Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-06
RECORD GOES BACK
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
Review of the Work of the
Washington Home for
lncurableS.
INSTITUTION KEEPS PACE
WITH DEMANDS OF TIME
Patients Given Comfortable Quarters
and Every Necessary Attention.
Human Kindness Exemplifed.


Inc Washington Home for 1ncurables is
quarter OF q century old today. Started
oy small group or women, with no
money In signt, but backed by an ample
faith' II mas grown slowly but steadily.
and has made comfortable and even hap
py the remaining years of life of many
homeless sufferers, until today it rounds
out twenty-five years of splendid work
Xxi;:, tiftyssv.n no, ,,,o,, -, -,
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ueh iiNihs IN dccord ana cheertuiness
within its walls. No celebration is plan
ned for the anniversary. but later in the
year The hoard of nan.gers .nd ~
'A' 'i@ 20
eiehts themselves as grateful hostesses
and hosts, are to invite the public to come
and Wow the work of tho institution
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tois " 'he ho-iie - one iui %
human kindness and charity, money and
goods and time and effort given by the
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those who launched the enterprise saw
with clear vision the need it would sup
ply Is evidenced by the fact that it has
taken care. during its existence of :31
Patients. OF whom but oOf are now at rest
freed from their sufrerines Iriftv of
tb.sa sJad 80 nsn.a,
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Care of CANCER Patients
one OF the most valuable parts of the
work OF the home is the care Of cancer
Here is provided opportunitv fer those
Nho cannot afford to patronize the ex-
nensiye nav wards NJ Iar.r bosnitsls or to
whom the idea of an almshouse is re-
pugnant. to place suffering relatives or
friends where, through the payment of
nominal sums. they may obtain both
skilled care ana human comIort. Inc
VISION OF the inahaseii'ehL. at present, IS
new WIG LOT cancer Paoents, "nich IS
greatly heeoeo' Dotn lor privacy ana con-
Venience IN haiiohnS tne cases. Win the
exception OF the private rooms and gov
efnmentai cnaFtaple inStitutionS men
toned the Home Tor lncuraoies is the
only place where cancer patients are ac-
cepted between Philadelphia and Atlanta,
Or even between Atlanta and chicago.
The object of the home, as its title
tells, is the care of persons suffering
from chronic incurable ills for whom
there is no place in any other hospital.
Twenty-Five years ago the home was
Incorporated by three people-Mrs H.
Sidney Everett. Mrs. E. S. Bell and E.
Francis Riggs-an now dead. From
its inception the project met with
hearty encouragement and sympathy.
Friends were not only ready to listen,
but to give and work. Among its early
patrons and helpful counselors was
Bishop Leonard, then rector Of St
Johns Episcopal Church.
Beginnings of the Institution.
Late IN the spring OF 1889 the nome
was opened in 8. frame house in Mount
Pleasant oyned bv II Evaratr arst
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uSt - ''ie W poi ]tioii' VINO ieHt
the property rent free. Later the house,
with the one adjacent, was purchased
and there the home -erna;ned for tho
frst four years Of its life. In 1882 the
came so strong that il was necessary
% Obtain Iuhus auu ouiid larger quar-
trb-a,,s.,, 80 oe,1er,,.i,, ~ Nc Eas.ia