The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-06-06
"sPANklNG; P. r. NJ, 27."
An Order That Was Posted In the
Boys Hospital Ward.


Boys Hospital Ward.
The chief OF the hospital staff of sur.
geons one evening on his rounds en-
tered ward 2, which Is devoted to the
cure OF children's injuries, and glanced
In o persunctory way Rt the orders
posted by attending surgeons on the
previous night. He opened his eyea
wide when no saw this order, signed
by phyeiciau:
Spanking; p. II. n. a."
Turning. to the nurse in attendance,
the surgeon asked what t.2T'' meant.
1t meant that 81 children had been
SPANKED In that ward on the night be-
fore.
"Well. that is the most remarkable
order I have ever seen in the hospi.
tai" said the official, and he asked the
nurse how it came abont. up. r. N"
stood for pro re nata, ito meet the
| emergency" It was the other part he
wanted to have explained.
cit began with the throwing OF n
| SHOE" the nurse said. land 1t was aft
er all Of the patients were In bed and
tucked up for the night supposed
that the boys with broken legs and
plaster casts on them and the other
boys with broken arms and fractured
noses were disposed Of safely. Then q
shoe from somewhere went sailing
across the ward. narrowly missing the
head OF that italian boy. who has had
hia skull trepanned. The shoe was
like match to a barrel OF gunpowder.
a crutch aew over my head and hit
the window. The boys with plaster Of
paris on their legs wriggled out OF
their cots, hobbled to their near neigh.
bors and pulled them out on the door
Those who wanted to be quiet were
poked and plagued and foyced to get
out and join in the rumpua. There
were half dozen pillow fights In prog
ress In as many places at once before !
could say Scat!
"Just as the pandemoniuua was al
Its height the doctor came in on hii
rounds and protested. He sai6 thai
there was SO much noise the patients
In the wards near by were complain
Ing. The boys must stop. II they
would not stop. they nrs. Go made Il
stop. Why not spank them?
II ventured to say that the task 81
spanking 81 boys, hand running. as Il
"SASs NAo AO Chhu pAuys 1c buiS
that I must do 1t, and then he wrote
the order. OF course 1t had to be done
then. The doctor did not wait to SCI
what would do, and he looked rather
amused as he turned and went out Of
the ward.
'Well, gave out the order to thu
children, but they did not mind me IL
the least. did not wnnt to spnnl
them. for they probably sor TIC firs
time In their lives had their stomach,
full, and their animal spirits were
high. They had had enough misfor
tune In the accidents that had brough
them to the institution. So I JUS
warned them that they were up to {
spank down. AS the boys say, Nit!
They just winked ut me and kept OF
worse than ever. Then I started afte
them. They limped, hobbled and wrlg
gled back to their cots as fast as thei
legs would carry them. I turned dowr
the upper sheet Of the cot of the frs
boy that came to and laid 1t on good.
Then there was change. A chorul
oe dry howls went up to the ceiling fol
lowing the walls of the flrst victim
Down the rows OF cots proceeded
slowly and consclentiously, and. II d,
sny st, there was In my wake q lot o.
chastened souls"
"I'll make q note Of this crder as {
remarkable one," said the official. Fl,
did, and that is how 1t came out
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