The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-05-17

" IL u1SCA LII Lax Su1SC " q llkluOu
nurse is called in to lend skilled aid at
the bedside of some dear one whom we
intrust to her hands Mrs. Rose is one
of Brooklyn's fairest ladies, and she
presides with infinite grace over a beau
tifud home in st. Johns place, on the
confines of Prospect park.
II am glad to talk about the trained
nurse, for the work is my hobby" she
said to me one pleasant morning lately.
las editor and proprietor Of the maya
zine published in the interests Of the
trained nurse l feel that l am as much
in the field as though / We're indeed a
hospital worker myself. How came l to
be interested? began my hospital work
at a very early age. My grandmother,
who was a prominent member of the
Society of Friends of Philadelphia, de-
voted most of her time to caring for
the sick, and she took me with her in
her visiting rounds almost as soon as /
could walk. So l grew up familiarizing
myself with the scenes that she loved
"How does the public regard the
trained nurse?"
IF by the public You mean those i'll
position to engage the services of a
trained nurse in the home, I may say
that ! am sometimes amazed at the
ignorance Of well to do women regard
ing the proper status of the trained
nurse. Not long ago a nurse told me Of
being invited down to dinner at the
same time the doctor was, when my
lady host seated the physician at the
family table and relegated the nurse to
the servants quarters, introducing her
TO the servant by her first name. The
case she was called to attend was a very
critical one. and the nurse was too alb
sorbed to correct the mistake, but she
did SO later in the gentlest manner pos
sible, and n that denoted her good
sense, for really, You know, these WON
en- have practical things drilled into
them, and common sense Of the COM
monest kind has to stand them in good
stead scores Of times. Their position is
80 new as yet that their relation to the
family is not defined rs is the physi-
clans, and every new case has to regu-
late itself for them.
1.-THE latest news in the nurses world
is that q convention Of superintendent Of
hospital training schools was held last
month in Boston. This is the second con-
vention we held, and it is hoped that
the organization will be productive Of
needed results to the profession, the
principle n being the establishing Of a
uniform course Of training to be recog-
nized in all hospitals and the proper
protection Of graduate nurses
"The best hospitals, for example, ex-
act q three years course Of training. and
there are some that give q diploma in
two years. and some only require one
year to complete the course. There
should be q standard course Of study. -
New York Recorder.
New York woman's Suffrage Association.
One Of the busy and influential wom-
en- OF our community in Miss Isabel
y Rowland, secretary Of the New York
State Woman's Suffrage association.
This is n Of the strongest women's or
CARNATIONS in the Empire State. It has
county leagues in every county and po-
htical equality clubs and political study
clubs In every city and town. In New
York. for example, there are, it il said,
Owe IS, 900 members Of suffrage clubs
enrolled, while across the river, in
Brooklyn, there are almost as many. In
tho entire state they have about 400,
600, and the names Of 800, 600 more who
are in accord with them, but have not
yet joined their official ranks. Mis-
Rowland resides in Sherwood, N. Y,
where she is . very popular society lead
es, but passes much Of her time in thil
city. In speaking Of the progress Of thu
state organization she said: "It is yer,
pleasant to be in my position and watci
tie growth Of our ideas When a man O
woman once becomes convinced Of tn
Justice Of woman's enfranchisement
thers II practically no back sliding. o,
tho other hand. every now and the,
soms strong adversary becomes converte'
md comes Over TO our side with q rush
md sometimes brings . crowd Of his Q