Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-04
THE NURSES IN SESSION
PAPERS READ TODAY - SEPARA-
TON FROM COUNCIL OF WOMEN.

When the meeting of the American Fed
Grafton of Nurses was called to order in the
| George Washington University this morning
Miss Lillian d. Valid was in the chair. The
meeting went into executive session imme-
| diately and all those who were not delegates
| were excluded. The roll was then called
| and the reports of the various committees
were heard, after which business matters
were discussed 4
There were two papers read at the MORN
| ing session, Visiting Nurses and the Pre-
vention OF tuberculosis" by Miss Reba
| Thelin of the Johns Hopkins Training
School Alumnae, and Developments in WIS.,
| iting Nursing" by Miss Lucy Fisher, the
| visiting nurse of the United Charities Of
San Francisco, Cal, after which the meet
| ing adjourned Much discussion followed
| Miss Thelins remarks.
At o'clock this afternoon tea will be
given at the headquarters of the Instruct
ors Visiting Nurses Society, at POOL r
street northwest, for the delegates who are
| in the city attending the meeting of the
federation.
| The evening session will be held at
Rauschers, at the corner of Connecticut
| avenue and street northwest, al o'clock.
4 number of papers will be read among
them THE Nurse in Public Schools" by
| Miss Lima Rogers of the Henry Street Set
| Element and supervisor of school nurses of
New York city; 1.-The Inspection of Tene-
ments," by Mrs. J. Won Wagner, sanitary
| inspector of tenements of the city of Yon-
kers N Y, and The Relat ton of Nursing
| to Social and Philanthropic Effort" by Miss
M. +. Smith, late of the Visiting Nurses
Association of Detroit, Mich.
| Withdrawn From Council of Women.
At the meeting yesterday afternoon, after
Miss M A. Nutting of the Johns Hopkins
Hospital of Baltimore had read the paper
| of Miss L. L. Dock, the secretary of the
International Council cl0ANurses, a resolu-
ton was introduced providing that the fed
Grafton withdraw its membership in the Ma
tional Council of Women. This was adopt
ed unanimously and another Immediately
offered and adopted providing that the fed
GRAFTON affiliate with the International Coun-
Gil of Nurses. The part of Miss Docks pa
per which caused the federation to take this
action related principally to the question
whether the nurses can carry membership
| in the International Association of their
own and also In the National Council of
Women. 1t must be admitted. she said, that
the National Council of Women in the
United States Is not as effective as those
of other countries.
Continuing Miss Dock said:
1T Is true that the Council OF Women
makes many demands upon the time and
strength OF our officers which these busy
women are not able to ~meet. Neither do
| these seem of as much definite Importance
as their own nursing work. Time has not
shown that we are of any real usefulness In
| the National Council, whereas we can be
definitely helpful and useful in an interna-
| tional union of our own colleagues"
A constitution for the federation, which
| has been briefly drafted was next presented
and adopted This constitution provided
that the dues from each society In the two
| affiliated societies should be $40 per annum
and that the executive board of the Ameri-
4 can Federation of Nurses shall be COM
posed of the officers of the two affiliated
| societies and shall elect the president and
: other officers of the federation.