrs
William NJ. Somerville and Mrs. Daniel