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PART TWO. the frock coat toilet.; it IS to BE SEEN IN ITS GLORY Jl ST NOW AT AFTERNOON TEAS. The Correct Reception nml Drawing Hoorn Attitndo, Folded Arms and Hands In Rockets Execrably Bad style—All Oxer Patent Leather Shoes —The Model Fob and Sleeve Buttous Are of Hose Gold—Dia monds Worn by the Very Smartest Ben. New York. Dec. 29.—Just at the moment at those receptions held in honor of de butante girls, the greatest number of f.i-hdonably dressed men can be found gathered together. The frock coat toilet is then to be seen in its highest glory, and if present indications are significant of the future, then the proper combina tion for the season is to be black coat and trousers with white pique, tan or grayish plaid waistcoat. Taking the aft , rnoon toilet in detail and from the ground up, shoes wholly of patent leather are held in first esteem. Those with vamps of varnished leather and tops of dull finished dongola are of secondary consid eration, but whether wholly or In part of the glazed skin they all show round English toes and are laced. Afternoon trousers, let it be known bv the ambitious, never show their hems up turned, but falling gracefully upon the brightly lacquered shoe and some black trousers have been seen showing a black herring bone stripe woven through the even mesh of the goods and Conveying the contrast effect to the gray trouser without really varying the tone at all. Last season the model frock coals fell Just one inch or three-quarters in the skirt below the knee. This winter they are but a shade longer, their rather broad lapels are faced with black silk and the modish man, in a drawing room, where he will be expected to stand and talk to women kind, keeps his frock but toned close. Few men Indeed have ever acquired the art of arriving in an amply full drawing room on a reception afternoon with an air of graceful composure that clearly signifies their habitual intercourse with fashionable society. Too many of the sterner sex appear with less ease than a lion tamer entere a wild beast’s cage, while those who assume an air of bland composure thrust the left hand into the trousers pockets and stand before the hostess with the pseudo Chesterfieldan swagger of a third-rate barn storming actor in a drawing room scene. The Drawing Boom Manner. A graduate from the very up-to-date school of fashionable deportment leaves Ms hat, stick and coat in the hallway, draws off his gray right hand glove, and holding it In his left, appears snugly but toned ah to coat before his hostess. If her hand is extended he presses it gently in his own, bearing in minds as he does so that she wears rings and that a stern gripping of her fingers will give her ln lensest pain. He keeps her fingers with his clasp while a bystander could count four slowly, holding them at the level ex actly at which she gave them and bowing gracefully as he does so. If the debutante at her side is too occupied with her bou quets to offer her hand he dows in recog nition of her salutation; a bow that is not a mere shrug nor an ugly lurching for • ward and elongation of the neck, but an obeisance that savors in its dignity and precision of the German officers’ bow. The holy is inclined gracefully from the hips, the head bent in harmony and the hands dropped easily at the sides, and an ex tremely stately salutation Is made when a friend Is recognized across the room, when introduced to a woman wh<J (Ices not offer her hand and in a modified form "lien a feminine friend puts out her dell caiciy gloved fingers for the firm mascu line pressure that mutt never be accompa te'd by a shake. I lie man who stands in a private draw ing room talking to women should forego the obnoxious habit of putting his hands •n his pockets or standing wtith his arms io dcd. Neither attitude is graceful nor complimentary. With hlsjiands behind his back or before him and holding the ends of his gloves his best and most dig "iikd attitude Is maintained, and aft°r passing into the dining room he may ap propriately open his coat to reveal the splendors of his immaculately white waist coat and his fob. The New Gold. ' model fob shows but a length of fine closely meshed fold finks forming an open worked band or rose finished gold about ' *' length and with a fob ribbon, di 'he bottom of the fob hangs a carved cold ornament with a flift base on which ar, out the arms or the initials of the •'"'nor, and the peculiar new rose finish on the gold gives the surface of the preci -11 is metal the aspect of the costliest en an,! tng done in pale coral pink. From the fob an observant eye will quickly glance to the modish man’s sleeve 1 nks that are small medallion of colored chiseled gold. Rose, green, blue or nrown. It is now possible to the makers of jewelry to bring out any one of these natural colorings In the yellow metal and this particular treatment of gold finds * re ht favor In the eyes of (he well dressed m ’’"' whose favorite pattern in sleeve links '■'ows on one medallion the owner's In put’s or arms and on the others a wo tnan' head, the hair blown back and the ’> h lifted toward a star that takes the form of a tiny, deep-set diamond. The Sparkler's Return. 'ham nds, by the way, In spite of all the P en.