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The morning times., 1896-12-13

In deciding to establish this school for
colored girls the august body of physicians
was not moved at all By sentiment, but by
very practical motives. There We're twenty
good reasons set forth why the coiored
nurse would excel the " hte one, and ar%tl-
ments advanced won over every opposi-
ton, for opposition there is sure TO be
over every radical step.
one Ut the points advanced was that
the ColoTed race are harder. Take a trip
to the southern parts of Florida for an
invalid and see how the white nurse suf
fprs She is as sick rs her patient the
first few days, Until she becomes accIi-
mated and the same with a trip to the
Arctics, where patients are sent To shake off
The morning times., 1896-12-13

which supply in all four cooking basins. are
used, two men can rapidly feed almost any
number Of persons and a delightful in
fuTmality reigns. Ali about the cooks are
bowls heaped with raw materials for con
version into dainty mesSeS- Every Utensil
used in preparing the supper j : silver and
every guest. selecting what plates, knives,
spoons, etc, he or She desires from piles
on side table. goes personally fer help
ings from the Chafing dishes The menu
varies from three to as high as eight diff
ferent sorts Of hot delicacies and The
guests seat themselves where they please
10 dispose of their portions.
This season even at the most elaborate
balls, the cbafiuE CisheS play an important
part for out of all fashion has fallen the
custom ol giving what was called seated
supper That meant the dining table
pulled out to its utmost limits and arrange
IneHjs made for placing every one before
a square meal in courses. Along with this
awkward method las also di>ap pDCarcG the
orthodox buffet s. Vie Of serving
When the nour for supper now arrives the
dining room is found converted into Z
species OF high art restaurant, ana Il cap
able corps OF men and maid servants IC
AWAY with the mad rush aud I.ilIage by
toe hungr- or too gallant young men
guests. The discreet caterer who has am
eye to artistic effects as well as con
veRience, establishes ia the four corners
OF tile room or across pHe end a group
The morning times., 1896-12-13

After dinner Or luncheon the very pretty
habit has been revived of the hostess
making coffee in the drawing-ruom and
having the liqueur offered from the coffee
tray. The coffee table is arranged in one
corner, or near the open fire, and on it is
Set silver pot. which revolyes over an
alcohol lamp, and at once not only boils
the beverage, but strains il of grounds,
all in the shortest space. without even the
amount Of manipulation tea making re-
quireS.
When The coffee is made it is handed to
the guest on tray with liqueur bottles and
glasses, and for this season at least no
liqueur is served. with crushed ice. Per
haps this coffee making in the dra wing
room Is q subtitle feminine choice for
attracting the men away from the dining
room, their wine and cigars, and now, as
q finishing touch To n Ginner luncheon,
or breakfast, every guest, on LEAVING his
or her hostess, finds a servant waiLing in
the hall with glass OF some sparkling
water hy way of a refreshment after hot
rooms and rich feast.
The morning times., 1896-12-13

there is no one else 10 sweep it; to keep
The room clean and cook her patients
fGo1. Many of them rebel at this and dis
tincuy state they Will do Lo, work in the
patients re ON, not even the making of
their own bed. And this, in n oderate
family, axes extra trouble.
But the cClored nurse is rot similarly
minded. The lowliest task is within her
IikIng ana size 0L rs : kGLiiIiy ana we'll
As a sick-r6 ON entertainer the colored
nurse will be something 10 make woman
happy and a man willing to stay longer
ill There never " asa cclored woman who
could Eos sing, nor one who could not tell
stories. The ornamental arts are all theirs,
and they delight to exercise them. A col
ored urse would willingly sing all day
and rock all night by her patients bedside,
contented with snatching such sleep as
she could between times. In strength she
is magnificent, pitting herself in muscle
against any man that ever walked.
The morning times., 1896-12-13
AS TRAINED NURSES.
New Colored Woman Has Found a Most
Useful Sphere

