Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-10-25

| the facilities they possess. The great want of
| the training school was q home which should
| De rounded as soon as possible, and be situa-
ted convenient to large general hospital. He
thought 1t Is pretty generally understood that
when the Garfield Memorial Hospital is opened
| lt Will employ trained nurses and they have
every reason to believe that arrangements mu-
tuaiiy advantageous to the hospital and train
| ing school could be made. When the site for
| the Memorial Hospital has been selected the
| trustees of the training school will be better
able to judge OF proper location for the nurses
home. Referring to the needs of the school.
Dr. Toner said Washington had many wealthy
residents who could contribute to the enter
prise literally and scarcely miss it from their
Dank account. If the claims of this school
could be properly presented to our citizens, and
could gain their attention for three minutes. he
did not doubt that they should have three or
lour thousand contributing members who
would each give one dollar annually to carry
on the school,
ADDRESS BY JUDGE MAO ARTHUR.
AT the close of his remarks DIR. Toner intro
duced Judge Macarthur, who entertained the
audience with an instructive address interspersed
with humOr throughout. He said he did not
feel competent to make any suggestions in re-
gard to the treatment Of sick persons, for the
good reason that, fortunately for himself. he
hau never been SICK enough to require treat
ment beyond spoonful Of Godfrey's cordial or
MIS-. WILSON'S soothing syrup when a child
He had strong digestion and an I'M
impaired physical constitution, and had never
even had the decency to feel headache. for
all OF which he desired to make q most humble
apology to his medical brethren. He could only
say that probably he may do better tor them in the
future; for sickness, like the sword of Damoces
at MS celebrated banquet, is suspended over our
heads by single hair. SO we had better not too
rashly bid defiance to the doctors and throw
physlc to the dogs. The subject of hygiene
sweeps over verv wide and important domain
OF human interests. and the proper training of
nurses has never entered into the great work of
human education The only experimental
lessons ever afforded were by persons who picked
up what they knew in sick rooms without the
slightest understanding of either mind or BODY
an0 without any methOdical course of prepara-
tory study. Many OF them were very good, sis
terly, conscientious women, and would therefore
dO as little harm as possible While others pur-
sued nursing as mere industry, and whose
chlel aim was to look after their own
comfort, even if they had to neglect that of their
patients, he believed that to-day there was no
SUBJECT. no special duty, which is so little under
stoou as the management Of nurses and no
Dranch OF equal Importance that is so much
neglected.
DIR. PRENTISS
a member Of the board of managers, followed in
interesting remarks and made an urgent appeal
for money to support this school, Washington
Is willing and ready to support such a school
that Is giving young women that knowledge
and experience which will be of most incalcu-
liable advantage to them through life.