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The evening times., 1902-10-28
Protection for Trained Nurses.

The Trained Nurses Association
viii present a bill to the Illinois Leg
fslature this winter, providing for the.
creation of a State examining board
of nurses. 1t is stated by the advo-
Gates Of the bill that some OF the So
called schools OF nursing in Chicago
are turning out persons with diplomas
and no knowledge OF nursing; and
thar the competent trained nurse
should be protected from competition
with these impostors.
It may seeem to the thoughtless
that ~impostor" is rather a strong
word TO use; but there is no other
word for q person who deliberately
represents herself as having taken q
course of training which she has not
taken, and as possessing qualifications
which she does not possess, in a busi-
ness so important and serious as that
OF nursing. Il is not safe 70 leave
the public at the mercy Of ignorant
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BY The SEA.

We rest when by the sea; the petty
Which IN cur minds hold far too large
which dwarf the Ioftiest thought. and
line the face,
Drop from Us unawares;
Our past appears Ike visions OF 3
While iSa' all the future seems to Is to
with good for him who daTes-
The dainty foam which tips the waves
In giee break one by one upon the
obedient to the changefuI moons com
Is like Ike our thoughts todayl
All tinged with light by Fancy's brush
They fash and glow with beauties
Tho. vanish like the spray
The breeze with noiseless step comes
Telling iUsiH5 Of cool retreats in distant
Where countless wondeFs hloe Osi9e-s1
the waves
And Neptune watches nigh;
OF snowy sails which skim across the
| spurning the shore. and from its
trammeIE free,
/ While shines cieudiess sky
The surges rnurmur IN our Ianguid ear
OF rising suns which triumph oer the
night.
Bathing the ocean with their radiant
1 light,
While seaguIls call aneaT;
And Of the tender kiss which parting
i Gives to the clouds before she giides
! As twilight shades appear
We rest when by the sea; the sacred
feet
Which trod its waters in the long ago
Have given them power TO soothe
the grief and woe
Which everyone must meet,
i and so the waves e'er prove a vel
come sight,
For. seen in storm OF calm, OF DARK
or light.
They bring a change complete
Marian L. Ward in Boston Trans
scTipe-
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The very soundes philosophers nave ever Deeh the
oa and their philosophy has ever been practical rather
than theoretical Consider example, what the poet
bosonbers say concerning life wisdom happiness indl-
fdaI and social we-being, conrased with wha the
7,ataDbvsfcaI philosophers say concerning them
At the present momet and for some little time past
the subjects deemed the be desired and the most
deserving Of strenuous final attainment in this
life are wealth. rank luxury, popularity social sue
cess. and political eminence-
What do the poets say these thingsf To what
were the themes the great Homerc poems the Iao
and the Odyssey" dedicated?
Adventure combat manly debates external nature love
friendship the Intervention the gods the procession OF
the stars and the. songs of the poets
What constitutes the subjecmatter Of the Greek TRACE
dies?
The ordinances of fate justice Of heaven. and the
h,,rjing Of the mighty their seats
What did Virgil think wealth, luxury and the pursuit.
of personal power?
Never did he gIorify his estimate of what makes
life worth living is to found in that splendid and Ions
sustained passage Of the second Georgia beginning with th
so often quoted:
O tortunatos niuliurn. suas bona norint!
wherein after glancng eoneptuousy at garments wove
Of golden tissue and tawdry splendors he draws
/ immortal picture o real happiness
Is there single passage in Shakespeare exolling 0
commenting mere material things? What does he say
The evening times., 1902-10-28
Foolish EXaqdeTahOnS.

