The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-06-09
MEETING TODAY FOR
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Citizens, Ministers, Physicians and
Rotartans to Gather at
O'Clock.
FOR A wHIRLwIND CAMPAIGN.
Larger Service Of Institution IL In
Charity Wards-Al Richmond Ii
Asked to Help Worthy Cause.

Asked to Help worthy cause.
All who are Interested in promot-
Ing the upbuilding of Memorial Hos
pital so that It will give a larger SER
vice to the Richmond poor and to
the city's colored population have been
invited to attend a special joint meet
ing of private citizens, ministers,
physicians and members II the Rich
mond Rotary Club to be held In the
assembly hall Of the Chamber Of Com
merce this afternoon at O'Clock.
The meeting will be presided over
by E. Randall Williams, who, per-
haps, more than any other man in
Richmond, ia acquainted with condi-
tions existing among the negro poor.
There will be a large attendance, for
In late years there has been no call
issued to the public spirited citizens
of Richmond which, for its proper re-
Spouse, has depended so much upon
charity Memorial Hospital Is city
institution, founded by John Lang
borne williams in memory OF his
daughter, Charlotte Williams. who
/ her death beneath the waters of
the James. AID as memorial erect
ed for the sake of charity. the nos
pital has performed a service which
is just becoming known, the value or
which Is but now being perceived ana
appreciated. 1t has rooms for private
patients, but its larger service mas
been in the wards in which patients
have paid for their treatment as they
were financially able. or paid nothing
at all.
All Are Giving Aid.
Investigation of the city g hospital
resources has shown that larger and
mo,e amply equipped building Is need
ed, and a campaign looking to that
end was instituted. Physicians, min
listers, iaymen and all civic and social
organizations have promised and are
now giving their aid SO that $780,
400 may be raised for negro hos
pital, a contagious hospital and
curses home. The fund will also pro-
Tide for the maintenance of the negro
oospital. regarded as one of the eity's
greatest needs. The negroes now
have only a small hospital. located
In old jackson Ward, which is unable
so give proper care TO the colored pa
tients who are forced TO seek treat
ment within Its walls From tuber-
culosis. typhoid, pneumonia and other
pulmonary diseases the negroes suffer
more than any other race. The spread
Of disease among them is menace to
the white people, so that besides serF-
ing colored dependents the white peo-
pie are at the same time conserving
their own interests and welfare. 1t
Is recognized that what helps the IN
dvidual aids society. and in ampli-
flying the facilities of Memorial Hos
pital physicians know that they will be
subscribing one OF the city's greatest
needs
Have Whdriwind Campaign.
At the meeting this afternoon plans
Will he laid for the commencement Of
whiriwind campaign to raa the
remaining funds necessary Commit
tees will be appointed TO make local
campaigns headquarters having made
a card index bio ward and street Of
Is 600 citizens who are known to he
interested in the movement, but who
have not vet been reached. They will
he asked to contribute, whether IL be
only the widows mite or a sum which
only a collector of Caesars coin could
give.
The whiriwind campaign will begin
with a banquet In Jefferson Hotel on
Tuesday night, To which all who have
interested themselves In Rtchmond's
latest charity movement have been in
vited. The quests will include State
nent in all walks OF life.
A meeting of the headquarters ad-
visory committee will be held every
morning. with Coleman r Workman.
president of the Chamber of Com
n1erce presiding until the return OIL
John r. Branch. Mr.. Branch. who
has been presiding at these meetings,
Is in New York. where he is interest
ing Richmonders resident there in the
great movement
In the last few days, as the cause
for which the campaign was started
has become more widely known, there
has been a greater interest in the
movement and the success which the
charity demands is expected. Con-
sidering the wide field which Me-
mortal Hospital must cover in giving
medical treatment to the poor. ply
sicians say that the sum asked for is |
small.
The colored people themselves have
responded nobly to the call and they
have their own workers in <ieir own
field in old jackson Ward. on North
Seventeenth Street, and in the north
ern section OF the city. II Is move |
ment in which both races and all
classes and creeds are asked to join.
for sickness Is respector of none |
Death claims its tribute in high house
hold and in low, but small contribu-
tion to the Memorial Hospital fund
may save a baby and bring surcease
to a mothers heart. So the men be-
hind the movement ask that every
body make contribution, however
small it NAV be-