Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1910-12-03
EMERGENCY HOSPITAL
Handsome Building And Fquip.
ments Delights The Annap-
oils Public
CROWDS VISIT INSTITUTION
All Who Inspected The Beautiful New
Hospital Express Wonder and Plea.
sure-A Credit To Town And
County

never expected to live to see
Annapolis have a handsome hospital
like this" said one of the five hum
dred citizens who visited and inspect
ed the beautiful new Emergency
Hospital last night.
Sad another, lady who has been
in every hospital in Washington, 81
think this is the handsomest hcspital
have seen, and the best equipped.
And so it was the general expression
of all the hundreds of men and women
who visited the new Emergency Hos
pital yesterday afternoon and even
ing that the institution is a credit to
the town and county, an ornament
and a marked Improvement to the
city, and it stands as a monument to
the indefatiagble efforts of a hand
full of women, who. as charter mem
bers, started the old hospital. COM
paratively few years ago.
The new building stands at the
corner of Franklin and Cathedral
streets, with the main entrance on
Franklin street. 1t is a handsome
and imposing brick structure of
three stories and cost $55, 900.
The building was commenced last
May and was under the direction of
building commission appointed by
Governor Crothers, and the State
Legislature. The commission consist
ed of the following gentlemen I:
Messrs. Harry j. Hopkins, chairman; /;
DR.. George Wells, DR.. Walton Hop
kins, DR.. ]. Oliver Purvis, DR.. Will
lam S. Welch, Judge James K. Bra
shears and Senator A. Theodore
Brady.
The hospital at present is in
charge of Miss Rosalie Minnis, the
head nurse and superintendent, as
sisted by Miss Hicks and Miss Hissey
and Miss Martin, a student nurse.
FOR public inspection the new
hospital was thrown open yesterday
afternoon from q to 6 o'clock and
last evening until 10 o'clock. On
the Cathedral street side one the rst
| floor the ward for colored men and
that for colored women, are To-.
Gated. A large porch extends in
front of the women's ward. Baths
and toilets for these wards are To-
Gated nearby, and a linen closet and
medicine room. All the wards are
fitted with white cots of the latest
improved hospital designs.
All the bathrooms are finished in
white marble tiling, and the slate
and tiling work was done by Charles
Gates, of this city. The sun parlor,
thing of beauty and joy to the
/ aN-ualacaAVk e f,,npfokaA -.
willow furniture with large green
velvet rug in the centre; and potted
palms complete the attractiveness
| of this cozy, picturesque nook in the
hospital.
The doctors consulting room, the
nurses parlor, the nurses dining
room. and beo rooms. the dispensary,
china closet, the serving room, drug
stock room and the white mems ward,
all occupy the first floor.
Last evening the visitors expressed
delight at all these and at their at
tractive ful nlshings, although much
of the furniture has not been unpack
ed and is not in place. On the sec
ond flocr the white women's ward is
at one end and the sun parlor at the
opposite end. The private rooms.
furnished as memorials, are located
on this floor. The handsomest of
these. which was seen in its compile
tion last evening, was the room fur
nished and donated by Miss Marga-
ret Martin in memory of her father
and mother, "Cnarles W. and Pris-
ella Martin" This room is in bird
eye maple, and the furniture is hand
some, neat and of beautiful design
and finish. A brass tablet on the
door bears an appropriate inscription.
Large yellow chrysanthemums deco
rated the room last night. Other
rooms furnished memorials and do
mated to the hospital are those of Mrs.
Isemen, Mrs. Schouler and the Peggy
Stweart Tea Party Chapter, D. A. R.
On the third floor are the rooms
furnished and donated by lodges,
one each by the. Masons, the Odd Fell
lows, the Red Men and the Elks. 1t
costs 500 to furnish a room and
these lodges have given this to the
hospital. room being set aside with
their respective insignia.
The beautiful operating room,
with its white marble tiling, is on
the third floor, and connecting with
it are the etherizing room, the ster.
ilizing room, the doctors room and
bath and toilet. All the plumbing
is the latest improved, sanitary plumb
ing with all modern appliances for
hospital work. The hospital has an
kitchen and basement to the top floor,
and there are front and back stair
ways
The general style of Office furni-
ture is the mission, but the doctors
Office and consulting room is furnish
ed in oak. Green shades to all the
windows and cottage curtains give
the building a homelike appearance,
and there is a touch of the feminine
hera and there that suggests the