The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-11
BRAINS AND ENERGY DIR. GER
TRUDE WELLINGTON'S WEA-
PONS.
ALL CHICAGO AT HER FEET.
SPLENDID CAREER OF ONE WHO
LIVES FOR THE GOOD SHE
CAN Do.
SOCIAL AND CIVIC REFORMS
Occupy n Large Portion of the
Thoughts of the Busy Wo-
mans Life.

typical Chicago citizen,-a type of
the newest new woman rs DR.. Gertrude
Gail Wellington, wife of Cyrus yelling
ton Of this city, and one of Chicago's
best-known women. Between the years
of 18SS'9O, DR.. Wellington was resi-
dent of St. Paul She made many
friends who remember her with
pleasure. DR.. Wellington is large and
striking in appearance, with a full,
youthful face and dark eyes, a revela-
ton Of will power and forcefulness.
DR.. Wellington impresses one with
the sense of accomplishment Success
is written on every feature. She has
been spending some time at Balsam
lake with her family, and was inter-
viewed yesterday at the Ryan hotel
DR.. Wellingtons life has been an uni
formly busy one. She taught school
In DEBORAH, Iowa, at IA years of age
was married to Mr.. Wellington, then
practising law in that city, at the age
of 20, and began course of instruction
in the New York medical college for
women, at %. There she remained five
years, two in the old school, two in
new and one as a post graduate. She
was the second woman to take up the
the study of operative surgery in the
college, and also studied gynaecology
Her life in ST. Paul was a quiet one,
and beyond her personal friends she
was not generally known. But her
work in Chicago, since she settled
there In 1892, has brought her into
prominence. Scarcely a Chicago
paper but mentions her in connection
with some well known public Nork
She is president Of the woman's medical
club, the first club organized in Chi
cago exclusively for women. This club
has a wide reputation for it's influence
in social and sanitary matters.
Despite trendous opposition this
club secured the passage of an ordi-
nance regulating the purity of milk.
The organization has also been instru-
mental in securing the erection of the
new SMALLPOX hospital, which, when
completed, will cost $780, 900. The
weekly meetings Of the club take place
every Saturday at DIR. Wellingtons
office The monthly meetings, held at
the Auditorium, for the consideration
of subjects of public interest, such as
the prison laws, ETC., are well attended
The especial work of the club for the
past year has been the abolition Of
prison punishment Of boys between the
ages of IL and II. The work for the
coming season will be the establish
ment of city hospital. DR.. Wellington
is the leader Of these movements and
has been elected president of the new
hospital committee for life. In the
Free Bath league, of which she is presi-
dent also, she is probably best known
She was chosen the year before the
worlds fair leader of the movement
to establish free bath on the West
side and which was subsequently built
at cost Of $4,000 and called the
Carter Harrison, who was then mayor,
and who was DR.. Wellington's most
bath has been wonderfully successful.
In the month Of July, 1885, there were
II 900 bathers. Under Mayors Hop
kins and Swift an ordinance was passed
by the council, through the efforts of
DR.. Wellington, appropriating $4,000
for another free bath on the South
side of the city. The next steps will
be the location of free bath in the
districts among the very poor classes.
For the first time in Chicagos history
the lake shore was opened to the bath
ing public at Lincoln park last season.
All this was the direct result of DR..
Willington's efforts.
The energy of DR.. Wellington is pten-
ominal. She has a large office practice,
is a specialist in women's, diseases
occupies the chair of gynaecology in
the medical mission institute Of Chi
cago, is one of it's trustees, and mem
Der of the hospital committee. The
purpose of the institute is to train
medical missionaries. sThere is in con-
nection with 1t vast amount of work
among the poor, much Of which Dr.
Wellington has personally supervised
Her Thursday and Friday afternoons
are devoted to the free dispensary She
is member of the Illinois Press as
ISOLATION which boasts of 300 members,
and she is a warm friend to news
paper workers. A 1arge-hearted, en-
thusiastic woman, her whole soul goes
into her work.
DR.. Wellington wears a peculiar
badge with a deep red cross in the CEN
ter. When asked concerning its mean
ing. she replied: ''That is the Chicago
physicians badge given to physicians
and surgeons by the mayor, to facili-
tate their progress through the city
For instance, should a crowd be as
sembled and a doctor wish to pass
through policeman seeing this badge,
will clear the way for him-you can
see the Importance of this in a large
city and yet Chicago is the only city
in America which has adopted Them
IF one wishes to succeed in a large
city, she says, lone must face the
world, learn to be ready for emergen-
cies, and push" Dr. wellington does
push and she succeeds She proves her
theory-a rare thing in man or woman
BUFF WAS NOT THERE.