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The Trustees of the-Washington Training School for Nurses desire to cull the 
attention of a Benevolent public to the notice of the within announced effort of the 
Managers to organize a Loan Exhibition for the benefit of that Institution, and desire 
to submit the following statement; 
The Incorporated Society known as the Washington Training School for Nurses 
was formed and chartered in this city in 1877 for the purpose of establishing and 
maintaining a school for the proper and free education of Nurses. Needing funds 
they have resolved, as may be seen by this circular, to hold an attractive Loan Exhi- 
bition, in the hope of being thus enabled to place the institution on a permanent and 
more prosperous basis by establishing a Home for the Nurses. The third course of 
systematic lectures on the art of nursing is in progress by an able faculty of physi- 
cians to a class of earnest students in this school. It is presumed at this day no argu- 
ment is required to convince the public of either the necessity of the nurse or the 
benefit to humanity of such a calling as the trained nurse, or for the support of an in- 
stitution where such may be thoroughly educated. The office or profession of the 
Trained Nurse is not only one of eminent usefulness, but one which to the deserving 
will bring reputation and emolument. 
As no person is exempt from the liability to be sick or to depend on others for care 
and attendance at such times, it is alike the duty and the interest of all to give en- 
couragement and material aid in the success of this Institution. 
Individuals can do this by becoming contributing members of the Society and by 
loaning whatever of industry or ornament which they possess that may add to the 
attractiveness of the exhibition ; and the public at large can further the object by 
patronizing the Exhibition when it is opened. 
The city of Washington is known to be rich in the possession of many gems of art 
and manufacture and articles of vertu of exquisite beauty, not to mention the many 
relics of Washington and the Revolution of great historic value which are possessed 
here but rarely seen and their very existence known to only a few. 
The success of the Loan Exhibition and the founding of a Nurse’s Home will be 
assured, if the managers can succeed in getting even a small part of these rareties 
brought together for the inspection and gratification of a generous public. In the 
interest of the Washington Training School for Nurses, this appeal is made to all 
persons in the District having articles which are in themselves curious, beautiful in 
art, or possessing historic associations which endear them to the connoisseur and 
lover of his country, and which come within the classification and scope of any of 
the several committees named in this circular, and they are solicited to grant their 
use so as to enlarge and enrich the collection at the coming Loan Exhibition. 
Zealous and efficient committees for selecting and collecting the best material to 
embellish the several departments, have been formed from among our leading citi- 
zens, whose names and established characters for disinterested charity gives assur- 
ance of good taste, responsibility, and ultimate success. The committees and friends 
of the Loan Exhibition are confident that, with the sympathy and active co-operation 
of our people, they can make the exhibition not only large but so rare and attractive 
that every resident, whether citizen or sojourner, may be induced to pay it frequent 
visits. _ 
It is expected that the Exhibition will be in readiness to be opened to the public 
in a central location about the middle of January. Each committee or department 
will have a room to itself in which to display its rareties. Any person having articles 
of the character above indicated, and willing to patronize this movement by lending 
them, will confer a favor on the managers by addressing a note or postal card to a 
member of some one of the committees, stating what they are willing to lend and 
where it may be seen. . 
Through the liberality of a lady friend of the Training School for Nurses, a Prize 
of $20.00 has been offered for the best essay in prose, or a poem, (in either case not 
exceeding one hundred lines), on “Trained Nurses, Their Work and Reward.” 
The award will be made at the close of the Exhibition, which will terminate with 
the celebration of a Martha Washington Costume Tea Party. 
J. M. TONER, President of the Society. 'LOAN EXHIBITION 
3#asfetngton iraiiiittg for ptoses, 
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE 
WASHINGTON, D. C., 1881. 
PATRONS. 
Mrs. President HAYES. 
Mr. W. W. CORCORAN. 
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT, 
On the part of the Society. 
J. M. TONER, M. D., President. 
VM. LEE, M. D., Secretary. 
THOMAS ANTISELL, M. D. 
FLODOARDO HOWARD, M. D. 
ROBERT REYBURN, M.D. 
JOS. TABER JOHNSON, M.D. 
JAMES S. BEALE, M. D. 
Mrs. JANE C. HITZ. 
Mrs. S. A. MARTHA CANFIELD. 
Mrs. A. M. GANGEWER. , 
A. S. SOLOMONS. 
P. J. MURPHY, M.D. 
Mrs. T. L. TULLOCK. 
S. A. H. McKIM, M. D. 
I. Painting, Sculpture and Engraving. 
SPECIAL. COMMITTEES. 
Mr. f b. mcguire. 
Mrs. V. R. HOXIE. 
Miss JULIET EMBRY. 
Mrs. T. L. TURLOCK. 
Miss JESSIE KENNEDY. 
Mr. A. S. SOLOMONS. 
Cod. I. EDWARDS CLARKE. 
Mr. S. H. KAUFFMANN. 
