Evening star., 1935-06-10

understand the common humanities learn OF
the great work accomplished. day in and day
out, every week and every month of the year.
without noise or ostentation, by the Mobiles of
the Mystic Shrine.
Noble Kendrick recently appealed to all poten-
tateS, recorders and 'keymen'' of the ShrinerS'
Hospitals for Crippled Children Ito spread the
gospel of what is being done in this field OF
mercy; to spread the gospel throughout
membership
All those familiar with the work believe that
these hospitals should receive increased sup
port In fact such support is forthcoming in
certain ways-most because of the appealing
work being done
An example of this augmenting of the regu-
lar funds was given in Washington not so long
ago 1t a night In early May, in the
MaytoWer Hotel, when 3 900 Shriners and their
wives attend celebration. the high light OF
which was the turning over of $l30 900 check
to the potentate of AlmaS Temple Bob Smith
That check-for the exact sum of $l300l 70
represented a legacy left to Almas Temple
by the late Noble John Benjamin Flick.
In his last will and testament Noble Flick
designate that this money go for the specific
purpose of helping the little boys and girls
who need help badly, the crippled children
cared for at the Shriners' Hospitals for Grip
pied Children
This money. left by man who saw the real
work being done in several of the hospitals
operated by the Shrine was turned to
endowment fund operated by the Board of
Trustees.
It such an inspiring thing to do that
the work OF Noble Flick caused editorial COM
meut in several OF the Washington newspapers.
Also it later learned that the money LETT
by Noble Flick is only part of the sum even-
tually TO be realized from his estate. 1t was. i'll
reality. only portion of the bequest
W/HAr Noble Flick did other men will do.
Even now, Shrincr drawing 10
the last days of his life probably is think
ing Of those thousands of little children who
without the benefit of friendship who
need some help. such as this. expended day
after day by the disqualification work of the
Shrine
thought OF some hobbling boy trying to
get his weak legs to carry him through life.
touches the heart as no other Sight--and
ShrinerS when they think of these things will
undoubtedly add their mite-and their might
to the good work already done and being done.
Noble w. Freeland Kendrick and his asso-
ciates have in their hands happiness making
machine that touches, like magic, the broken
lives Of little chdren-and mends them. That
is the thought behind the great movement
inaugurated by the ShrinerS in this fied-the
care of crippled children.
1t Noble kendrCk who first recon-
mended that a Shrners' hospital for crippled
children be one of the philanthropc works of
chairman
Board of Trustees insures this project being
carried through TO its ultimate goal. 1t GER
tany will not rest half way. That is the
belief Of all who have the interest of this work
at heart.
Nor are these hospitals the run of the mine
order of hospitals. There was a plan behind
their design-to make them things of beauty
well as of utility; to take them out of drab
surroundings and plant them in fertile fields,
with great greenSwards and lawns and flowers
in abundance. So thai the little children would
drink in the beauties of nature while they a'e
being administered to by human hands. Hand
some buildings they are set i'll artistic
roundings.
Everything That can be done is being done
for the little folks. Aside from building up their
poor detOrmed bodies. the spirit is taken
Of. for, ofttimes, a crippled child is a problem
for the psychologists child's spirit can be
broken we'll his body. and the coupling
Of two cures takes place daily in the Is hos
pitals operated by the Shrine.
Nor is education in itself neglected Boards
of education in the environS of the hospitals
furnish teachers who give class and bedside
instruction to the children. On smaller scale.
it is somewhat like the vocational training
work carried on by the United States Govern
ment after the World War.
The first unit in the chain of orthopedic hos
pitfalls was established at Shreveport, La, in
1922 There are so beds in that hospital the
same capacity as that of the Twin Cities Hos
ptal at Minneapolis Other hospitals of the
same size at San Francisco Portland, Greg,
and Montreal Springfield, Mass, has hos
ptal. So has Chicago There is another at
Greenville S. c., and a 100-bed unit at st.
Louis. Mo. Philadelphia also has hospital
containing 100 beds In faraway Honolulu,
T. H.. there is magnificent hospital the out
growth of what is known as mobile unit. Four
cities have hospitals operated as mobile units.
They are Spokane, Wash; Salt Lake City Utah;
Lexington, KY, and Winnepeg. Canada.
II is said that the average stay of these lit
tie patients is 100 days-about third of a
wear which means quite hit of exnepse i'm