Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-04
HOSPITAL DRIVE
APPRECIATES GIFT
BY COLORED NURSE:
Many Servants, Too, Help in
Campaign for Chi|dren's
Institution.

One contribution made yesterday to
he campaign for 100000 now being
aged by friends of the Childrens
hospital represented real sacrifice. It
Jas a freewill offering of time and
onvenience and it came from a col
red nurse who is familiar with what
he institution at 18th and w streets
res for Washington youngsters.
Servants Offer Cash Gifts.
Another Washington woman, who
aintains a big house and umerous
omestic staff, told a fellow campaign
ader yesterday that every servant
, her house had offered her cash
contribution toward the fund.
Although campaign managers eN-
-essed themselves as gratified at the
howing yesterday noon, with more
han $4,000 in hand, yet the sum
,rned in to date is some S!.ooV pc
ind the calculations OF the comnIi u
%. which figures that at least Sl2.-
30 must be reported daily from now
:, in order to reach the 100000 need
i within the allotted eight days
hedges reported for the third DAY
stalled s5,652.10. At yesterdays meet
70 transferred to the big ballroom
I fhe New Willard because of excep-
onally large attendance, Clifford L.
,hnson. campaign drive director. an
ounced that he would be aValiaole
all times to straighten out any
faculties arising from sltua.,o as
herein a worker either has mace
wants to make an effort to get
antribution from some citizen whose
ard she does not possess.
Tomorrow Public school Day.
The board of education has desig-
n +, -. u }. as rub
ic School Contribution day."
Directors of the campaign urgently
.eouest that the public, who nave
nd who are interested in the welfare
II the Districts children, visit the
hospital at the first opportunity ana
.ee for themselves the necessities
which have occasioned the drive
What Hospital Has Done.
Founded exclusively for infants and
children. between the ages of one day
and twelve years, it has become the
only institution devoted exclusively to
the city's future citizen'7 south OF
Pennsylvania and north of Florida
During it's existence it has Afforded
treatment to 136.57S children in its
various departments. of which num-
Der 22,S23 have occupied beds as pa
tents.
The small annual appropriation by
Congress and the voluntary donations
have thus far served to pay only run
ming expenses and, as medicine and
strides in the past fifty years, it is
desirable that the hospital should be
equipped in accordance with the
march of science and both wards and
building proper brought strictly up
to date.
improvements Contemplated.
The following vital improvements are
contemplated: A detached home for
nurses, covered ways to the wings,
particularly between the wards and
he operating room: an enlarged baby
ward with sun porch, additional pri-
vate rooms for private patients. an
elevator in the east wing. new boilers,
a modern diet kitchen replacing the
antiquated one now in operation; gem
eraI overhauling of the old structures,
including hard-finished walls. and
floors; an up-to-date X-ray and lab
oratory equipment, a new operating
huilding. and in the dispensary a
dental clinic and a room for resumed
eye clinical work.
At present there are seventy five