New-York tribune., 1903-01-01
TRAINING SCHOOL NURSES MERRY
They Impersonate Jerome and Jacobs and
Have San Juan Charge.

One hundred and two pretty women nurses. none
over twenty-five and none under eighteen, had fun
last night in the Bellevue Hospital Training Scnoo
opposite Bellevue Hospital They had been pre-
pairing for weeks for this night. the only nlghf IN
the year they allowed full liberty
II was about s o'clock when the fun began
Then from every room in the house and from the
dormitories emerged strange figures AS policemen
soldiers. sailors. tramps. Fflipnos DUDES ana IN
dozens of other makeups the girls came trooplng
out with shouts of laughter and jokes and sallies
Two who had made up policemen, with trous-
ers whiskers helmets and all the rest. went INTO
the basement just before o'clock. Then they mace
sudden rush upstairs among some OF the slrls'
This has got to stopt' they shouted ana rusneo
the others
"A raid. A raid!' shouted some of the girls. VINO
actually became frightened, and they rushed up
stairs to their rooms The others stood sun IN
dumb astonishment. But the policemen gisgleo
through their whiskers, the whskers became loose
and slid around under the ears and the other girls
than got at them and beat them with paper CLUBS
Then another impromptu feature Ieody
Roosevelt came out at the head OF MS Ffoush niu-
ers. He was in khaki. with tremendous hat Gov
cred with toy pistols and dasgers, and pistols
adorned his belt He carried a sword made out OF
candy The charge up San Juan Hill (tne slaiI-
case). the Spaniards being represented oy deVns
with tails and horns and armed with canoy
muskets and paper guns and swords. was sal-
liant affair. The Spaniards were overWhelnleo-
Immediately this was District Attorney
Jerome appeared in darkened hall with Detective
Jacobs. Jerome had cigarette little mustacne'
creased trousers and and boxes Of cigarettes
hung over his shoulders and were pinned to his
trousers But the girl that was Jacobs!
This girl would have made Jacobs blush, and she
would have blushed if Jacobs or any man mad
seen her She had more DISCUSSES than Jacobs has
put on in his career She changed at every step.
Whiskers were put on and pulled off to the aston
ishment and admiration of the assembled devils
angels ETC. and she jumped in and out of trousers
creased and trousers patched. the very persoLclf q
candy and chocolate out of every part of her dis
guises until Jerome shivered.
rs it raid Mr. PreencI attorney! salo 'aco'S
"S'death yes Give all the tip cried Jerome.
red devils were sent all over to tell 1 Of tne ne
an maginary meal in the middle the floor of the
prominent part OF the dormitory. ana TAXED
loudly of the raid to be made and warned all. ;.
Now, as the reporters are all here, we start,
said Jerome and Jacobs put on and off three dis
guises for practice and they SUNK out
Jerome knocked on a door where sailors. police
men tramps ETC. were throwing circular pepper
ments for chips at one another. and shouted
''The raiders are here Are you ready?
For reply the insiders footed a blast on theis
horns worked the oeuss hard ana fTe5 10 make
off with her. but they fell in heap IN the corner
and the red devil split her costume Laughing ah'
had to run to fix it.
Then the devils charged the angels The
angels were in white with wings The devils rtsned
them not being strong enough fell down with their
burdens. while all the rest howled ana 5eted the tne
drove the devils back into H, which was the
classroom. 49,, o,d coo
what was going on. They put nurses clothes anG
Knocked on the door of the training schooi ano
were admitted. But the girls had pre- PREPARED r9l Iol
selves The men could not give 1t: The Whiskers
were yanked from their faces and the frst sS @ grls
gave them simultaneous snove whlch ianoeo 'ieii
in the street their backs.