A popular preacher Of Brooklyn re
Gently warned his congregation that
all Of our institutions are imperiled by
To strength of organized labor, He
also said that the modern Croesus
owns his private governor, his private
legislature, and his private congress
This sort Of utterance ought not to
come from the pulpit. It's proper
place, If it has any, is the platform at
a political meeting, where its force
can be measured with some degree OF
accuracy. Sweeping statements on
national questions are not a proof OF
profound thought. On the contrary
they are the easiest kind of state
ments to make.
Too many people have the idea that
when they condemn a large class Of
individuals they are proving theil
ability to think and reason broadly
But it IS much easier TO say in haste
as King David did. that all men ar
liars. than TO sit down in unhuTTieC
calm and figure out just what the pro
portion of lies and truth in givel
community is.
Il is to be doubted whether politica
sermons lead one single Individual I
right political action; but even If the
do that, or more than that, It ca
hardly be asserted that they are
much benefit to the majority. Tt
average man is led TO behave himsel
not by anathemas directed at his pa
u. or condemnation Of his polite
dogma, but by words which awake
in his heart the pure impulse TO
as good a man as he can.
There may be, in isolated cases,
local abuse which requires the clerg
man to hurI his opinion at it from t
pulpit in order to arouse public Sc
timent, but. in general, he can
quite enough for the country witho
delivering political orations in churc
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Of cold water had been dashed over
him
And our friends, the Russians, Miss
PrebIe?'' broke in Penrhyn at this point.
Have you seen anything OF them
since2r
Once I met the woman in the street.
She ran up to me and took both Of my
hands and began jabbering away in
French OF course, I coui@n't tell what
she said, but from the expression on her
face I am sure It was good news Of some
sort"
4 an very glad" returned Penrhyn,
But why should she speak French so
readily if they are Russians?" inquired
Miss PrebIe
Penrhyn explained how frequently the
French language was spoken in the land
Of harsh sounding syllabIes, and ther
was reminded to tell her how he had lost
and recovered his cane. He mimicket
the German groceryman's way OF talk
ing, using the masculine pronoun for th'
neuter. She manifested q quick recog
milton of the imitation.
Il wonder why they all do that" sh
said 7 have noticed it before"
Penrhyn explained the mysteries 0
the German genders. She was intenseI
interested, and sighed little as she re
Joined:
Il wish I knew German or French
some other language besides my owl
/ Il seems to make one-richer- Yo
know both. don't you? Did you find
very hard to learn?"
German I picked up in the country
was sent there as a boy 10 study it.
think 81 easier than French"
Penrhyn forgot where he was for tt
time being Watson sat and stared I
him in silent wonderment. He had nev'
> heard his friend talk in this strain wit
q girl before. They had always spoke
;, of mutual friends, or the rush OF Il
season or where they were going 4
( the summer; and Penrhyn had general
appeared bored, in the approved style.
{ Now his face was all animation.
The evening times., 1902-10-28
At KILC0LMAN CASTLE.
THE HOME OF EDMUND sPENsER-

IHE HUME Up EDAAAD - Es-NSI-EA-
A poets house it was-ay, long ago.
(Evicted by the avepging fire, he fed)
A poets house, indeed. it stands today:
Those winged poets, troubadours Of air,
The wren and robin, claim it as their
home.
The fairy mountains hang above it still:
Old Father Mole in Tipperara stands,
Like a dull storm-cloud with Olympian
guests,
As In the days of her the FaeTie Queene-
Ay. every highway leads to Fairyland.
Which passes by; and Mulla yonder
flows,
With its green alders. where together
sat
The Shepherd Of the Ocean and lis host,
The Pooka's tower far-on a lonely
square.
Gray Kilnemullah with sad ruins near.
And. hark!-what sound IS heard Sc
weird and faint?
/ A sound Of some new Fairyland is this
/ A bugle blown by eIfn trumpeter,
Who flies with rumors strange from
| lands remote
And, look.-where yonaer, with his har-
messed Fire,
Some fairy lord his wondrous chaFio
drives
Far Ger the hills from far to far away
John James Piatt in the Novembe,
Atlantic.
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( Town Points. Postage Prepaid.

