Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-25
WILL TEACH ROMANS.
Six Professional Nurses Going to
Work in the Eternal City.
GRADUATES OF A LOCAL SCHOOL.
A High Compliment to Allegheny's Nursing
Institution.
SOMETHING OF THOSE WHO GO ABROAD

The training school for nurses connected
with the Allegheny General Hospital,
which is under the direction of Miss Flor
ence X. Tildesley, has received high CON-
pliment from q foreign source. Miss Til
desley has been asked to send Eve or six
nurses who have graduated under her to
Rome, where they will be connected with
St Paul's House for Trained Nurses The
institution is non-sectarian. The Misses
Ida and Maggie Mckinley, of Latrobe,
and Mrs. Sell Hammer, of Greensburg, have
already been selected to go, and two others
viii be chosen in a few weeks
81. Pauls House for Trained Nurses has
been established less than two years, but is
already celebrated institution in Italy. Its
founder and superintendent is Miss Ade-
laide S. Martin. She is an English lady,
trained in the hospitals of London, and
having had experience in the institutions
of New York and Philadelphia. The work
of st. Paul's House in Rome is to furnish
trained nurses for private persons in any part
of Italy. The demand for them comes
mostly from travellers in the land, who
are more liable to fevers and accidents than
the inhabitants themselves. The nurses e1-
pect to be employed. therefore, chiefly in
the families of rich tourists They must be
of the best class. None but highly recon-
mended graduates of training schools will
be accepted. The nature of the work re-
quires the house to have nurses who can
speak all the European languages There
are consequently nurses from Russia, few
from Sweden, many from Germany, France
and England, and few who come from
Spain, besides the Italian nurses them
selves
Feels Highly CompIimentrd.
As vet there are none employed there |
from America, and Miss Tildesley feels |
highly complimented by receiving letter |
from Miss Martin asking that some of the |
graduates of the Allegheny training school |
be sent over. Ali the work is not outside |
of the house in Rome. At that place a
limited number of patients are cared for at
SO much per day. but no contagious cases
are received.
The terms offered to expert nurses would
seem to require some sacrifice on the part
of those who go. A capable nurse receives
$50 per week here, but in Italy she will be
paid only S15 per month. However, by
going abroad, she secures the benefits and
pleasures of travel, and while at work in
Italy comes in contact with the best Euro
pean physicians and surgeons. This alone
is high attraction to many women who
desire to devote their lives to the csre of
the sick. The institution in Rome PAYS all
travelling expenses to and from Italy,
requiring that the nurse shall remain with
them Is months. If she relinquishes the
work before the end of that time she must
refund the amount of her passage money
from this country and pay her own way
home
They Are Weil-to-Do Women
The Misses Mckinley, of Latrobe, are
orphans. Their family was an excellent
one, and they inherited some property on
the death of their parents They are there
fore not dependent on their vocation as
nurses, but have devoted themselves un-
selhshly to the work. They graduated
some time ago under Miss Tildesley, who
speaks of them in terms of high praise.
They have spent some time at the Garfield
Hospital in Washington and at
one of the hospitals in Philadelphia While
at the latter place they made the acquaint-
anee of Miss Adelaide Martin, who re-
quested especially that they should come to
Rome
Mrs Sell Hammer, who will be the third
nurse to go abroad, is a daughter of Jacob
Sell, prominent merchant of Greensburg.
The family is an old and respected one In
county. and Mrs. Hammer is |
a young woman of great beauty. She was
well educated, and about three years ago
married Dr. Hammer, a wealthy young den
list of Greensburg. Their married life was
an unhappy one, and they separated. Ever
since the separation Mrs. Hammer has
pursued the vocation of a nurse. She
has graduated from the Allegheny training
school, but will spend at least two months
longer in the Allegheny General Hospital.
The Mckinley sisters are now visiting
friends in Chicago, and will return to this
city in about week. After visiting rela-
lives here and in Westmoreland county,
hey will depart for Rome some time in
September. Mrs Hammer and two other
lurses yet to be selected will not sail until |
bout the first of December