122 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY (RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) CHAPTER XIII. PROMINENT PRIVATE STRUCTURES AND INSTITUTIONS, COMPRISING PUBLIC HALLS, THE ZANE HOUSE, THE ANTHENEUM, THE JOHN MCINTIRE CHILDREN'S HOME, SCHULTZ OPERA HOUSE, WELLER'S THEATER, ZANESVILLE CITY HOSPITAL, GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL, HELEN PURCELL HOME. PUBLIC HALLS. The first rooms employed for public meetings and amusements were the concert room in the Burnham Tavern, in Putnam, the school room in the Frazey Tavern, corner of Sixth street and Locust alley, and the Senate Chamber in the court house, but the first room designed and furnished for dramatic performances was in the second story of a three-story brick building, on the east side of Fifth street, north of Main, erected in 1818, as an addition to the two-story frame hotel, at the northeast corner of Main and Fifth streets. The room was 28 by 78 feet, adapted to ball, concert and theatrical purposes, and at the time was reputed to be the largest and finest west of the mountains ; it contained a portable stage and scenes, with benches for an audience, and Miss Julia Dean is said to have made her debut in this room, when five years of age. The building was razed when the opera block was erected. The antiquated, two-story brick building, still standing on the west side of Potter alley, between Main street and Fountain alley, was erected in 1826, by "Joe" Stacy, proprietor of the House, and was known as Stacy's saloon though no liquor was sold in it. A thirst p was maintained in a room on Main street, at the site of Nye's drug store, and from it a arbor, covered with grape vines, extended brick building in the rear, and the fruit pressed into wine, and sold in the Main room. The brick building had windows o east or alley side, but they opened upon a narrow entry; and two of the rooms on the gr floor had no windows, and sounds from t terior were not audible upon the outside; rooms were used for gambling purposes, al public sentiment was not so strong again practice, and the knights of the pasteboards not pursued with so much persistence by th ficers of the law as in the present day, an shelter of the arbor was welcomed by many were attracted to the roomS where "the f his money are soon parted." The second was fitted as an assembly room, concert ha theater, and the association below did no tract from its popularity as a reputable p1 assembly. In 1854 the structure became the erty of L. P. Bailey, and was used in the duction of organs, pianos and the fine work for which he and his son, Howard, so noted. During the winter of 1831-2 two traveli atrical companies occupied the boards in ville for thirty-nine consecutive nights, a gagement which the city could not sustain present more metropolitan dimensions, but tions vary as to which of the above men assembly rooms were occupied. Other assembly rooms were opened in the ent brick building at the southeast corner of and Fifth streets, and the "City Hall," in the story of the brick building still standing northwest corner of Main and Fourth stree those described became secondary in attr ness when the second floor of the Odd building, and the Nevitt and Dixon hall, third story of the building still standing northwest corner of Main and Seventh s were opened for public uses. The first room permanently fitted for t cats was Black's Music Hall, erected in t the south side of Main street, east of Third and PAGE - 123 - THE ZANE HOUSE PAGE - 124 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY- 125 now occupied by Zanesville Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, as lodge and club rooms. A balcony was thrown across the width of the room, at the Main street end and the stage occupied the Locust alley end; in the rear of the auditorium the floor was slightly elevated, but the greater portion of the floor was level, and as there was no law at the time requiring the removal of headgear, a sight of the stage was obtained usually only by continued contortion of the head and shoulders. Upon the opening of Schultz' Opera House, undoubtedly the most popular building ever erected in the city, the Music Hall’s occupation, like Othello’s, was gone. ZANE HOUSE. In 1806 Gen. Van Horne erected a two-story frame hotel building at the northeast corner of Main and Fifth streets, which was opened by Benom Peirce ; several landlords succeeded him and in 1818 the proprietor constructed a three-story brick addition, thirty-one by eighty feet, along Fifth street. The owner died in 1825, and his window removed the original frame and replaced it by a three-story brick to correspond with the addition, and a portion of the frame hotel was moved to the second lot north of the Second Presbyterian church, on Fifth street, and converted into a dwelling, so long known as