Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-25

Christmas, 1915, although it will be
a green one and not white, for in spite
of signs of a seasonal sprinkling
there wasn't a snowflake in the air
at 2.S0 this morning, ought to be a
day of good cheer and a reasonable
amount of optimism and happiness in
Norwich. The merchants and bus
mess men, summing up their Christ
mas season Friday evening, when
streets and stores were filed with a
holiday crowd intent on getting a few
last presents for the people at home,
found opportunity for thanksgiving;
at the post office they had cleaned up
the place after a record week of
Christmas sending and receiving and
were glad of it, and everywhere
Christmas eve the spirit of the ap-
preaching holiday was evident.
At the tuberculosis Sanatorium.
The day will be observed differently
in different places. One of the in
teresting ways will be that to be fol-
lowed at the tuberculosis sanatorium,
where there will be carol singing this
morning by staff and nurses and then
the distribution of presents by Supt.
Hugh Campbell. There is a beautiful
Christmas tree in every ward there,
and so generous have been the con-
tributions of Norwich and New Lon
don people this year, that there are
going to be two or three presents
apiece for each of the IS patients.
| Sleeping hoods and socks and money
and many other things are loading
! down the Christmas trees there to-
| night And at dinner today the pa
| tents are going to discuss an eXcep-
! tionally fine menu, introduced by con-
| somme and leading up to roast turkey
and cranberry jelly and then coming
| down gradually to mince pie and
| cheese and fruit and raisins and other
| things to make the inner man com
Portable and life worth living. The
| staff will have a Christmas party this
| evening.
At the Backus Hospital.
! At the Bacllus hospital the wards
| and corridors are beautiful in ever
| green's and Christmas reds and there
are OTIS of Christmas trees. including
| a big one for the nurses in Nurses
home. There will be a turkey dinner
for staff and employees and patients
today, besides other pleasant feature:
that are planned. To all the nurse:
Christmas boxes of chocolates have
of DIR. and Mrs. r. r. Agnew, DR.. 2
]. Cassidy and DR.. ]. w. Callahan.
MinstreIs at Norwich State oHspitaI
At the Norwich State hospital tn,
new amusement hall was filled will
700 people Christmas eve to EMO.
the home talent that shone in the en-
tertainment that was given by tn
|
ment, the members of the medica
staff an dhet heads of department
paid a trip of inspection to all tn
wards and found them beautifully dec
| GRATED with evergreens and brigh
with Christmas trees and color.
Two Calls for Ambulance.
The ambulance took a medical cas-
from the Martin house to the Bocku
hospital about 100 Frida yevenins
and Immediately after a child wit
diphtheria from School street to tn
isolation ward, where 1t is the fourt
case of that disease.
The entertainment followed this OF
der by the company of artists:
Interlocutor, John c. Daggett; bone
William Dennison, Cornelius c. Crow
, ley; tambos. ]. Murtha, w. Winch
members of the circle, Miss NJ. Nc
Master, Miss A. LaBlanc, Miss y
. LaBlanc, Miss Brennan, Miss Kilro,
Miss Della, Mrs. L. Dupuls. Mrs. '
Bannister, Mrs. s. Averill Miss He'd
den, w. Wicks, F. Littlefeld, H. Kiln
D. Hannum, A. Kingsley, Mr.. Rollisol