The new colored woman has been found
and her sphere established. The white
woman found her own years ago, when
athl etics and the professions ope ne
to her.
But the colored woman held back. None
Of these fitted her well.
Her sphere has been found now. 1t
was discovered in her own part OF the
country, the South, where her ancestors
lived. Her sphere Is in a professional
lI.lr ana II seurcn had been made for it
through the ages nothing so fit could have
been found.
Tie new colored woman's sphere is in
hospital work. She is a nurse. Alta
meeting of the New Orleans University
Medical College some months ago it was
decided that training school Tor young
cClored women should be established. And
lately the plans were draw up for the
school and the movement put well under
way.
There are thousands of intelligent young
colored girls who Will want to become
nurses in this New Orleans training school.
They are the daughters of well-to-do
parents and are intelligent to a high degree.
In all kinds OF handiwork they are apt
and there is no branch of personal ser yitude
they can not acquire They are quick
stepped, light footed and models of sweet
ness and patience.
The question of the young colored woman
has been bothering philosophers for the last
five ye, RS. As the industries of the country
grow people become richer and all nations
share i'll the fina ncial success. The class
OF wealthy colured people, men and women,
has been increasing until there are now
thousa ndS Of colored families that are, if
not rich, at least comfortable. Their
daughters, III they must work, are above
common kitchen work, and yet there are
not the industries open to them that there
may some day be.
The profession of nursing comes in here
and fills the void for the colored girl.
Not to speak of the void in the hospitals
anu In families. 1t is the step above
scrub work, yet below the equal, feeling
and footing.
The morning times., 1896-12-13
POPULAR PICTURES.
Feminine Taste Controls Market and Sub
jectS Are Cheerful.

They are mostly made IN Germany, n
It's tie pictures that are popular with the
greatest number of Pc ople you are asking
about, sid the Communicative art dealer
Fifteen years ago the French and Amer
lean artists rather CCntIGiIrd the market
and the pictures that sold tine best We're
eneTayings 10 OLe class Of art lovers. s. hiIe
cOiOfed plates, produced by various IithG-
graphic processes, were the II Cst extensive
ly purchased One Cf the Leading eEgTav-
Ings of that time VAS DelaIOche's tTyptiCh,
The Frodigal SON
No bride thought II worth while setting
up Housekeeping grless she he'd that special
picture to hang over her TaTiOr manJel,
while every weI-regulated household
boasted at least a couple OF StTane's heads
IN rustic VIC od frames, and the next ambi-
JiOn Of every woman whose soul yearned
after art, was u. OSSess a CClOred copy
of q uIdO's Beatrice CeECi After these
three prime favOTites we always found
e Oi sale for engTavings Of statesmen and
CuIOged plates OF THE Rock Of Ages
--CIinging 10 the CIOss.' THE Soldiers
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WEARING and DOING

Rome tile negro attendants OF the fam
lilies going there for the winter do not
catch the fever. Plaques do not torment
them and the fearful leprosies and poi
SONS whose travellers are open to seem
to pass them strangely by. They have
that hardy endurance that protects them.
Even in scourge countries the proportion
of negroes that die is low
But the main point in favor OF the
negro nurse is her disposition. A white
nurse may be ever SO learned, ever so
capable, ever so ripe an emergency nurse,
yet if she have a quick disposition her
patient pines away and is feverish from
the Swapping up OF ali Ill disposition.
The colored nurse is sunny all day
long. Negro girls are peculiar in this re-
spect. They are even tempered They
are not sensitive. Their natures are as
hardy as their bodies. They are comfort
and not d distress
Another point that Indicated to the
doctors of New Orleans that they were
taking q step in the right direction was
the cheapncss at which these trained nurses
will wofk. A city trained nurse gets
from So to Sc day. This means, for an
illnesss OF three weeks from 500 to $126.
This is paid out in cold cash TO the trained
nurse, and she will not come peg without
full assurance that She will get every cent
OF it. Doctors fight tue price in vain.
The trained nurse is scarce and sue can
command her price.
The trained nurse will set her scale
Of prices lower Beginning at S1.50 per
day, it is the present intention OF those
Interested in the school to raise very
slowly TO 81. The highest price is paid
To the nurses of very long experience.
who come, at risk OF their lives, to take
care OF malignant cases. But the nurse
WHO is engaged for gastritis, who sleeps
, all night, eats well and to kes her exercise
daily, will have to be contented with SO
or $12 per week.
The fear entered the minds Of the COM
! mittee arranging the entrance eXami-
nations that the question OF intellect
might Interfere with profession so cN-
acting in its kno owlcdge as nursing. But
this was found wholly without foundation.
a cOiOred girl whose parents read and write
was found quite as Intelligent as a white
child whose parents are equally well
educated. I nere was positively no
difference III the scale of knowledge.
so this question was SIT aside as unworthy.
In becoming Il nurse the new toiCred
woman is very pI oud and happy. She
enters 4 II UCh respected profess on, which
she II GnXiCuS o GCorn, and Eo branch ot
which is beneath her.
In the New YORK training schools for
nurses the young women are taught that
II is a muses. duJy to sweep the floor, if
The morning times., 1896-12-13

