New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-20
POPULAR OBSERVATIONS.
TRAINED AND ORDINARY NURSES.
A CORRESPONDENTS VIEWS ON SOME DELICATE
SOCIAL DISTINCT oNs

SOCIAL DISTINCTIONS.
TO the Edftor or The Trfbwne
Sir: Sickness having occurred In my FAMILY
physician for the pronounced pnei-
mOna, trained nurse was prescribed. and a list OF
eligible ones kindly supplied by the physician In
charge. ordered carriage, and In an hours time
returned with a nurse live with my FAMILY in an
uptown hotel and when dinner time arrived the nurse
asked where the dining room was. sent waiter to
show her into the childrcn's and their nurses dining
room. The next day she informed us that she could
not stay 10 she had to eat In that dining room that
trained nurses were gentlcmcns daughters. and that
hospital physicians would not allow them TO eat with
servants and that the idea was to elevate their posi-
ton. After that she went to the guests dining room,
where the charge IS less than Ave dollars day
This nurse afterward went away on some prctext OF
ill.health.
then went to tho New.York Hospital list OF
trained nurses was given me there. and found aud
brought in another nurse. When dinner time arrived
she asked the way TO the dining room. l aSkei her
which one she meant. and she said She. too could not
eat with children and nurses that she could not 20
TO our dining room she would have 10 he served with
meals In her Well, she went to our dining
room.
believe that thcre three dining rooms AT the
hospitals for ply Scians one mr. nurses. and one
for the surgeons There also three this and all
first class hotels: for the guests, FOR Children
and their nurses and for the regular employees OF thu
hotel. No doubt the from a class socially
and intellectually far above the average servant, and
the position Of trained should, fOm obvious
reasons DO elevated but In elevating them, tho phys
clans do not llacc their table al their disposal Why
should they place table at their disposal? This
uptown hUtel Is 10 suit the taste and convenience OF
wealthy class Il he very pleasing 10 the average
trained Ia partake Of French dishes. and while
doing 10 listen 10 choice selections Of music from
string band and n intervals - admir- tho laccs and
diamonds ut the LADY sitting alongside % her. This
may be clcvaiiug III" position OF a trained nurse but
It IL the kind Of elcv alton that will meet with
popular approval, and while the family that Is afflicted
with sickness viii ocr objection at the time, and
no objection is offered 10y other guests or hy the pro-
prle'Or, II Is unjust unwSc. and unhcalthful. My
experience i that thr trained nurse VIII force her
way fast enough for hcr own and the public good
without the physicians ba king. Tho table too,
hotels il as good and much letter than hat which
they provide Tor themselves while ont OF employment
One cannot keep these trained nurses during Gonzales
CONGO. their tastes too luxurious. they lose
their positions and then tn their homes To their
boarding houses aud spend their earnings waiting for
another call.
| hrvc given some e my rrCrut experience and Oh.
ScrvatOn have two other friends herr who have hal
similar experience thry hE Ike myself. that Il Is
arrHhtel imposition. Cannot %" hospital man
sqem"nt unite with the physicians In overcoming This
cNtravagant den aud F.
New York. June u, 1--0