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Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Serials Collection THE HOSPITAL REVIEW. DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE SICK AND SUFFERING. AT THE BOOHESTEB CITY HOSPITAL. "l WAS SICK AND YE VISITED ME." VOL. XXII. ROCHESTER, N. Y., AUGUST 15, 1885. No. 1. The Child's Prayer. The bright face grew earnest and thoughtful, And clouded in strange surprise, [ At the recent annual meeting of the Amer- But the light of a child's true instinct ican Baptist Home Mission Society in New Flashed out .from the sparkling eyes. And straightway she questioned her mother, York, Mrs. J. S. Dickerson, of Chicago, refer- " Well, now, will you please to say, red to the following prayer of her little daugh- If I did not think of the black cat, ter, to illustrate the necessity of individual Who else for its good would pray ?" effort in the, mission work.J Ah, Gracie had mastered the lesson Sweet Gracie, the light of the household, We tardily come to heed ; Hath knelt in the twilight hour, But always there wait for our footsteps Commending the friends that she loveth Earth's lowliest ones in need. To the Father's keeping power, " Who else " if we turn from their pleading, Not one of her pets is forgotten, Will unto their rescue spring ? Her kitten, her dog and doll. " Who else " to the feet of the Master But deeper in meaning the favor These sheaves for the harvest bring ? She asks while the shadows fall: There are sorrowing hearts to cherish, Now the old black cat, wilt Thou bless her, "Who else" will the tear-drops dry ? The cat with the g^reat green eyes. " Who else " will be friends to the friendless That wanders alone in our garden,— While the fleeting years go by ? I'm sad when I hear her cries." At last when our service is ended The mother looked down on her darling, How sweet will His greeting be. The child of her tender cafe, " Inasmuch as for these ye labored And told her she need not remember Ye have done it unto me." All cats in her evening prayer. ANNA SARGENT HUNT. Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Serials Collection THE HOSPITAL REVIEW. THE HOSPITAL REVIEW. pital, many who could not leave the wards eagerly watched all that was passing ROCHESTER, N. Y., AUGUST 15, 1885. before them. The foundations of the new Pavilion NEW CHILDREN'S PAVILION. have been laid northwest of the west wing of the City Hospital. The new structure Laying the Corner Stone. is to be of brick, eighty feet long by thirty- It was a lively sight that greeted us on two wide, two stories and a half high, with the afternoon of July 31st, as we entered a fine dormer roof. It will have accommo- the Hospital grounds from West avenue. dation in the wards for forty-eight patients, The lawn was dotted with groups of peo- besides private rooms for twelve or fifteen ple that had gathered to witness the ex- others. The designs were gratuitously ercises connected with the laying of the drawn by Mr. John R. Church, the archi- corner stone of the Children's Pavilion. tect, and Mr. W. H. Gorsline has con- Prominent among these were the little tracted to build the Pavilion for $12,000. folks who have taken so deep an interest in Money contributed by the children and raising funds for this charity. Babies in other funds that the managers are allowed arms, babies in carriages, and children of to appropriate, amount to $7,000, and the all sizes were present. necessity for the erection of the building is Beneath a tent, kindly loaned by Mr. so urgent that we trust ere long the remain- James Field, Julia Robinson and Edith ing $5,000 will be raised for its completion. Peck, who have worked so effectively for The speaker's platform on the north por- the Children's Pavilion, were busy with tion of the new foundation was protected their assistants, Alice Peck, Bessie Backus, by a canvas awning, and beneath this were and Philip Mumford, and Charlie Robin- seated representatives of the Board of son, their cashier, in making arrangements Lady Managers, the Trustees, the Surgical for the sale of ice cream and cake, and as and Medical staff, and also the Mayor, Dr. the result of their efforts they brought into M. B. Anderson and the city clergymen, the treasury thirty-two dollars and ten who were to take part in the exercises con- cents. Another group was composed of the nected with the laying of the corner stone. Hospital boys,conspicuous among whom was Beneath the corner stone was a box of Max Kraus in his rolling ehair, with his sheet lead twelve inches long, seven wide, head in a leather harness. Gust Grunst and five deep, in which were enclosed had lost a leg; Sidney Greenslave had a