New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-05
VONEN WHO STUDY MEDICINE.

FEMININE GEwGAws AND MEDICAL EXPERT.
MENTs IN DELIGHTFUL COMPARISON.
Are there many women in New-York studying
mediclne1"
~oh. yes; great number: more than you might
suppose
How do they uvel What do their rooms look
hGe?"
That is something few people know. Their sur
roundlngs are truly unique. There is a company OF
Eve that live this side Of the Harlem River some
Of them are graduates from wen-mown coeduca
tionel institutions. while others come from women's
colleges This quintet had become exasperatcd with
boarding. 2 house life and tired Of hiring rooms and
taking their meals at restaurant, so they tried
novel scheme. They hired set If rooms employed
a servant. and went to housekeeping. They are de
lighted with it they would not 20 back to the old
ways for anything. A peep within these precincts
discoses a veritablc old maids paradise
The writer had the good fortune a few DAYS ngo
to be received into this domclle Of the fair students,
In opposite corners Of the room that he entered
stood what appeared 10 be two couches bat which
were far disguised with handsome rug coverings
and dainty silk pillows that any natural embarrtS5-
ment be might otherwise have felt at invading tho
saHcuty Of u madens chamber entirely allayed
1t is sad that the appearance Of room denotes the
character Of lis innate that bachelors room can
be distinguished from spnster's in a mo
mCnt, and belonging u a person OF
aesthetic tastes from one belonging TO person Of
a prosaic turn Of mind. Certainly this room upheld
the theory. The feminine element struggled with the
medical for predominant expression III Its decora
tions. Of the feminine element prevailed, foi
O woman is hrst and always woman, no matter what
her environment IS. The medical character however
artificial though II Is Lad taken 50 deep roofing tha
il struggled hard Tor an equal represen auon. On
the centre table q hinge stuffed spider was tryius
10 climb he green shade Of the lamp. few booka
Law scattered about, some medicine bottles and pill
boxes, while pencils, fine comb. SIX hair pins. and
lille dshful of meiacarpal bones completed the list
The Use Of the bones Il was difficult surmlse, unes,
they were used jack stones " while away tho
tedum Of long study hours. On the wall. fastened
10 tie frame of picture Of Murillos Magdalen" was
one Of these small skeletons Of McGlnty playing a
banjo which a short time ago were hawked about the
streets for a nickel. lie arranged that the
tears woud fall his bony tbia The tears IN thus
pic seemed larger Than ~ others, due perhaps u
the strains from McGlntys banjo. 49,
In one corner OF the room vas DAINTY SILK
covered bamboo screen, and beside u a handsome
rug In the other corner was "a bookcase hllcd Win
an awe-inspiring array Of medical books, ponderou-
tones containing all the unpronOunceable 'ooges ~
the medical ca egOry. DHc cnuld scaF'cN HhaeIh'
these fair devotees at midnight. when the lights
burned low turning the page Of one volume u ind
The most scientific Of severng be limbs Of Their
unfortunate feIow-mOrtals, or diving with ghOuish
gles into tho grcwsOme depths Of another. and ex-
tracing thence the secret Of steriOus con
cociiOn with which, for large fee, to make mser
ahle the existence Of their patients on the window
law scattered some dclcately perfnmed STA onery, 10
pethsr with a pair Of sc8pulae and clavlcie. ONef
the mattel was exquisite bit Of water-colorng-a