Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-03-18
GIRLS OF MEDICINE.
WAYS OF THE FEMININE CREATURE
TERMED 1.-THE HEN MEDIC"
A Young Person of Rather Queer Ideas,
Perhaps, but womanly Woman for
All That-Her Tastes for Science by No

All That-Her Tastes for Science by No
Means Drive Out Her Center Qualities.
Ten to one the reader doesn't even know
what n Hen Medic is. Well. she isn't
woman doctor just yet. hut she's going to
be.
| 1t is difficult to describe her so that one
can tell who she is at the first glance, for
she looks wonderfully like any ether
bright, earnest girl; but few truths about
her may not come amiss.
To begin, she may or may not wear her
hair short. As the Irishman said, Some
does-more don't" But if it is short, it is
safe to say that it is prcttily curled close
to her shapely little head, and it is apt to
be brushed back from her smooth white
forehead.
In the matter of dress she is reasonable
and conservative Something neat and
stylish always, but running to neither ex
IRENE. OVERRIDING is one extreme, tight
acing is the other, she will tell you with a
wise look.
She has discarded corsets, to he sure but
that never would he known from the fit of
her gown. Her hats are neat and inclined
a little to iauntness, and she affects Jack
cts with pockets on the sides. To tell the
truth. she rather likes to stand upon the
street cars to let the people see that she
hasn't a back" and one notices that the
hand that holds the strap is well gloved
She's companionable creature withal
and will tell you about the most interest
ing operations she has witnessed, all in the
same breath with description of sweet
gown" she's having made, and an account
of the play which she saw the other night.
SHE Is NOT AFRAID.
Dissecting isn't the pleasantest task in
the world, and she is frank enough to own
that she doesn't just like it, The Sub
ject" is grewsome at best; and it may be
that she feels at the first sight that she
would like to scream and run away: but
she doesn't.
She may have to be carried ont once or
twice-her brother, the Rooster Medic
has had that experience at times himself
but she is up and ut it again in no time at
all: and soon her soft taper fingers are
slashng through the tissues
She does her work conscientiously and
well. She fishes daintily around for the
end of Il nerve or a tendon. and, although
she handles it n bit gngerly to he sure.
she hangs on to it tightly all the same,
and she gets the bearings of that particu
lar nerve SO that she remembers ever after
ward
She studies hard and underStandingly
and her examination papers are neat com
pendiums of medical knowledge While
she learns just how thick to mix a mus.
tard plaster, she doesn't forget how many
eggs to put in II cake, and her knowledge
of the manner of stitching up wound
doesn't interfere with her learning the
very latest stitch in embroidery
MAKES AN EXCELLENT WIFE
She does not have a minutes time to
practice. yet you will find that she knows
all the new airs, and she can tell you lust
how the trouble started in Chilli If there
is IA rubber at whist and the table is one
short, she can take hand and play it
with such mingled luck and skill that you
would much prefer to be her partner than
her opponent.
AS matter of fact, one secretly leans to
ward life partnership with this little
Hen Medic, but is half afraid of her he.
cause she knows so much. But DESPITE
her knowledge she has heart as tender
and true as that of the most innocent little
maiden, and if that is won her hand goes
with it. And once she's won, it is forever
and aye, through thick and thin, and her
"Materia Medica" and her Essentials of
Anatomy" will 90 up on the highest shelf
of her closet, and her practice will be con-
fined to you and the children of the poor of
the neighborhood.
The girl knows how 1.-The boys regard
her and she laughs ut it and it doesn't hurt
her bit. Now, it may be that the women
who first got this nickname were not of
the same make. They may have worn
smooth hair and spectacles and talked
through their noses and gone about in
draggled gowns. But if that was the case
that sort of people are back numbers now
and the girl the men toast is the Hen Medic
of today.-Chicago Tribune