The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-04
BY A NURSE
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Letter Telling About
Philippines.
A PORTLAND GIRLS EXPERIENCE
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She Went From Oregon to tho IL.
land Of turon TO Care for
tho Sick.
A PORTLAND CIRLS EXPERIENCE

one OF tho professional nurses
who went from Oregon 90 Manila
some months ago to asalHt In car
ing for the stick and wounded soldier
boys In tho hospitals has written to
a friend In Portland. glving her Inn
pressions Of Manila and AFFAIRS
thersi
I'VE had most delightful vow
age" Ahe writes, pleasant all the
way. We spent almost four days
In Honolulu. II IL certainly one of
the garden spots Of the earth. We
were nicely treated ny all. and saw
most % the city and surrounding
country, visited the boys In camp.
and took dinner with them. The
oresoa engineer corps 10 there. II
did them good 20 have Us with them.
and all wished they might 80 on
With us.
when we left Ban Francisco
there were a. nurses In the party.
Fif,eca we're for Honolulu. where
they were very much needed. more
40 than We are here. as the epldem-
lc OF typhoid was great. Seventeen
Of us came on here.
we were eight days from San
Francisco 10 Honolulu. and - daya
from there 20 Manila. We reached
here n time for Christmas. A. cur
boat We. the one which brought the
Chriatfnsa presents 20 the soldiers.
TONS or cuRIsrMAs.
We had 1000 tons % Christmas ON
board. and also 60 soldiers. and a
few passengers. We spent our
Christmas on board the boat. az they
had not secured a house for Us. Then
they thought Il an well for us 60 re-
main OF. board until We were a lit
tie accllmated. 40 We did not 20 70
work rntil January 1.
we have bern divided and sent
60 efficient hospitals. tbs first divi-
sion being the largest. ElEht OF us
are there. Its capacity II 1000. but
II IL MT near full a, present. The
sick rate In very low. very few who
are real sick. There II quite num-
Der OF smallpox caser. but all re-
cover nicely. have a large ward
In charrr. containing 70 patients af-
ricted with typhoid. dysent~ry and
rheumatism. do not have 20 work
hard at all. They Win not let US.
That IL not what thcy want OF uE.
They want uH 10 systematic the
wards and teach the boys. oversee
the work and see that no one Il
neglected go on duty at % a. m.
lunch from 1 to O'Clock ana rest
until 4. work from 4 90 Z, until ain.
ncr. from he 10 !. 80. sou SEE. my
hours are not long.
NOT ONE COMPLAINT.
Eve have q good mess. No one
can complain % anything. The hoe
pitai people are better fed than they
usuaiiv. are In the states. We have
an abundance OF Ice. The water Il
all boiled. but shsre 10 plenty ~ II.
TIE wards are large and cool. and
much better equipped than ] ever
thought Of finding them. They have
good be De. with bedding. towels. etc.
! must say I was greatly surprised
to fnd things 30 good and plentiful.
1T is not 30 with the hospitals
only, hut the same all over the city.
All the regiments are well provided
for. and the greater part Of this
sickness has besn brought on from
neglect and earclessusss. Now the
boys have learned better. and the
.ickn.ss IL much less. l am going To
like my work very much. Indeed
Manila II qucer-looking place.
n is a crowded city. very much the
same as Chinatown The native men
wear very few clothes: women wear
more. hut Of thin texture. many of
the children none at all. They look
healthy. are industrious. but very
SLOW. good at Initiating. but no,
much originality about them. They
arc quit. patient. too.
DoSs AnE IN HIDING.
II have not seen many spaniards.
90 many have left the city. and the
others keep In close quarters, Some
OF their homes are beautiful. The
foliage here IL more lururiant than
at Honolulu. bSt mas not had the
cultivation. Thsn 80. At present
everything Ia badly demolished and
the palms were broken 30 as To- see
through then. The flowers are very
brilliant and fragrant. Tell little
W. have seen beautiful butter
files and always think Of him.
have not caught any yet. as I viii
have TO sc, used to the sun before
I attempt going out In IL. but ! viii
see that he gets some OF the butter
flies
There seem TO be few ourios here
of native work. Most OF them are
Chinese or japanese. The weather
has been cool. for Manila, but II
seems like a July day in Portland.
The nights are lovely. One can sleep
under a blanket. II is gradually
getting warmer. March and April
are the hottest months.
Many of the Oregon boys have
called on us. All are glad TO see US,
The oregon Regiments In one OF the
chosen onsa of the Islands. You al
why's hear them well spoken OF by
everybody.
Time goes very fast. II IL now
more than two months since we left
Portland.
we expect a boat In few days.
News In what We long for the most,
Something 10 read. for all the liter
AZURE In the bookstores here IL In
the Spanish. so. II you wish to roe
member me with anything. let II be
a good magazine"