Evening star., 1921-04-17
VISITING NURSES TO ASK PUBLIC
TO SUPPORT WORTHY WORK
Week Campaign for $4,000 to Begin April
"a to Meet Enlarged Scope of Society
After Twenty Years Service.

culosis Society. Last summer this
camp was open for seventy days. the
average gain in weight per child
being over five pounds Years ago
the society put nurse on school
work to show the need Of such serv-
ice. and as a result ten such nurses
are now busy here, paid by con-
gressional appropriation. Two Of the
staff were assigned as tuberculosis
nurses and SO demonstrated their
over over that feature tea ' Of @ health @ Com com
servation. The l. v. N. S. is a cor-
porate member of the National Or
ganizatfon for Public Health NurD-
ing and co-operates with virtually
all the welfare and mercy. orsani-
ing constantly referred both to and
by such bodies.
Establishment Of memorial endowed
nurses early in the history of the So
ciety gave 1t an impetus which en-
at a to Hp its ss wSk er
There are seven of these, while still
another nurse is supported entirely
by All Souls Unitarian Church. II Is
hoped that the approaching campaign
may be featured by the establishment
of additional memorial nurses not
only by well-to-do Washingtonians
who prefer such living. breathing and
hard-working memorials to those of
stone or stained glass, but also by
business and Industrial concerns
their employees would SO benefit from
the existence Of such an endowment
that their contribution would be
really an investment.
The nurses themselves confess to a
special campaign wish Of their own.
This is that some public-spirited man
or woman will give them an auto
mobile. They are even explicit about
the make they. want. They want
Ford. With it they could answer calls
calls more quickly. Hard-worked as
they are, they deplore the long street
car rides often necessary to reach
the bedside of some sufferer.
What Money VIII DO.
Other succinct suggestions to those
supporting the campaign include the
following: $1,400 pays the salary of
STAFF nurse at present rate Of pay
for year: $50 pays for the care Of
one chronic patient for year; $3.50
pays for the care Of one newly-born
baby and it's mother: $3.50 pays for
two nursing visits to a man. woman
or child (the society is often asked il
it will care for men as well as women
or children, and the answer Is always
an emphatic ''Yes'D, and 65 cents pays
the cost Of a one-hour nursing visit.
L hC gum VI $I makes lHc uOHOT a
member of the society.
Officers OF the society are: Mrs.
Whitman Cross. president: Mrs. W. H.
Wilmer and Mrs. William Corcoran
Eustis. vice presidents: Mrs. William
Grinnell, treasurer, and Miss Farrar
Smith, secretary.
Board OF Managers.
Mrs. Herbert Hoover and Mrs.
Charles Goldsmith are the latest Ad.
dftfons to the board Of managers.
other members Of which are Miss e.
o. Adams, Mrs. Blaine Beale. Mrs. C.
H. Bradley. Mrs. J.. M. Carlisle, Mrs
F. A. Delano. Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock,
Mrs. L. A. Frothingham. Mrs. R. s.
Huidekoper. Mrs. r. NJ Kaufman,
Mrs. F. A. Keep. Mrs. Louis c. Lehr,
Mrs. Henry MarQuand. Mrs. Adolph c.
Miller. Mrs. G. Brown Miller, Mrs.
John L. Newbold, Mrs. g. ]. Rowcliff.
Miss Sophie Sweet, Mrs. Corcoren
Thom and Mrs. Clarence Wilson.
Headquarters Of the society are at
1413 G street northwest, the two te1e-
phones needed to receive the Constant
calls being Franklin 6387 and Frank.
lin 6442..
Contributions should be sent 10
Reginald s. Huidekoper, wilkins
building, campaign treasurer.