- conservatism of the average man, • " ‘rite now and again into the Jewel I °f 'he most careful beau, and this "u icr for afternoon dress no neckMe or -1 is so conspicuously and frequently ' 1 a a delicate horseshoe of small per white brilliants. It would seem that e 'tge deeply colored neckties of the ■ und most especially those for af -1 use, demand some ornament that 1 Introduce a contrast of high fight, and * riio diamonds most assuredly do. Few n ’ vhoae clothes signify great taste In ’ ’*'••, buy their neckties ready made. ' rers to masculine wardroh. s dis- ; 1,1 mares of silk and brocade of divers tod instead of buying a lie made * ' ' shopper chooses and purchases a '■ "t rP h ted and black, or violet an I ; y hiocided silt and orders Iris : e therefrom, lie is in consequence of something more exclusive in " and of n latter shape than the aver -1 < and dried tie on the counter. •> ’ ~f ip,, populatby of th‘- Raglan "s features have not In the main .'t-wire i me popularity or the excel j, ''' 'he t.ox e/j-iped Chesterfield that l , y "’Ugh black cloth la par egos U i. U H> coit for afternoon ca’is and “ ’ r uia itda proper garment is dou Ulje Jlofning |te^* hie breatesd. held with big buttons, and are 'fW’qd and stitched. Only the body part Is fined, with black satin. ar ®, tb 1 e ample pockets, while the collar 3 “ f . b| a° k velvet and the lapels faced with . loth. Turn over cuffs are not seen on the ” overcoats, and silk hat with close curled brim and crown very slightly belled ghes the last touch to the toilet of the man on calls and receptions bent. Beau Brumrael. WOMEN LAWMAKERS. Three AY omen Representatives ot Colorado Prove Good Influence*. Mary H. Kinkaid in Ainslee’s. Three seats at the right of the centre aisle in the House of Representatives in Denver. Col., are reserve 1 for the women members of the Legislature. The places are the most desirable in the handsome legislative chamfer. It h?s been noticed that the women are seldom absent from their plates. The story is tc-7d that, during a previous session, one of the women mem bers failed to appear at her desk for a week. Owing to all previous records for conscientious comment. Finally, one of the oldest men in the House mustered up the coutage to make inquiries of the o.her women. “‘Where is the Hon. Mrs. Blank?’ he asked. “We have been missing her. and we hore she is not ill.’ “ ‘UI? No, indeed,’ said one of the Hon. Mrs. Blank’s women colleagues. She has anew grandson, and the is so proad she has been staying home a few davs just to rock the crad e.’ "It is unnecessary to say that the happy grandmother’s bills were not attacked dur ing her volumaty desertion from the ranks of the law-makers. • "Notwkhstand ng the fset that some women are treated with the same co rttsy man offer and the sarcastic toast u gom.li, ‘Once our superiors, but now our equafs,’ and consideration that was a corded them before they entered public fife. Smoking is not indulged in on the floor of the Hot s?, and no turbulent scenes have teen reco ti ed since the estai 1 ehment of equal suff rage. If there is any lesson taught by the charged political conditions in Colorado, it is that ven always will pay to me true woman the deference and re poet to which she is emitted. When the first light for equal rights was made, it was the fash ion for Ihe well-mi?anirg agha ors to pic ture man as the enemy and oppressor of woman. Recent history in Colorado has ptoveol that men are not only ready to give women the privileges they covet, but that men are glad to show women how to use those privileges. “From the point of view of the ’practical politician,’ women are not al egether sa Is factory as law-makers, because they ie fuse to le whipped into line for party treasures unless the measures happen to appeal to their sense of right. It is this indifference to the party teeh that makes it difficult for a woman to be elec ed to a second term in the Legslatute. So far, the members have been contented to re tire after one term of service. Each has been determined to earn the verdici; ’She hns done what she could,’ Un ike the ma jority of their colleagues, the women have an id-a that someone else cm carry cut the work they ha\e begun. As (he women invariably are on the side of all measures of a nhllamhr p c or reform. Chirac er. their party affiliations count for little if in conflict with their sympathy or sense of Justice. “Among the fault-finders it has beei hinted that women make laws with their hearts instead of their heads. The records of the last three gen rat as embl es of Colorado prove that, if this be true, hcar - servire as well as head-servee is an ad mirable thing for the siate. The nine wo men legisla'o s, elected since the estab lishment of equal suffrage, have espoued reforms that their stronger colleagues have regarded as too altruistic for pr ent day conditions. The women have werked for laws enlarging the scope of free du ration, providing homes for girls, estab lishing nurseries for dependent children, and shortening the labor ng man’s hours. They have accom fished gr eat results, an 1 have demonstrated that they can sh w loyal and unselfish devot on to the interest of ihe people who elected them.” SANDY, A RAILROAD CAT. Tlic Pet of the Pennsylvania Termi nal Gone, Without a Sneeessor. From the New York Post. Many of the commuters who past through the Pennsylvania Railroad stat on ill Jersey City every day have remarked the absence of