Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-08-05

the daughter Of William L. Nightingale Of
I Embley Park. Hampshire. and OF Lea
/ Hurst, Derbyshire. Il worthy baronet, who
| admired his daughters brains and strong
| individuality and lot hor 90 her own way.
She spent some considerable time with tho
] Protestant Sisters Of Mercy at Kaiserwerth,
on the Rhine. and abe studied In Engllsh
hospitals anu schools and reformatorios the
wounded In body and mind and. for that
matter. SOM as we'll.
Just before the opening Of the Crlmean
war she opened a school for the traininc
Of nurses in Harley street In London, and
here she introduced methods that are still
IN vogue In our own schools for trained
nurses.
AS for her work IN tho Crlmoa. every
history OF that short, but desperate, strug-
gle tells Of the work OF Florence Nlghtin-
gale. Her work was indeed more useful
than the charge Of the Light Brigade that
Tennyson has sung, though tho Master
Singer" did not see 1T TO immortalizo Flor
enue Nightingale,
The English people, though taclturn and,
1t may be, at times ungrateful, are not al
ways so, The womanly tenderness Of Flor
ence Nightingale, her more than manly
courage, resolution. fertility Of resource ami
practical knowledge Of the work towhleh she
had set her hand, made an impression in
England that can scarce be understood even
now.
In those days the old fogy officers swore
at hospital and ambulance and Rcd Gross
corps. They did not want them They
claimed that this sort OF treatment made
nanny sick" babies of soldiers, that II
spoiled discipline that 1t invited shrkers
and towards to net sick, and In short. that
the service would Ego to the devil" n such
things were allowed as having women and
new tangled ideas around In time Of war.
These grumblers were thick headed but
honest. and when Miss Nightingale. having
carth blanche from the english Government,
changed tho whole system Of treating sick
and wounded. made the old school Of mill
tary surgeons, who would rather ampu-
tate a Limb than take any trouble, UNDER
stand that their day was over. brought
order out Of chaos, when she brought
brightness and comfort and hope into the
hospital wards where wounded and dying
soldiers lay. the old war dogs who did not
want any woman about their camp. thanked
the Providence that sent this strong. re-
sourneful woman to their aid
At the close Of the Crlmean war. Florence
Nightingale was the NOSE popular person
in Great Britain, and what Is more. Eng
gland, which never does things ny halves
when once II Is aroused, showed It's appre-
citation OF her work and worth. she was
thanked BY the Queen. and she was thanked
by lords and commons The press echoed
and re-echoed her praise. The English
peonle always practical. raised testi-
ufnnial fuuu OF e-oNstNN anu lIthfUNti II u
Miss Nightingale. This testimonial was
accented but Florence Nighungala's dis
nositlon OF /, WAS characteristic She ar
ranrsd that every shilling Of the fund
sbonid 20 to tho establishment OF a school
so- training nurses in the Nightingale Home
IN 81 Thomas Hospital In London. The re-
suit was the establishment Of a school for
M raining OF nurses that perhaps has no
eausi In me world and that Is one Of tho
n,e9t famous OF the modern institutions OF
For many years Miss Nightingale herself
,ersonally snperlntanded this school for
,,,rses Her in health caused her to re-
.irs fror, active work The home is siill
,nanaged strictly on the lines she laid down.
et,ee Miss NiehtiDxalo'a health has failed !
.is mas not Attempted any literary work. |
sts,,eb Il 4 said that she has almoat writ
,ar q rc,iov OF the progress and improve 4
800 In hospital methods since she rrst in-
1904 herself In tho work. In her quiet
S5,ne m Innd0n she = surrounded by
tritarv N esteem, showered upon her both
~, Goyernmants and Individuals all thu
.tnthjnr could be more calm or peaceful
- tha evening" OF this good wonan's life.
,..l.iat, - falling quietly and softly. II has
~, ~a,,1 a nebie life and q useful one. Allied
,.1th nnsclash desoiion to high ideals and
n ~ h,,.,,sn,t~. When Florence Nightingale
- no World will have more reason y
n ..,',,,r, ,tau n has bad over the death Of
its mightiest waIIloiN