New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-01

at must have a pap &c aathe this leg in" said
the nurse as she knelt down by the grand
mother and unrolled the bandages.
Die schIisseI,' suggested the neighbor woman
1.-The 'schisseP is most useful article IN THESE
parts" said the nurse to her companion, when
she had finished and they had gone out 1T Is
a dfshpan, as you saw; but they wash the
dishes at the faucet they have no use for it that
wav. But ask for something to wash the baby
in and they give you the 'schlissei' Ask for
something to battle sore head in. and they go
for the 'schlisseI' It's the pan of all work
I'm glad this family have their stove up she
continued where do you suppose they had
that stove for the longest time last fall? Down
in the yard, with the pipe propped against the
fence I used to wonder why they plunged
downstairs when 1 asked for hot water; at last
1 found OUT
How did they cook their meals when 1t
rained?" asked the quiet woman.
"Oh, they waited till it stopped. The passive
endurance of some of these people is something
rye never ceased to wonder at. Now" said the
nurse, q must go and see my little burned boy
in Cherry-st. We have many cases OF burning.
This child was pushed into tub of hot water
by his baby brother. The mother called in a
doctor. who left some Imminent to be applied. and
never came again. AS the liniment didn't seem
to do any good the mother came to the settle
ment for help. and, though responded at once
the chId's whole chest and arm, where the
scalds were were so badly infected that it's
taken some days to get the poison out"
That was a conscientious doctor" the quiet
woman observed.
"Oh, he was probably very busy" the nurse
said hastily; your trained nurse will never per-
nit herself to criticise a physician.
She led the way to a wonderfully clean and
airy little room. overlooking Corlears Park and
the East River. The child lay on a cot in the
corner; he cried out pitifully. and struck at the
nurse with his little arms as she took the ban
dages off; but under her deft touch he presently
grew still When all done. the mother.
with real Jewish hospitality, pressed glasses OF
wine on the nurse and her friend.
"she is very intelligent" said the nurse when
they had departed. "A contrast to a mother
I encountered yesterday. who burned her baby's
face and neck badly with milk she was trying
TO make it drink I said. Did you try to feed
that child milk hot enough to burn like that?
and she answered va va, stupidity. The father
who was standing by looked at me and shrugged
his shoulders comprehendngly. The Jewish
men are much smarter than the women, which
is not strange a Jewish boy is educated. so
far as his parents have means to do it: the girls
are often taught nothing"
Next two pneumonia patients were visited.
one of them a child. and so i'll that the nurse
called a carriage and sent him to the hospital
The mother sat quiescent during the removal
but when it was over she began to stagger up
and down. with her face as red as fire. and her
eyes rolling.
What ais her?' said the nurse to the eldest
child
"Oh. she aIIus faints away like that when one
Of US Children goes to the hospital he answered,
calmly
Back on one of the cross streets the nurse took
her friend to a house which, on first entering It
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