The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-05-22
FARMvILLE, Va, FRIDAY, MAY p, 1903

I LrAl J. Nt-ll- NirFfl INf Nf rl I.HWC.IIf
tent physician. then that nurse should
20 % that doctor and trll Dim n'a.uiy
what she knows and then sui there
refuse 10 work. any longer untl-r Dbl. or
ders
The IDEAL nurse should De- a happy
woman Happy. Why B-ause. as
King Solomon wrote. "A merry heart
doeth good Ike a medicine Tile zip
ping laugh makes the croa kim owls
and the bats aud The vermiu. which
T love % ~ or walk OF crawl about 'r
the midnight gloom. re- Tor their lives
Happy. Why: Becaus- go.0d clerr i~
contagious ss we'll as infectious Tie
nurses smile in the slckroom las tle
same curative qualities as tue sun lat.
or an alcoholic rub AMI YET there ar,
some nurses who 20 about their tasks
with th- soured visa - o. an u1I.rrak
er's assistant rather than with the ra-
dlant face 0f one wlo j. trying 90 cheer
up those who arr pain racked and d.
pressed They never seem o. realize
that a true nurses facial express .0l
should b. full Of sunshine as Well a>
her fingers touch gentle and true.
But outside u der duty toward rlr
patient there Is another reason Why
the ideal nurse should be happy Her
lie j. one Of self sacrifice. 10 isa uf-
which has in 10 a sweet consciousness.
that she Is trying 70 help hrr fellow
men.
oh. the trausceudenr joy Of tie
Christian Eurse's sacrifice for others
IL IS the same JOY that came % tlar
young giri % Dr K-.gwin', chur.l at
Wilmington. Del Her little brother
had diseased limb The 1-,l over rle .
bruised bone would not heal The d0,-
tors told the father that ul.ess they
could get some little child who wa.
willing u have L-r 1,-sl grated 0u t0 .
his Le must de. Tie young sister .
heard what the doctors wanted SL- .
offered 20 ile down aud Jet Lrr fender
flesh b. taken. The father refused r. .
felt that In The dangerous oper4r'o, .
both children might die she finally
won his consent There. Tor three l0re
weeks. the little girl lay with her arm .
bound 10 her brothers while tLe flesh
was healing lls wound aud during aiI .
the time. with a happy smile. size kept
saying. Brother j. going 20 get we'll
les ny brother. BECAUSE sm lylu-
here. IS going 20 80 well"
have chosen this subject ~ tl-
Ideal Nurs-~ To- Two reasons First F.
want 10 remove the preiud'ce which e.
har5ored in many minds against hospt
tails and trained NURSES some people
think that a hospital j. only an adjunct
10 a cemetery and that trained nur~
.n a hospital j. lot nearly as coIpt
tent or faithful as the average mother
caring for Ler sick child The simple
fact j. many lie would have i--u
saved II the patient had been sent -o
& hospital instead of being kept 20
home under the parents charge some
lime ago 7 was called o. see a y0uuz Z
girl sick with pneumonia. Tie pa-
lent lay in a room that was damp and
old The mothers every action proved
he was incompetent 20 care f0r The in-
raiid I gently told her So and suggest
y that she send her daughter % g hos .
,itaL where she could b. properly cared
or. She answered that that was what
be doctor wanted her 10 DO. but she
oud lot and would not let Ler dau-l.
er Be under any other care but lrr -
WI Within a few days the young Z
iri died I ofic.ated at the funeral Z
hey bad a beautiful casket and p,eu- %
y Of flowers. but tie whole service &
eemed 20 me- a mockery. So not say
hat mother killed her child. bur I o.
az that II she bad been taken % The 3
ospitsl and received the right kind o' p
-eatmeut the daughter might have re-
overed. Z
Second. have preached this sermon
-Caus- I want 90 throw wide open a
- of usefuines. Tor Christian wom-
b. Nursing j. essentially w0man'- i.
Ork. II j. a. much a w0uan's work Z.
NaAlAN All = AaNg - = laNAa.Hl y N
.ork. Therefore I want 20 show o. b
lung women q field 90 which they can q
u only make au honorable living lut p
which they can DO an infinite amount p
good Sisters and daughters. Chris +
ln girls, IL j. time Tor some 0f you O. f.
op learning % play upon the plano Il
hen you have no musical talent and ci
ying 70 paint upon china when you on
I'VE no artistic talent and learn % d. j.
mething practical in the higher train j.
2 schools for nurses You viii there o.
.d a womanly VOCATION. You win fnl
re q course o. study Whieh will DO ~.
70 70 become better wives and moth F
s II the fragrance of the orange bios lea
ms should ever WOO you % tie mar .th
ige altar 81
Nay God bless today the memory ~ q
orsuce Nightingale, And may the d.
udage and The nurses cool hand urOn -
? fevered brow ever De accompanied -
the earnest Christian prayer of the
al nurse.