Weekly journal-miner., 1922-05-17
Appearance of Carnival


 to give the celebration the appear ance of carnival. T-hrongs of peo- pie passed from the headquarters building through the registrars of flee where visitors were requested to register, on up the hall to the infirn- ary, and thence to the Red Cross building and the tour of the post hospital, the reconstruction building, the federal board school, and the rest of the wards. The open space around the Whipplc arena was crowded with visitors, and groups of others pissed ID and down the walks. Automobiles continually arrived with more visitors and departed for still more. There was talk, laughter, greeting of friends, honking of horns, and a live ly interest everywhere in all that was going on. And at intervals from different wards came the jazz rythms and catchy airs of novelty blues" quartet songs and orchestra and band music.
 At the registrars office was found a complete roster of the men in the hospital, arranged alphabetically by states, with the number of each mans ward opposite his name; and here there was searching for the names of men from everyone's own kome town. Visitors passed through the wards extending the greetings of the day to the men on the hunks, or sat in groups on the ward porches and talked while the band played in the arena stand outside.
 At Red Cross
 In the Red Cross building con tinually changing throng saw the comfortable leunging and reading room provided for the men, the large auditorium, the library adjoining, and were welcomed by the Red Cross of ficialS and their aides. Here tea was served during the afternoon, and visitors were at liberty to rest.
 Across the driveway was found the post hospital, where the Sickest of the men were visited by their old friends and many new ones, and where the extensive laboratory and surgical equipment was to be seen. Passing to the rear of the hospital, the stream of visitors next found themselves iii the reconstruction building, where one of the most in tcresting exhibits of the entire post was on view in the many rooms dis playing the handicraft work of patients under the departments of oc- cupational therapy and pliysiother- apy, treated more at length i'll another article in this issue.
 At the federal board school were found exhibits of the work of patients studying under various branches of the department. In the English and mathematics department was found an extensive process of Arnericanization in addition to the regular work under Mrs. Florence E. Gorum. Commercial work under William D. Adams, shorthand and typewriting.
 Musical Programs
 But the day was not only for visitors to Fort Whipple. The patients and their life was the center of interest; and the entertainment of tered them in the various wards pro- vided one of the most attractive fea- lures of the day This was the pro- gram presented at three different in tervals by group, of Prescott peo- pie; first, at 80 in Wards ? and }, then at 2:.3O in Wards 4 and g.. and finally at 3:3O in Ward 10.
 The program was excellcntly adapted to express the spirit of the day, lightness and gaiety being con vcyed by the accomplished musicians who participated. The instrumental selections by the always popular Misses Tully met with an immediate welcome from the men, as did the excellent singing of Miss Marjorie Nelson. The songs by the male quartet, whose appearance is always welcomed at the Fort, were well chosen and equally well given The blues" and novelty solos of Mrs, Feb Finn and Miss Ethel McMur- chic proved popular wherever they were heard. Mrs. H. I. Southworth's accompannnentS were skillfully adapt ed to the soloists' work. No account of the attractions of the afternoons entertainment would be complete without mention of the excellent pro grams of the Prescott band, first in !