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Susan  Hayliiirst. 
/Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
t    January,  1911. 
for  advice  given,  for  supplies  of  all  kinds  selected.  Many  a  mis- 
sionary owed  the  successful  equipment  for  her  work  to  this  kindly 
care,  either  before  she  went  or  in  answer  to  requests  after  she 
arrived  in  the  foreign  country.  The  purchase  and  manufacture 
of  supplies  for  her  own  department  in  the  hospital  passed  under 
Dr.  Hayhurst's  supervision,  "  and  a  care  "  at  times  was  extended 
to  matters  not  connected  with  drugs.  To  have  seen  her  with  ham- 
mer and  screw-driver  in  hand  one  might  have  wondered  if  she 
possessed  any  of  the  characteristics  of  that  ancestor  who  had  "  a 
very  good  mechanical  head,"  according  to  his  neighbor  and  friend, 
the  one  time  Governor  of  New  Jersey.  All  this  busy  life,  yet  it  did 
not  prevent  an  every  summer  devotion  to  a  flower  garden  which 
furnished  many  a  bouquet  for  friend  and  invalid,  nor  the  taking 
up  of  a  new  study,  or  the  critical  pursuit  of  an  old  one. 
Her  reading  was  very  wide,  and  she  read  very  much  poetry  and 
fiction  for  her  personal  pleasure,  but  seemed  to  read  science  and 
history  with  quite  as  much  satisfaction.  Her  method  of  thought 
was  logical  and  she  was  interested  intensely  in  all  the  questions  of 
the  day.  She  believed  in  Woman  Suffrage,  although  not  taking 
much  active  part  in  the  movement,  and  sometimes  regarding  with 
amusement  the  methods  of  some  of  its  advocates.  She  was  intensely 
interested  in  the  abolition  of  slavery,  and  afterwards  in  the  eleVation 
of  the  colored  people.  She  was  a  consistent  member  of  the  Society 
of  Friends  and  a  regular  attendant  at  meeting,  although  seldom 
taking  any  active  part  in  the  business. 
It  is  stated  that  she  met  William  Loyd  Garrison,  Wenclel  Phil- 
lips, the  Burleighs,  Lucretia  Mott,  and  many  other  prominent  anti- 
slavery  advocates.  In  later  years  she  was  particularly  intimate  with 
Anna  Jeans,  the  Phihdelphia  philanthropist  and  was  consulted  by 
her  in  the  distribution  of  her  charities. 
In  enumerating  Dr.  Hayhurst's  activities  reference  should  also 
be  made  to  the  fact  that  .she  was  taught  surveying  by  her  father 
and  that  she  assisted  him  in  this  line  of  work.  Latterly  her  whole 
interest  was  centred  in  the  Woman's  Hospital;  in  addition  to  the 
duties  of  her  regular  position,  she  was  frequently  consulted  by  the 
managers  and  took  an  active  part  in  raising  funds  for  many  im- 
provements. She  was  particularly  cheerful  in  her  manner  and 
enjoyed  a  joke.  An  incident  is  cited  that  when  they  were  celebrat- 
ing the     Silver  Anniversary  "  of  her  employment  at  the  hospital 