copies of the Union and Advertiser, the stiff neck ; Freddy Lyons1 hips were dis- Democrat and Chronicle, the Morning Her- eased ; Tommy Jones had a broken arm ; ald, the Post Express, Volksblatt, Abend- Tommy Heeney was suffering from ab- Post and Beobachter, Sonntag's Journal, scesses ; Terrance Martin had his ankle of this city, the New York Tribune, and injured by a boy coasting down hill, and THE HOSPITAL REVIEW of June, 1876; Lawrence Barrows, six years old, the Feb., April, and Sept., 1877 ; Feb, 1878; youngest of the Hospital boys, had broken Feb., 1879 ; Feb., 1880 ; March, June and his knee. Here was a band of little ones, Sept., 1881 ; Jan., June and Oct., 1882 ; candidates for the Children's Pavilion. March, 1883 ; Dec, 1884, and all the issues Hospital patients in their rolling chairs, of 1885 ; also a history of the Hospital others with their crutches beside them, or prepared in 1872, a Hospital Supplement in use, were interested spectators, and from issued in 1883, and a book containing in the windows of the west wing of the Hos- manuscript the names and donations of Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Serials Collection THE HOSPITAL REVIEW. 3 children to the Pavilion Fund, the names the error unjust, unnecessary, and as wide- of the Lady Managers, Trustees, Medical spread as it has been, is unworthy of fur- and Surgical staff and other officers of the ther consideration and my thoughts turn to Gty Hospital, also a list of the endowed the noble men and women who contribute beds. of their means and of their time to the At 4 o'clock the exercises were opened welfare of their fellow creatures. They by an appropriate prayer by Rev. Dr. H. C. are entitled to our thanks. Like David of Riggs. The following address was from old ihey are serving their generation, and Mayor Parsons, who presided on the occa- like the sun, they are diffusing warmth, and sion cheer, and life all the day long. As a citi- zen, and as an official, I am pleased to " We meet to-day upon historic ground. meet with the friends of the Rochester Ground made sacred, because in former City Hospital to-day. I have nothing but days after life's battle was o'er, many of good words for its management, and ex- those who were early settlers here, who, so pressions of gratitude to those who have to speak, rocked the cradle of the beauti- made it what it is, and what in my opinion ful city of which we now have a right to it will ever prove to be—one of the most boast, found a resting place within this en- noble and deserving of the many Christian closure, beneath this sod. The strides of charities of our city." time, and the march of progress have everywhere been felt, and long ago, com- Mayor Parsons was followed by Presi- paratively speaking, the 'Western Ceme- dent Anderson, of the Rochester Univer- tery ' was abandoned, and the bones of sity, who expressed his interest in this those who had so tenderly been laid away, charity, and stated that it was deepened by were as tenderly removed to beautiful the fact that for several years of his life his Mount Hope, and in their place has been attention had been specially directed to the reared this noble Christian charity, the care of the helpless and unfortunate. He Rochester City Hospital. Strange as it alluded to comparatively recent improve- may seem, there are those among us, who ments in the methods of treating the in- believe that this is an institution supported sane, idiots, deaf mutes, and the blind. entirely by a tax upon the people. And a He spoke of the former wretched condi- like error prevails regarding St. Mary's tion of pauper children, crowded and Hospital, an institution in which we also neglected in the county poor houses, and feel a commendable pride. As one who of the strong efforts that wei^ necessary knows something of the facts, I am unwil- before public authorities would place them ling that this error should go longer uncor- in institutions designed to elevate and im- rected, and I embrace this most interesting prove them. He enlarged on the benefits occasion to set right the misapprehension. that would result from the establishment of To be sure, no tax unless it be of a local a children's hospital, where malformed, character is levied against either of these diseased and crippled children, by receiv- institutions. And why should there be ? ing timely surgical and medical treatment, And it is a facf that the city pays annually and careful nursing, might become useful a few thousand dollars for the support of and self-supporting citizens, who otherwise those who are friendless and penniless in- would be burdens to themselves, their fam- mates within their walls.