and incompetent people with fraudu-I
lent diplomas.
The average individual may or may
not be able to judge of the competence
of a trained nurse, but in the ma
iority Of cases he cannot. The ply
sician should. of course, be a compe-
tent Judge of the nurses ability, but
there are incompetent and dishonest
physicians. Every safeguard should
be thrown about the profession Of
trained nursing, both for the sake Of
the public health and in justice TO wo-
men who have taken a thorough
course Of training and honestly do the
work which they attempt
It is quite true-and this fact fur
nishes the fmpostor with a leverage
that in certain cases an amateur nurse
can do nearly as good work as one
with q diploma from the best school,
Temperament and natural ability play
an important role, and a nurse who
/ does not irritate the patient and is
personally agreeable to him vii
sometimes do him more good than or
better trained, but less sympathetic
But these cases are in the minority
In the great majority Of cases train
ling is the thing that counts. To den,
this is tantamount to asserting tha
the unframed natural bone-setteT' i
equal 10 the trained and experience
physician. Other things being equa
case of serious Illness is safe in th
hands of the trained nurse and unsat
-, in those of the amateur, and a syn
pathetic nature viii not make up fc
: lack Of ability to cooperate with II
physician and follow his direction
with intelligence and precision tt
Association Of Trained Nurses has
right to protect Itself and the publ
The evening times., 1902-10-28
The Elcctt Family.

fHC 6fESIG NAstsf4
playmate Of Louisa NJ Aleott has
written soIne "reminiscences OF the days
of the raascendentalists. now almost
forgotten. and Of Bronson Alcott's con-
nection with them She tells. Of the ex-
pertinent which Mr.. AIeott tried in the
summer Of 1912, when he and several
other enthusiasts undertook 10 carry on
a communal life on New England farm,
without using hsh, flesh, fowl or any
animal product. molasses. rice, cotton,
nor anything produced by slave labor
Neither was wool permitted, being
stolen from the sheep, and the spade So
perseded the pIow. Miss Aicott's never
falling sense of humor enabled her TO
write humorous sketch Of this expe-
rience in after years. under the title
'eTranscendentaI Wild Oats" In this We
are told that when Mrs. Alcott. who did
the housekeeping for the community
was asked whether there were any
beasts of burden on the place she re-
piled with a twinkle In her eyes, Only
one woman!"
The evening times., 1902-10-28
By MAT THEW WHITE, Jr.,
Author of @one Of the Profession

eyes watching closely every varying eX-
preston on the countenance Of her ne
was addressing.
Who are these people, anyway!
Watson muttered to himself
There was no opportunity to question
Penrhyn sotto voce. He was quite ab-
sorbed in his vis-a-Yis and paid put
little attention even to his dinner. They
were on the subject of old Greenwich
Village now, the Ninth ward. the most
American war; in the city, Miss PTe6!e
said It was.
I suppose they live there, reflected
Watson. Probably one Of the old aris-
tocratic families who have refused 20 bt
swept along with the uptown rush
Are you going to stay for the FIRE
works?" he inquired Of Mr. Preble lres
emily.
IF it clears OF We are" was ina re
ply. u don't rightly understand jus
what they're like. Seems to me ire
works are something anybody can Sc
without paying for it. but I'm told la2
/ charge & quarter"
oh, the fireworks aren't much" 70
joined Watson. 1T is the play the
give that a-axs the money from It
crowd"
"Oh, are you talking about the aTe
works?'' Penrhyn broke in ner'
wouldn't you like to go2" he went Of
looking from Louise to her father
think It has stopped raining"
We were thinking OF going" Il
PrebIe responded. We've never bse.
and"
'.Oh. I'll put you through all right
Penrhyn spoke confidently, with an a
} of gayety Watson had not seen IN hi
for many weeks. He began to tell
some Of his experiences at Roman ca
nivaI They were all laughing present.
at his droH manner Of narrating some
the adventures he had had. Wat5C
I had heard the account before, but
enjoyed listening to it again, especial
s as it gave him an opportunity to wat'
The evening times., 1902-10-28
TIJE pOETC-TRUE LEADERS OF PRACTICAL THOUGHT
By ALFRED AUSTIN. Poet Laureate Of Great Britain

