The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-04
WORK OF THE PUEVENTOUIUM
MANAGERS ASH APPROVAL or
STtTE mo- mn or HiRITIES.
tive Apparent sai'Stac'iSn a. TO me
Financial Backing % the Movement
10 save children FrOm Tuberculosis
Needs and scape NJ the SOcieiy'

state Board 81 Charities. hcli a hearing
Yesterday az the United Charities Build
ing at which the tuberculosis Pre-
ventorium Tor Children. among other
organizations. applied for the approval
81 their certificate Of incorporation In
Manhattan The committee. consisting
Of ". Rhinelander Stewart. Dr. Stephen
Smith. Joseph {. Baldwin. Jr and Robert
W Hebbsrd nov secretary 1t the State
Board. appeared tn be favorable. although
they refused o. commit themselves
definitely prior 20 the action Of the hoard.
Three questions are asked In relation
n the applying charitable institution.
What 10 the need u such an institution
What il the cha racter q those who are
pledging support What are the financial
resources which the institution can call
upon? Some months ago the preyentorium
was reputed to be IN need Of funis. hut
yesterday when tho list of those behind
the application for ceriihcation was read
the commission allowed questions two
and three b. b. passed by The list in
cludes Mrs Grover Cleveland. Mrs. J.
Borden Hartman. Archibald 5. AleXan-
der Or Herman 81 BigGs. Dr.. Alfred \.
Heas. John = Huvler. Mrs. W. Il. James.
DR. Abraham jacob. Adolph Lewisohn.
W. G. McAdoo, Marcus NJ Marks. Or.
James Alexander Miller. Eugene Meyer
JP., Celestino Plva. Henry Phipps. Jacob
A. Riis. NJ Theodore Rosenberg. jacob
u. shit. Isaac ~ Seligman, Mrs James
Speyer Henry l.. Stoddard. Lawrence
WELLER. Felix NJ. Warburg. Alexander s.
Webb. Jr. and Miss Dorothy Whitney
Marcus NJ. Marks appeared before the
commission with several other repre-
sentatives tO show the need II the insti-
tuition
Through the Association Of Tubercu-
Iosis Clinics.- he said. we find homes
where parents are suffering from the
plague. and then take the children 20 the
farm. children not yet themselves afflicted,
and give them the out Of door life for
three months, where they Do farming work
and have simple food. Meantime the
homes In the city are cleaned out. the
most advanced cases among the parents
are put in institutions. and in the less
advanced cases the parents are taught
clearly methods OF living and how 10
guard their children against oontamiDa-
ton. when the latter shall return
The place at FaTmingdale H. a gift nv
Arthur Brisbane Of SOO acres which hia
father. the late Albert Brisbane. left with
him for charitable purposes II he should
SO ~ Ia make such use Of e. There are
AT present las boys al Farmingdale. y !
but It IL intended % have - many -
'OO at me time upon the farm Each hoy
has separate plot II something less
than an acre " hich he cultivates himself
EKrenses 20 and from their home and
y hile they are away are paid by the
~ far a. their belath 10 concerned
y lille they are there said Mr. Marks
yesterday. we put IN a supply u ~
y orih u dr'igs In case ~ illness some
months ago, We still have 81 worth "
Irugs unused The cost of maintenance
Il about 8i0O. 600 year
In - application the Preventorium
asked for a general permission % eStah-
ish such farms Il u understood that
NNIF MIE NllNn W. AMN 70 NANlANAN jar NlN
10 that Ia farmingdale The commission I
-aised an objection ~ such blanket
permission hut " was explained that (
he Attorney General IN his examination
u the application had passed on this I.
lotut nv inserting a phrase " hirh limited
ne nature 81 the different camps 20 b-
20 those II preventive
nature and disallowed hospitals or In
,iitutionS which took cases Nhe~s any
.ort II disease was evidently established
N a patient
A telegram from Mr Brisbane 70 the .
was read IN which he ex-
pressed hls approval and support u The
lroieC' Then Mr. Mprks said
Mr. Brisbane told me tha' 'his vas
Inc only properly he owned auyw here
p hiCh yielded an income
Mr. Marks ended by describing me
~ meeting CRYING need
and being the only thing ~ l's kind In
he opuntrv. and beet II all be said
atholir ~. festart and lew worked
together fur " m complete harmony
Besides the Prevsntorium The Hun
zarian Hospital Association made ap-
1hCstiou for approval u their certificate
NJ Incorporation There was not such .
4 smooth path for them They spent
over half Az hour trying 10 convince the
N0NF NI NNIR HNNFHHLNNA NlN INlNa.H UT M|'N.'NI
-s-zDrrtes. huf the fact that these were
90 ~ vet ~ prospect Caussi a stumbling
block Regarding the need Of a Hun
garian hospital the petitioners made
better impression Dr. Julius Weiss told 4
u the great numbers Of Hungarians
Eho we're coming here every year and
he SAID that never a day went by but
Two o. three cases came 70 him which he
vaS at a lpss 20 know what % do with. .
because he person could not make him
sef or herself understood az the local +
hospitals he told the story 81 one vourg
zirl Who was held in Bellevue. on the
nsychopathic ward for three days simply
because no one could understand her
Ian gtIage Her attempts n make herself
understood by gestures were ridiculous
and they SUPPOSED her N he def1antei
He mentioned several cases Of slifierinE
'ausei by patients a. the regular hospitals .
hot being able % explain their troubles
oT Ueeis Practically all tho other
latior aliiies had special institutions. he
answered., ~ the commission = suggestion
hat a special ward 90 the Polytechnic
might ge' around the difiCIl'y Just a.
we'll and he aiiei that the Hungarian
physicians In such Wari would be at
odds with the heads ~ the clinic a. "a /
The probable site u the pro-
posed INSTITUTION would he In The Bronx. 4
he said fov he Hungar.ars and Slavs
are most numerous up there
The New York Osteopathic Clinic. seek .
ing a dispansary license for a clinic TO /
ls established az iaj Worth street. the
irst NJ its kind in the country. found .
strenuous opposition on tho Part 81 repre- .
'entRtives present from the New York /
and the New York County ,
Medical Society. The Brooklyn Dental /
'nfrmary also applied for a license. and 1
he Peoples PeticuTe Clinic to have their .
certificate approved