Sandy, the big r<d cat, from the waiting room and train shed; the officials of the company have miss and him, even with some sense of loss, they say, from the general offices of the building in the mornings. The reason for Sandy’s absence from the place that has known him unceasingly for many years is that hr was run over and killed in the train shed only a few days ago. He was pur suing a rat; and, as one of the men sail, "just like the other oid employes, he got too careless.” This cat was a remarkab’e animal. He was born in the station and lived thre for seven years. The points in which he was remakabie over the ordinary cat were his regularity of life and his wide ac quaintance. He seemed to take the bag gage room as home, and he was in every night by 10 o’clock. It was akso his ha 1 it to be stirring about before 4 o'clock, w rit; ing for a man whose run from Phil td I phia ends at that time, and who, af er some change of clothing, invariably fed Sandy with the remains of his breakfast. About 8 o'clock this well-known ett would leave the baggage room on his reg ular round of the offices. Sandy always went upstairs by the elevator. He would wait in the car until the door was opened a , "his floor;” it might be half an liou before tills chanced to come about; but he seemed always to knew Just where he wanted to go. and would bound out of the car at the right time. Then he would make his way from office to office, hunt ing mice and Incidentally enlarging his acquaintance with the human beings he met- so his mornings were pas ed always. In'the afternoon Sandy woul I Idle around the waiting rooms until about 3 o'clo k. nicking up what food he could find and sleeping when there was nothing *l<e to o At that hour he used to g> down to the docks hunting; and he never failed v i S it som- of the employes in that neighborhood. Later In the afternoon he returned to the watting room and triln 1,,-! where, often, he was on view for ihe benefit of the commuters. Their hour P. reed, the cat prowled wherever his fancy led him. but Invariably he was t> Is- found in the laiggage room when 10 o'clock struck. if he had tarn any •' mmonplace prow - u 'nfly', Hiking .‘IT would not have at m much attention; as It Is. hour his regular habits av him a ►Und h v anion is tb employee and visit rs to . p#-iinyKi4* larurinnl urbich his sue ,,,„! in tb* posh lon must spetel a la* i,m* to acquire SAVANNAH, GA., SUNDAY. DECEMBER 31. 1809. DJ. BRUNNER’S POSITION. HE REVIEWS THE HISTORY OF THE HOSPITAL FIGHT. A DllTerenee of I.onir Standing Among; tlie Medical Men—Doctor* Do Not Work for Sweet Charity’* Sake—Alany Advantage* In Being on the Statf of a llOHpital—An In tere*ting Personal Narrative of the Fight Which He Made in 1894 him! Some Allusion* to the St. Janie* Dispensary—Dr. Daniel's Statistic* Comparing Augusta and Savannah Hospitals. Health Officer Brunner’s statement, at the last meeting of City Council upon the hospital question has been the subject of much discussion. The paper has been quoted with approval on both sides, and each side seems anxious that It should be givein publication in full. Dr. Brunner's paper was an interesting review of the hospital question, as it has existed for a number of years, with a somewhat humorous account of the part w’hich he played in the fight some years ago, and a summary of the situation, to gether with his views upon the subject. It Is the first complete contribution to the hospital literature since the discussion be gan, and Is a thoroughly readable article. Dr. Brunner, in his statement, said; “I believe that I can give you a per sonally disinterested statement os to hos pital matters. To the minds of many wtio are here to-night there will come a serious doubt as to the correctness of this state ment, but before I have finished my re marks I believe that I will demonstrate to the impartial listener ttiat- I have never yet spoken or acted except from a strictly disinterested standiooint wdien hospital matters were at issue. "For years the medical profession in Savannah has been divided on the hospi tal question; for years a men have controlled the hospitals; and, on account of the peculiar surroundings of these In stitutions, they have been able to retain their positions, and to admit, It would seem, only those of the profession whom they saw fit. There are three hospitals In this city which tnka care of the indi gent sick, and whieh derive portions of their revenue from the city and county authorities; they are the Savannah Hospi tal and the St. Joseph’s Infirmary for the care of the Indigent whites, and the Geor gia Infirmary for the care of Indigent ne groes. The first named hospital has a staff of from seven to eight physicians. The St. Joseph's Infirmary and the Geor gia Infirmary, each, have a staff of one. These hospitals now receive from the city and county $16,800 per annum, which is believed to be in excess of all other reve nues received by them for the care cf indigent sick. And I ihlnk 1 can show you where the city and county have un knowingly advanced the Interests of physi cians serving on staffs of these hospitals to the detriment of the other practition ers of medicine in the city of Savannah. Two ( lasses of Patients. “There are two classes of patients re ceived in the free words of every hospital; that is, the pauper and Indigent classes— they are two