hostess is obliged to subject her own
treasured porcelain to peril. The caterer
supplies all these new dishes and no alter
math. as a bill for breakage chills nos
pitable pleasure over a successful enter
tainmcnt Another pretty ana sensible
plan at large balls. wedding receptions ana
musiclles. where supper is feature, is the
heaping of sandwiches in graceful, hlgh
handled Hover baskets. On the brown or
white wicker plates the bread is piled and
topped by q silver wire fork, which holds
a card. On the card, in legihle gilt let
tiers. is written, ham, chicken, salad or
iciIy sa sandwiches ~ as the case may be, and
as the maid passes by those who are
hungry may read and make their selection.
AS long as supper is in progress these
baskets of bread are kept circulating
through the rooms. and the ices are dished
up in the prettiest little pastehoard boxes.
Inside the boxes are lined with waXed
Daper. and il is "A fact to be remarked that
napkins seem rarely or never used now al
such suppers.
When at length the canvas tables are
deserted. their adaptability to special oc
ca>ions is proved by the ease with which
they are folded up. carried out, and space
is instantly accorded for new amuscm2nts
Out in the hallway. where, under special
circumstances. punch is to be found, the
bowl this winter is a big glass one, of i'm
proved model, for keeping the Sayory liquid
cool Lumps of ice no longer float about
The morning times., 1896-12-13

of giant double bowl chatting dishes. These
glittering furnaces are presided over by
chefs in white, who respectively prepare
oysters, lobster, curried fowl and terra
pin, by the steaming quart or half gallon
Plates, forks, etc, are heaped on center
taoIe, at the heau OF WHICH tfiIs Oh Douiion,
coffee and chocolate keep hot over alcohol
iai4p. 'iie Du'ief. c;ltsslbic ilrcd
head waiter maintains perfect order.
he secs To IL mat The young men are
provided, from a great store in the back
hall, with the new folding tables. They
are made exactly like camp stools, only
longer. broader and on high frames, Win
patent slip underpinning that keeps them
from collapsing. The light, canvas-topped
tables are set anywhere the whim OF groups
or couples may decide and the young men,
assisted and directed by the servants, eX-
port delicacies from the diningro A
wise ARIA ngement is the dishing up OF all
hot Semi-liquid preparations, as terrapm
and lobster Il la Newburgh, in small silver
bowls, for 10y doing away with as much
china as possible the food is kept very
much hotter and breakage is avoided. The
hot drinks, too, are offered i'll silver cups,
and the most charming painted Russian
platters answer as plates for salad, GRO
quettes, etc.
BY this clever device no china loving
The morning times., 1896-12-13

malaria. The nurse feels the cold. gets
rheumatism. cannot eat the food and comes
home used UP.
The colored race are by nature accli-
mated. They shiver because brought up
in hot climates. But give them warm
clothes and they are none the worse. In
hot countries they are absolutely at home.
Colored people not only suffer none
from the change of climate but they are
not troubled by any change of food. They
are a harder race. Whether this may
pass over in time with more culture is
not known, but at present they have
more endurance, are harder, live longer
and have fewer nerves. They do not
suffer from neuralgia and headaches as
others do. These are most valuable points
for nurse, who must be above all earthly
ills while She i S nursing.
Another point brought up at the medical
college was the strange immunity en-
joyed by negroes from climatic ills. II
The morning times., 1896-12-13
After Seeing flechanical EIe-
plants and Revolving Wheels
Hypnotic Parlors Restore.
Tired Shoppers Drop
In and Sleep.

