Evening star., 1940-04-17
Home for |ncurab|es
Dedicates Addition
Costing 100000
Mrs. Roosevelt Speoks,
Paying Tribute to
Donor, Mrs. Lisner

The understanding of woman
who became blind in the latter years
of her life for the plight of the
permanently afflicted took tangible
form yesterday with the dedication
of the new 100000 addition to the
Home for 1ncurables.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, after
reminding large audience that
to-day we think gratefully of a
woman who had at heart the desire
to help Others" cut a wide red rib
bon leading to the wing, made pos
sible by bequest of the late Mrs.
Laura Hartmann Lisner, wife of the
late Abram Lisner.
Mrs. Llsner, who became blind
several years before her death in
1887, stipulated in her will that the
wing was to be known as the Will
helmina c. Hartmann Memorial in
memory of her sister.
Mrs. Roosevelt, speaking briefly
at the dedication exercises, told the
assembly that there is nothing
which appeals to us all as does the
case OF the lncurable."
Laboratory Plan Praised.
Il am sure we realize what truly
good citizen Mrs. Lisner was" Mrs.
Roosevelt went on. To-day we are
thinking very gratefully of her, who
had at heart the desire to help 9TH
ers and the interest of her CITY,"
DR.. Warfield Loncope, physician
in chief of Johns Hopkins Uni
versity Hospital in Baltimore, con-
graduated the home on its plans
to establish in the new wing a
training school for practical nurses
who will care for invalids with
chronic diseases both in private
homes and at the Home for In
curables.
DR.. Loncope also stressed the op-
portunity in the laboratory in the
new wing for study by physicians
looking toward discovering cures for
those diseases now considered in
durable. He said the outlook for
such advancement is far from
hopeless" and pointed to strides in
the last quarter of a century.
If these doctors can add one lot
Of information now unknown about
such diseases" he declared, then
the sum spent on this new addition
will have been increased in value
tenfold-yes, even hundredfold."
Mrs. Finkenstaedt Presides.
Mrs. E. R. Finkenstaedt. president
OF the Board of Managers, briefly
reviewed the history of the home,
an institution of charity, and pre-
sided at the ceremony.
DR.. Albert j. Mccartney, pastor
OF the Covenant-First Presbyterian
Church, told the gathering of the
beautiful relationship" between
Mrs. Lisner and her late husband,
local merchant, from the time she
was first employed by him in his
store.
DR.. Mccartney said that after
they were married Mrs. Lisner never
lost the personal affection she had
Tor the store employees, and there
was always a large place in her life
and home for them"
DR.. Mccartney pronounced the
invocation and the Rev. F.. Bland
Tucker, pastor of st. Johns Pro-
testant Episcopal Church, the bene-
diction.
Can Add 80 Patients.
DR.. Linn F. Cooper, head of the
home medical staff, introduced DR..
Loncope. Among those present for
the dedication were the members
OF the Arrangements Committee.
Mrs. Henry w. Watson, chairman:
Mrs. Robert S. Chew, Mrs. James
S. Taylor, Mrs. j. Harry Covington
and Mrs. Hamilton Fish.
The new three-story wing is
equipped to care for 80 patients, in
addition to the $50 already being
treated at the home, and has living
quarters for II nurses. The labora-
tory and physiotherapy equipment
Is in the basement.
The rooms for the patients are
attractively finished in soft pastel
shades and furnished with maple.
Large windows admit a food of
light.