distinct classes. The pauper is generally horn soand in nearly every instance remains a pauper. The poor man does not necessarily remain so all his life. 1 would exemplify what I mean when I state that the city of Savannah and the county of Chatham have aided members of the different staffs of the hos pitals in Savannah to the detriment of other physicians not connected writli the hospitals by ctiing an hypothetical case: Dr. Brown of the Savannah Hospital medical staff is called in to attend a per son—call it a case of appendicitis—needing surgical interference. He finds his patient in a room where aseptic surgery could hardly be practiced; the aid of a profes sional nurse beyond the reach of the pa tient. He takes the patient on his own certificate to the Savannah Hospital. There, in a room with all necessary sur gical appliances and hygienic surround ings, he perforins an operation under the best of conditions. The operation is suc cessful; the patient owes a debt of grati tude to the Doctor; he goes out and ex presses it to his friends; and, in after years, becoming more prosperous, he em ploys this physician and pays him for nil the services rendered. Rut Dr. Jones, nor connected with the medical staff of the Savannah Hospital or any other hospital, but the equal of Dr. Brown in Intelli gence and medical education, has a pa tient which he finds under the same cir cumstances. die cannot operate where he finds his patient, nor can he carry him to the hospital to do so; he is a con scientious man, and, knowing that he cannot do either his patient or himself justice, he is compelled to let his patient have the same advantages as the patient of Dr. Brown, whereupon he applies to one of the city physicians or the health officer, or to Dr. Brown of the Savannah Hospital, for permission to enter his pa tient, who henceforth becomes the patient of Dr. Brown; for while Dr. Jones may be permitted to witness the operation, he cannot perform it. This patient also re covers, and who# is he grateful to? The man who brought him to the hospital and turned him over to the other doctor, or the man who performed the operation? Most assuredly the latter—not because of any superior skill Dr. Brown may have had over the other man. but simply be cause he is one of the staff of the Savan nah Hospital. Not for Sweet Charity’s Sake. "It may be wrong to be brutally frank, but I am constrained to be so. and tell you that the medical profession, about which so many beautiful things are often said. Is credited with deeds, the motived of which are not always understood. It has been said that the physicians who serve on the staff of these or any other hospital have given their services gratuitous for sweet charity’s sake. Hindi Is not and never has been the case. It doubtful whether one physician In fifty ever did such work without realizing the lenefl's that would arise from same, and he medical profession for years, seeing that a few men were deriving the benefits of the hospital work, ha* from lime to Urn" object'd to It. Naturally the ’’lns” have lifted their voices In Indignation that *he ''outs” should endeavor to pA-tlcl nato In the privileges which were so nd vantag'Otis to them, and the "outs,” with eiu.ll Indignation have demanded repre ss lnil>'n, That the physicians who have i nj< "ed the hospital monopolies should rn deavor to heal the advantages which ■>•- < r 1C from hospital work is a natural thing: that the physicians on the outside mould protest against this condition of aft,lira Is equally ss natural. As tong as i how monopolies were supported by pri ests chari'y, It would appear that tba public hod no right to ask for representa tion, but when the tax payers of the coun ty and ciiy through their representatives —the county and city authorities—devote nearly $17,100 for a specific purpose, they have a light to say that the medical pro fis ion shall be represented on the differ ent staffs. "During ihe latter part of 1891. while at trnding a meeting of the Georgia Medical Society, at the residence of one of its members, I was asked to meet several physicians after the conclusion of Ihe meeting. 1 was told that the question of representation on the staff of the Savan nah Hospital was to be discussed at the office of a specialist, and that my presence nt this discussion would not be unwel come. On arriving at the office of the a o esaid specialist, I found four physi cians present. The matter of insisting on representation on the staff of the Savan nah Hospital was thoroughly discussed. The annual meeting of ihe Board of Trus tees of the Savannah Hospital was soon to be held. It was said that every one who contributed $lO annually to the support of this institution was entitled to vot ■ in ihe election ot managers; and that, as they city of Savannah and the county of Chat ham gave $5,600 for that purpose annual ly, it would be entitled to 569 votes. After listening to the remarks of these gentlemen I expressed a per fect willingness to make the fight, strictly in the interest of the medi cal profession, under three conditions; First, that no physician then serving on the staff of the Savannah Hospital was to be removed. Second, that 1 was to fill no position on the stafT. Third, that they would give me their support when ihe light came on. In naming this latter condition I asked each individual sepo rately if