Life And Work Of A Hospital Matron -- The new relationship between patients and the Matron. In the old days it would have been heresy for a patient to smoke in bed, let alone smoke in the presence of the Matron. Now it is nothing unusual at all. The patient has a cigarette after her launch and the Matron shares her enthusiasm for a new book. The Red Cross provides an efficient and up-to-date library service for the patients, which is greatly appreciated. November 22, 1950. (Photo by Tom L. Blau, Camera Press).