The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-09-29
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to make a good nurse, and the right
is reserved by the authorities of the
hospital to terminate then or any
thine the connection of any pupil or
nurse with the school for inefffciency,
misconduct, generally unsatisfactory
record or for any other reason which
may be deemed sufficient.
During the first two months the
pupils are called ''probationers," for
the remainder Of the fiscal year junior
nurses, n during the second year
senior nurses. Nurses who remain in
the hospital after graduating become
head nurses.
The nurses of all grades reside in
the two nurses homes connected with
the hospital. These houses afford the
most homelike environments, and
have accommodations for Lightweight
nurses.-Chtcago Tribune.
An Heiress's Narrow Escape.
The Chicago heiress who narrowly
missed marrying a Washington man
who had two wives already had a
great deal nor money than brains.
Ii she had not been blinded with in
%fatuation she might have known that
no self-respecting sutton would begin
an engagement by striking" her for
a financial loan of several hundred
dollars. Men who make good hus-
bands usually have enough money
with them to pay their a fare and
other necessary expenses, and If by
accident they are caught with
out funds they do not borrow from
the woInan whom they hope to marry,
On the whole, Miss Fenimore got off
rather cheaply. When she learned
how enthusiastically foolish she had
been, she was in danger Of losing a
great deal more than her fortune, and
this thought should console her in her
present Disappointment. A trip to
Europe after the cholera scare has
passed, will probably soothe her
ruf1ed feelings and teach her the folly
OF making up with the first interest
ing stranger who happens to come
her way.-Phd1adelphiG Inquirer.
The Woman's Position in Law,
A widow is just as free tt engage in
business and bind herself by legal
obligations as a man. But her right
to share in the property of her de-
ceased husband is a right arising out
of the previous marriage relation, and
is affected by the ancient laws con-
corning that relation. At her hus-
bands death she is entitled to the use
and income for her life of one-third of
his real estate, and the dover is
hers whether she ever had any chill
dren or not. The rest of the real
estate goes to the husbands heirs.
The widows share of personal prop
erty varies in each State. AS a rule
she has one-third of it and the chill
Qren two-thirds. If no children
are living, or other descendants,
she has q larger share, one-half in
some States, the whole in others. As
the widow is legally competenJ to
transact business she can be appointed
administrative of the children.-Ihe
C~bGut0quGn.
Every Woman Has a Place.
The woman who complains that she
open her eyes, and in most instances
she will readily see what is waiting
for her. The fact that she does not
like that particular field is no argu-
ment against it's usefulness for her.
Patience Strong, detained home by an
untoward accident when the long
w~ished-for European tour was about
to become a reality, found opporGuni-
ties by the score for useful service. If
no home duties call, the sign is plain
that in sOme broader field there is, in
a happier sense of the word, a career
to be sought. The cultivation of some
talent may be destined to bring pleas
ure and profit. The student has a
boundless field before him. To many
a secluded one the Chautauqua read
ing courses have proved sources of
untold, almost unending delight. Ii
the necessity of self-support exists,
there is a large place for the single
woman. Good nurses, teachers, art
lists. musicians, writer's, d~ressnlakers,
and workers in a dozen more lines of
industry are always in demand. None
but the inefficient or the nnfaithful
ordinarily need. complain of lack Of
employment.
With some there is great unwilling
ness to accept the place for which
they nave special fitness. The adept
in the womanly art of needlework
who, despising her talent, aspires to
the rewards of an artists skill, while
lacking fitness for such a position, has
reason to find herself without a posi-
ton. Success is to be expected in the
line of ones abilities, not always in
the line of ones desires. Discomfort
because genius or great power has
been denied is simply an impious
fault-finding with the Creators plan.
If all women were great musicians,
where were the needleworkers? Ii all
~excelled in ministering to the sick,
where should we seek our works of
art and tasteful decorations? Willing
to be placed where one can accom-
plish most, always means happiness
and contentment. The oft quoted
apothegIn, ''There is always room at
the top is worthy of the author of
Proverbs. place aux dames'' is the
~watchword of the century. The
single woman. better than her mar
ried sister-because, ordinarily, she
has greater freedom-is in a position
to reap the advantages of the hour.
t Let her exult in her heritage. and not
allow a complaint to pass her lips, in
this closing decade of the nineteenth
century, that there is no place fol
her. -Hu7peaaS BazGa,.
: Prince Bismarck's Favorite Son.
Prince Bismarck's ~favorite sor ii
not, as most folk believe, the elder
Herbert, but the youngel
sahCount fWilliam.g9 ~popuIarIv callet