New Britain herald., 1915-10-20
Woman s Hospital Board
 Hears Splendid Reports
Annual Tea and Meeting at First Church Chapel This Af ternoon Most Success full in History of This
 Organ izatiOn.

] ing force and that Mrs. Rassett is still with us, although the summer months have been trying ones for her, because of temporary illness. Mrs. Bassett has been our matron now for ten years. It is fortunate too that Miss Des Jardines, who understands the working system of the hospital so thoroughly, is her able assistant. Neither have changes occurred in our list of officers nor even among our directors. Each month we meet with Mrs. George Traut and four times during the year we are joined by our directors to consider the interests of 1 the hospital. Our officers and directors are pledged to visit the institution | quarterly and they are fulfilling their 1 duty punctually.
 The membership committee too are 1 faithful workers under the direction l of their leader, Miss Schmidt, other wise it would not be possible to secure such a long list of hospital members 1 each year as Miss Schmidt's report shows.
 The auxiliary committee also seems | eager to do what is required and with l Mrs. Hungerford as their chairman | they do much efficient work and find many opportunities for service Of course, our board is not in any way responsible for ther unning expenses of the hospital, but we plan each wear l to do something financially to assist 1 the executive board, for we know that such help is both needed and appre- 1 ciated. Thanks to Mrs. Wetmore. one ] of our directors, we were again able l to place in the hands of the treasur- CT the sum of $1,500 as our appor- tionment from the amount taken in from the presentation of the Red Mill As you we'll know, many of the young people of our city have joined for the last three years in giving some entertainment for two evenings and a matinee, the proceeds to be used for philanthropic purposes and to be i divided at the discretion of Mrs. Wet more.
 Later in the season, on April 10
 Mrs. Hungerford arranged for the an. nual card party, introducing dancing at the suggestion of some of her com mittee. Part of the space at Booths hall was reserved for the card tables and the rest for those who partici
 pated in the dance. A special feature
 was the candy booth and the Jack
 Homer pies, which were made bN some of the young ladies, were much admired and added materially to the
 total sum- Four hundred and fifty dollars was the amount of the check sent to the executive board. For both sums of money that is from the play and the card and dancing party very
 appreciative letters were sent from the executive board to our board.
 "In smaller ways, too, we are able to assist our hospital very much. For instance, the hard cement floor in the laundry seemed to some Of our ladies very uncomfortable for those who arc obliged to stand constantly upon il and a committee consisting of Mrs F. J. Porter, Mrs. c. P. Merwin and 1 Mrs. A. L. Wizard was chosen to de- wise some way of improving condi- tions. This matter was attended to and the workers in the laundry were 1 considerably benefited.
 "Again-blankets were needed for the hospital beds and the matron ap- l pealed to our board with the result that S60 was allowed Mrs. Bassett for 1 the necessary purchase.
 For some time a chute has been needed for soiled clothes and Mrs. Mills, Mrs. Humphrey and Miss Brown were asked to consult with Mrs. Bassett regarding it. This chute has now been provided and it is a very great help to the nurses in their work. l It has been our custom, too, Tor sever i al years to provide bed linen, counter panes, infants wardrobes, nightingales 1 etc. for the institution, but this year Mrs. Bassett suggested that perhaps the various churches would be willing nd board of the expense. The heads of the societies were approached on the subject and many of them-indeed most of them-have responded and have either given the articles suggest ed by our president or sums of money to be used for the purpose. The kind spirit which these societies have dis | played in the work has been very i gratifying.
 "The publis has been most generous in responding to the appeals of Thanksgiving and again at Christmas for all kinds of vegetables, delicacies and other things suitable for an of- fering on those festival days
 Last fall the donations were more than had ever been received before at the hospital. Christmas and Eas- ter were observed in much the usual way. Dr. Fromen provided the trees and the auxiliary committee furnished the gifts under the direc- 1 tion of Mrs. Hungerford. At Easter l Mrs. Hungerford's Philathea class distributed daffodils and lilies, while ! lily plants were placed in every ward, i the gift of Mrs. Frank L. Hunger l ford in memory of MT. Hungerford, who was formerly a president of the | hospital. It was pleasant to know l that the Philathea class was much l interested in the Easter celebration 1 and asked to be more thoroughly in-