the N. G. Abbot residence, and still standing and occupied as a residence. In 1855-6 the fourth story was added to the corner building and this erection of 1825 still remains with its eighty years, a specimen of the substantial handiwork of the craftsmen of that day. When the name of Zane House was applied to the hostelry has not been ascertained, but it was a famous house of entertainment in its day, and was closed as a hotel upon the opening of the Clarendon about 1878. ATHENEUM. December 19, 1827, a meeting was held for the rise purpose of forming a reading society ; Alexander Harper presided, and Alfred Martin acted as secretary; articles of association for the Zanesville Atheneum were adopted, and December 22, 1828, the organization was incorporated by act of the General Assembly, the corporate authority being vested in Alexander Harper, Charles B. Goddard, Richard Stillwell, A. Cadwallader, William A. Adams, Bernard Van Home, Alfred Martin, James V. Cushing and their associates. The rules were revised February 16, 1829, and the following officers chosen : Alexander Harper, president; Alfred Martin, secretary ; James V. Cushing, treasurer ; Seth Adams, librarian ; R. Stillwell, A. Cadwallader, C. B. Goddard, B. Van Horne, W. A. Adams, directors. February 6, 1830, a lease was effected with the County Commissioners for the land on the east end of the court house for a period of one thousand years, and at an annual rental of one cent, and March 10, 1830, a contract was entered into with John Wilson for the erection of a brick building at a cost of $3,500. At the request of John Wilson and Asa R. Cassady, undertakers, and William Blocksom and Charles G. Wilson, building committee, the corner stone was laid April 13, 183o, by Lodge of Amity, No. 5, Free and Accepted Masons, with the following officiating officers : David Spangler, Robert Stewart, Joshua C. Hook, William Berkshire, G. Wynkoop, James Caldwell, Adam Peters and William Twaddle. A procession was formed of Masons, citizens and others, marshaled by Daniel Conyers and D. W. Rhodes, and conducted to the site, where Rev. Emory opened the exercises with prayer after the Masoqic rites Gen. C. B. Goddard delivered the oration and the services closed with the benediction by Rev. Emory. When the erection of the present court house was contemplated it was essential to occupy the ground leased to the Atheneum, and the county paid $6,575.00 to recover the ground. With the proceeds the Atheneum purchased the building on Fourth street, opposite the court house, now occupied by the Zanesville Bank, borrowing some money to pay the difference, but in April, 1876, the number of stockholders was so reduced, and the income so inadequate to maintain the institution that the McIntire estate, by decree of the Court of Common Pleas, agreed to pay $1,000.00 per year to its support on condition that "Each member of the senior class of the Putnam Female Seminary ; each scholar of the Zanesville High School, each member of the senior schools of the several districts of the city ; each member of the senior class of St. Columbia’s Academy ; each member of the senior class of the St. Nicholas German Catholic School ; each member of the senior class of the then colored schools of the city, and forty others who shall be agreed upon by the Atheneum committee of the McIntire Board, shall each year receive a certificate entitling him or her to the privileges of the library and reading room, subject to the rules and regulations governing them." In 1884 the annual contribution was increased to $1,525.00, and at least four of the Atheneum Board were to be members also of the McIntire Board. In the fall of 1887 the building on Fourth street was sold, and a three-story brick purchased at the northwest corner of Fifth street and Locust alley, and July I, 1904, the building and library were conveyed to the Board of Education of the city, with the stipulation that the city would assume the mortgage notes for $3,400.00 upon the building, held by the McIntire Board, and maintain a public library, in accordance with the statute of 126 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. 