he would stick to the lost, and received an affirmotlve reply from each. As the time for the annual meeting ap proached, I went to the Mayor of the city of Savannah and stated the case; and, upon m.v request, he gave me proxies for Ihe city. Likewise I went to the chairman of Ihe Board of County Com missioners, who also gave me the proxies for the county; and oo the day of elec tion I deposited the list of managers for whom I cast the 560 votes of the city of Savannah and county of Chatham. Con slilerable indignation was expressed at m.v action, from certain sources, and the newspapers devoted some space to it. And, strange to relate, within twenty-four hours I received a letter from one of the gentlemen who had asked me to take up the fight, stating that, after careful con sideration, he could not allow his naim to be used in Ihe matter; and another said thot the medical partnership exist ing between a certain medical man and himself would terminate unless he with drew from the the scene of operation. The third man I never saw for weeks af terward. It was said that he jumped' the fight before it came on. The fourth man end myself were left to hold the bag. For awhile ihe hospital matter was not again brought to the attention of the pub lic, but interest In the question had never entirely died out, and during my absence from the city, about a half-dozen promi nent medical men organized what was called the Bt. James' Dispensary. . The St. Jame* Ptaf esanry. "I am told that this dispensary was organized to force recognition upon the part of the hospital authorities to the merits of the gentlemen organizing it. This dispensary is a thing of the past, but before Its dis bandment it was successful to the extent that three of its charter members were elected to the staff of the Savannah Hos pital. Right here I w r ould exemplify of what value it is to a physi cian to be on the stait of one of these hospitals. 1 am told by several members of the defunct St. James Dispensary, that one of the three gentlemen who they were remonstrating with for having accepted a position with Ihe Savannah Hospital, upon being re minded that he was a charter member, and that by such action he was deserting the other members, replied that he could not refuse the position; that he had been in Savannah for nineteen years, and that he could not afford to put aside such aid to his professional work. This statement is vouched for by not one. but three promi nent reputable medical men. No one of the laity ean thoroughly appreciate the value to a physician of an hospital ap pointment. If the city of Savannah and the county of Chatham contribute approx imately $17,000 for the care of Indigent sick, and this appropriation Is used for the advancement of eight or ten physicians to the detriment of twice that number of other physicians in Ihe city, then the city and county have a right to Interfere, and see that these gentlemen who kve never been recognized in hospital work, receive fair play and justice. The medical men on the staffs of these hospitals are, so far as my personal knowledge goes, gentle men of intelligence and careful medial education, but there are just as much med. leal and surgical ability on the outside of the staff as there are inside of it. Let me call your attention to a fact whieh should be carefully considered by this liody. and the County Commissioners. This system of private individual* run ning the hospitals has caused the medical profession of this city, as a whole, to de teriorate. Medical men of Augusta and Atlanta have Invaded the field which properly belongs to Savannah. I had oc casion this summer to vielt several coun ties in Southeast Georgia, and 1 found that lt’waa no uncommon thing for Au gusta and Atlanta men to b* sent for to treat cases of sickness, or to perform sur gical operations, within seventy-flvo or eighty miles of Savannah. I consider this condition of affairs to be directly attrib utable to the hospital conditions which now exist. The Yoang Doctor*. "A word about the young men of the medical profession, and again I speak from a disinterested ntandpoint. It has been stated by one of the medical men representing the the Savannah Hospital that the poor sick should not l>e experimented upon by the young men of the profession. The laity have been taught to be aware of the young doctors. Such fear or admonition had good grounds in lire days of iong ago. Speaking from personal experience, 150 per cent, of my class were not only unfit to practice medicine on their gradu al lon hut were unfit to take up ihe study of medicine. A medical education is a* different now from what It was twenty or more years ago as day ht from night. Formerly, a two-year course of medicine wa* pursued by nearly every graduate, and their examine?ton* were mere for malities. To-day the man who graduate* from a medical school must quality for a four-yearx’ collet* course, and when he takes a one or two-years’ hospital course, he l as well-fitted o practice medicine, if not better, than per cent, of the men who graduated twenty-five or thirty years ago 0° far at- surgery 1* concern ed, the young men are easily in advane* of the old one* I do not believe that there are three men in this city over 4S years of age who do any surgery worth speaking of. and I think It t* safe ftote- I mnl to make to xtata that the younger