Evening journal., 1916-12-07
Thn Alaoclatlon b
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1916.
HOPE Farm. ITS WORK AND IT'S OPERA.

HOPE FARM, IT'S WORK AND IT'S OPERA.
rroPE FARM has done still is doing and will
"A tinue 20 do a remarkably useful work What it
has done cannot be measured by the number OF tu-
bercular patients that been cared for since the in
stitltion was founded. While that service has been
large really is the small part OF IT, The big part
Is to found the campaign OF education that those
interested in the institution have conducted and that
has exercised a wholesome influence in all sections OF
our city and State
The records OF the hospital near Brandywine Springs
show definitely how many men, women and children
have been received and treated how many have
been cured; how many have been benefited and how
many have died. They, however, do not show and
cannot show. how many OF tuberculosis have
been prevented in tho Of thousands Of homes in
State by the educational and ropressive work that
has been done No Delawarean should refuse 10
cede appreciate that great service refuse to
assist in such benehcent work
To raise funds to assist in its warfare against the
greatest scourge that ahicts Americans the Delaware
Ant-ruberculosis Society. which controls both Hope
Farm and producing propaganda that radi
ates from it, will produce in The Playhouse this
evening, tomorrow evening, Saturday afternoon
and Saturday evening. the two-act opera Sweet
hearts" by Victor Herbert It will he a good show
given for a worthy object and II the people Of this
city State be true to themselves and to their best
interests they will supply capacity audience at each
performance
Hope Farm is the only institution in the State OF
Delaware where white consumptives be cared for
II also aids in administering "Edgewood" the coored
institution for consumptives, purchasing supplies do
ing laundry work etc, and thus cutting the cost Of ad
minstration.
Hope Farm has the only open-air school in the
state of Delaware. II has written TO the Wilmington
Board OF Education and to the educational authorities
throughout the state offering take in any tubercu
lar child endangering the health Of the schools any
where in Delaware These children cared for at
Hope Farm clothed very largely by Hope Farm. and
the record of childrens cured is very large,
One little girl case in point. the only child
OF a widowed mother, who worked mp TO the last few
months OF her fe She left her little girl, only six
years old locked up in her room every day when she
went TO work When the mother sent to Hope
Farm the child found be slightly infected, and
was put in the open-air school. The mother died in
comfort Hope Farm, and since then the child, with
her health entirely restored. has been adopted by
good family. There have been three Of adoption
from Hope Farm
In the matter OF preventing contagion Hope Farm is
Invaluable 10 the community. For example few days
ago the New York state Commission sent back TO Del
aware destitute consumptive in the advanced stages
OF the disease He in New York hospital. bu
fnding him 10 be Delawarean. they shipped hin
here in order 10 get rid of him. He arrived
In Wilmington with nowhere to go and in bad condi
he lodged but he did not have to find lodging fo
Hope Farm was at ONCE notified and he went GU
there to be put to bed and cared for He will b'
taken OF until his death and the contagion Of hi
is removed from the community.
The medical director OF Hope Farm reports that o
those in the early stages OF the disease who come
Hope Farm. seventy-fve per cent are discharged Will
cured arrested cases. In one month lately thre
cured cases were discharged. Those who come in IN
latter stages the disease cannot be saved but the
cared for. Experiments by the authorities in tuber
culosis have proved that advanced case infect
from three 70 four persons that the value Of segre
cation cannot be over-estimated
Hope Farm because Of its limited finances, oannc
carry many patients as it should but forty-seven q
its beds filled last summer. Hope Farm receive
board from the city. county and state for varyin
number Of patients. but never for the full numbe
This board does not Of course all the expense
but only the per capita of the patients in FOO
medicine nursing etc Therefore each year Hor
Farm has deficit, and the more patients II has II
larger the deficit Il is for this reason that the Ho1
Farm opera is given
Hope Farm is making experiment in light Il
dustries for convalescent patients II has secured
trained teacher from the Massachusetts, General Ho
pital. in Boston, who is teaching the convalescents
do ornamental work A teacher OF weavi
has also been engaged. and looms will be set
nj Hope Farm for fancy weaving. The convalesce
patients much happier when they have an ints
csting occupation, and in this way also light trad
may be learned and those who acquire them may
made sef-supporting and Of benefit TO themselves al
10 tse community