1902, empowering Boards of Education to create and maintain public libraries; the stipulation was also made that it should be called "The John McIntire Public Library," and that it should be free to school and poor children upon reasonable regulations; that in case the building was sold and the library not kept public, the property should be returned to the McIntire Board; that the Board of Education was privileged to sell the real estate, but must pay the mortgage note, and use the residue for the purchase of a new site, or if a new site were otherwise provided, such surplus could be applied to the maintenance of the library. If the Board of Education should fail to maintain and keep open for one year the public library, all property conveyed and in possession to be returned to the McIntire Board, and if the real estate had been sold the difference between the mortgage note and the proceeds of the sale to be paid to the McIntire Board; but if the real estate were returned the $3,400.00 should be refunded by the McIntire Board. THE JOHN MCINTIRE CHILDREN'S HOME. During the winter and spring of 1860-1 Mrs. Van Buren had spoken to several ladies about the establishment of a home for children in Zanesville, but the Civil War attracted all attention and the subject was dropped. During June, 1865, Mrs. Van Buren called on Mrs. George James to consult her about her plan, and they conferred with others, and finally a meeting was held in a small class room in the Second street church, and a committee was appointed to canvass each ward and secure subscriptions of five cents or more per week. July 24, 1865, a second meeting was held in the same place to draft regulations, to which Mrs. Van Buren had invited several gentlemen ; as the attendance was greater than the capacity of the room the meeting was adjourned to the lecture room, where Rev. Leavitt opened the deliberations with prayer, and Gen. Leggett introduced a gentleman from Cleveland, who made some remarks about a similar home in that city, and was followed by several other of the gentlemen present. July 31, 1865, an organization was effected by electing Henry Blandy president, Joseph Black and C. W. Potwin, vice presidents ; John Taylor, jr., secretary ; D. H. Willard, treasurer, and a board of control for the Muskingum County Children's Home was selected by naming Mesdames Van Buren, Hazlett, Brown, Leggett, Brooks, Benjamin Wheeler and T. J. Maginnis; Miss Mary Flood was chosen first matron. The first inmates were sheltered in a brick building in Market street, east of Blocksom alley, belonging to Miss Flood's mother ; the children occupied two upStairs front rooms, one as dormitory and the other as school and play room; the family dining room was used for meals. At first only two inmates were cared for, but the number increased until in the ensuing April there were eight girls and nine boys ; more room was required and a one-story frame house, with five acres of land, in the Wheeling road, opposite the Harris brick yard, one mile from the court house, was bought for $2,550.00. Aaron Charlotte and wife were employed April 1, 1866, to take charge, and on that date the Home moved to the new quarters ; but more room was soon needed, and a second story was put on the building, and annex added. A loan of $2,000.00 was secured from the McIntire estate, and a mortgage given on the premises, and an appeal to the city churches for aid was generously responded to. May 14, 1866, the Board of Control was increased to sixteen members and the clergy made honorary members ; the McIntire estate was appealed to, but the administrators held that its money could not be diverted to the Home as some of the children were non-residents of the city. Messrs. Blandy and Potwin waited on the supreme judges, who decided that the money could be used in the interest of the Home if the children lived within the limits of the city. April 1, 1867, Mrs. Highfield was appointed matron and resigned September 14, when her daughter, Mrs. Ely, was named and May 16, 1868, the name was changed by the Court of Common Pleas to the McIntire Children's Home. Commencing January, 1869, the McIntire administrators made an annual contribution of $2,000.00 to the Home, and for some time previous, had been paying the cost of the teacher. February 27, 5874, the Court of Common Pleas of Muskingum County changed the name to The McIntire Children's Home Association, and in order to introduce the full name of the testator on September 23, 1880, The John McIntire Children's Home Association was organized, and the old home conveyed its property to the McIntire administrators, in satisfaction of the mortgage, and ceased to exist. Work on the present beautiful Home was begun May 7, 1879, and the buildings were completed in August, 1880. The main building is 90 by 125 feet, the basement of limestone, the central portion is three stories, and the east and west wings two stories ; the walls are brick, with stone trimmings, and Mansard roof ; the building is heated by steam and contains thirty-five rooms, and has a capacity of 125 children; the average number of Home children during the period has been forty and only three deaths have occurred. July 25, 1895, a contract was awarded for the construction of a two-story addition at the northwest corner of the same contour as the orginal building. The school house is 75 yards east of PAGE - 127 - JOHN MCINTIRE CHILDREN’S HOME PAGE - 128 PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 129 the home, and is a handsome two-room building with a capacity for 100 