Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-10-12
MERCHANTS AID
HOSPITAL FUND

! pose of putting its full strength in
to the campaign for the Homeopa-
thic Hospital.
Activity among other groups Of
| foreign born citizens to enlist sup
port for the hospital were in prog
I ress today. The Italian born pop
/ ulation of Wilmington Is being lin
ed up in the campaign by a team
headed by Dominick dl Sabatina.
Residents of Polish birth are being
brought into the campaign by a
team headed by Vincent Kowalew-
ski.
The colored residents of Whining
ton rallied to the support of the
Homeopathic Hospital today as a
tribute to its long record of caring
for all, regardless of color. race or
inability TO pay. They have formed
team, No. so, of which the cap
tains are Mrs. Carrie NJ. Pipes. 926
French street. and DIR. Harvey A.
Murray. 1109 Walnut street. and the
lieutenants are Mrs. r. w. America
HOG Tatnall street; Miss Charlotte
II. Stowe, % School street, and Miss
Anna f. Brodnax. 206 East Tenth
street.
James S. Stirling. executive vice
chairman, and DR.. G. r. Foulk, ad-
dressed a gathering of the colored
men and women last night in the
Howard school. They, decided en-
Enthusiastically to form a team to so
licit subscriptions and voiced hearty
sympathy with the movement, say
ing they would do everything pos
slble to show their appreciation of
all the Homeopathic Hospital had
done for their race.
When this afternoons report
meeting assembled in the Hotel du-
Pont. the banners for the champion
ship teams won by the preceding
days subscriptions. rested on the
tables of Team No. Is. Ralph B. |
Mckinney. captain, and Team No. !
20. Miss Katherine f. Marlkley, cap
tain.
Many favorable comments were
heard today on John p. Nields trib-
ute to the memory of Miss Aida |
Turner. for many years superintend- |
ent of the Homeopathic Hospital |
All who commented agreed that the |
kindly acts of Miss Turner during /
her life would be reflected in many /
generous contributions to theHomeo-l
pathic Hospital fund from well-to
do and those not so well-to-do.
Mr.. Nields, in the course of his
speech, said:
For a second time you are as
sembled to report the results of your
work. The effective way for you as
workers to attack the prospects
on your cards is shown by the way
the Beadle in a Scottish Kirk tackled
Sandy. BY mistake Sandy had plac- 4
ton bag instead of his customary
penny. The Beadle observed the
and on 23 Sundays passed
Sandy. On the Twenty-fourth Sun
lay he observed Sandy with his eyes
closed, and he jammed him in the
ribs with the ladle and said 'Weel,
Sandy, your times come now
I'VE are told by DIR. Howell that
he hospital must make the con-
emplated improvements or drop
Jack to the rank OF hospitals of the
econd class. These improvements
rst are:
A1OAAAN aAOAm llAE AAuA NN0 UuASAut VI
he hospital. This will leave space
or 20 additional beds. The health .
T the patient is largely affected by
he health OF the nurse. When off
uty, the nurse should have the sur :
of a normal home so that
he can bring into the sick-room a I
ealthy atmosphere and presence.
THE second object is a central
eating plant.
The third object is better X-ray
so that X-ray photographs
nd their expert Interpretation can \
e done in Wilmington and not in
Improvements to the
zee dispensary, increasing eDdow- \
1ent fund and improving the kitch- \
n are other objects. A colored \
ian was brought to the hospital and :
lortly after the Doctor asked him \
he had received any nourishment. n
yot exactly" said Moses, but I y
ave been sucking glass y
AT a recent visit to the hospital, \
was first impressed by the absence N
? Miss Aida Turner who for one \
larter of a century served the hos \
Ital so faithfully. was very
luch pleased with the children's
ard. Nearly three hundred babies
ere born at the hospital last year
Id doubtless everyone was given =.
aalthy start in life. This is a y
,lendid service Y
1T is we'll to remember the men
Id women who founded this hos
tai. learn from my mother that
e hospital was started by Mr.. and
rs. ]. Taylor Cause. Mrs. Cause -
as particularly interested. Among n
e other early managers were Mrs. III
enry Mendinhall. my friend, Mrs
narles Wesley Weldin. and Mrs III
1gust Negendank. Among the III
lstees were Mr. Samuel Bancroft, II
r. william H. Swift. Mr.. Joshua L. Fl
Soy and Mr.. Clement 3. Smyth. III
carrying on the work of this hos II
tai, you are following in the foot III
cps of worthy people and Joining n
noble company. III
1T must be source Of great
ide to the managers of the hospi- III
/ to be able to say. as they do in II
printed pamphlet that, no one III
IS ever been refused service. be- II
use of race, creed, color or ina II
lily to pay. The work of the hos II
tai must be as broad as Christian II
arity and embrace everyone. A III
an may be an individualist by ma II
re and a nationalist by profound II
nviction, but the limitations OF
death, wounds disease II
n disa hfIities of every kind make II
m realize the bonds of a common II
Imanity. In this hospital work IN
ce and creed are forgotten. You II