The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-04-10

seamsiIess. ReelleNomaa or shop gil in
hIailleboTo Tor the sole purpose az oh
tanning relief or support inom the fund 4,
that tiese occupations aIe not nov, OF
never have been, oyenEowied, mos, Of the
people engaged IN them bcing single wo'
men who do not or rannol derive any
beneiii from organized agencies Of relief
such as hospitals. kindersaitens and dis,
lticl nurses when they are IN temporary
need that Of the sum Of sid,iliUl avail,
able Tor the rrliei aud support ol the
class named In linlilcborO during the
Year ending May ~, 1907. only si.5id.05
MAS paid by the trustees for the direct aid
II seainstrcsscs and Others" as shown by
their account, that aid has been refused
by the trustees 10 benetcianes ON the
grounds that brothers or sisters Of the
beneiieiaries arr employed and earning
wages when these wages are sufficient
only Ia support the brothers aud sisters;
that the trustees have conveyed 60 a
Vermont corporation the hospital pur-
chased aud equipped by the trust fund
and that the poor seamsin.sscs, needle
women and shop girls have had difficulty
IN obtaining admission TO the hospital,
being informed by the officers that Il
would be necessary for them 20 pay in
advance an admission fee of $40, aud II
they became patients being compelled 10
give up their own physician and he
treated by the house doctor in charge;
that the trustees have refused aid 20
benetioiaries who had no knowledge that
they wefe entitled 20 free treatment al
the hospital aud were therefore treated
at home, on the grounds that they had
not ayailed themselves OF the privilege
Of free treatment at the hospital; and
hat Ia.
1907, sl5,ill.s6 was paid 10y the trustees
towards the running expenses Of the hos.
pital while during that time only four
beneieiaries We're treated there.
The answer closes as follows:
Wherefore said association prays:
"First-That said trustees be instructed
and directed 10 aid, assist, relieve and
support directly, ii indirect aid is in.
expedient, poor seamstresscs, needlcwomen
and shop girls, actual residents of Brat.
tleboro at the time the aid is required,
who may be in temporary need from
want of employment, sickness or misfor-
tune, and that such relief be immediate.
''Second-That said trustees be instruct
ed and directed that il is their duty to
see that poor persons OF the classes named
in said will shall have the first privi'
lege OF free admission and free treat
ment in the hospital in said Brattleboro.
"Third-That said trustees be directed
that person entitled TO relief, If in
need OF physician or hospital treat.
ment, shall have the right to be treated
either at the Memorial hospital in said
Brattleboro or outside by her own ply.
stefan, ii she have one, and that such
person shall have the option to receive
said treatment at said hospital or at her
own home. provided the expense of the
tt.,l1 ha tar nj N
pital.
"Fourth-That said trustees be instruct |
ed and directed that a beneficiary under |
said will who receives treatment at the |
hospital in Brattleboro may have her own |
physician attend her, il she does not elect |
to be treated by the house doctor.
'Fifth-That said trustees be instruct |
ed and directed to make annually and rem.
der to the secretary of the seamstresses'
association of said Brattleboro for the in
formation and benefit OF the seamstresses,
needlewomen and shop girls OF said Brat
tleboro a report OF all receipts and ex'
penditures of the moneys of said trust
fund coming to their hands, not belong
ing to Rhinebeck, n. Y. and showing in
detail to whom and for what purpose paid
out.
"Sixth-That clause two of the decree
of said court made on the 10Th day OF
March, 1901, be amended and amplified
to allow said trustees to purchase or
build and equip home for the support
of aged and disabled persons OF the
classes named, and in such home to pro
vide room for poor persons of the classes
named who have no other home, such
room and support for said last, named
persons to be on such terms and condi.
lions as said trustees may direct, and
that the said court will by decree to be
made by it in said cause give such other
and further directions to said trustees as
to the method of administering said trust
as the necessities of the case may require,
and as to the court may seem meet.
At the close of the hearing Mr..
Schwenk called the attention of the trus-
tees to the fact that the local agent was
in the habit of asking physicians to dis
count 25 per cent all bills for services to
benefciaries and that objection was made
by the agent to having this discount APP
pear ON the face of the bills. The tru,s,,
tees told Mr.. Schwenk that they would
have the accounts of the local agent audit
ed at once. Not long ago a petition ask
ing for the removal of Mrs, Wells as
agent was signed by every physician IN
town except one.