pupils; the attached farm comprises 104 acres upon which are two frame dwellings for the janitor of the Home and the overseer of the farm. SCHULTZ' OPERA HOUSE. The inferior facilities for dramatic and operatic amusements, which Black's Music Hall afforded, induced Schultz and Company to erect a Temple which would be a credit to the city, and they were so successful that the auditorium became a pride to every citizen, and although it has been “dark” several years, since the more commodious Weller was opened, the popular heart beats for the Schultz, in which the citizens have witnessed nearly all the leading stars of the last twenty years in their principal roles. The building was designed by Oscar Cobb, of Chicago, and was regarded as his master piece, and no opera house in the west presented so many real excellences ; it was rated as the most perfect and convenient, in all its appointments, and second only to the Euclid Avenue Theater, in Cleveland, in decoration. Its acoustic properties were perfect, and every sitting was comfortable and satisfactory. The parquette contains 176 chairs, parquette circle, 214, dress circle, 276, and the gallery benches seat 450, making the entire sitting 1,118. The stage is seventy feet wide and thirty-five feet deep ; the drop curtain was painted by Matt Morgan, of Cincinnati. and represented Apollo standing in a golden chariot, leading out the horses of the sun. Preceding him, on the left, are dancing nymphs and satyrs, on the right, the twin muses. Tragedy and Comedy. The opening was fixed for January 20, 1880, with the Emma Abbott English Opera Company as the officiating priests in the opera of Romeo and Juliet; a matinee on the succeeding day, with Chimes of Normandy, and the Daughter of the Regiment, on the second night. The sale of seats began at Munson's music rooms, Main street, at 9 a. in., January 13 ; the first purchaser took his stand at the door at 3 a. m. and 7 a. m. fourteen had fallen into line, and at 9 a.m. exactly 129 were counted ; at 10:30 a. m. all of the seats were sold for the opening night. The audience was the most brilliant and fashionable previously assembled in the city, the majority evening costume, and each sought to distinguish the occasion. Governor Foster and family occupied a box, and he was called on for a speech, and the architect, and Miss Abbott were each called before the curtain, and made a brief response to the compliment. WELLER THEATER. S. A. Weller, manufacturer of art pottery, decided to erect a theater of greater proportions than Schultz', and purchased the Clements' homestead, on the west side of Third street, north of Main, upon which the present beautiful structure, known as Weller's Theater, was erected. Harry C. Meyer, of Zanesville, and Frederick Elliott, of Columbus, were its architects, and Adams Brothers and C. O. Vinsel, of Zanesville, the contractors. The interior stucco work was designed and executed by Hugo Herbe, an artist at the Weller works, and the mural decorations he produced in the auditorium are equal in artistic design and mechanical finish to those which, in more public places, have earned the highest encomiums for their producers. The stage is forty-two by seventy, feet, and the height, from the floor to the gridiron, is sixty-nine feet, while the steel fly gratings will accomffiodate the scenery carried by any traveling company. To the side and rear of the stage are four dressing rooms, heated by steam, lighted by both gas and electricity, and with outside ventilation ; under the stage are four large dressing rooms for choruses, with a room for the orchestra, and in the rear the engine and boiler rooms. The drop curtain was painted by John Rettig. of Cincinnati, and represents an ancient triumphial procession, which well repays a detailed study by the waiting spectator. The seating capacity is seventeen hundred, with standing room for eight hundred additional, and six boxes ; all seats on the ground floor are heavily upholstered, and the first five rows in the balcony partially so : a special stairway leads to the gallery, and in the rear of its seats is a large lobby and lavatory. In the rear of the balcony is a lobby and on the first floor, in addition to a large lobby is a smoking room on one side, and a ladies retiring room on the other, in charge of attendants to care for wraps, with manager's and ticket office. Ample exits exist, and crowding is unnecessary to empty the auditorium in a short time. The opening was set for Monday, April, 27, 1903, and the attraction was "When Johnny Comes AIarching Home." The sale of seats began at 7 :30 a. m., Thursday, April 23, at Schultz' Opera House, but Tuesday night, twenty-one boys took places in Fountain alley, working in pairs and relieved each other at intervals ; each purchaser was permitted to buy six tickets for each of the four performances, and although