The broad ax., 1922-03-11

Shortly alter our highly esteemed
friend, DR.. NJ. J. Brown, succeeded in
getting the writer interested in the
Fort Dearborn Hospital, which was
near the LIST of August, 1921, we started
in to raise some money for it through
the columns of this newspaper and
within FIVE or six weeks from that
time we raised almost four thousand
dollars directly and indirectly from
our good and generous hearted white
friends who were and are still greatly
interested in the welfare of the col
ored people, and at the end of our
successful drive through the columns
of this newspaper DR.. N. J. Brown,
DR.. B. R. Bluitt, DR.. F. c. Cade, DR..
John w. Burrell and several other
doctors who had dumped their money
into the rat hole in connection with
the Fort Dearborn Hospital, heartily
thanked US for rushing in just n the
nick of time and with the four thou
sand dollars which we dug up and
turned over to DIR. Brown and DR..
Cade for the hospital. They all de-
clared that we had prevented the
doors of the Fort Dearborn Hospital
from being closed up tight never to
open again under their management,
for that they had arrived at the end
of their rope and that it was utterly
impossible for them to raise the
money to carry the heavy load any
further; that at that time they owed
more than ten thousand dollars run
ming indebtedness; that we had saved
the day for them and had interjected
new life or blood into their fast fall
ing or tottering or shalIy institution
for them.
Not long after that time our good
and true friend, DR.. NJ. J. Brown,
declared that inasmuch as we had
single handed and alone, accom-
plished such a wonderful work for
the Fort Dearborn Hospital in the
way of raising money for it at the
critical time when it was sadly in
need of it; that he further desired
us to endeavor to get some of our
prominent white friends to become
trustees and officers of the Fort Dear
born Hospital, and our following
warm white friends of many years
standing willingly consented to serve
to the best of their ability as trustees
and officers for at least one year from
the time that they were indicted into
Office, namely: Hon. George B.
Holmes, Judge of the Municipal Court
of Chicago, Trustee and President of
the Board of Trustees; Hon. EN-
NETT Whealan, Commissioner of Cook
County, Vice-President; Hon. JAMS
w. Breen, First Assistant Corpora
ton Counsel of Chicago; Hon. Thos.
Carey, President of the Chicago Ma
tional Life Insurance Company; Hon.
Henry Stuckart, ex-City and ex-
County Treasurer; Mr.. T. Frank o.
Cornell, Secretary-Treasurer of the
Chicago National Life Insurance Co.,
we're honored members of the Advis-
DRY Committee and again it must be
distinctly under stood that all of the
above mentioned gentlemen became
deeply interested in the Fort Dear
born Hospital through our untiring
efforts in its behalf.
Our highly distinguished friend, DR..
NJ. ]. Brown, further commended
the reason why he wanted some white
men selected as officers of the Fort
Dearborn Hospital, was that every
time that the colored doctors con-
nected with it always had a monkey
and parrot time every time that they
met to discuss its affairs and that
frequently some of the hot-headed
doctors would almost come to blows
before they would wind up their dis
graceful and ungentlemenly conduct;
that he felt confident that with sew