The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-23
HOSPITALS NEED FULLY EXPLAINED
 BY SISTER ALICE
Head of St. Vincent's Gives Inspiration to Workers
 Tn Great Campaign

Sister Alice, in charge of St. Vim cents Hospital. in a statement today, gave the $50 workers in the St. Vim cents Hospital Fund Raising Cam paign additional fnspirat ton to strive to attain the $1o0, 900 mark at which the canpaigners have aimed The campaign, which closes Saturday, has tfibutions and. pledges
 Today the workers started out afresh to push the campaign, to the most successful issue. The reports of subscriptions obtained Sunday and to- day will be turned in at headquarters during the supper tonight
 Sister Alice, in her statement to- day. pointed out that every penny os the fund collected will be devoted to the exclusive use of the hospital here The revenues in the past have barely met the expenditures. and for the first time since the hospital was estab- 1ished, a direct appeal is made ta Bridgeporters for aid.
 The amount of charity work done by the hospital every years amounts to considerable, andsthe drain on the re- sources to meet this contingency is very heavy.
 Sister Alice, sister superintendent of the hospital made this statement to-
 ..In view of the campaign that is now in progress to aid St. Vincent's hospital, it might not be amiss to in form the public, in brief way. as to the financial status of the institution
 tsst. Vincent's hospital is by no means wealthy instftltion. On the contrary, it. is very poor. The run ming expenses each year ares barely smet by. the revenues from all sources, while over all there still hangs an in- debtedness of $167, ,O00 on the original Rr1Ii1 q i7ao- n iss of ?, paid back
 Twelve years ago, when the hos- pita1 in Bridgeport was projected ey- eryones of the 200 community houses in the Vincentian order was assessed for the building of the house here. All available funds in these houses were turned over to a general fund for the Bridgeport house.
 we came here and built this hos-s pital without aid from the city or state. Since then, we have not ap- peaIed for help to the city, except in the way of the various social enter tainments that have been conducted tin our behalf We have received ap-' sproHmately $20. 900 in bequests from the late Harry HubbelI and from the Anne Bowen estate. MT. Hubbeu's bequest of S10,000 provided for a free room for the nurses of the city, and that money is absolutely all that the hospital has in any banking institu- ton
 Today we have fifteen charity pa- tents in the house. For their care we receive not one cent. It is for just such cases that we are here. It is our aim to minister to the suffering especially among the poor During the year. the number Of similar cases attended total several hundred. merely mention this in order to show that a large percentage of patients that are annually treated are un- able to contribute one cent to the hos pitfalls revenue
 eff all the charity work in this world were done to a brass-band ac- compartment, there would be little real charity accomplished. It is the unpretentious charity that is real charity. We are in Bridgeport to help the suffering poor of the city, and, naturally, at times must seek outside aid.
 Consider the expense of maintain ing an institution which must support 56 nurses, in addition to numerous other employees and you will have a tremendous item to figure. Count in the expense of charity patients; con eider the charity work done outside the hospital itself; take into account the innumerable other drains on the and you have an idea why we are barely able to cover expenditures by out annual revenues
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