The evening world., 1912-12-03
WOMEN RAISE
$4,000 ORFREE
BED IN HOSPITAL
II Is for the New York Poly
clinic and the Ladies
Are Pleased.
A BIG PRESCRIPTION.
Great Boon for Poor, Sick
Persons on the West Side
of the City.
A BIG PRESCRIPTION


be turned over to-day 10 the rev
Yort Yolyolinio Hospital BY the
womsn's Auxuliasy Board Of that
institution, for the establishment
Of the Arst free bed In one Of the
most oonSssssd sections on the
west side.
women who make up the Auxiliary
Board. together with some nine hum
dred husbands. friends. relatives, gro
GERS, butchers. bakers and candlestick-
makers. packed the Lyceum Theatre to
the doors for the Boards annual thea
trical benefit And since the feminine
promoters of the affair, blAndly imper-
vious to the high COST Of living. bought
up the entire house and rssoid Il at al
most double prices. quite one-ouartsr
Of the sum necessary for the permanent
establishment Of the bed has been COL
leotsd
The Polytechnic Hospital. most people
know, has Just moved into q hns new
building at No. Sal West v1ftisth street
IL In q general hospital. receiving all
sorts of cases. and II has to take care
OF oil the west side ambulance oalis
between Fifty-ninth street and One
Hundred and Tenth OF course. there
are thousands of psopSs N that part of
the city in every serious need of mod
icsi treatmsnt and yst unable - pAy
hospital bills.
DOCTORS PRESCRIBED ONE FREE
BED.
Therefore the doctors told the wom-
ems Auxiliary Board that ct least one
free bed must be established ammsdi-
ateiy. The Board IL made W Of . small
group OF women VINO take Q flns and
earnest delight In personal philanthrop-
ic service. Their prssidsat y Mrs.
Charles Gilmore xssssy. whose Auseand
Is well-known specialist IN the dis
eases OF children. and most, though not
all. OF the board members are The wives
Of the Polytechnic physicians and sur
gsona
To maintain Q pssmansnt frse bed.
including s65 days Of the best medical
treatment and nursing. reQutrss etoo .
year" Mrs. Kerby explained to-day. "a
beginning can be made. howSvsr. With
800. which. Of course. pays for the bed
and what goes With Il Our board he's
already put Its bed In operation. and
the second patient. . woman. was r.
ceived last Saturday.
The 5000 which We gained last night
makes a fne nest egg for the 900 FUND
which we must finally sstabliah In order
20 insure the annual income Of 800. We
shall have at least one card party later
In The season. Ind We hope to collect
- much A. 5000 in all mis- year.
"Dus We should be % sxossding1y
~ g. 80
- isrgs, fsoa pssseas wAo ere N
tsrsstsd IN tie care Of ~ sisk.
Hsaxiy svsry one slsAas knows what
u - 70 b III himself % 1as been
touehsd By the tllasss % ssmA sas
nsAs ana dear - hin. - essAs -
me thas tAsss osnnes ~ I've minds
about the valus OF charitable g.
distance for those sa9sxiA6 from
disease who ase asstatuAss Oeaa-
t1oAs may b ssst - nass. q q.
xss1sy, 9sssidsns Of The WomAn's
AUXILIARY Board. no. Ia Weot
'S1Shty-arss street. Asw fora.
'Au the people who ere individual!
6own to the women membsrs Of tn
board have been 20 very kind. Las
nAght for instance. Mrs. Ernest u. Nal
colin. who was In charge Of the Ushsrs
Committee. secured the services Of sigh
beautiful young women ~ ushsrs. The
secluded Mas Esther winkier. Mis
Resalyn Wilson. Miss Lila MaoNamsi
Miss Ruth Snow. Miss sally Aiken. Mis-
Keonore whitlock. Mlss Ardsils Steel
Mcclure and Miss Georgia HarriA
'.rhsy wore charming evening frooi
and J heard one Of the doctors say this
he'd love 10 attach them to the hoi
pital surgical corps-to give the anae,
thetics. don't you know! Besides show
Ing the people to their seats. thes
young women tripped down the cent?
aisle, two abreast, TO offsr Miss BIZ
Burke eight large baskets of Amsrics
Beauty roses and yellow chrysanth
NUNS The flowers were tied wit
orange ribbon. the color Of the Pol!
clinic Hospital.
"Migs Burke. too. has been most Gel
sr>as to US. And all those whom v
have personally approached. even o,
tradespeople. have done what they coul
The first person ! saw whom ] sntsrs
the theatre tonight was my gyoos
We had all the boxes soad. ct go sac
several weeks before the performAne
The box-holders were Mrs Andrew Ro
inson. Ms. Daniel LorinS. Mrs.. z.
/lauson. Mrs. Thomas Exbit. Mira A
mold Sturnb0rA Ars. w. d. Clyde, Nj
Robert Wy.n and myself
"rhsrs ~ one thiAg vAich svsry
one knows who knows anything 81
all about our work. Each dollar
given 10 applied ~ onos 70 ths Ased
OF the hospital. a company OF
volunteers. We ere very simply or
gsnixsd, aAd there isn't . bit OF
money spent for red tape or ofRos
expenses. Anybody who helps W
may be sure that his help goes al
ssotly whore II viii DO the most
good-sad does not PAY the salary
Of some SECRETARY.
ut seems TO mo that women shou
feel . specdaa interest In what We q
trying to do. because it's one OF won
sn's natural Jobs 70 take care q Il
s1nk Buffras1sts or antis. s1eh o. ~
~ 81 have IN distinctive ~ ~ q
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