New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09
they are making for soldiers between
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they are making for soldiers between
dances at the balls.
A million-dollar convalescent hos
pital will be erected for the Sammles
somowhere on the south shore of Long
Island and it is the hope of the work
.rs here that Long Beach may be
chosen for its site. In less than SIX
weeks the Red Cross has raised more
than $4,000, and it is willing to con-
tribute this fund toward the hospital
and to pledge thousands OF dollars
more. il the hospital is located mere
Dinner dances, picture shows, bridge
parties, auctions and flower shows are
being given for the Red Cross, ana
fve-vear-old workers collect as much
as sos an afternoon for 1t.
In her beautiful home here, not loo
feet from the sea, Mrs. William Bran
we'll. chairman of the Long Beach or
ranization, which is a branch OF the
Nassau County Chapter of the ked
Cross, discussed the work OF her So
ciety one day this week, and explained
why she considered Long Beach an
IDEAL site for a convalescent hospital.
Her bright eyes and clear skin and her
air of vitality indicated that she was
in perfect health, and this health, she
said. she owed entirely to Long Beach
ITO look at me to-day you would
hardly believe that in 1912 was so Ill
that | was unable to turn from one
side TO the other without help" she
said. 81 was ordered by my physician
in New York to go to Long Beach as
quickly as possible and to remain out
doors all day. | did so and in less than
six weeks | was able to walk, and TO-
day | am able to work all day and
half the night raising money for a con-
yalescent hospital for our boys, should
they need one. This wonderful ozone
has given me back health and strength,
and if God spares me ! shall continue
to give all my time to raising money
to accomplish this end for our lighting
men.
an my last interview with Mrs.
Henry p. Dawson, who is the chairman
of the Nassau County Chapter of the
American Red Cross, she assured me
that somewhere on this shore there
would be built million dollar conval-
escent hospital, if not at Long Beach,
then at some other equally health-Siv-
ing place on the shore. hope Wash
ington will decide to have the hospital
here. In case it does the land has al
ready been donated by giver who
wishes to remain anonymous
There is a busy little Red Cross ba-
zasr on the Boardwalk, at which the
organization has sold everything from
a flower to a Paris gown.
people have been most generous IN
helping us raise our fund.- Mrs. Bran
we'll said. Even the tiny children,
dressed in their little Red Cross frocks,
have done a great deal toward swelling
it. Cissie Shay five years old, repeat
edly collected as much as $50 in an
afternoon. In October | shall give
very large affair at the Ritz-Carlton
for the purpose of adding to the fund
still further"
There had been a certain difficulty
at first, she said, about arousing enthu-
siasm for the work among the German
Americans of Long Beach.
81 think We would have done far bet
ter if it had not been for Jacob Schif's
stand last July" she said His letter
had the effect of dampening the ardor
of many Of the German-American peo-
pie living at Long Beach, and the Red
Cross had to struggle against this. My
own father was born in Bavaria, al
though he came to America in 1854,
when only seven years old; but ! feel
that il President Wilson and our allies
think il Is better that no German