The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-13
DRInOPED|C HOSPITAL
TO Be RECOMMENDED
ssate Board OF Charities Urges IT'S
yee<i~-To BE Under Auspices OF
State Health Department.
MUCH DONE ON LITTLE MONEY!
mr.. Nassan's once, on Appropriation
of ss,.oo. Produces Surprising Re-
suits 200 Children In Homes
Found by Department,

Ore NJ the busiest men in Virginia
In Rev. J. r Mastin. secretary OF the
state board Of charities. HOW ne gets
everything done that comes under ms
department within it's appropriation OF |
$4,000 few understand.
Only his great rnodesty has pre-
vented him from pressing the claims
Of his department for more money. IL
Ia not an cxagEeration to say that no
similar surn-no sum ave tunes as
farse--ylelds Virginia anything IKE
the actual benefit received from TINS
aepartneot Of its state government.
in the forthcoming recommend
t,oss Of the departrn ent of charities
and corrections, In connection with
the annual report OF the work, there
u-tIl he recommended a state orth0-
pedic hospital TO be conducted under
The auspices Of the state department
of health
One illustration alone is sufficient
TO SHOW its need. few years ago
there was bright little girl aAiicteo
with tuberculos OF the spine her
family was able TO send her to Johns
hopkins for treatment and she Is no"
developing into har dsome young
lady and IT would nevcr be thought
that she came so near To being hope
less cripple for life.
Another little girl wRs similar
at1icted Her parents were unable TO
do for her what was done in the nrst
case She liz now in d sanitarium near
by, bent double, with nc hope for
cure That's the argument
Crippled and defnrmed children are
often gifted with bright MINDS
whether So gifted or not, they are
entitled to be given every opportu-
nifty possible to develop normally
The accident Of birth that has brought
them into the world under such condi-
lions that they cannot be given proper
treatment early in life and saved for
society, and for their proper place
in the world OF men and women. must
not, in the belief of the state board OF
charities be permitted ~ cheat them
out OF their heritage OF life.
The average hospital is not equip
ped for the long continued treatment
necessary for such cases, while there
should be school in connection
fherewith, so that the little patients
may have their minds cultivated
while. their bodies are healed Hence
the establishment OF an orthopedit
hospital, properly equipped and un'
der state auspices. will be urged.
One ct the most interesting and i'm
partant features Of the work of tht
state lie partrnert In that of placing
children In homes. Or Mastin's boart
row has : 200 children under its su
perytsion, all ~ whom were eithe
committed to its care by courts o.
-rv----sr. r-r7TTT faI's. Ind The state o
Virginia apprcpr tates the munihcen
SUM Of x2.06e for the supervision o
these ZOO children, the department
paying out OF that sum all transpor
satfHr% fhH taking
children to and from homes. Durin
the year just closed z67 children wer
placed in homes.
The board has 500 children O
farms in Virginia where excellent re
suits are being obtained. These chill
dren are all over twelve years OF ag,
An interesting story fs told OF one @
the boys taken out OF the Roanok
jail six years ago and placed on
farrn in one OF the Southside coun
1!es. The farmer with whom h
s..akps his home encouraged him b
Sivir,s htTn a patch all his own. an
he has made great success. hitting
especially well with tobacco. He ha
ancney in bank and recently sent ID
Mast!n word that he was coming
sse him IN his automobile
u" Asstfr's department must Wis
every saH and sslmshouse at least ono
s-sch year. the peniteutiary, state hos
pitfalls and Teformatories twice eac
year. Its appropriation OF $4,000
IS follows For general expense
$4,000. and for supervision of II
feeble minded, $1,000 'rhe office fort
consists OF the secretary. DR. Mastir
one aas.stanF one etcnogTapher, or
feld worker. and one worker anon
The colorec feoplea total Of five