Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-02
Queen Alexandra Lend. .
Hand and Helps to Or.
ganize a Band OF Child
rem to Aid in COLLECTING
for the Home-P arlia-
ment Votes a Govern.
ment Hospital Worth
100000 to Sir William
AbsO lu tely Free OF
Charge and the Public
Contributes $35O,OOO.
while they are inmates OF the homo
LOVER OF CHILDREN

LOVER OF CHILDREN
The whole institution is now I'm mu
running order and is In charge of Dr
n. j. Gauvain who showed mo ropn5
the wards. Apart altogether from M
qualifications as "a medical man mo- t,,
ter man could have been selected f,,
the post than DIT. Gauvain. he iss
genuine lover Of children. and slthoprs
the home had only been open three
weeks az the time of my visit. he kneu
every one Of the hundred little patient.
by name. They all knew him. too. Ina
his coming was the signal FOR a ronn
for little cripples are wonderfully Ut,,
other children. They all knew Sir W1.
liam Treloar, too, and welcomed him
with a happy smile, although they no.
garded him With greater awe than their
own doctor.
we have accommodations for about
800 inmates at present" said DR. Gan.
vain, but our capacity for expansion
Is limited only by the amount OF money
we get So far We have only received
about 100 patients because We are sif-
ing all the applications very carefuUv
We have decided that we will not taks
In any case that we cannot see roa
sonable hope Of curing That may
sound rather cruel. but il Is real kind
ness. An incurable case occupying
bed would only shut out a child thar
might be made whole
TIATE NO OBJECT.
I'VE are here 20 cure not only %
patch up and relieve. II does not mat
ter II the treatment takes 10 years. We
win not let the child go until Il l.
quite whole. The average term will De
From al rt1npfRa ~ futrp s~aatse o1 o..
the children go home they will have
to come TO see me in London at regu-
lar intervals and n I detect the slight
est symptom Of a return of the dis
ease back, they will come 70 Alton on
the spot"
FRESH AIR AND SUNLIGHT.
Or. Gauvain took me TO see the little
| girl who had undergone 20 operations.
When she came into the home three
/ weeks before. / was told. she was pale
and emaciated, but when l saw her
| she was plump and pretty and happy.
| There is but little doubt that she viii
| be entirely cured IN a year OF two.
The treatment consists chiefly Of
fresh air and sunlight and good food.
| Medicines Of course, are given as re-
| quired, and there Is a fully equipped
| operating theater in case operative sur
l gerry should be needed. What is needed
| now most OF all is an N-ray apparatus,
| and DIT Gauvaln is hoping that some
! one will present it TO the home.
I The patients range in age all the way
| from months 10 IL or IL years Oh
| Most OF them seem to have little me
| matter with them as they lie IN bed
but when the cover is drawn aside pill
| fully twisted limbs or deformed JOINTS
| are disclosed. Some Of the little la-
| TENTS. however, are obviously under
| treatment, for az they lie In bed theu
| limbs are held rigid by arrangements
OF weights and pulleys and Others a"
! fixed immovably In boxes.
SCHOOL IN FOREST.
one OF the features Of the place e
| the forest school where the children
| viii be taught In fine weather Al the
top OF the hill Is the beginning Of d
/ forest Ave miles In extent and part or
| II belongs 20 the home. The school
has been established I'm a natural clear
| Ing and Is approached by pain
| through the thick underground. Wish
the great forest trees arching overhead.
| The school itself consists OF an open
shed built OF rough logs, and with o
| door raised high enough 10 be froc IRON
| an suspicion Of dampness. In Wni 2
| the children VIII De taught IN school
| room near the wards and those VINO
| cannot leave their beds viii hayo les-
sons by the bedside AZ soon as they
| are old enough they VIII begin 90
\ learn a trade. for one object ~ ho
| home H. to enable them 20 support
| themselves IN after life
LOUIS HYDE