Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-28
A NOBLE WORK.

A NOBLE WORK..
A most commendable work has been done by Two ener-
oefic women of this city in collecting funds TO buy a Phono-
crarh for the isolation hospital. Here is an institution tna'
IS essential in every community, but which receives li'1ie
consideration. Even the authorities VINO are supposeu ~
have control of the place sometimes neglec' IL
An isolation hospital is always associated with coh'dsi-
o,s diseases. Naturally, no one wants to dwell on such d
subject any more than is necessary. IL i ho' unui o" ua
member of ones family is stricken and removed u me 80 40
t;on bospital that one is apt to give serious thoueh' ~ '0
conditions there. ,.ooau rofer-
This was the case with the two women already refer
red to. With the usual household cares that most molea'
have they had other things to occupy their minus amu proDa
bv the isolation hospital was as strange oil nsh.u'lol W
uh s os e stil is TO the average citizen. Then suddenly some
one was taken ill; the disease was contagious anu ~ pa1 ~ .
its spread the stricken one was removed 10 Tile io'lo 49,
pital ~ 81 tbe
l;sease making reading impossible, there was nothing TO re-
lieye the monotony of the place. me nurses 'oo' l1ei ~
strain of the conditions under which they are compeneu W
work. Sometimes there are only one or Two pa' pai"u - an .s
hospital. Shut up there in a small building standing apart
md without anyone allowed to enter except te ooc'or' IL
has a most depressing atmosphere.
So impressed were these two women whose children
had been taken to the hospital that, busy as they were, they
al ahout to see if something could be done to brighten up the
place and bring cheer to the patients and nurses 700. MUSIC,
of course. was the one solution. And The Vctrola lurhlsheu
tha means. The next thing was to secure the instrument
SO q subscription was started and once the OBJECT was eA-
uiained to those to whom an appeal was maze LOT triD
lions, the money was readily forthcoming, more uhan Vto
was raised over the weekend ana now te Nloeoi" 10 "'
sured. Hereafter, thanks to the thoughtiulness ana energy
of these two women, the patients at the isolation nospl'ai
will have something to help vile away the long, 'eupo ms
hours snent at that almost friendless/ institution. AND the
nurses, too, will have a little cheer broush. Mo 'o' "'0'
by the music that the phonograph Will ahofu'
Perhaps these noble women will never know now mucn
sunshine they have brought into the world through ms o'
81 theirs in raising a fund to buy a victrola for the lsolauoh
hospital. It is one of the really worthwhile Things . 10
incidentally. does it not remind others OF something tes
might do TO bring a little cheer to these unfortunate shut-ns
Who are taken away from their loved ones ana cohhheu ~
an institution where no outsiders are allowed TO ehtef'
Yes. there will be records needed to give a variety OF
music. Anyone desiring to contribute records may leave them
IT the Board of Health rooms in City Hall. But What aDout
fowers and other remembrances which the churches ana
niher organizations are sending about after they have served
iheir original purpose? Other institutions are remembered
n various WAYS, but the isolation hospital seems 10 Dc d
thing utterly apart and unless one has some relauNe VI
accuaintance there it never comes into one S NINA. but, Ill
reality. those confined there are deserving OF more at'eh'ioh
lhan any of the rest because they are prevented from seeing
any visitors and must spend the long, weary day as pest 'hey
can. l
The yictrola will be a big help in cheering the lonely
natients as well as the faithful nurses III charge IL IL serves
as a reminder of other things that may be done TO brighten
the lives of those thus confined it will accomplish a double
purpose.