men of the profession are doing the prac tice of the city. "If you will give this subject careful thought, I think that the proposition that you have made to the different hospitals here will be carried out. If there is a fight against any hospital or any doctor connected with any Hospital, I am not a party to it. 1 have the highest regard for the different medical men connected with the hospitals, but as I have been called upon by the Mayor to slate my views, I give them to you as about the only medical man not personally Interest ed tn the matter. I have never had any desire to serve upon any staff of any hos pital in the city. My line of work does not qualify me to serve on a hospital staff with any credit to the hospital or myself. "I was asked yesterday if there were any politics touching my actions in this matter. To this question I would state to you. as I did the Inquirer. ’There aro obsoluteiy none.’ I owe no allegiance to any political power, except the Demo cratic party. lam connected with neither one faction nor the other, and u believe that every physician who comes here to night either for or against the present hospital system is free from any political motive in what he ha* said or done hero to-night. I would say that it would ap pear to me that every stand that I have taken in hospital mutters have been very impolitic. DR. DANIEL’S STATISTICS. He Compare* Augu*tn Hospital Re port* AA'ttH Nnvuntinli**. The statistical argument on behalf of the doctor*, who are fighting for admission to the hospital, at the hearing before Coun cil Wednesday night, was furnished by Dr. J. W. Daniel. Dr, Dante! commented upon the failure of the reports of the city hospitals lo give definite information ns to the number of city and county patterns fared for at these institutions and the cost per diem. Taking the figures given in the hospital reports he made the deduction that Savannah is paying about $1 per day for the care of charity patients, or about twice what other cities of the same eize are paying. Alter criticising the financial management of the local hospitals, Dr. Daniel gave a comparison with the hos pital expenditures of Augusta. He said; Take Augusta, our neighbor, a city about one-half the population of Savan nah. We find in their official report for 1897 that the city and county appropriated to the white hospital $4,590 and in return had 470 public patient* cared for 9,10* days. This hospital also cared for 148 pay pa tients 2,290 days and turned back into the hospital fund of the city $5,646.47 fees re ceived from nurse* and pay room, also turned Into hospital fund $565.69 from the previous year’s funds, making $1,621 more than city appropriated turned back Into hospital fund; “Take the Augusta white hospital for 3898. We find the city appropriated $6,751.00 and In return had 411 public patients eared for 8,!!65 days, 58 pay ward patients cared for 951 days and 208 pay room patients cared for 3,121 days, making a total of 677 patients* cured for 12,337 days. This year the hospital turned Into the hospital fund $6,976.99 fees from nurses and pay pa tients and $206 from previous years appro priation, which was $131.62 more than the city appropriated. Now, what Is Savannah doing? A city twice the population of Augusta! It is appropriating, with the county, $7,200 per year to the white hospitals and received in 1897 only 197 public patients, cared for In St. Joseph’s, wllh 4,560 days of treat ment. The Savannah Hospital does not say in any of its reports how many eliy and county patients are treated, nor how many days treated. Hut, taking the St. Joseph as an average, we find that— Savannah end Chatham count ap propriated. 1897 $7,2C0 (X) Total number of patients admit ted 1,090 City and county patients 394 Number of days treated 9,120 Patients cost Savannah, per day.. .79 Savannah pays, per patient 18 27 Savannah have returned Into City Hospital fund from pay patients and nurses' fees 00 00 Savannah returned Into City Hos pital fund from unused appro priation of 1896 00 00 City of Augusta appropriated, 1897.54,590 00 Total number patients 318 City and county patients 470 Number of days treated 9,104 Pallents cost Augusta, per day .40 Augusta pays per patient 9 35 Augus4a has returned Into City Hospitel fund from pay patients and nurses 5,6)6 47 Augusta has returned Into City Hospital fund from unused ap propriation of 1896 565 69 "Now we will take up the colored hrs pltai. As the Georgia Infirmary his made no report since 1893, we will use that year’s report. Savannah and Chatham county paid Georgia Infirmary, 1893 ~$3,250 00 Total patients admitted , 4i2 Number of days treated Not give.i Numlier of paid patients Not given patients cost Savannah per day Not known Each patient cost Savannah $12.13 Savananh has returned into hospiial found from nurses and pay pa tients Nothing Savannah has returned to hospital furs! from previous years' appro priation Nothing Augusta paid Lamar Hoepital 1897. .