Evening star., 1923-01-19
FILLED HOSPITALS
SHOW FUNDS NEED
Plea for Garfield Wins In
dorsement of Trade Board
as Donations Mount.

A call sent out to the various hos
pitfalls of the city reveals that there
are very few rooms or beds available
in any of them, Roger ]. Whitcford
said, in discussing the hospital sittla-
tion before the Board of Trade at it's
meeting last night. Two hospitals
reported two or three vacant beds,
there We're a few beds available Tor
children, but the remaining iustilu-
tions were filled to capacity.
This is striking evidence" he aeid
'of the urgent need of larger hospital
facilities. Medical authorities tell us
that the city is nearly coo beds short
or minimum requirements: aud thtS
is merely for normal needs. not cmer-
gencies. You remember the Influenza
epidemic when we sought for doctors.
combed tho city for nurses and beg
ged the hospitals to take us in and
there was not nearly enough room
1ou cannot create additional hoSpital
facilities in day. They must be pro-
Vided in advance so as to be ready
when we need them, and Il is the i,ty
or all OF us to aid in creating them.
Garheld Hospital has nearly 100
nurses IN service. Ii needs home
TOT them. They need Il for their own
comfort and welfare, and 10 he Train
ed to serve YOU in the hosnitsI or -
your nome. The hospital needs many
more rooms for patients, and these
VIII be provided in the new central
building. This is an investment that
WI give adequate return and will be
Tor the protection of yourselves ynur
families and humanity.
Service of Forty YcnrS.
FOR forty years Garfield has served
wei the people of this city. 1t is Civ
ing 100000 a year free service to pa
tlehtS who can pay nothing Its doc
torS ana nurses and directors give
freely OF their services. In this cam
paign for 100000 they are asking
YOU and me to give some of our dol
lars that they may give us and the
people Of this city the larger service
We require"
The Board of Trade unanimously
adopted the following resolution en-
Enthusiastically indorsing the cam
paisn:
Whereas it has been brought to
the attention of the people of the Dis
rtlct OF Columbia that the SuppIv of
hospital beds and rooms is far be-
low the lowest normal standard Of
safety, and insufficient 10 meet tho
ordinary demands for disqualification:
And whereas Garfield Memorial
hospital. an institution that for forty
years has efficiently served the people
OF the District, through a campaign
now IN progress is raising through
subscriptions the sum of $500 600 fo
a
seventy eight patients and a nurses
home to care for 100 nurses:
ana whereas it appears~that both
OIL these proposed structures are all
soIutelH necessary for the safeguard
ing OF the public health and the pro-
lection of the people of this CITY and
its guests: anu
Now therefore be it resolved. That
the Washington Board of Trade i'm
tuil meeting assembled hereby in ali
feSDectS IndnrEAC
campaign and urges the people of
the city of Washington to support the
sdld movement to the end that said
needed improvements may be inn
inedlately gotten under way
Two Gifts of $1,000 Each.
At Yesterdays rally lunch of the
campaIgners. held at the City Club.
Two $4,000 gifts were announced from
Mrs. r. Fl. Buckingham and her sis
ter. Miss Isabel Freeman. as contri-
buttons to the general builing fund
Ihey were announced by Mrs. P NJ
RMey, wife of Rear Admiral Rixev. As
part OF the report of Mrs. Mary
Logan fuckers team. which was
therefore able to turn in a total of
$10.445.
Mrs. Rixey. who is vice president of
the women'S board of the hospital
said that although she had been un-
able to serve as team captain, she
felt a keen interest in the campaign
and was gratified to report these
handsome gifts from Mrs. Bucking-
ham and Miss Freeman.
Several large memorial subscrip-
! tions were announced, bringing out
the growing popularity of that form
OF gift The largest was one of $4,000
which was given by Mrs John j. Duff.
to establish one of the largest corner
rooms in the new central building for
patients, in memory of her sister.
Mrs Mary Farr Perry. widow of
Seaton Perry. This subscription was
part of the report of Stanton c.
Peelle's team. which was thus able to
turn in the largest report of any of
the mems teams.
Memorial Room Given.
Another memorial was given by
Henry X. Willard and family consist
ing of a fre-thousand- dollar room in
q, the new central building, in memory
of Mr.. Wizards father and mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry A. Willard. The
cider Mr.. Willard was actively inter-
ested in the work of Garfield Hospital
! for many years, having been one of
its founders, and Henry K. willard
! has long been one of it's directors.
/ This subscription was reported by the
team of James r. Mays
A subscription of $4,000, for me
mortal room in the new central build
ing, was announced from Philip S.
Henry, who is a member of the hos
pitafs board of directors.
The. reports. at yesterdays rally
showed total for the day of $45,211;
| the mems teams brought in $26.S23,
the wOmen's teams, $13.2O3. and the
executive committee, S5,1S5 This
carried the grand total up to Sis, ,30S.
which was largely increased by the
! reports at the rally today