it rained continually during Wednesday, the boys held their places, and at 7 a. m., Thursday, two hundred persons were in line, and the sale continued until 5 p. m., and was resumed on Friday. The performances were in every respect suited to 130 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKING COUNTY, OHIO the character of the beautiful temple of historionic art, and during its comparatively brief existence has presented some of the most eminent dramatic and operatic stars of the period. THE ZANESVILLE CITY HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION. On February 19, 1888, C. W. Potwin, James Buckingham, John C. Sullivan, Moses M. Granger, C. Stolzenbach, T. F. Spangler and N. T. Gant were incorporated as the Zanesville City Hospital Association, but no further action was taken under the authority thus secured ; in March, 1890, a few ladies interested in the subject called a meeting in the parlors of the Young Men's Christian Association, which was largely attended, and in April an organization was affected under the incorporation papers of 1888, with twelve trustees, twenty-four managers, all ladies, and an advisory board of four gentlemen. The trustees were chosen and took the oath of office, May 1, 189o, and fixed the membership fee at $1.00 per annum ; a mid-summer festival was held, and in August an aggregate of $9,000.00 was in the treasury or promised. The Peabody homestead, in Underwood street, was purchased for $10,000.00, and the building formally opened and dedicated January 22, 1801. The first trustees were : Mesdames James Herdman, Frank J. Terry, James R. Peabody, James Buckingham, T. B. Townsend, D. I. Jones, Julius Frank, M. M. Granger, Ellen M. Gattrel, and Miss Mattie A. Taylor ; tne last four named resigned, and were succeeded by Mesdames R. G. Silvey, C. C. Goddard, W. W. Harper, and Miss Jennie T. Ball. The first officers were : Mrs. James Herdman, president ; Mrs. James Buckingham, first vice-president ; Mrs. F. J. Terry, second vice-president ; Miss Mattie A. Taylor, secretary, succeeded by Miss Jennie T. Ball ; Mrs. Ellen M. Gattrell, treasurer, succeeded by Mr. W. H. Pierpont. The first advisory board was Rev. Frank Richards, F. H. Southard, C. Stolzenbach and M. Churchill. GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL During 1894 a hospital was opened in south Seventh street, by H. T. Sutton. M. D., and placed in charge of Mrs. Vicroy, a professional nurse ; the institution was styled the Third Ward Hospital, and when Mrs. Margaret Blue learned of its establishment she made a written tender of financial assistance to Dr. Sutton, with whom she was then unacquainted. Through Dr. J. L. Holden. Mrs. Blue and Dr. Sutton were made acquainted, and the latter was requested to select a lot upon which a suitable building could be erected ; he suggested that the one adjoining her home in the Marietta road would be very a appropriate, and was told to have plans prepared which were drawn by the Doctor's sister-in-law, Mrs. Helen Maginnis. During 1895 the Margaret Blue Sanitarium was incorporated as an institution, not for profit, by Hon. T. J. McDermott, H. T. Sutton, M. D., H. R. Geyer, M. D., and J. L. Holden, M. D., and C. L. Crider, M. D., and the building was erected and the first operation performed in it during the week preceding Christmas, 1895. The expense of construction and equipment had exceeded the estimate made to Mrs. Blue, and Drs. Sutton and Holden paid the excess. Dr. Sutton was nominal manager and the Sanitarium was prosperous from the beginning, its wards being generally occupied, and soon it was more than self-sustaining. As Mrs. Blue's health was impaired, upon the completion of the building, she took up her residence in the Sanitarium, and died there in 1900. The male trustees then resigned, and in May 1900, were succeeded by five Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity, who continued to operate the institution ; in 1902, its capacity was too limited for its demands, and plans for enlargement were considered ; about this time the E. J. Brush homestead, in Laurel avenue, on McIntire Terrace was offered for sale, and its ample grounds, and greater accessibility suggested it as a more desirable site for the enlarged institution ; the property was purchased, an addition of two brick wings, with stone trimmings, and wide verandas on each floor, for the comfort of convalescents, was made, at a cost of $10,000.00 and the building, with an aggregate of twenty-six rooms, was occupied June 28, 1902, and called The Good Samaritan Hospital. The vacation of the Margaret Blue Sanitarium was regarded by the Sisters as a relinquishment of the bequest, and they resigned in favor of five gentlemen to take the property in the interest of the heirs of the donor, and with the vacation and surrender they paid their successors $1,800.00 in