Evening star., 1955-11-06

lawyers have charged she feared
for her sanity in the hospital.
What kind Of treatment does |
person like Mrs. Haynes get q
ST. Eiizabeths?
The hospital is a sprawlini
$50 acres Of buildings, roads
parks and farmland on thi
heights above the Anacosti;
River In Southeast washington
Grounds Described
The grounds are split up tn,
middle BY Nichols avenue Sc
The building where Mrs. Haynes
81 Being held is on the left-hant
SIDE, east of Nichols avenue.
IA that section of the hospital
4 big block of buildings forms 1
q1iadrangle around q grassl
park, set with weeping cherr.
trees, naples and evergreens.
y South Of the quadrangle is tn,
Mems Receiving Building. Wes'
Is the infirmary, north the Medi'
cal and Surgical Building. Eas
Is the Women's Receiving Build
ing. q five-story red brick struc'
ture built TO hold 800 patients
Mrs. HAYNES Is there.
Paneled bronze doors open OF
D lobby something like that d
! college dormitory. There arr
potted plants. leather chairs. {
marble door.
Elevators In the center Of thu
Tar wall go up four stories x
the eight wards and to the twt
resident physicians apartment:
on the FIFTH floor.
New male patients are dividec
into two groups. Criminal case:
60 to Howard Hall. q maximum
security building surrounded hy
24-foot walls and iron gates
Others go to Mems Receiving.
New women patients, however
are not divided. All go to thi:
building, Women's Receiving.
Mrs. Haynes ward is on thu
south wing Of the second floor
lt has four single rooms, severa
rooms for three or four patient!
each and q large room with II
beds. Mrs. Haynes bed Is in tht
large room.
& The room Is on the southeasl
corner Of the building. It has
windows on three sides. On ths
eastern side. the windows over
look q wooded ravsne studded
with oaks and naples. Except ffa
the IA neatly-made beds, thu
room is absolutely bare.
In other wards, patients arr
allowed dressefs. mirrors and
some decorations.
The bedrooms are used only ai
night. During the day. the pa
tients' iifeexcept for visits e
treatment or entertainment fa.
cilities centers around the .sdaS
room" "
The day room is large room
full of chairs, benches. bookcases
tables, q television set. nagazins
racks and q piano. Two pieces 81
music were open on the piano
yesterday Golden Hours d
Fayorite Piano Solos sant
'EIymns Of Fellowship. 7
Decorated for Halloween
Opening on the room Is /;
large screened porch. on 1t ar,
dozen rocking chairs and |
ping g-pong table. On cold day
fhe porch and doors are shut.
Inside the room yesterday
sorne patients watched television
several women were knitting
one woman was playing Chimes
checkers with q uniformed at
tendant. Several read. TWO WON
en slept. one with her heat
tilted over the arnrest Of
wooden bench, the other huddlet
On the floor against the wall.
A radio speaker high on thl
wall and connected to a centra
zAdie system was silent.
Decorations put up for q pa
tients' Halloween party Wer'
pasted on the walls. Among then
were paper cutouts Of black cat
and witches. pumpkin heads ans
orange crepe-paper streamers.
A nurse said that Mrs. Hayne
after arriving at the hospital wa
taken to the cafeteria for din,
ller, returned to the porch for .