Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-10-23
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YOUNG WOMEN NURSES
"Burnett's" Advice to Shop Girls
With Nerye-Expert Farming
for Boys.
II. C. ADAMS POLITICAL MAxIMs
Curious Facts OF Animals Disease
Club Women Throng Madison
Early Wisconsin History.

/ Ahl0iSOht w O[ts AD.---ll L was u
young woman Of strong body and fair
intelligence, would let the other
grls work In stores and factories and
fit myself for a trained nurse. Here
III little Madison some get SIS and
SIS a week who have the hospital
training, and they are kept busy. And
ether young women who have learned
all they know from our home doctors
get from So % SiS week, often as
much as their fathers earn. OF course,
lot every girl is fitted for the work.
hut scores OF sensible girls who earn
+ 81, 50 or So as clerks (and some stem
/ ographers are glad to get that coold
| with proper training as nurses get
| three or four times that income. In
the large cities they earn $50 week.
And mind you, room and board is add
ed to this pay. And there is a future
81 1t for those who excel-they may
/ become matrons of hospitals, cts, and
! some Of them wed rich patients or
poor young doctors.
| OF course, 1t Is hard work, but it is
| good Notwithstanding distress-and
! crises and operations do not occur ev-
| cry day to drain ones energies and
| tax ores sympathies. At the same
time. a strong body is required, for
much night work is necessitated. and
often patients must be lifted Cheer
! full, happy, resourceful girls make the
| best nurses. Those who are despon-
dent, lack nerve and must have other
people tell them what to do should
keep out Of the business.
Demand for Skilled Farmers.
Anu for young men, what better fut-
ure is locked up in a scientific known
edge of agriculture? Secretary True
OF the state board of agriculture has
a son who is an expert In the employ
Of Arizona. That country, by the way.
in the valleys--instead of being a
mere sagebrush desert, is fertile be-
youn description, owing to irrigation.
Professor Henry says he could place
hundreds of trained farm superinten-
dents where he sends out scores-if he
| had them. The supervisioI of dairy
cattle is profitable craft Profess
sor Henry adds:
They can get good wages, better
| than teaching school. OF course, they
must study with us and learn their
business. Mr.. Twombly, who married
w. III. Yanderbilt's daughter, and who
has one of the most beautiful estates
inAmerica, recently employed one OF
our students. and sent his manager
| TO Madison recently to hire another
one, but he could not get him, as we
( would not let him go. 1t does seem
| strfnge that these openings remain
untitled, while boys are crowding into
telegraph offices. seeking clerkships
in stores. etc.
Adams Political Maxima.
Henry Conciliator Adams, whose po-
litical ability has long been conceded,
| when asked how he managed to keep
his friends In times of storm when
the rest of US are on speaking term.
only with half the state) gave the fol-
lowing as rules OF action when strife
is on-he has followed them for years
a. Keep your own friends. % Get as
many strong men as possible from the
enemy. 81 Adopt such a policy as
will keep the strong men of the enemy
whom you cannot secure from active
| efforts against you.
Interest in Wisconsin History.
| A convention Of the State Historical
society met In Milwaukee last week.
These meetingS-in addition to the reg
ular annual meeting-have been held
in Madison uS9S) and in Green Bay
! $500 and again in Madison last Octo-
Der. when the new library was dedi-
Gated. They are pleasant OCCASIONS
where enthusiasm in state history is
kindled, and especially the older men
enjoy them. Not few of them were
| born in Wisconsin and are full of 'eye.
witness" "reminiscences. In a few
| 4, l. a..