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...first floor, built of concrete, contains a ward for ten beds, and a large dining room. A corridor, running the length of the building, opens into a two-storied sun-room at the extreme left. To the right of the entrance are the matron's room, the offices, the laboratory, an operating room, and a room for the surgeons. The second floor follows the plan of the first, with a large ward and a number of separate rooms; and the nurses' quarters are on this floor...
...decidedly to be congratulated. It seemed at times as if the orchestra did not sufficiently accommodate the singers. The acting is good, though not startlingly so. Mr. Savery in the two contrasted parts of floor-walker and crystal gazer filled his difficult role well. Mr. Bemis as the ambitious matron in beautiful and startling raiment had a character that suited him admirably. Mr. Benchley, however, in the minor part of the gum-chewing hair-dresser, and in his burlesque of Madame X, was the most finished performer. The costuming is, as always, elaborate and probably costly; the dresses...
...three scenes the central figure is Mrs. Alexander Smith--hyphenated after the first act--who wishes to mount socially and who deserves her progress. At Breezeboro, where the action begins, she is capable of handling simultaneously a perturbed party of women at bridge and a high-placed matron of New York who has dropped down upon her. At Newport she has climbed to those higher social plateaus where dwell susceptible Russian princes, envious rivals--and troublesome servants. At Boston she has reached the heights of Beacon Hill and goes to and fro in a society that has only first names...
...Infirmary is under the direct supervision of the Medical Visitor, and its staff includes a matron and head-nurse, besides the necessary number of nurses, ward-tenders and servants. The wards can accommodate twenty patients and there are in addition nine private rooms...
Miss Esther Dart, a graduate of the Massachusetts General Hospital, will be the matron, and she will be assisted by a head nurse and assistant nurses. The direct supervision is now in the hands of Dr. M. H. Bailey...