The new North-west., 1885-05-15
WOMAN AND HOME.
HELPS FOR THE MOTHER AND HlNTa
FOR THE MAIDEN.
Dangers of Dentltion-From an Oriental
andpoint-Housewives of the Hub
Girls Growing Notwithstanding
I'm Love-Notes and Items.
tclara Bell in Cincinnati EnquIrer.l

Clara Bell In Cincinnati Enquirer.l
All, me, how the truth does differ from
fctionl Doesn't the hero Of novel or play
invariably get hurt, il at all, In the way of
broken leg or something that lays him up
In a nice, clean manner compatible with
sentimentalityf Moreover, isn't IL the rule
that the heroine. turned nurse, shall find her
employment In that capacity made congenial
by the duties Of smoothing the dear fellows
forehead and reading to hint That's To-
nance. Here's reality; The pastor OF my
church is an earnest Christian. practical
doer Of good and all that sort OF philan-
thropic thing. He Ia all the while getting up
visitation committees for the tenement
house poor, old victual distribution coteries
and secondhand clothes agencies He got
It into his benevolent head not long ago
that some OF Us girls ought to do amateur
nursing in tho public hospitals
Tho u took well, because we had heard
that London aristocratic maidens were
practicing IL, and he speedily had six en-
thusiastic volunteers We went through
with preliminary training to the extent Of
reading n book of directions for nursing.
Then we reported for duty We were to
form kind Of relief gang, each girl TO do
vote ono whole day In six to actual attend
ance in the ward OF n certain hospital Our
turns, and l hit the first day Early next
morning presented myself, in a very plain
but neatly fitted bib and tucker, to the house
physician OF tho institution. / fattered
myself that | was prepared for any
fate which duty might impose upon
me; but down deep in my heart of
hearts | was hopefully cxpectant OF the
broken -boned hero of the novel and the play
for patient. What was my joy, therefore,
on Icing assigned to chap in exactly that
line.
What mean Is that both his legs and one
arm had been fractured or course, he
wasn't precisely the ideal thing. His brow
wasn't as high and white as the fictionist
had described; a stubble growth OF beard
impaired whatever Of beauty his face might
ordinarily have possessed; and they had
stuck him fast in a structure of splints and
plaster Of paris so that his one immovable
position was not picturesque. was bound
to make the best Of him, however, and at
the first opportunity suggested that might
read the morning paper to him.
"Unless you want to drive me crazy, young
woman" he growled, unaware that was
volunteer, and not hired hospital attend
ant, you'll kindly keep your tongue quiet"
The shock was something dreadful
WibhoISW W u cofueT Wepb. W lhaJ
was done with / returned to find him asleep
and snoring But made one additional eff
fort to realize my expectations. On his
showing the first signs of awakening, and
betraying pain by low sighs quite roman
tically), lquietly stroked his fevered brow.
He was wide-eyeI in minute.
"For Heavens sake don't bang and plow
my head, he exclaimed; II can't stand it.
have only a vague recollection of how the
rest Of the day wore wearily away One of
the fondest Of my delusions was dispelled:
but when the next days volunteer and
came TO compare notes, and she related how
she had been allotted to the care Of an old
hummer just over an acute attack of delir-
ium tremens concluded that had been
rather fortunate. I'd had broken limbed
patient at all events, though his behavior
had not been all that had expected On
the whole, don't think that amateur nurs-
ing has the elements of fashionable popu.
larity.