Can really be the same wOmane'' she
asks herself, for her eyes are as bright as a
girls, and she looks like her younger Sis
ter.
III she is new patient she asks about
the clock that awOke her. 1t il a chime
watch, with the hours told in even strokes.
An attendant holds it to the head OF each
woman at precisely the right time for her
10 waken- IL strikes over and over again.
upon being pressed, and can toll for the
quarters and half hours.
The hypnotic pariors claim TO cure neu-
ralglas and headaches. They also give re-
lief from worse Ills A good caSo OF con
vaiescent gout can be taken to them, or
sciatica from dancing, or sprain from
the gymnasium, and the patient. tired from
using the wounded member. can be so free
from the pain for an hour that it feels like
rising in the morning, good for several
hours before the pain begins again
1t is genuine missionary work, because
1t sends a woman home rested for the
evening, and grand opera box beauties
willingly pay a fortune for a hypnotic
hour in sleep.
The morning times., 1896-12-13
SERVING SUPPERS.
New and Comfortable Modes of Handling
Refreshments al Parties.

There are several brand new ways of
serving Suppers at home, after small
Dances card, or theater parties, and these
novelties are all the outcome of practical
application OF chafing dish science. When
the hour for refreshments arrives and the
dininE-room doors are thrown open, in
place OF the doubly inviting cold collation.,
on the long side board or at one end of
the stately dining table the steam and
glow from a couple or trio OF big chatting
dishes greets the hungry guests over
the great silver heaters, with their double
power alcohol lamps, in very smart houses
the family chef or a caterers man, had in
for the occasion, presides From top to
toe he is arrayed like lily, and he prob
ably speaks very broken English.
Where the company TO be fed is large
and likely TO be rayenous a couple of
skilled cooks are engaged, and their i'm
maculate presence, their silver furnaces
and the delicious lhot viands they serve
lend to the entire entertainment a delight
ful picturesque variety.
IL a couple of double chatting Dishes
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-15

Committee on Arrangements. The re-
port was adopted. The Presbytery will
meet at o'clock this morning, and con-
tinue in session until noon, the last
half-hour to be spent in devotional eX-
ercises. The afternoon session will be
from 80 to o'clock, and the evening
session will commence al 1880 O'Clock.
DR.. Cunningham also announced where
the different visitors will be entertain
ed during their stay in the city. AS
many as possible will be accommodated
in homes, the remainder at the hoteis,
The latter expense TO be borne by mem
bers of the congregation OF the First
church.
The retiring officers of the Pregby-
terry gave way TO the newly elected Off
GERS. They were: Moderator Rev. John
B. Miller, OF Dallas; Clerk, Rev. DR..
Henry Woods, OF Washington, Pa;
Temporary Clerk, E~g. r. r. Bigger, of
Wheeling
On motion, the order of business for
the morning session Today, was fixed
as follows: First, Examination OF Ses-
sional Records; second Reading of Sta
tistical Reports; third, Presentation Of
Settlements with Pastors; fourth, EX-
amining and Licensing of Candidates
for the Ministry. 1t is understood that
there are number of young men TO be
examined. The usual committees will
also be appointed in the morning, and
the consideration of their reports and
recommendations will consume the
greater portion of the afternoon session.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-15
ADJUSTMENTS.
DARKEST RUSSIA"

Theatre-goers will have an opportun-
ity of seeing Sidney R. Ellis magnifi-
cent production of Darkest Russia,
which comes to the Opera House, Tues
day, April 21st. The Russian political
system is the theme around which the
story of the play revolves. The field is
an unlimited one, and offers\ unusual
scope for stirring scenes. as well as
for spectacular and scenic effect. In
the construction of the play the author,
Mr.. II. Grafton Donnelly, has displayed
inventive powers, and in a series of in
teresting scenes pictures in a graphic
manner the laws by which the people
are governed. The production is
mounted in a beautiful manner and an
exceptionally strong company tell the
tale. The author has woven through
the story strong comedy element
which throws bright and cheerful
humor over it.
SELLS BROS. COMING.
The combined Forepaugh and Sells
Bros. shows will exhibit in Wheeling
on Wednesday afternoon and evening.
May 9Th. The combination of these two
great aggregations includes all the no.
table features which have distinguish
ed them in the past, and will present an
unparalleled exhibition. No such col
ossal amusement enterprise has ever
before visited Wheeling.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-15
HATS OFF.

