A Shower for the La Grange Hospital. Really?

I am familiar with bridal and baby showers, but a 1928 La Grange Journal article describing a La Grange Hospital shower puzzled me. I’d never heard of a hospital receiving gifts of various household articles. But there it was in black and white: Temple Lumber Co. gave one dozen vases, 24 towels and 12 washcloths. The Von Rosenberg Co. donated 12 vases. Mrs. Walter Kneip’s gift was two towels,…