The Press., 1914-01-21

fANA OnS SocuElGy duu LE0euOm LTOm all
 noyance this hospital offers thes
 cases, is being increasingly apprecia
 ted. The nurses are all gradu
 ates, and the following excellen
 hospitals are represented: Brockto1 City, Boston Lying-in, Springfield City, Rhode Island General, Salen City and White Plains General.
 The total expense of maintaining the hospital for 1913, including the $2, 2O7. GA for additional perman. ent improvements, was $13, 64O 29 The receipts were: Balance cash on hand at the beginning of the year, $113. 73; received from care of pa tients, regular, $2, 31; from care of town patients, $183.36; from free beds fund, $500; from endowment fund, $1O,1 14O; from donations, $5,; from telephone tolls collected, $49. 95 from junk sold, .45; total, SIS, 675. 30. Balance on hand January 1st, 1914, $35.OI. Just at this time, when all are struggling with the high cost of commodities, the following items in the hospital ex penses for the past year should be ot interest; Groceries, $6as. 50; butter, 226. O3' meat, 428, 58; fish, 69. 15 eggs purchased, 57.61; milk pur' chased, 51.85; electricity-eleaner, i41.51; pay roll, 5,O48; fuel, 952. 86; insurance, 146. GA; surgical sup. plies, 1898 telephone, 81.3O; re- pairs, 265. 63; lamps replaced, 68. 99 vegetables, 92.4O; fruit, 98.16i fowls, 222.37; ice. 11O.6O; eggs from hennery, 64.76; Milk from dairy (ours), 111.45; electricity light and stove, 254. 43; laundry, 661. 67; water, 1l2.O7; house SUD- plies, 355. 91' drugs, 425.74; office supplies, 194. 69; express and freight, 31. 50. The Hospital Aid society, or ganfzed April a, 1913, is ofaoered as follows: Mrs. Cyril Johnson, presi. dent; Mrs. H. 0. Fisk, first vice. president; Mrs. E. O. Pinney, second vice.president; Miss Celia Holt, third vice-president; Mrs. E. K. Taft, re- cording secretary; Mrs. Lewis Mo- corresponding secretary 1; Miss Anna l.. Tobin, treasurer; F. G. Sanford, auditor; ways and means and entertainment committee, Mrs. A. Arthur West (chairman), Mrs. H. A, Pownall, Mrs. Asa Harris, Mrs. Mar garet Rafftery, Mrs. W, H, Reed, Mrs. H. D. Durham, Mrs. H. o. Thresher ; house committee, Mrs. M. H. Soule, Miss Celia Holt; service committee, Mrs. W. H. Reed, Mrs. R. H. Fisk ; supply committee, Mrs. B. O. Pin ney, Mrs. J. A. Mix; free bed oom- mittee, Miss Mary Ballantine; visit ing committee, Miss Margaret Cooley, chairman. The meetings are held at the hospital on the third Tuesday of each month at 3 o'clock p. m. The membership has been doubled since January 1st, making thity-six in the society. The dues are fifty cents a year and the work of the past year has been garment repairing, blanket binding, towel hemming and the of mattress covers. In the future the ladies will have charge of the hospital linen. The food sale and donations added $26 95. to the treas. ury, and the general canvass met with generous response in the gift to the hospital of over two hundred and fifty jars of fruit, jellies, vegetables, pickles and fruit juices. From the report of the executive committee "The hospital management is greatly indebted to the Hospital Aid society for the way in which they are taking hold of some of the hospital problems. To the staff of physicians and surgeons we extend our thanks for their sacri
 icing services and cooperation. Tc the superintendent, Miss Smith, the assistant superintendent, nurses anf other helpers, we are greatly indebt- ed. To M D. O'Connell, for his very valuable services rYin help obtaining state aid, we feel obligated. To the patients who have said so much ir our praise; to the public who have in so many ways, by deeds of charity and words of helpfulness, aided us; tc MT. Johnson, our recognized leader, and Mrs Johnson, both of whom have made possible this great gift, which will, as long as time lasts, be of great and untold benefit to humanity, tc them both we can only add our words of gratitude and praise, and trust both may live for years to come, t1 more fully realize what they did while living, to help restore health to aid the sick and to ease the pair of the dying"
 Smith & Cooley lost valuable truck horse by collie last Wednesday night.
 Mrs. w. o. Elovitz of Providence
 is the guest of MT. and Mrs. Fret Novogroski.
 The Springfield Sunday Republican contained picture of Farley o. Pat ten of this borough, who is captain O the Williston hockey club.
 The aqueduct company has notic
 in another column forbidding tn
 waste of water, especially by allowing
 tito run in order to avoid freezing.