of vast possessions, of venal marriages OF soclai
ambition Of all in these days regard as
the only things that make worth living?
Who does not know lines declaring that to be poor
and content is to and rich enough OF those N
which be happiness Iowy sleeper Is contFasted Win
+Ha uneasiness Of head that crown or tha
which points out how better it is TO live with lo
dve11ers in content perked up in clustering
grief and wear golden or finally the me IL
which ambition is irmed be q shadows shadow!
All the greater poets of the same way OF ninAin
Bv this mean the solid, more intellectual more
wise in a word the phiIosoph.c poets The secondary
ets TOO often are rebels generating and foentng insu
lection against the divine enduring dispensaton me
Greater poes are reconcers and to the best OF thelr I'm
ia5 mowers Justify ways God to The latter are
orazers am the former not too frequently
demoraIizers.
NEGLECT Of the higher poetry of philosophy and love o
do esotionay and muscaIy expressed, cannot be foI
Tho good CT advantage mankind. Philosophers perisn
-eat Does remain. Metaphysics that were the boast O
one generation are and mock Of the next Grea
/ poems are permanent.
Therefore let US fewer novels: pore for oTlete
time over newspapers: longer and more intimately VIII
the noets the greater poets. They the wise men Ihe
arc the philosophers and incuicatos Of Wis
Great poetry is produced animated BY the union
tho bead with the heart with emotion-that
ccwnete most halIowed fruitful OF all earthI
nuptals.
The evening times., 1902-10-28
HfE5K RIVAL NEW YORKFRS STREET AND FIFTH Ay3