$3,361.0) Total patients admitted 497 Numbers of days treated 10,303 Number of pay patients 49 Patients cost Augusta t>er day 23- Each patient cost Augusta $6.76 Augusta has returned Into hospital fund from nurses and pay patterns.s222.6l Augusta has returned to hospital fund from previous years’ appro priations $'.01.98 It will lie observed that Dr. Daniel gives $7,200 as the appropriation of the city and county to tlx- two white hospitals. As u matter of fact ihls Is the amount of the city's appropriation alone. Dr. Daniel re marked in his statement to Council that he found no mention of (he county's ap propriation In the annual report of the superintendent of the Savannah Hospital for 1897. and he therefore presumed that the hospital had not received this appro priation that year. Dr. Duncan staled In reply that the hospital had received this appropriation, but that It did not appear In iho report for the reason that it did not pass through his h mds, having been col lected by the president, Mr, George J. Mills, The present appropriation of the city and county to the two white hospitals is $11,200. —lt is now announced that the German Emperor's brother. Prince Henry of Prus sia, whom most folk had probably forgot ten Was see ill In the Par East, will start fresin Hock Kong for home this month. On ills way bark ha proposes to pay a visit to the King of tflam. YV\ t\ CHRISTMAS WV.VX.OIcrt&C-S GREETING! I wish all my frit-mis and customors A MERRY, JOLLY AND HAPPY CHRIST MAS AND NEW YEAR, and that they may seo many mo e. and always bo proud ami thankful for thtlr homes, comforts and pteasurtci in the same way that I am thankful for the wonderful success I have had In 1899. as it will wind up with the largest cash Fates of any year I have over had since being in business, and it H all duo to the way l strive to please each and every one of my many customers a* and friends that I h\e in Oorgla, South Car olina and Florida. My ino;to is t > please you all, and to do that 1 don’t think there la any other way, but to always g.ve them Steal's Vegetable Bitters Stoat's Vegetable Bitters Steal's Vegetable Bitters CURES STOMACH TROUBLES GEORGE W. PARISH, Savannah Farm Supply House. Manufacturer nud dealer in %nr leu 11 uri I Implement* of every de nerlptlon. H‘il<f uu iters for C lanttunuogn Chilled l'lowa, Pnrlwh Hlea Cultivator*, lloaier Itlee Drill*, ( lark’s Cutaway Harrows, Met ormick'i Mowers, Reapers, Hinders ami Hakes, “Favorite*’ Corn Shelters, Smith’s Feed Cutters, Pin net, Jr, anil Iron Afte Cultivator*, Harrow* and Seed Drills, White's Clipper Plows, Dixie Plows, No*. “Pony’% A-O and C-O Steel Plows, Single mid Double Plow Stoeks, Horne Collars, Ifniue*, Trace Chains, Hnekhnnds, Pads, Pitchforks, Shovels, Hoes, and nil kinds of Plow repair*. !tt>9-ni7 St. Julian and Congress st. W., Savannah, Oa. ” McDonough & ballantyne, Iron Founders, Machinists, a f fllucksm 11Its, Ilollermakers, manufacturer* of Station cry and Portable Engines, Vertical and Top BH >, r&l lorn .’>llll*, Sugar Mill nud I’nus, Shafting, Pulleys, etc. ■ TELEPHONE NO. 123. mo me or tub hospital tt k.ition. Itev. Father Kelley Kipinln. the Po .1(1011 of St. Joeeph'e Infirmary. Kdllor Morning News: Kindly permit me lo correct nil error Into which his honor, the Mayor, has doubtless Inadvertently fallen, provided he hits been correctly re parted In (hts morning's News. I can hardly question the accuracy of the news paper report, since I once, in younger and less experienced days, had the misfortune of bring a reporter, and I know that In tel views, like Impromptu speeches, are c ircfully prepared In advance. Ills honor laid, In reference to Bt. Joseph’s Infirm ary, that thts Institution was on a differ ent basis. "Father Kelley might easily have replied 10 any demand by the city, Ihnl St. Joseph's infirmary Is an lnwtltu tl li found'd and controlled by hts church for Ils own purposes and for the care of its own sick, and If the city had any rea son to feel dissatisfied with resube there, p might arrange for the care of Its poor < laewhere.” St. Joseph's Infirmary was not founded, nnd Is In no way controlled by the Cath olic church. It Is not Intended for sick of any particular denomination, race, or po llth.nl views. It was founded, is now owned and managed by the Sister* of Mercy, who, It would appear, were once perfect ly capable cf nursing hnck lo life the yel low lever patients, but by Implication, at least, are now by some public spirited clt lz- lIS considered entirely incapable of hon estly expending the monthly sum voted by t ouncll for the cate of a class, to whoso Interests an 1 care they bind themselves by solemn vow to God. May I take this occasion of placing be fore your read, rs the position maintained by the Sisters, premising it by stating that solely as an act of courtesy do I speak for the Sisters In this matter, now and heretofore. They claim that they ren der efficient and sufficient aid, lo the poor confided lo them by the city authorities; a claim willingly mid repeatedly admitted by l-is honor, the Mayor They claim that the money Is Judiciously and economically si>ent. They are perfectly satisfied with the ability and devotedness of Ihe physi cians who attend the sick. Why then should there be a change, when no com plaint of mismanagement Is made? Personally, I was disgusted with the promiscuous washing of dirty medical linen ut the Council hearing this week. But it has served a good purpose, never theless. Kvery Impartial man can read ily see the reasons from a medical sland polnt. We have an excellent superintend ent of police and an efficient body of men. But there are doubtless a number o S excellent men who are very anxious to secure the experience (and may I add the direct or Indirect