St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-29
President Cleveland, His Cabinet and the
Diplomatic Corps Will All
Entertain.
Charfty's Claims to Be Fittngly Re.
membered in the Midst of So
cial Pleasures.
Description of the Excellent Nurses
School, and General Inter-
esting Gossip.
Correspondence of the Globe.

homes Of the supreme court justices were
comparatively few. Wednesday found few
of the cabinet ladies ready to begin theiI
formal receptions, and Thursday was like
| Sunday so far as activity upon the streets
was concerned. The dizziness of the week
has been the subject of remark. 1t can
not continue much longer. however,
for congressman and their families
will be here now, and the round
of festivities will begin. The season
is to be an unusually long one. 1t will be-
gin at once and continue until March 9,
when Ash Wednesday will call a halt in
what many believe is to be the gayest sea-
son since the war. The prediction SO conf
IDENTIFY asserted that the winter will be a
gay one and not exhibit a crudeness which
deep observers usually notice in the first
year of each administration is not I'M
founded. An unusually large number of
wealthy families will winter here this sea-
son and mingle in the social world. and a
series of events now being quietly gossiped,
give promise of exceeding brilliance. 1t is
not probable that the presidents levees
will begin until February, or perhaps even
later. The president will carry out to the
letter the old social customs and forms
which make up the White house laws of
etiquette. So far as the fixed number of
receptions and state dinners are concerned
there will be no deviations, and the prepar-
atoms for these are likely to surpass even
previous efforts.
THE DIPLOMATS.
| The winter seems likely to be an un-
usually busy one among the diplomatic
people. There are number of new
diplomats, and they seem to have social
ambitions. The example set by the Japan
csc minister, who has already given two or
three large entertainments, is to be
followed by others. The daughters of
the British minister have already opened
their doors. and there are receptions at the
legation building every week. 1t is now
announced that the British minister will
introduce his youngest daughter into society
with grand ball, to be given within few
weeks. This will be one of the important
events of the social season. Among the
latest acquisitions in the diplomatic line is
the new Brazilian minister, Baron Itajuba,
man in his country, where he has occupied
several distinguished positions and has
served both in the house of lords and in the
privy council or cabinet of the emperor.
His greatest reputation has been
gained as writer on international law, and
several volumes of his authorship have been
published. He was member of the Gen
eva conference, when his vote was favor
able to the interests of the United States,
and he, therefore, deserves a cordial welcome
to this country. He comes here from Paris,
where he has been minister for some years.
SWEET CHARITY.
Society is very busy with preparations
for number of events of a social nature,
which are to have for their object the fur
therance OF number of worthy charities.
One of the most important of these is the
Garfield Hospital bazaar, which is to be held
at the National rifles armory, on the 18th
and 10th of December. The booths
will be presided over by we'll
known society ladies, among them being
Mrs. Bayard, Mrs. Whitney, Mrs. Endi-
colt, Mrs. Washington Mclean. Mrs.
Hazen, Mrs. Logan and many others of
equal prominence. and their aids will num-
Der score of the prettiest girls in society.
The hall is to be artistically decorated and
the young lady assistants are to don pic
tureSque costumes.
Another charity of this sort which is
receiving some attention just now is the
''Woman's exchange" in the interest of
which ''tea" is to be given early next
month. This exchange is established by
some prominent ladies of society
for the purpose of assisting in the sale of
woman's handiwork. which is often offered
for sale by poor but deserving women.
While on this subject of charities it is in
| teresuing to know something about another
organization of this character, which was
organized few years ago here by members
of medical society with the cooperation
of several benevolent ladies of this city. 1t
| is nurses school. the object of which is
to train nurses so that they can go out and
care for the sick, taking the place of
mothers and wives when they are absent,
or performing the duties which these
natural nurses do not always understand.
A regular course of instruction is
given and lectures are delivered by promi-
nent members of the medical profession
each season. commencing in October, and
| the necessary instructions extend into med
icine and surgery sufficiently to give fIim a
knowledge of how to care for the Ill in all
cases and to supplement the work OF the
physicians. The course of training extends
through two years. and the students in
training are taken into the hospital for ex-
perience. The instructions are all free to
those DESTROYS of becoming nurses, the OBJ
crease the number of trained nurses. The
students are taught in the dressing of
burns, bliSters. sores and wounds; the
application of lamentations, poultces and
minor dressings; the application and
management of leeches; the administration
of enemas and the use of the hypodernic
syringe: the keeping of records of the
temperature. pulse and respiration: the best
method of applying friction to the body
and extremities; the management of help
less patients, moving and changing, giving
baths: preventing and dressing bed sores,
and regulating positions; making bandages
and rollers; bandagng; making patients
beds and changing bedding with least
possible disturbance to the invalid; the pre-
paration of nice articles of diet, and the
best methods of feeding the sick, and
how to keep the sick room clean and prop
erly ventilated. The charity is prov
ing very important and valuable one here,
and may be an interesting suggestion to Ia
dies of your city, who. through the cooper
alton of the physicians might easily estab-
lish training school of this kind, which
would not only furnish employment to many
worthy people, but would enable those de-
string nurses in time of sickness to obtain
them. There is a society of registry kept
in connection with the school for nurses
here by which those desiring the services
of its graduates may promptly find them on
application to the school.
BRIEF LESSON IN BREAKFASTS.
A description of breakfast given by
Mrs. Dunn. wife of the adjutant of the
army, in honor of Mrs. Endicott and her
daughter will prove interesting to the read
ers of this correspondence. The round
table had blooming center piece of chry-
santhemums, and each lady presented with
bouquet of the same floral favorite tied
with broad satin ribbon. The sponge
cakes, made to look like baked potatoes
| were served in napkins. and the ice cream,
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