Middletown transcript., 1922-10-09
DELAWARE BABIES
Tive Them Good Start With
Health
THE WHOLE NATION Is HELPING

Give Delaware babies good start in
llfe-not with wealth, but with health.
Upon the healthy young generation
rests the future of the State and the
Nation.
Inc best assurance of healthy start
IN life Is the proper care of mother and
child at the time of birth. The best
place to obtain that care is a hospital
maternity department
The nation has turned so steadily to
THIS viewpoint that, in recent years, it
has been said, with truth, that the hos
pital Is becoming the birthplace of this
generation.
Even the babies born in their parents
homes now have the care of nurses
trained in hospitals.
The Homeopathic Hospitals service
for the mothers and babies of Winning
ton and nearby Delaware has been en-
phaslzed of late in connection with the
campaign to raise $3.50, 600 for the insti-
tuition to use for necessary construc-
tion, equipment and endowment.
This is work well worth stressing,
for it appeals to all.
The fact that the hospital has been
the birthplace of $500 Delaware babies
gives the institution a close personal
contact with that many families. The
fact that those children were given a
good start in life as a result of the
skilled tender care received at the hos
pital, has had, and will have, its effect
on the prosperity and civic advance
ment of our city and State.
The work for the mothers and infants
is just one phase of the service which
the Homeopathic Hospital has been
giving this community for more than
= years The proud boast of the hos
pitaI is that it never has turned away
case because of race, color, creed or in
ability to pay.
As James S. Stirling, the campaign
executive vice chairman, pointed out,
court houses and jais are built with
money raised by taxation, but churches
and hospitals are built by public contri-
buttons. The size Of the public contri-
button toward hospital fund and the
number of persons contributing repre-
sent the measure Of a community's
civic pride and senses of responsibility.
a hospital to serve the community
fully must give freely of its services
whenever sufferer applies, regardless
Of his ability to pay A hospital can
not become a money-making institution.
Its function is public service. The
rlb.ic which depends on the hospital to
stand sentinel in safeguarding the
communty's health will support that
hospital.
The campaign for the Homeopathic
Hospital will begin on October 9 and
continue through seven business days.
On next Sunday the churches will OBJ
serve Hospital Sunday, to remind all
members Of the Forthcoming public
appeal.
Leading men and women are giving
their time and efforts to making the
campaign success. 1t is to be con-
ducted in a dignified manner. with no
repeated requests, no indiscriminate
tagging or street collections. The
campaign workers will seek pledges for
contributions in semi-annual payments
over a period lasting until May 10, 1925.
Those conducting the campaign an
nouuce that they will ask contributions
only from those who are believed to be
able to give.
We are sure that all who know the
long record of the Homeopathic Hos.
pilai will give, and give generously.
The eampaigners have taken as theil
slogan "When Wilmington wills, vii
niagtou WILL"
TIN, should be true Of the effort t.
raise the fund for the Homeopathi
Hospita.. Z ul55 .Lu~d.