The evening world., 1911-04-11
81 CENTS DAY
KEEPS A PATIENT
At ST.. ROSES HOME
Remarkable Showing in Econ
ony Made in Caring for
Cancer Victims.
NO SALARIES ARE PAID.
Institution for Which Fund Is
Sought for New Building
Is. Well Managed.
ARE PAID.

= WSsa - pshAo - aSipsd 10 ooutrsSues
- anv sAAztty n y natural that the
DShos shousd Wish to know the sco-
nam1s weraanO oe tAak charley. Any
ous1nno-HADs psrson insists on sssanS
NV biz moosu y Gpsnt. He keeps care
~ oooounts hanself. and he sxpsct
god b~octnOsspinS from others
Il = doubtful II there II any mors
economically conducted philanthropy In
New York than St Roses Homo. for
1nourahis Cancer dn Cherry street, for
whtoh The Evening World u ASKING q
fund Of w.ooo to help in tho building Of
. new md larger home,
According 20 the Eoms's imam
eaai report for last year, which
61vso "a exact n itsmissd 40
oou3e Of Ill receipts snd sxpsndi-
lures the total expense Per patient
Per Gay was the Incredibly snail
sum Of nfty-one cents.
Throughout the year seventeen pa
osnte>ts Jules cApauty-were cared
for In ne Cherry street hospital. The
1000 heat, clothing. medical attendance,
uAdionss n nurses for these patients
during ~ day.. or . total OF e,36 days
support Amounted 30 exactly x.iG.@.
Cancer Patlents Not tho Cheapest.
A very elementary arithmet.cal calcu-
'aton shows that hfty-ons cents sup
ports . patient At st. Roses for tho
Apaos Of tx erty-four hours. The sum
or 80 takes care OF a patient for one
hundred days. For $50 the donor can
DO assured thnt some poor suffering
woman lives in comparative peace and
comfort for three years. II one dies
another quickly takes her place. II II
true that the average length OF life of
an inmate of St Roses Il only n,ne.y
days.
The truly rem arkaols non IN the
finances OF the home Is most certainly
not attained by taking II GU, Of the
patients. Nor Is a cancer patient the
cheapest invalid to nurse-frequenuy the
reverse is true. Many of the ufrerers
Ave abnormal appeatcs. All OF them
need food OF the best and mos. nourish-
ing quality. And the good sisters never
stint their patients. even II they lave
occasionally gone hungry themselves.
The financial record is really due &c
~ causes. one o: these has been men.
toned IN previous articles. 1t Is simply
that there Is no such thing as a sa!ary
20 be found on the books. There IL nc
"organizauon," IN the usual philan.
thropic sense OF tho word. There Is nc
finely furnished office, with ~telepnon,
and stationery and electricity bill, no,
20 mention the long pay roll OF secre,
tar.es n stenographers. Mother Al.
phonsa has dispensed with all that And
neither she nor any one OF her asso
ciates takes one cent from the genera
fund for services rendered. They clvt
their work. without money and without
price.
Plalrest Food for Sisters.
They eat the p.airest food. asking onl,
that It contain enough nourishmcnt e
keep them we'll and strong FOR thelI
duties. Their uniform "a of the simplest
1t u merely the ordinary nuns robe o
some heavy. creamy white cloth tina
looks as II It would wear for a lifetime
There Is a hood OF the same substance.
Obviously very little money Is diverted
20 tho personal use of the sisters. Ant
Mother Alphonsa would regard any at
tempt at tho ordinary expensive chart
table organization" as nothing shor. o
a crime against the needy intrusted {,
her care.
Tn other reason for such a fue show
ing Of figures IL the old fashioned on,