New-York tribune., 1906-04-29
MRS. JOHNSTON CAMPBELL.
(Nee Oeden.)

three thousand volumes is open several days
ana evenings of the week all the year round.
'One doesn't have to think very hard to find
ways OF attracting the boys" said Dr. Rosen-
feld gymnasium is always the easiest way
70 reach them In addition TO that however.
we nave clubs for them and quiet games. such
as checkers and chess. and on Monday nights
stories are read aloud These story telling
hiShlS are very popular, as many as sixty boys
several OF them great. big fellows. gathering of
an evening. In all about two hundred boys and
young men are reached through the Settlement
DR.. Rosenfeld, who superintends all these diff
ferent works, is herself interesting woman.
She studied medicine with view to doing med
ical work among the insane poor. and It the
better 10 prosecute the latter that she first came
10 the Settlement to board Miss Edith r. Will
son was then the head worker. Ii 1904 she left
suddenly through sickness in her family, and
after an interim of six weeks RI Rosenfeld was
appointed TO the Office DR. Rosenfed born
Roman Catholic, is member of the Children
OF Mary attached TO the Sacred Heart Convent,
In West 18th street, and has shown herself an
earnest worker along UNCONVENTIONAL lines.
One Of her most important achievements
growing out of her deep study of all matters
bearing upon the wellbeing of the mentally af
nicted is the formation of the international Guild
for the Benefit OF the Insane 1t was organized
in 1901 for the purpose of gathering funds for
the erection Of a pavilion for the insane as an
adjunct to some general hospital
There are many poor people" said DR.. Rosen-
field, in speaking of the work Of the guild.
whose minds a little unbalanced, but who
can be cured if only they could be placed in the
right environment. To shut up these people in
an insane asylum is cruel. l hope to start
series of homes where those people who do not
need commttal to an institution OF any kind
be treated
Our big city hospitals make no provision for
the care OF acute mental illness. How silly it is
10 call hospital q general hospital and then de-
bar one Of the most important Of diseases"
As Dr. Rosenfeld confines herself TO Office
practice, she easily combines professional with
settlement work Owing to her initiative the
settlement entered upon a departure, that
OF free medical attendance upon the sick poor,
furnished by staff Of seven physicians spe-
Ria a CT in hns- araI 1fr7nS
AS st. Roses Settlement has expanded It has
sent workers to help along other good works.
Thus ii sends helpers to the Salesian Fathers.
in Mott street; 20 the House of the Holy
Family, for wayward girls, in Second avenue;
TO Wards Island. where 1t is represented by
choir which sings at the nurses vespers and at
benedicton service on Sunday evenings at the
Manhattan State Hospital.
Although not maintaining regular employ
hnding employment for persons out of work.
being always able TO place boys through the
Society Of st. Vincent de Paul The deserted
wife problem presses hard at St. Roses, at |
every philanthropic agency in the city.
There is nothing in the world for deserted |
wives TO do but get out and work." says DR.. |
Rosenfeld, 'and that's what they do. We have !
two Of them in the Settlement, and they are I
the best and most reliable workers we have"
Fresh air work goes on practically all the /
year round. for sick and cOnvaescent persons |
are often sent 20 the country in the winter. |
One hundred outing parties sent away for |
two weeks each last summer. in addition to day |
10 Pelhan Bay Park, Bronx Park, |
Far Rockaway and elsewhere. On the Fourth |
OF July hfty-eight boys were taken TO Spark |
hill
DR. Rosenfeld says that the Settlement is |
greatly hampered for lack Of funds. Already II |
Ia in intimate touch with about $50 families, |
mainly Of italian, Irish, Bohemian and German |
ma nationality but there Is need OF more manual |
training for the boys, and other possible ave-
nues OF helpfulness are closed for lack of the |
resources. Mrs. William A. Arnold, |
the chief supporter of the Settlement at the |
time Of its inception, still remains Its greatest |
benefactor. The work costs between $4,000 and |
900 a year in addition TO which there is a /
on the list street property. which |
the friends OF the Settlement are working hard |
to pay Off To this end they are planning big |
for the fall.