The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-06-11
TIVE HUNDRED COVERS
At HOSPITAL BANQUET
Representative Body Expected TO
Hear of Urgent Need for
Ample Hospital.
A. j. MONTAGUE POSTMASTER
Prominent Men VIII Speak. En-
phasiEing Value of Greater Me
naerial Hospital to the IAfe of Rich
mOnd Itself.

Arrangements were perfected yes
terday afternoon fer the boosting ban
cue. to be given in Jefferson Hotel
on Tuesday might IN the interest OF
the city-wide campaign TO raise $3.50,
Gee for needed additions to Memorial
Hospital.
Coagressrnan A :. Montague will
oct as POSTMASTER. and Mrs. Stuart
Mschaux VIA he chairman OF the wo-
mems committee, which Is assisting
DR. J Allison Hodges in preparing
for the banquet MIS- MtchauN Will
employ various subcommittee 10
canvass the apartment houses and
hotels for tire sale OF tickets 10 the
banquet The charge viii he only
nominal and Will be bui + small part
OF the expense incurred by the gen
sral committee The canvasSing will
eegin Monday morning. and as tables
wtll be spread for SEQ II IS hoped that
every tscke; ~:ll be sold The ban
cue: wif he At informal AFFAIR. and
~o-n az are expscteG 10 attend. The
gzlery AL se orea to- The general
pubic
E-se. .a7sx vii s-e r,a6e BY promi-
ne.t c.t.Ee=s re -&nzes % those Sc
iaets4 - Esa~+ eEpecta! appeals 10 be
&EEGATF@rt1
4 Gre&t Civic Movement,
~ = earnestly hoped said DR.
Hodges yesterday afternoon, that
ever body interested t- the movement
viii Ae present .cr i IS the !nten-
.icr e Tie cen -nlt+ee t. 3nauRurate
g-ez+ c.v7c movement for the welfare
az tire community There Will he no
request fer s2bscTl ptlors 81 The ban
cue.. bat the progress Of the cam
-
pGrpose % he meeting Is to make ef-
fsctive the slogan adopted by the Me-
no-3Al Hospital campaign committee,
Make Memorial Hospital Worthier--
Rally FOR Richmond" Or Hodges
who has taken a deep interest in the
movement, said he felt assured that
there would be a large gathering Of
men and women who will devote the
reU two weeks towards raising the
amount which the general committee
believes will make Memorial Hospital
the greatest institution OF Its Kind in
the South hand aa4hly- effective In
Richmond
The charitable enterprise which Is
now entering upon its elmactic stage.
has aroused interest," IN every section
OF the city ana among every class
and creed The doors OF Memorial
Hospital are open 70 the two races.
An inscription in its main hall states
to the visitor and TO the patient that
the institution is devoted 10 God, so
that the present campaign makes eF
peciaI appeal to none, but a communal
appeal to all None ~ turned away
unless the hospital Is crowded to more
than it's capacity. which frequently
occurs. Overcrowding OF the colored
war In the = basement is the rule
Z FS-
In one instance Memorial Hospital Is
the only general hospital in Richmond
! which makes provision for the negro
race And IN all Richmond there are
only fftv-seven beds for negro pa
! tients. and forty-six OF these are in
Memorial Hospital.
Three Chief Purposes
The campaign has three main pur-
poses in @view--to raise money for the
! erection OF modern and adequate
hospital for the negroes. for the cree
/ tion Of a building for CONTAGIOUS dis
eases and for the erection OF home
in which the nurses, after their vigil
by the bedside OF q dying child or
a broken mother. may have omethina
more honelike in their surrounding
/ and where they may find surcease
from the days long labor. In the
upbuikding OF great hospital the
proper care and comfort, OF the nurses
is sometimes forgotten. Their life IS
not easy, and the general committee
] In charge of this campaign does not
! wish TO neglect those without whose
service hospital would be futile
thing
AS 10 the need Of q greater hos
p!tal none. perhaps. has placed greater
Stress on Il than DR. Stuart Mcclure
president Of the Medical College OF
VirGtnta KcceptlT Or Mcclure said:
cit has been a source Of great re-
gret for many years 10 tho citizens
OF Richmond that they have been un-
able 70 command the same facilities
for hospital treatment as afforded by
Baltimore Washington and other OF
Richmond's civic rivals throughout
/ this section. with the erection OF the
proposed new buildings. Richmond
!. will be on parity with other cities
Of higher rank.
Place for Negro Patients.
The proposed negro hospital will
be modern. fireproof six-story struc-
| ture, devoted TO the exclusive care OF
negro patients The conta gious hos
p,tal will afford every comfort and
convenience for those Of our loved
ones who may be So fortunate as. %
fall victims n such diseases. Tho
! need of this contagious hospital Is 40
: evident IN tins particular community
that its Importance is hardly worthy
~ discussion"
The ward for nerro patients In Nc
! moral Hospital IS III the basement.
ten feet below ground, The rooms are
dark. damp and badly ventilated Or.
Mcclure recalls that q negro died be-
: cause he contracted Pneumonia in this
! basement. He has been called upon
by colored patients to operate on
! them, but too often there was no hos
pital room to which they could go
L,fe that might have been saved 70
the community has been quenched out
because there was not hospital IA