New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-15
Waiting through days Of fever.
Watching through nights u pain.

7, III. ,oId,ers did not kiss her shadow Il fell
O. 6esir c t %ssn F6rence Nshunsae
nurse 1t was because they al hsid Der IN tn NJ,
'Tsle but herself can be her parallel" once ~aen
a soldier complained 10 General sherman o, some
p,in,shrnert ne asked the man who had caused H.
and on being told exclaimed. "Oh. Mrs. Bicker-
dyke, Then l can 90 nothing for you-sHe OUT
She started the FIRST dairy attached TO The Amy
thousand nens-also begged. AZ forager she wa
Tssf borohes BIZ Of Mass was the
arst woman 10 be appointed by the Government. IN
sy,nv 'o oFier ont OF disorder washington was
great camp. and al was confusion when she vas
offered her services In the name OF philanthropy.
and never drew salary or received Governmeit
soldiers wounded IN Baltimore riot called the AZ.
,enton Of Secretary Cameron hen az ne heaa OF
paid sv the Government were selected by Miss DIX.
VINO made good health and good morals the basis
o.: things may be Inferred rom the difference Re
,yeen tae nurse Of that day and the prospective
nurse O, this Then woman must oe mature IN
years plain In. her personal appearance and 9ome.y
he standard Miss DIX esabIlahed and the on,y
Charity Mother Biekerdyke was long renemu ,nr
by ne soldiers tor her calico gowns. when were ere
continually catching hts ron n the sPar' N a
70 put Mother Bickerdyke out" These same
gowns were torn into shreds while stu In wear 10
stanch some sudden wound or h!nd broken arm
No doubt new uniform, unlike any no" IN use,
VII be !esgnsa II nutes are ,1 se3e w be
demonstrated. and al confusion and delay Will De
II wanted 10 20 to our last war as a nurse. but
was too young; said patriotic chicago m "a
'.ana suppose II there IS war now VIII be too
The question Of a nurse being too young Will no,
to-day with her athletic training and her superior
nroye her ability to cope with her brother surgeon
Ira the care Of hospital subJecis
reeoedrrwNl all belong the order Of the Red
cross and wear the picturesque uniform NAT Is
seen Kate Malcolm Of Maxine Elliott, for
ample forming fascinating and attractive setting
ApTopos Of the Red Cross organization is worth
Tational calamity 10 claim It's services There IL
list witch includes ne forest Ares Of MchiEsn on
,wo occasions the Mississippi foods. Ohio foods
Mississippi cyclone. again IN iS4 the hoods me
III cvcIo1e the Johnstovn disaster Charleston
enrtho1ake Russian famine etc. Fifty govern
ments are now enrolled under the banner OF inc
When Also, The wrsr Of y, tam0gs
he war then raging. as nurse Her ex?erleno-'
seemed to Sod Guch Hospital skeiches was criticised
S s5r spirit Of evty sine the war and in the
tTsae,.' Rat the sketches are TOO sad and book
taaiars complain that in making up sets OF her
books bee are sbn e' certainty fas given both side.
i22' ,Sn situation the pathetic md The ridiculous
as when me her own With Typhoid 80 and wig. :
that she could nS' bs sy bs s shf was " NOT d5
her ,.d sop bv The dark side OF lie IN he hospital
# has been said na IN se asq rss ba
Aeoi Introduced new element , sP s5 OF FUN
and entet ~ me wounded soldiers she d!d not
B ea se' 10 some Of The ~ to
of Ensign ppson wrote 10 his mother before the
Ta,se OF waierioo. full Of affection pluck and
bad spelling .,x ,,ar tho eark side nev he
P,.,,nS altogether by historians. end only The
oritteo o. &c details be made public We can
clean Ire rest In sad history o; cries groap
imagine 'ns,..rs home what relief 10 narrowed
and maj Ieueh ~ ,he man who brought into
feelings esp, IL with his regiment all down %h the
measles NJ was in no danger OF dying-in which
TO- ms e,s ~'' and las, message was .,u..o .,,c,
EIlza, W before they are grown up THIS IL my
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