The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-05
GLAD DAY IN THE HOSPITALS
CHILDREN SING no PATIENTS
AND MRS. RICE GIVES FLAGS.
Public school GIrls Visit various Inssita-
tiOns and Bring Good cheer With
Their singing 1000 Flags ~
Presents Ia the sick and InfOrtunate.

None Of the patients in Bellevue. Gou-
verneuT nr any % the other hospitals
Was awakened by cannon crackers or
giant toTpedoes yesterday morning. and
some 81 the more restless among them
Srumhled trife At the abssnce 81 the
sNp"Cted variation of the daily medley
~ motors. trulleys. hucksters and steam-
boat whistles
Scarcely had thcy finished breakfast
at Bellevue when the truly patriotic
were cheered 10y the opening strains o.
The Star SIangled Banner rendered
IN a high childish treble some were
able Ia hobble to the windows ov erlooking
the courtyard and others managed 70
sit up In bed and ask what il all me&nt.
some found u hard work even To smile.
hut there wasn't an inmate who didn
listen
Those who looked from the windows
saw at least Atty white frocked girls
singing with oil their might and main
and waving their hands IN greeting.
Tho people up stairs waved back and
DeckoDsd. The Rirl- understood and
nodded. and when the last stan N Of the
national air had been sung they troOped
up the iron staircases and marched
through the corridors singing America
and The Red. White and Blue and
Yankee Doodle and Columbia. the
Gem Of the Ocean and finally Dixie
The visitors even strolled through
the wards that didn't have TO be kept
very quiet and explained to the patients
that this was one 81 the features II the
new way OF celebrating the Fourth.
IL wasn't exactly our idea. although
we were very glad TO be able 20 do it,
said one curly haired maiden To - man
who had fallen from a scafrolding and
couldn't hope TO get out for several weeks.
1t was Mrs. Rice who got II all up and
persuaded Mr.. Maxwell TO let US come
shes coming here herself. and youll all
see her
And they did IL wasn't two minutes
after that ? woman glided in with her
arms full Of faEs and began her round Of
the ward, leaving one at Each cot. Not
many of those who received them knew
that the giver WAS Mrs. Isaac l.. Rice.
president Of the Soc iety for the Sup
preston Of Unnecessary NOISE. and that
she had postponed her annual trip 70
Europe for two months just to see that
her ideas for a suitable Cclebraton Of
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