Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-24
CHRISTMAS CHEER N
 INSTITUTIONS AND HOMES.
Observance of the Day in HospitaIs-
 Many Dinners to Be Distributed.

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 Superintendent H. M. Pollock of the Norwich State Hospital has already received in response to the 1000 or more letters sent out to relatives and friends over 500 packages and every one will be remembered with gifts on Christmas day. The wards at the hospital have been prettily decorated and the gifts will be distributed from trees in each of the wards, Tonight the members of the staff and depart mentt will make their usual rounds wishing the patients a merry Christ mas and there will be musical pro- gramme an orchestra. The follow ing menu will be served Christmas day.
 Roast Turkey. Cranberry Sauce
 White and Sweet Potatoes.
 Boiled Onions
 : Mince Pie
 Fruit Nuts Candy
 The women at the institution will receive slippers, bath robes and aprons from the hospital, and pipes, tobacco and sweaters will be given the men
 Candy from Broadway SodaIitas.
 The young ladies of the Broadway Congregational church Sodalitas are to cheer the State Hospital colony pa tients on Christmas for on Friday morning they will take down 100 boxes of candy and distribute them. Dr. Pollock has offered to send up his car to get the young ladies and their burdens.
 The committee in charge include Miss Elizabeth Wilson. Miss Mildred Rogers. Miss Maisie Rider, Mrs. Mar garet Clifford and Miss Vera Blair. The Sodalitas will also distribute 15 Xmas baskets, containing fruit, jelly, nuts and candy to shut-ins of the church.
 EIks Distributing Christmas Baskets.
 Norwich lodge. No. 4sO. B. 20. E., is to do it's usual generous share in bringing the Christmas spirit into some of the otherwise cheerless homes of Norwich. Beginning early this morning the distribution of thes bas- kets, 90 in number, and covering in their destination not only Norwich, but several rural districts, Jewett City and Gales Ferry. will commence and this year automobile delivery will get the baskets around in good season They are to be sent out by the Mohi- can company, which being the lowest bidder. in the competition with other Norwich firms. was awarded the con- tract and each will contain six pounds of mutton, one-half peck of potatoes 3 quarts of onions, can of soup 1-2 pound of tea, 1 pound of sugar. i-2 lb butter. loaf of bread, can of milk The Elks are also distributing cloth ing.
 At the 5aekus Hospital.
 At the Backus hospital the dec orating committee of the board of lady visitors comprising Mrs Eben Learned, Mrs. Frank L. Farrell and Miss Ff7a NrEoa off decorated the corridors and wards. in red and green tissue paper stream ers,, Christmas bells, evergreen etc. while at the entrance to each ward are two Christmas trees.
 The adjacent rooms to the wards are also decorated and the main cor riders were fitted out by the commit tee on Tuesday with laurel, evergreen and poinsettia and with the regular rubber plant decorations present an inviting effect.
 There has been erected in the nurses home a large Christmas tree in the alcove of the reception room. The dining room. study, reception room and the corridors are all fes- tooned in Yuletide decorations.
 turkey dinner will be served at noon Christmas day to patients and nurses. Each patient is to receive a gift from the lady visitors from the different churches and the 42 in the hospital will pass as cheerful day as the nurses and lady visitors at the hospital can make it.
 At the Jail and AInnshouse,
 At the jail, Jailer Oscar Maine is preparing to give the prisoners a Christmas dinner that will comfort them in their circumstances and the same will hold true of the almshouse, where Superintendent and Mrs. Chap man are arraiging an excellent menu.