The Washington times., 1895-06-09

was janntiIy arrayed in childish glee,
with an imitation OF a nurses cap.
''0h, yes, indeed, love them, love
them" she said, ''and / thank yOu very
much for remembering me.
And then cIinging tightly to her own
little prize, she volunteered TO help IN the
Distribution Ada KeSsler is quite a
character, very Intelligent very bright
and sweetly sympathetic with other SUI
ferers 10 the ward.
In one Of the beds was a poor feeble
young woman, with an honest face. and
the tears welled up from her eyes as the
ladies approached where she lay stretched
on her bed OF suffering She had been
10 the institution bot few days. She
reached out a feeble hand with the utmost
eagerneSs, aud in her joy kissed the little
messengers Of sympathy as she said:
You couldn't have pleased me better
than with these flowers," and "Oh, how
l Eong to be out where I can see them
again"
Her name Is Cara Lemmeuce Little
Ada hoyered around the bedside while
this scene was going on. and could
scarcely refrain a little tear or two herself.
SADDEST OF ALL
Then there was another young girl,
/ Augusta Rennscke, who, chenshing her own
gifts, came and sat down on the bed beside
Miss Lemmence and they were evidently
quite happy and Interested over the visit.
The party left them talking very ehummily
together and as the party repassed. Miss
Lemmence was reading to her friend the
story OF Miss Casseady.
But the prettiest, and yet the saddest, OF
all the scenes was that in which Miss Lizzis
jenkins and little Ada made up a picture
for an immortal painting.
Lizzie Jenkins, faint and feeble, lay on her
couch in a remote corner OF the ward. When
in health she must be beautiful woman
Her dark hair was in several bFaids, which
fell carelessly over her pillow. She had but
little animation and appeared TO be deep
in thought ali the tine She, however,
received the party with all the grace and
eOrdiality she could muster, extending her
left hand. her body remaining quite notion
less
She was very pale and spoke in ever
such a gentle voice This patient was evi-
| IDENTIFY Ada's first love. for the little spTite
bent over her TO hear everything that was
said by the ladies' She arranged and re-
arranged her pillows az il she were the
nurse in fact as well as in spirit.
After the good ladies had deposited their
beautiful tributes in this fair sufferers hand
they spoke kind words OF consolation and
hope TO her, which moved her to a renewal
of her whispered thanks and starting tears.
When the party looked back there was
Ada bending down over the pale girl with
her arms wound around her neck, their
! hair, flowers, aud tears all beautifully in
| teFmingled One could well apply to this
/ exquisite scene what Shakespeare wrote:
Upon such sacrifices as these, my COTdela,
| the gods themselves throw incense
Everywhere there were touching scenes
\ aud nee more so than IN the wards for
/ the colored women.
| The sailors ward was also visited aud
| the jack tars were constrained 70 believe
/ that there was plenty OF good on land
/ as well as on sea. Rough hands took the
| flowers as tenderiy as could those OF
\ woman, and it was plain TO see that the
/ sailors will have these flowers for many
/ day yet.
| One of the Ioyeliest sights OF the day was,
/ of course, at the Children's Hospital. where
| there was the kind OF gratitude that speaks
| best out of streaming eyes and the innocent,
unstudied phrases of youth. Nothing, in
| deed, more beautiful can be imagined than
this ministration to children.
| 1t was a most joyous day to them. It
would have been a Joy had they all been
| in the bloom OF health, but in their pain
aud isolation it was infinitely sweeter
AMONG THE INCURABLEs.
At no place were the flower messengers
| more welcome than at the Home for Ineura-
bles, in Georgetown. The class of pa
/ tients there draw deeply on human SYM
/
! was more marked than elsewhere, perhaps
/ on account OF the hopelessness OF the
4 condition of the inmates
/ The visiting ladies were Mrs. j. I. King,
/ Mrs. Mary Bunch, and Miss Darling, and
! in every instance the faces OF the UnfOr-
\ tunates tighten up with Joy at the first
/ sight OF the flowers, and they offered heart
/ felt thanks for the kind remembrance
\ At the Eme rgeEcy Hospital the visitors
/ We're, in the absence OF the matrOn, Mrs.
/ West. shown through the wards by Miss
/ Susan Mcclellan.
The other hospitals, and the ladies who
visited them, were. Freedmans' and Meth
odlst Home, Mrs. Henry and Miss F-enauld:
| Childrens' Mrs. II. d Gordon and Mrs. j.
( A. Linton: Columbia, Miss NJ Joyce; HomeO-
patbic aud Sibley Miss Walker.
The ladies of the Mission win visit to-
day the AImshouse, the WOrkhouse and the
jail about 2.30 p. IN They have such an
I abundance OF flowers that they will give
fruit in addition to their ether gifts to-
day. Many flowers will also be sent
here and to FreedmeIs' Hospital from the
various Sunday-sehOOIs in which Chill
drens' Day viii be celebrated
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