James A. Reilly, in THE Broom
maker" was the attraction at the Mar
tins Ferry Opera House last night, and
it is probable AZ there was less cram
ing Of necks to get a view Of the stage
than ever before in the history of the
theatre. 1t was the first attraction at
the house since the Ohio law requiring
ladies to remove their hats, went into
effect. Before the curtain went up, Mr.
Park Anderson. on behalf of the man
agement, called attention to the pro-
visions of the law, and requested the
ladies TO remove their bonnets. Every
lady complied, and the scene was very
amusing. Ladies who came late remov-
ed their hats as they were being escort
ed 10 their seats. Sensible women COM
mend the new law. but unfortunately
all women are not sensible.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-15
RIVER NEWS.
DaiIyChronicle OF the Movements of the
Boats and Boatmen.


YESTERDAYS DEPARTURES -
Pittsburg. Hudson. at a. m; Cincin-
natl. Keystone State, at a. M; New
Matamoras, Lexington, at IL a. M;
Parkersburg, Liberty. at II a. M;
Darlington, Jewel. at $3.50 p. m.
TO-DAYS BOATS-Pittsburg, Ben
Hur. at a. M; Charleston, Ruth, AT 6
a. m: Newport, Evansville, at II a. m;
Darlington, Jewel, at $3.50 p. m.
The stage of water last night. as in
dicated 10y the marks on the wharf, was
IS feet inches. Rising very slowly.
The Hudson made remarkably good
time on her up trip from Cincinnati,
considering the number and length Of
the stops which were made.
The Clifton passed down with tow
OF manufactured iron.
A transfer system has been arranged
which enables passengers on the Gin
cinati packets to continue to Louis
vile.
The Ruth took large consignment
of apples, poultry, butter and eggs
from Pittsburg. Capt Ira Huntington
is confined to his bed with pneumonia,
ard Mate Harry Adams has taken his
place.
The principle topic o. conversation
along Water street was the mysterious
sinking of the Dave Wood, at fremont
mines. near BellaYernon. S. l.. Wood
investigated the matter yesterday. Con-
trary TO reports, she had taken on board
only $50 bushels OF coal, hardly enough
to open her seams. The supposition is
that too much had been put on one side
and the dipping of the boat allowed the
water TO leak in through the warped
seams ordinarily out of water. Charles
Sheepler, the engineer, declares that it
was but fifteen minutes from the time
the boat began to settle till she was I'M
der. The true cause Will be revealed
when she is raised to-day. Jesse +.
Starcher. the drowned deckhand was
found in the water below the steamer
clad only in his Undertaking. He is
supposed to have tried TO swim ashore
and been hurt by the settling steamer.
He was % years old ard lived at Given,
w. Va. Up to a late hour last night
the Wood Company had been unable
10 locate his parents. They will bury
him to-day. John Barrett, mate, sprang
into an empty barge and broke his leg,
beside sustaining several internal in
jurieS.-Pittsburg Post.
Parkersburg, w. Va, April 14.-Riyer
IS feet 10 inches and rising. Cloudy
and warm.
Pittsburg, Pa, April 14.-River 10 $40
feet and stationary at the dam; weather
clear and warm.
Oil City, Pa. April 14.-River 6 feet l
inch and rising. Clear and pleasant.
Warren, Pa, April 14.--Riyer feet.
Clear and warm
Greensboro, Pa, April 14.-River 8
feet inches and falling. Fair and
warm.
Steubenville, O.. April 14.-River IA
feet inches and falling. Clear and
warm.
The Tom Lyle, Hawk, Pacific, Fred.
Wilson and James Moren with pass
down to-day with coal.
Capt. ]. H. Cats, Of Blairsville, o.,
is in Pittsburg. He piloted the Ruth
on her last trip up. and will remain at
the wheel until Henry Brookhart, who
is now at home in Marietta confined TO
his bed. is able to take the stand again.