surmounted by the letters A-0 in- �tertwined (Alpha and Omega) and on the orle of the cress,—"The souls of the righteous are in the hands of the Lord." Henry Elliot Johnston June 30, 1831 — May 5, 1884 Harriet Lane Johnston May 9, 1830 — July 3, 1903 In her will, Harriet Lane Johnston directed her executors

Harriet Lane Johnston: Pioneer Advocate of Special Care for Children with Chronic Diseases. by Homer T. Rosenberger The renowned Harriet Lane Home at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore has had a tremendous effect upon pediatrics through- out the United States. The "Harriet Lane" set the pattern in

following inscription: HARRIET LANE JOHNSTON 1830-1903 FOUNDER AND BENEFACTOR A gracious lady, she not only maintained the traditions of an illustrious past but also anticipated the needs of a challenging future. This is fourth and last in a series of articles on Harriet Lane Johnston. The others include

, Washington, D.C., for July 5, 1903, commented as fol- lows: Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnston, the niece of President James Bu- chanan and lady of the White House during his Presidency, was a person in whom the people of our nation took a kindly interest for half a century. This regard is due not alone to the fact

her death in 1903, she left her art collection to the Corcoran Art Gallery, "unless the government should found a National Gallery." Then her art collection should go there. In 1906 the Supreme Court declared the Smithsonian In- stitution a National Art Gallery. Thus Harriet Johnston activated the