Miss PreAIe's eyes as they were fxed
on his friend.
.'Jova!" he told himself, Il believe
the girls in love with Pen! The fei-
low has certainly kept this thing pretty
dark"
When dinr.er was over the four
stroued out to the piazza together
The rain had ceased. and Penrhyn led
the way to the Marine Railway They
saw the fireworks. and after the per-
formance was over they all returned to
the city by the Thirty ninth Street boat
Penrhyn and Louise talked together
nearly all the way. Watson was left
to entertain Mr.. Preble, but the latter
fell asleep soon after they started
Ned would have Joined in the conver-
sat!on with the others, but they were
not speakinE on themes in which he was
at home. He thrust his hands deep into
his pockets and tried to amuse himsei
by watching the crowd, which, Of course
was immense.
'I must get Pen to tell me all aoou
! these queer pSOpiS mAOu &c
them" he decided. "I cant find ou
what line the old gents in. Hes fox,
old codger-"
When they arrived at the pier at n
Battery the Prebles halted at the foo
= of the Elevated steps
Goodnight, Mr.. Penrhyn." said Nj
Preble. I'VE take the Eighth Avenu
car. you know. There's one just start
= ing"
Il The two vanished in the darkness, tn
/, father hurry,ng the daughter away. he
I arm drawn corough his Penrhyn stoo
there at the I, ot OF the steps lookin
: after them
!, Come, old fellow. We don't want
miss a train. -
watson had ascended step or tw
T and now he TUNED to lay q hand on h
\ friends shoulder. Mechanically Pei
Z rhyn moved up the fight. but did n
speak. Nor had he said anything wh'
= they had elbowed their way through L
+ crowd On the platform and were in
n Sixth Avenue train.
e who are these Prebles?" Watson b
y gan, as the cars moved of. q new
b heard you speak of them before. Whe
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the girl, and she dropped her
knife and fork and looked toward the
ceiling rehectiveIy.
Well. well. with such an important
character as Becky we surely ought to
be able to remember the name Of the
man she married"
Penrhyn cut short what he was say
ing to Watson and turned to Mr.. Preble-
7 beg your pardon, sir" he said,
but aren't you trying to think of Raw
don Crawley?"
TO be sure, thank you. Crawley,
Rawdon CrawIey. do you remember
nov, dear? A delightful rascal. per-
fectly charming"
AS he added the last his eyes strayed
from his daughter back to Penrhyn.
Yes, I always admired him. re-
joined the latter. But then I am very
fond Of all Of Thackeray's books"
"Oh. are you. indeed?" exclaimed Mr.
Preble, looking pleased. so am I.
read the whole set regularly once q
year"
But there are people-inteIIigent
people. too. vent on Penrhyn, who de-
clare that they cannot become inter
ested in him"
yes, I have met such" and forth
with Penrhyn and Mr. Pre5le foun,
/ themselves launched on a literary cha
which left Watson and Louise at libert,
to entertain themselves with their din
ner OF each other, as they might elect
AS Watson was extremely hungry h
at first paid strict attention to his plate
Il was between courses for the Prebles
but although Louise was listening t
the conversation. she did not attemp
TO Join in it watson. noticing thi.
presently made bold to observe:
Don't you find it pleasant. Mis-
J Preble, staying IN town as late as this
It seems 20 me that June is one OF II
most enjoyable months IN New York
I'VE stay in town all summer. haI
never been anywhere else.
. -oh!" Watson gasped as If g buckt
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for one thing, that she might think he
had seen her there and had come to the
table on purpose.
But now she turned her mead and
locked at him She recognized him at
once Penrhyn saw this, and saw. too.
that she was undecided what to do. He
felt that he had better take the matter
into his own hands.
Good evening, Miss Preble." he said
7 trust you viii pardon our crOwding
you out Of half of your table. The
waiter told Us it was the only thing TO
do today"
I'VE shouldn't complain. We did the
same thing to those who were here be-
fore you"
She smiled as she said this, and then
instantly grew grave as her eye wan
dered from Watson to her father The
two we're fairly glaring at each other in
the excess of their surprise Penrhyn
noticed this fact at the same instant
MY friend. Mr.. Watson. Miss Pre-
ble." he said. adding: Your father,
! presume. Ny name is Penrhyn."
/ p" At5O4 1OOhSu ESGAJ ~ AAop ~ LIN
/ floor with mystifcation when he heard
his friend introduce himself in tht
fashion.
The waiter appeared at this moment
and Penrhyn ordered dinner. HIS usua
seIf-possession and ease Of manner ba'
quite deserted him. He felt as thougl
every one present at the table mus
know the thoughts he had about thi
girl opposite him But somehow b
feared 10 address her-felt a shyness
could not remember ever to have ex
/ perienced in his life before.
She and her father were talking to
gether. Now and then be could cate
word OF two. from which he gathere
that they were comparing the scenes {
/ the island with some OF Thackeray's dt
scriptions Of visits to Vauxhall In Var
ity Fair" It surprised him to find the
such well read people, and then he wor
: dered at himself for being surprise
2 Surely be had felt all along that Louii
: PTeble must be ar Intelligent gir
Presently Mr.. Prcble exclaimed: That
odd. Louise. that neither Of US can thir
. Of that fellows name"
j 1T begins with C., l think, father
The evening times., 1902-10-28
An E1uiish Minor Poet.


