Evening star., 1923-10-29
.|NCURABLES' HOME
| CEREMONY TODAY
Bishop to Speak and Mrs.
Coolidge to Attend Cor
ner Stone Laying.

The corner stone Of the Washington
| Home for Incurables will be laid this
afternoon with an impressive ceremony
at which Rt. Rev. James E. Freeman
Bishop of the Episcopal diocese Of
Washington, will make the principa
address. Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, wife o,
] the President. will attend the cere.
| monies, which will take place on the
| new site for the institution at Wis.
! consin avenue between Tilden and Up.
| ton streets northwest.
Mrs. Archibald Hopkins, who 70,
twenty-five years has been president oi
| the Washington Home for Incurables
| has issued the following special appeal
to the public for funds to make up the
amount of $4,000 necessary to NEE,
the 100000 cost of the new home.
Appeal for Funds.
The work and aims of the Washing
Ton Home for Incurables have, for
thlrty-four years. received the ap-
proVal and most generous support OF
tne public. Now its management
arter mature deliberation, have sold
! Its property and are building on Wis
consfn avenue, on a site of 9A acres
PAID for through tho generous legacy
OF the Misses James. The contrac,
price for the new fireproof building
| to hold 100 patients, forty more than
we can now take, is 100000.
Owing to increased cost Of material
and labor this is s150,000 over our
! original estimates. Towards this we
have 100000. $4,000 from the sale
OF the property and $4,000, a cancer
fund. A splendid legacy Of $4,000
recently paid in leaves us $4,000 to
raise. and surely, in this greSt, pros
porous, beautiful city of 437,571, there
must be at least $4,000 people who
feel able--willing, l am quite sure
| they are-to give us not less than
SO each, for we shall need approxi-
| mately $4,000 for unavoidable ex-
tras and furniture. Our work and
our books are open to inspection, and
we feel sure that the help will come
to enable US to complete our building
free from debt.
Take Cancer Patients.
THAT we take cancer patients
pealS. as except for Philadelphia, At
lanta and Chicago, there is no place
for men and women suffering from
this cruel and increasing disease, ex-
cept the almshouSe and very expen-
sive hospitals, So that our home is
d haven of refuge. All patients have
rooms to themselves, and the very
best care and attention. Our aim is
/ 90 make IL nome ana 20 nave as
little of the institutional atmosphere
as possible.
1--WE especially appeal to that very
large class whose impulses are most
generous, but whose means unfor-
tunately do not make it possible
TO give as they would like to do. We
ask them most earnestly not to hesi-
tate from any sense of false pride,
but to give us what they feel they
can afford. While small sums are
most gratefully received, It is hoped
that there are those also who will be
moved to give largely. Our running
expenses are carried by ..a a special pesdsI
Congress, and the daily gifts Of kind
ly friends.
"Cut out our coupon and mail it
today with whatever your heart
prompts you to give. We feel that
memorial gifts will be most appro-
pirate, either for the furnishing of n
room, or in any form that appeals the
most to the donor. The gifts will be
acknowledged by the treasurer, or by
the president, and published If agree
able to donors