Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-12-09
HONORABLE TIGER MISS.
\ Specimen OF the Trained Nurse An
JapaR-A Charming At
tenunnt.

a japanese trained nurse! 1t is hard
o say why the idea strikes us as odl,
or japan is provided with excellens
physicians and hospitals, and the eng
press is herself president Of the Jay
tnese Red Cross. Nevertheless, if Ya
ina something surprising in she
;hought, there is much that is winning
the embodiment, if O'Tora San, the
,urse described by Mrs. Hugh t1ase.
II recent volume of "reminiscences
nay be taken as a fair specimen.
She was barely four feet high
writes Mrs. Fraser. Her complexion
was dark, her feet were encased IL
white linen socks with divided toes an5
shod with dainty straw sandals With
green velvet straps.
Her figure, the shape OF Il very soft
Gather pillow, was draped in a tight
lifting white apron with large bib,
md she was kept inside her buttonlcsa
md strngless clothes by Il cruelty
light and wide leather belt put on over
apron and all. Into this belt, holding
Ter breath for a long time first, she
'ould with great effort push her fat
silver watch, her clinical thermometer.
Two or three yards OF u Japanese letter
which she would read foot at time
when she thought was asleep). her
carefully folded paper pocket handker-
:hlef, and the relentless little regis
Ter IN which she noted down, from
right TO left, cabalistic signs With
which she and the doctor coniurcd
every morning till they knew all tne
sins my pulse and temperature had
been committing.
Her name was O"Tora San-Hon-
Tiger Miss-but her ways were those
81 the softest pussy that ever purred on
= domestic hearth rug and oh, what
nurse she was! So gentle, so smiling.
50 delightfully."- sorry for one!
Il have often caught the tears rum
ming down her little brown nose when
The poor Okusama was extra bad; and
through long nights Of pain has she sat
IN her heels on corner Of my bed.
tanning ne ceaselcssly with the all
but inperceptible hutter Of the fans
adge-a movement only possible for
those wonderfully sensitive japanese
fingers, but most refreshing to the
famed one.
When it was time for her meals, my
maid O'Alatsu would creep into tho
room, having shed her sandals at the
1oor, and after inquiring about my
health, would make deep and grace
full obeisance to Lion. Tiger Miss, and
inform her in respectful whisper that
uer honorable dinner was ready
The polite little Tiger would jump
up, return the bow,l ask permission
to depart, and slip out to feed on fish,
pickles (such dreadfully strong-smclI-
ing picl1les!) and rice, washed down
with thimblefuls OF green tea or fish
soup.
After about Is minutes OF solid feed.
ing, she would return, come up to my
bedside, and express her gratitude for
the meal supplied her. Then she would
drop down on the cushion in the cor
ner, and with the calm unconvention-
atty peculiar to ger race, let out
couple Of holes in the leather belt"
Her ugly uniform discarded, how
ever, and arrayed in her own dove-gray
kimono and wide sash. as her patient
afterward often saw her, the queer lit
tie lady became as charming as she was
luaint-the very dcmuresJ ana dainti-
est Of domesticated Tigers.-Youth's
Companion.