Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-18
HUNDREDS INSPECT
INCURAbLES' HOME
Flowers Sent by Mrs. Cool
idge-InStitution Is Thor
oughIy Modern.

With the new structure of the Home
for the Incurables, at Wisconsin ave-
nue. and Upton street, decorated with
flowers presented by Mrs. Calvin Cool
idge, several hundred guests yesterday
afternoon attended tea in the build
ing, marking the formal opening.
They were received by Mrs. Archibald
Hopkins, president of the home, and
were shown through the building.
members of Congress, District Off
cials and all those who had helped in
furthering the home were among the
invited guests.
The new building. designed by Ar
chitect Lynch Luquer. has been occu-
pied since November %. 1t is fire.
proof structure, with capacity for 100
patients.s with separate accommoda-
tions. 1t has a staff of IA nurses, with
a resident staff composed of a physi-
clan. superintendent, head nurse and
houSekeeper.
Equipment Is Complete.
No detail has been omitted in the
equipme mt. There is large kitchen
with the most modern cooking de-
vices, an electric refrigerating plant
and special refrigeratorS. Oil-burn-
ing furnaces are used. There are
two automatic elevators, with every
safety. device. All laundry is cared
Every sanitation feature has been
looked after.
There are six dining rooms four for
patients. one for nurses and attend
ants and one for colored help. Also,
besides the main kitchen. there are
several special diet kitchens.
Only men occupy the first floor,
while women occupy the second and
third floors and the nurses the fourth
1N-n, leo nd
In addition to the kitchen. laundry
and other rooms in the basement.
there are also special accommoda-
tions for engineers attending to the
boilers.
Now Has 30 Patients.
There are now seventy patients.
and Mrs. Hopkins said that she eX-
poets the building to be filled within
a month. There is a long waiting
list, she stated.
The institution is supported by a
congressional appropriation of $4,000
and by voluntary contributions. The
home accepts patients sent by the
Board of Christian Charities and pa
tients are permitted to pay, when
able. Victims of drink. drugs or So
cial diseases are not admitted.
Besides Mrs. Hopkins, officers of
the home as follows:
Vice presidents, Mrs. William {.
Rivers and Mrs. Thomas +. Bayard:
recording secretary, Mrs. F. NJ. Mat
thes; corresponding secretary, Miss
Isabel Sedgley; treasurer, Robert >.
Chew: attorney, stanton c. PeeEe;
trustees, Charles J. Bell and Charles
c. Glover, jr.; executive committee,
Mrs Thomas +. Bayard. Mrs. Robert
S. Chew. Mrs Seaton Perry and Mrs.
Seaton Schroeder; committee on adj
missions, Mrs. willard H. Bronson,
Nine Hauge and Mrs. Thomas W.
Symons.
Managers and Stan.
The board of managers, sustaining
members and the staff are as follows:
Board of managcrs-Mrs. Thomas
F. Bayard, Mrs. Theodore V. Boynton.
Mrs. Robert S. Chew. Mrs. Archibald
Hopkins Mrs. Ralph Jenkins. Mrs.
Hennen Jennings, Mrs. Duncan c.
Phillips, Mrs. Charles w. Richardson,
Mrs. Charles A. Spalding, Mrs. Thomas
w. Symons, Miss Julia d. Strong. Mrs.
Henry Price Wright. Mrs. Arthur ID.
Addison. Mrs. Robert W. Bliss, Mrs.
Edison Bradley, Mrs. Gibson Fahne-
stock, Mrs. James c. Frazer, Miss
Mary F. Mellon, Mrs. William May,
Mrs. George Hewitt Myers, Mrs. Will
liam c. Rives, Mrs. II. H. Rousseau,
Miss Isabel Sedgley, Mrs. willard H.
Brownson, Mrs. John c.. Boyd, Mrs.
John O. Evans. Mrs. Charles Carroll
Glover. jr., Nine. Hauge. Mrs. Richard
A. Harlow, Miss Elizabeth Hammond,
Miss Elizabeth F. Patterson, mrs.
Seaton Perry, Mrs. Seaton Schroeder,
Miss Alice l.. Wilson.
Sustaining memberships. Charles
J. Bell, Mrs. Thomas Blagden, Mrs. NJ.
Lewis Clark, Mrs. w. w. Finley, Mrs.
Horace Gray, Miss G.. R. Harding, Mrs
James S. Harlan, Mrs John Fl. Hew-
son, Mrs. George Huff Miss S. S. Mum
roe, Mrs. MackaySmth, Mrs. George
w. McLanahan, Mrs. c. Peyton Rus
sell, Mrs. Herbert Wadsworth and
Mrs. l.. Workman James.
Medical visiting staff-Dr. Thomas