money. The hospital was dedicated, Friday, June 27, 1902, with solemn splendor ; service began at Nicholas church at 9:30 a. m., with high mass, after which carriages were taken by the officiating clergy and Sisters to the Hospital, where Rt. Rev. Bishop Henry Moeller officiated in the local exercises. Three rooms were furnished at private expense, one each by W. D. Schultz, and wife, and A. E. Starr, and the children's ward by E. J. Brush and wife. The Good Samaritan Hospital has no medical or surgical staff ; any physician or surgeon of the city is admitted to practice in it, although Dr. Sutton is recognized as surgeon in chief; about a dozen Sisters are in attendance at all times, and the building has been much overcrowded for sometime. Plans are about completed for an entirely PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 131 new, modern three-story brick hospital building, on the present grounds, to contain one hundred rooms in the portion which it is contemplated to erect at once, at a cost of perhaps $60,000.00. HELEN PURCELL HOME. Helen Purcell was born near Harper's Ferry, Virginia, November 24, 1824, and came to Zanesville with her parents in 1827; she was a delicate girl and unable to attend school continuously, and resided at Zanesville all her life, except from 1854 to 1866, which years she spent at Dayton. She was one of the founders of the Womens' Benevolent Society, and one of its most active and , and earnest workers, and at its meetings was accustomed to speak of the formation of an "old ladies’ home,” perhaps prompted thereto by her own loneliness as an unmarried woman. She died Sunday, May 31, 1885, and by will, dated March 26, 1885, named C. Stolzenbach, John M. Bonnett, jr., B. V. H. Schultz, Edgar W. Allen and Z. C. McElroy, M. D., trustees to form a home for “aged, infirm and indigent widows, and unmarried women," the estate being worth about $7,800.00. The trustees were to have free power to prescribe rules for entrance and were advised to charge fees, as her expressed intention was to shelter the worthy and unfortunate, and not create an asylum for those who had wasted their substance. November 6, 1885, The Helen Purcell Home was incorporated, and a portion of the estate was consumed in contesting the claims of heirs at law to have the will set aside; the will was sustained, and increments to the fund were made by Mrs. Esther M. Clark, $4,304.00 ; Mrs. Alexander Johnston, $200.00; Daughters of the American Revolution, $243.46; W. B. S. Calendar, $140.00; an Girl’s Club, $100.00; Children's Fund, $109.31 ; an unknown friend, $300.00; and others. The Children’s fund was the development of two pennies; the ladies of the Womens' Benevolent Society had asked the school children to contribute donations of groceries, and in a bag of beans two pennies were found wrapped in paper; they were given to a little girl to inaugurate rate some plan of increasing the contribution and she bought some cloth and made an iron holder which was sold for a dime ; this was reinvested in more material for similar devices, and the result of the movement was $109.31, which was dedicated to the Helen Purcell Home. Miss Jennie T. Ball was an earnest friend of the, Home and her zealous labors had large pecuniary value. In 1904 the beautiful grounds and commodious building of former Putnam Seminary were purchased; the furniture in the building, which had been used by the Brunton Sanitarium, was donated by Mr. James Buckingham and his sisters, Mrs. S. S. Cox and Mrs. John A. Hardenbaugh ; other benevolent persons made contributions, among whom were Mrs. General Samuel Thomas and Mrs. Mary E. Williams. May 17, 1905, the Home was dedicated and opened. Edgar W. Allen delivered the opening address, reciting some events in the life of the founder; a quartet composed of Mrs. Charles Geis, Mrs. Mary Gebest-Rietz, Clyde ReaSoner and H. O. Stanton, sang the "Gallant Troubadour," Rev. A. M. Courtnay, D. D., offered an invocation; Mrs. Rietz and Mr. Stanton sang a duet ; Rev. D. M. Ross spoke upon the Home, and at its conclusion Mrs. Geis sang "Love's Echo ;" Col. T. F. Spangler spoke of the financial career and condition of the Home, and announced the donation of $2,500.00 in six per cent. securities trom a friend whose identity was withheld by request. The property had been purchased at a cost of $25,000.00, and at dedication had an indebtedness of $3,000.00. The quartet rendered "Lo. it is I," the accompainments to all the musical numbers being furnished by Mrs. Graham Bailey, and the ceremonies were concluded by the benediction by Rev. D. M. Ross. The present trustees are T. F. Spangler, J. J. Adams, W. R. Baker, W. M. Shinnick and George H. Stewart ; and the board of women managers is Mesdames Edward Martin, W. E. Guthrie, W. D. Schultz, Otto A. Bauer, James W. Rusk, Edward A. Green and Anna M. Hill. M. D.