compensation) willed the- present force hits. Therefore, we will gradually aeld a couple of men a month until all the men who are "out" may get "in." Of course, this appointment of men on the police force would never become a matter of politics. Perish the suspic ion! The city of Savannah purchase* a varied lot of supplies each year for Its departments. Would it not promote econ omy and enable the city to exercise a general supervision over its expenditures If It hud ooe of Its own men acting as clerk In every house from which supplies are bought? When the city gets through educating men for the police department. It might start U> <m Ihe fire, scavenger, park and lane departments, nnd then com plete the education of some aspiring leg islators In municipal affairs by securing the resignation of two aldermen a month and filling their place* from the eminently wrll-quullfh-d doctors, who, it seetna, must seek other nvenueaof support If they can't get on the staff of the City Hospital. The dlscusKlon In Council has hi ought to my memory a tttory told Of the famous Mrs. Mary mini laws* of KtutstM fame. Hht- was advertised U> speak in fount Pawn PAGES 9 TO 1(5. the best goods for the least money, and goods that will wear, look and feel well, In o"hor words 1 strive lo undcr-buy and Satisfaction gu tfwntei and or momy tefundtd. If you are not a cus.om er. why don't stop until you nee or get prices cf the wonderful bargains X am giv ing In ribbons, hosiery. Coats' thread, sta tionery, hooks, perfumery, Toilet Soaps, Chewing Gum, Pocket Books, Belts, Boota and Shoes, Fancy Goods, Jewelry and notions, and ihen I guarantee you will ha one attvng the a-veral hundred customers that ate crowd ng the Little Bea Hive every day. X remain yours most respect fully, M A. STOKK3, 11 Last Btoughion street. Savannah Oa. at 4 p. m,, and a very large crowd of peo* pie came from the country around, as well aa from the village, to hear her. They came In all worts and style* of vehicles, and In many Instances, brought their fam ilies, Some enterprising boy# who were trying to till up the time, took a walk In the country and a little off the rood, they found a dead man. Affrlghtened, they ran back to town and told the story. The body wns brought In: "Sat on" by the coroner, and a verdict rendered: "Died from ex posure." As the man had been dead sotmi two or three days, they were compelled ta bury him at once. A preacher was pro cure.) and the jteople went to me hall which had been prepared for Mrs. Ism.se, is no church In town was large enough foil ■ iho crowd. After u hymn. Scripture read ing and prayer, the minister elated tha he was so unfortunate aa never to hava known tha deceased, who, from his dreaa and appearance, lie felt sure was a man of prominence and position, and he earnest, ly requested someone who was acquaint ed with the deceased to tell them some thing of his life. A long pause ensued and no one rose to respond. A second and at third request was received In like silence, until at length a man In the rear of tha hull, rose and clearing his throat, com menced to sjieak. The preacher and many of the crowd Insisted he should take tha platform, which, with some difficulty, be did. He calmly surveyed the audience and said: "As nobody seems to know thia hero gentleman who has so unaccounta bly died, and we ain’t going to hear* noth ing aliout him from his friends. I’d like to make few remarks on—the silver quca tion.” Need I draw the moral? Betti). J. Kelley. OLD-TIME BATHING CUSTOMS. Aversion Which the Preach Court Pelt for Water. From the Philadelphia Press. The woman of Glendale, L. 1., who wants a separation from her husband merely because that gentleman ha* not taken a bath since the couple were mar ried nine years ago, may be an ornament to this age, but to an era generally ac counted refined and only a little behind our own she would surely have appeared a little "fussy.’’ The gallants and the belles, for Instance, of the French court in the sixteenth and In at least the first half of the seven teenth century, seldom. If ever, washed In "the altogether." The not too prudish Marguerite of Navarre, who must have had at any rate the virtue of truthful ness, wrote one dialogue in the course of which she says to her lover: “Note these beautiful hands; notwithstanding that I have not washed them for a week, I will wager that they arc cleaner than yours.” Perhaps, then, in her case ablu tions were unnecessary. Hut what of Henry of Navarre, he of the famous white, plume, pursued and adored by scores of women? Mme. de Verneuil once told him in a fit of anger that he “stank like a carrion." Michelet, too, speaks of France as a country with out a bath, and there are those In our own land who to-day declare that the dally plunge or soak or scrape I# a very bad thing for one’s health. Then there Is that famous story of the Frenchman about washing only the face and hands, and Balxac, In his "Physiologic du Manage," remarks that "tf the God of bounty and oC Indulgence, who looks down upon tha worlds, docs not make a second wash day of the human race, It Is, without doubt, because the first one was eo poor a sue cess." Hut then, perhaps, Balxac mean something else. Kcnator t'larke of Montana will build a splendid summer residence in 11awall lie has large inventin' n< there, ami sayg ibe climate is ideal far a summer horns.