A curious story is told IN connection
with the recent death of Lionel johnson,
a talented English essayist and minor
poet. He was found lying unconscious
in Fleet Street and died in the hospitaI
a week later, without having recovered
consciousness. The London Daily
Mair' thereupon recalled this somewhat
uncanny tale:
He occupied some chambers which
about a year s.nce obtained great noto-
riety in the press by the fact that they
we're declared haunted. Doors suddenly
opened from no assignable cause; one
tenant after another would be seized
with inexplicabIe and fatal maladies'
and so forth. Every investigation was
made. but nothing tangible resulted
Powdered chalk ~ spread upon the
floors of the empty rooms. and. though
.clawIike footprint resulted. 1t was i'm
possible to trace the other 1t will be
noted that Mr.. Johnson died from a sort
Of ft, and the exact cause Of death
seems impossible to arrive at.
The evening times., 1902-10-28
Copyright BY Frank a. Nunsey)
SYNOPSIS

SYNOPSIS
Kent Penrfyn, a wealthy young club5nan, IS
annoyed 70 hear he Is reported TO be engaged
70 Helen Brooks, d society girl he likes
Helen, but is not sure that ne loves her L
is June She is leaving Tor Newport He
calls 10 say good-by. and that she VIII not see
him until August
Upon leaving the Brooks home, N Madison
Avenue, he walks down by way OF Fifu. Avenue
and Washington Square, finally landing at
Bleecker Street. IN which neigh6orh00d he was
bern. / womzn's scream calls attention 70
child, who has fallen beneath an approaching car
lie 7escues the child unhurt and restores 1t %
It mother, a Russian. who has Just been dLs-
possessed 4 benevolent German starts col
lecticn 70 which Peurhyu contributes literally
4 very attractive girl of about twenty asks Pen
ryn Il he ran speak 10 the woman in ETench-
he does SO, and with the girls help secures
ner lodgings for the Russian family. PeHThyn
IS greatly impressed with the charm and Dig
nizV # The Bleecker Street maiden who works
Il snail store which bears the name OF
Arthur Preble- After tue incident Penrhyn
gees 10 the river front and mecltates On the
absurdlty Of social barriers. He attends the
Casino with 3 friend, Ned Watson, who Is en-
gagged 10 be married 70 Ella Granger, a society
girl Ned Is deeply in love and extols love
aad EnzTTisge-Eitil the right girl Cites an &C
CllaIDtance, BletcheT. example cf IN
bappine-s in marrying oct Of ones own social
station PenFhyn. al home. wonders az " at
sons enthusiasm he thinks THAI the nearest
he has come 70 IL was when bis Bleecker Street
heroine spoke % him
He cannot get her out Of his mind, and ths
next day on the excuse Of looking fOr his cane
he returns 70 North BieeckeT Street. The Ger
man grocer has kept the cane for him sC
there i 10 excuse Of going 70 the store wheri
Jhe Young woman works Re learns however
that she IS Louise Preble, daughter OF the pro
prietor- De goes uptown 70 his club. still
ruusnating on the absUrdity Of class distiHc
ticus il s free country
Although be does not see Louise Prebie, b
cannot tear himself away from town. On IN
Fourth Of July, however. he and Ned Watson
20 70 Brighton Beach, and Peuryn finds him
self seated at dinner opposite Louise and he
farher
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an era Of problem plays, an ear OF ro-
nance. an era Of comedy don't believe
in this at all. A problem play succeeds,
and managers rush to produce others.
A romance makes hit at one theater,
and Immediately you find Tomances all
around This, It seems to me, is
mistake. One play succeeds because it
is a good play. and not because it rep
resents a particular kind When you
say that the public clamors for the
risque, you are wrong. One fine risque
play may have net with approval The
production Of others is due to the false
good deal The public wants anything
The public does not quite know what it
wants"
Ezra Kendall is meeting with good
success IN his new starring venture. This
The evening times., 1902-10-28
The Beqinninq Of q Career.

Gouverneur Morris, author Of Tom
Beauling" and clever story just pub
lished under the title Aladdin 0'Brien, .
began his literary career rather early.
When he was eight years old his aunt
used TO read 70 him from a translation
Of the Had The climax of the story
was not to the youngsters liking, and
he presentf~ rewrote 1t, making the
most valiant Ct the Trojans stay Achil-
les. Mr Norris Is as much sports
man as a litterateur, and divides his
time betwe, L the golf links. his desk,
and various out-of-door amusements-