The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-05
HOLY |NNOCENTS
OFFICERS ASK AID
Ladies Request S100 Per
Month of the City
BEFORE WEATHERLY
Explain Plans for Future-Action
May Be Taken on Matter Friday.
. Ladies to Go Before the
Board of Revenue

With request for 500 per month Of
icers OF the Holy Innocents hospital con-
ferred at length yesterday with Com
missioner James weatherly. The absence
of Judge Lane prevented his participa-
ton in the conference.
The ladies representing the hospital In
formed Mr.. Weatherlv of the great task
that had been taken up voluntarily and
of some of the work accomplished. They
acquainted him with their ambitious
plans for the future. which include new
hospital with beds for so patients or
maybe 10o They told him of the recent
acquisition of Miss Sparrow, the noted
expert in caring for children. and the
general scope of the treatment of in
fants
Mr. Weatherly seemed much impressed.
He was enthusiastic over what was told
him, and while II was not within his
province TO make any promises about
financial aid, he told the ladies that the
city would not shirk the obvious duty of
assisting in the support of that insttu-
ton, which has been so carefully launched
in Birmingham.
The hospital has been open less than
one year 1t was created in the mind
of a few ladies' here, all of whom are
more or less familiar with the distressing
environment of some children when tho
fever's blistering breath mows them
down. They are also aware that In Bir-
mingham. as perhaps nowhere else, there
are mothers who toll the live-long day.
and have children all the while sick at
home.
In a measure to take care of that OBJ
vious duty of good citizens the ladies es-
tablshed the hospital. 1t is absolutely
nonsectarian, although the members of
various Episcopal churches have eSer-
cised the most interest in the hospital
thus far The hospital has during the
period of its existence contributed to a
large extent in caring for children tha'
would have under other circumstances
been without a place for proper care and
would perhaps have suffered the terrible
toll of death for want of proper care
and attention.
BY private subscription and by enter
tainments of infrequent occurrence, the
ladies have managed to keep the wolf
outside the front lawn. They have a
leased building which win perhaps be
given up April ]. and will move into
other quarters more suited for the work.
Miss Sparrow will have a great deal 10
say in deciding that point. Following
that, the managers Of the hospital will
inaugurate campaign to secure a suffi-
cient fund to erect a hospital in keeping
with the needs of Birmingham and the
importance of this community. In the
meantime they wish money for operating
expenses and to increase the work, and
TO that end have appealed to the city
The delegation of ladies will also visit
the board of revenue later. 1t being their
opinion that the county should assist,
in view of the fact that the work il
not confined to Birmingham alone, but
takes in the entire district, as has been
the case frequently.
Mr. Weatherly, following the visit of
the ladies yesterday, spoke very encour-
agingiy of the proposition. He said that
he had requestd some data in reference
to the work, which would be delivered
this morning He will submit that to
Judge Lane and would act upon the
request at tie meeting to be held Friday
The ladies will appear before the COM
mission in Session at that time and the
request for sioO per month will perhaps
be acted upon without delay
The ladies' who called yesterday in
cluded: Mrs. Crawford johnson. presi-
dent; Miss Lillian Sparrow. superinten-
dent; Mrs. Walter Chew Phillips, treas
urer; Mrs. Thomas d. ParlSe, Mrs. Sid
ney Gilman and Mrs. Ruffin Smith In
addition J. ". Mcqueen and the Rev
Willis G. Clarke accompanied the com
mittee