Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1911-02-23
FACTS ABOUT
HOPE FARM
MANAGERS in Public Statement
Tell How Institution is
MANAGED
LETTER FROM PATIENT
TELLS OF TREATMENT

The managers Of Hope Farm gave
out another answer today TO Law
renee V. Ellis attack ON the farm
management which appeared in THE
EVENING JOURNAL on Tuesday.
Tho statement follows:
"The managers Of Hope Farm have
read, with some amusement, Law
renee V Ellis extraordinary state
ments in THE EVENING JOURNAL
OF Tuesday. They desire TO call the
attention OF tho public to the actual
facts. lest any one should be misled
by imaginary ones.
"The assertion that the Christmas
checks, so generously given by tho
public, were not used for the direct
benefit" OF tho patients, is an un-
mitigated falsehood. If food aud
blankets are not direct benefits TO pa
tients. what can be? The checks
were used for buying these, and also
for paying of tho debt upon the in
hrmacy and It's equipment, including
the very beds upon which the pa
tients lle
Hope Farm. this winter. has paid
SO cents a dozen for rs eggs at times.
and has bought them from the most
reliable dealers to be found Its milk
supply comes largely from Mr.. Cros-
san, whose reputation for good milk
/ rs known 10 all The assertion that
the eggs and milk are bad can hard
| " stand before these facts AS all
housekeepers know. any dealer may
send a bad egg now and then Bur
when the best possible eggs and milk
IN the market are bought. no reason
able complaint can be made.
AS a matter OF fact. during exactly
the same period of time I'm which
Ellis claims that the diet was bad. a
patient al the farm has given un-
conscious. but conclusive testimony
that II was excellent samuel Mar
retz was at the farm at the same time
as the woman patient whom Ellil
quotes. Marretz was sent away from
the farm for disobedience to the rules
: and the commission. later on sen
him 20 White Haven, In Pennsylvania
one OF the most famous aud success
: ful saniiariums IN tho country In
stead of being satisfied there. how.
: ever. he wrote the following letter:
White Haven. Pa. Feb 10, 1911.
Or. Springer Secretary Delaware
Tuberculosis Commission.
Dear Sir: I wrote you a letter
last week, but have not received a
reply, and 7 was wondering whether
YOU received II or not wrote YOU
about the treatment up here. am
constantly hungry and cannot sleep
ON that account. You don't know
how thankful ! would be to you in
you would but get me back TO Hope
Farm. / have been taught a good
lesson since leaving there and
YOU can take my word for II that n
you could possibly get me back to
Hope Farm I would be model pa
iient. ] felt very much better when
was there. and II you would get me
back there you will not regret it. as
would behave myself frst-rate. and
] am sure everybody on the farm
J would be satisfied with me.
Hoping to have a favorable reply
from you soon.
Respectfully yours,
Samuel Marretz
"'P. S. ! am very sorry that I mad
TO leave Hope Farm. and my only
wish is 20 be able TO get back there.
! would appreciate another chance
very much.
III a patient could say he was
hungry az White Haven. after trying
Hope Farm, is it likely the diet at
, Hope Farm was a bad one? Perhaps
, the Hope Farm bill Of fare-which
b has been planned out carefully by the
doctors, and copies Of which arc kept
) by tho house committee and the ma
tron. so as TO be sure OF accurately '
! following 1t out-may interest the
b readers of THE JOURNAL. Here It Is