New-York tribune., 1916-02-17
DR.. Aver, Homes Physi-
clan, Clashes with Com
missioner DOherty.
40 CHILDREN WAIT
AS HEALTH EXHIBIT
Mrs. F. ". Hopkins Denies Insti-
tuition for EriendIess IS
Dirty and Neglected.

There wa a dramatic and heated
half hour at the charities Investigation
hearing yestcrday afternoon.
While eight surpliced sisters from
the Mission OF the Immaculate Virgin
g.. Moun. Lorctto listened wide-eyed.
end forty r;nf checked children from
the Society fos tho AID o. Friendless
Women aad Children. located IN Brook
iyu. waited impaiioutly 10 be called "a
Exhibit 4. Dr Louis &. ACer. supervis-
ing physician Of the society. testified.
Then as the hearing adjourned and ne
stepped from the stand. he called Dep
uty Commis sioncr Doherty liar.
The Deputy Commissioner had ap-
preached him with q remark too low 10
be heard by the audience
That's ie." shouted DR.. Ager
You're a liar
Both men refused 20 say what had
occssioned the outbreak, though Dr.
Aser told the reporters that about a
yeor and half ego he mad gone over
the DeDu,y Commissioners head in get
ting consumptive patient into one Of
the hospitals. aHd that Doheriy had
since harbored a grudge against him.
7 II Exhibit 4 had not had to be turned
over 20 the sandman before Dr. Ager
WAS called 20 the stand. commissioners
and investigators and attorneys and
charity workers. and mere interested
listeners. would nave been let in for a
few extra thrills.
Boo. six. curly-hsired and pugilistic.
leading his band, forty strong, had
planned 10 demolish Commissioner
John 4. X K,ngsbury. and end mis- charity
investiea .ions forever and ever The
children had been brought by the presl-
dent Of Ne society. Mrs. Franklin W.
hopkins. 20 demonstrate that the char
titles Investigation report had been mis-
aiken ~ supposing them either un-
healthy or neglected.
"Thcy said Things about my home. -
stamped Bon. while his twin siX-year-
old. Betty. nodded her curls. I'm
going TO lead this bunch in. can % I'll
/ snow en-"
Bob could have shown them. all
right. for his cheeks looked like an
advertisement FOR complexion cream
and his teeth would have made a fort
une for any dental preparation, while
he gave not .he lightest sign Of insti-
tutional shyness. But legal processes
move slowly. The forty small exhibits
went out % have some ice cream. and,
returning. learned that they mus.
spare Com ssioner kingsbury's life %
little longer The sandman sprinkled
his dust over their determination TO
vndicate the name and the fame Of the
Society for the Aid Of Friendless Won
On and Children. and they had to be
hurried of 10 the subway lust before
Mrs. Hopkins took the stand.
Mrs. Hopkins explained that the 90
cicty had been incorporated 10 care for
friendless women and children, and de-
clsred that IL still held TO that ideal.
Women were received there. she said.
Al any hour Of the day or night. un-
less they we're Intoxicated. She said
tina, their building at 20 Concord Street
wa. old. but denied that II had been
dirty when the investigation had Deen
made. except from the dust resulting
from the fact that tne institution is
located near the a."
Dr. Ager. who followed her on the
stand. emphstically declared that the
criticism OF thc medical treatment OF
the home had been unjust; denied that
a physician visited the house only once
a month. aId produced q record book
10 answer The statement that no record
wa kept of eases treated in the home.
, The essential criticism Of the re
port is false" he cried. 81 feel that 81
is personal insult 10 me 10 intimate
that the children are not properly
cared for
Two priests. eight sisters and one
rrefect took the stand yesterday 20
give testimony in answer to the criti-
clsms made by the charity invcsti-
gators Of the Mission Of the lmmacu-