The Somerset reporter., 1907-12-05
Skowhegan Citizens Have Just
Cause for Pride
In the Newly Appointed and Refurnished
Somerset Hospital-A Credit alike to
its Owner and Our Community

In the Newly Appointed and Refurnished
Somerset Hospital-A Credit alike to
its Owner and Our Community.
Somerset Hospital, founded by DR..
John E. Wadsworth in September,
1902, has been undergoing a process
OF transformation during the summer
and fall, and in its present condition
not only reflects great credit on its
owner and the community, but is
thoroughly adapted to meet in the
fullest measure the demands of those
who are critics of hospital service.
Believing that our readers are in
terested in this institution, Offering
as it does home where the sufferer
may receive at moderate cost the
best OF care and medical attention,
and knowing that the public will feel
special interest in the establishment
of Memorial rooms fitted up by rela-
tives of former well-known residents
of Skowhegan, and named in their
honor, we take this opportunity to
describe briefly the changes that have
been made.
The dining hall, kitchen and help
apartments, on the basement floor.
and the five bed ward, dispensary,
nurses reception room and Offices on
the street floor have not been mater
tally changed, the improvements in
the lower part of the building con-
sisting principally of refnishing the
walls and woodwork.
i The important transformation has
been on the upper floor, where the
private rooms, after a custom in
vogue in city institute ons of similar
nature, have acquired a memorial
character, each being furnished
throughout by one or more Skowhe-
gan citizens, as tribute to the mem
DRY of departed relative. Through
liberality of these citizens those who
may hereafter be restored to health
and strength in these apartments will
be enabled to enjoy surroundings far
more beautiful than would otherwise
be possible, as well as being constant
ly reminded of the generosity of the
donors and the memory of those who
in their lifetime enjoyed the respect
and esteem of this community.
Dignity, simplicity and quiet har-
mony characterize every room
While the furnishings are all of the
first quality of excellence, the tones
are quiet and restful, the sole end in
view being to afford the patient the
most coDgenial surroundings possible
Each room bears its distinctive char
acter, yet all minister 10 the same
end. All are embellished with costly
rugs, pictures, plants and ferns that
can but add enjoyment to the &C
cupant.
OF the rooms overlooking Elm ST.,
that in the northeast corner will be
known IS the George n Page room,
and is furnished by Miss Hannah r.
Page in memory of her father. The
i floor in this room is of carefully Sc
lected rock maple, the furniture be-
ing exquisitely patterned in rich de-
signs of the "bird's. eyen grain from
the same wood, with the exception of
the bedstead, which is of brass. A
richly colored Oriental rug, of hand
workmanship aud striking pattern,
occupies the center of the floor. A
lady's writing desk and morris chair
are among the noticeable of the nu-
merous attractions which this room
possesses.
The second of the rooms facing on
Elm street is furnished by Mrs. Edith
S. Shepherd, in memory of her late
husband, Gen. Russell B. Shepherd
A rug of soft colors and extre nelly
attractive pattern partially covers a
/ floor, which to many, would be the
chief attraction of this beautiful room.
1t is curly birch, with a most pro-
nounced ''curl" in the grain, laid in
alternate boards of light and dark
hue. The bedstead is of white iron
with trimmings of brass; the other
furniture is mahogany, of the beauti-
tiful toona finish, dignified lines, and
exceptionally fine grain.
The apartment known as the Agnes
Weston room, and furnished by her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs Levi W. Wes-
ton, occupies the northwest corner
and commands fine view of Elm ST.
and the Kennebec. CHARTERED oak
is the wood chosen for the furnishings
of this room, and never were the
beautiful patterns which nature traces
in the grain of this tree revealed to
better advantage than in the rich
pieces selected for this room. The