Mr. THOS WILSON. 
Mr. GEORGE CASILEAR. 
Hon. Mrs. WM. CLAFLIN. 
Mr. WM. MACLEOD. 
11. Ceramics and Glass-Ware. 
Mrs. b. ogle tayloe. 
Miss H. B. LORING. 
Mrs. R. WALLACH. 
Mrs. A. M. MURRAY. 
Miss BALLIE SCHENCK. 
J. S. BEALE, M. D. 
Mrs. GEO. M. ROBESON. 
Mrs. GBOFFROY. 
Mrs. F. B. McGUIRE. 
Mrs. MARY B. NEALY. 
Miss ALICE RIGGS. 
Mrs. M. S. LOCKWOOD. 
111. Antiques and llric-a-JBrae, 
Mrs. GEN. RICKETTS. 
Mrs. Cod. BARBOUR 
Miss RISLEY SEWARD. 
Miss M. WAITE. 
Mrs. J. T. JOHNSON. 
Mr. A. ADBE. 
Lieut. R. L. HOXIE. 
Mrs. JANE C. HITZ. 
Mrs. S. T. WYETH. 
Mrs. Senator McPHERSON, 
Hon. Mrs. H. S. NEAL. 
Mrs. A. M. GANGEWER. 
Mbs. A. L. WOODBURY. 2 
IV. Arts of Uncivilized Races. 
Major J. W. POWELL, 
Prof. S. P. BAIRD. 
Mr. W. J. HOFFMAN. 
Mr. JAMES STEVENSON. 
Mr. G. BROWN GOODE. 
D. W. PRENTISS, M. D. 
Major A. IT. NICKERSON. 
Col. GARRICK MALLERY. 
Mr. WM. STICKNEY. 
JOS. TABER JOHNSON, M. D. 
Mr. J. D. McCHESNEY. 
\. Appliances for the Comfort of the Sick. 
P. J. murphy, w. D. 
Mrs. S. A. MARTHA CANFIELD. 
Mrs. JANE C. HITZ. 
J. S. BILLINGS, Surg. U. S. A. 
W. W. GODDING, M. D. 
D. L. HUNTINGTON, Surg. U. S. A, 
A. H. WITMER, M. D. 
K. C. YARROW, M. D. 
Miss C. HENRY. 
A. F. A. KING, M. D. 
Works of Art. 
VI. Japanese and Chinese 
T. ANTISELL, M. D. 
D. KINDLEBERGER, Med. Insp. U. S. N. 
Miss F. G. CHILDS. 
Miss M. L. CHILDS. 
W. 0. CANFIELD, U. S. N. 
Mrs. W. A. WIDNEY. 
Miss A. ANTISELL. 
Mrs. S. A. MARTHA CANFIELD. 
VII. Miniature Portraits. 
Miss M. H. DODGE. 
Miss A. C. SNYDER. 
Mbs. H. D. COOKE, Jr. 
Mrs. M. NICHOLSON. 
FL. HOWARD, M. D. 
VIII. Embroidery and Needle-Work. 
Mrs. ROSS RAY. 
Mrs. Gen. CRANE. 
Miss J. TURNBULL. 
Miss JULIA SCHENCK. 
Mrs. E. P. QU ALTHOUGH. 
Mrs. Dr. PRENTISS. 
Mrs. S. H. KAUFFMANN. 
Mrs. P. H. HOWE. 
Miss MIRIAM PHILLIPS. 
Miss AGNES KENNEDY. 
Mrs. Commodore KENNON. 
Mr. W. W. CORCORAN. 
IX. Washington and Revolutionary Relics. 
Mrs. Gen. EMORY. 
Hon. Justice COX. 
Mk. THEO. F. DWIGHT. 
Mrs. T. L. TULLOCK. 
J. M. TONER, M. D. 
Mrs. MONTGOMERY BLAIR. 
Mr. j. c. mcguire. 
Mrs. ALBERT BACON. 
Mrs. Lieut. DUTTON. 
Mrs. Cart. STORY. 
Mrs. Gen. HAINES. 
Miss E. B. JOHNSTON. 
X. Education avid Literary Rarities. 
JOHISI EATON, Comm’r of Education. 
Hon. J. DENT. 
Mrs. T. S. CHILDS. 
Mrs. LUCY TREMAIN. 
Mr. J. O. WILSON. 
CHARLES WARREN, M. D. 
Mrs. S. A. MARTHA CANFIELD. 
R. REYBURN, M. I). 
XT. Reception and Classification of Exhibits. 
Mr. b. f. mcguire. 
Mrs. GEO. M. ROBESON. 
Mrs. Gen. RICKETTS. 
Major J. W. POWELL. 
THOMAS ANTISELL, M. D. 
Miss M. H. DODGE. 
Mrs. ROSS RAY. 
Mrs. Gen. EMORY. 
P. J. MURPHY, M. D. 
JOHN BATON, Com’r Education.