Willmar tribune., 1907-11-27

the Offices of the employment bureaus.
She does not advertise. She never
need pore over the long want" col
umns Of the daily papers. She need
not sit in cold, bare, forlorn room,
trying to solve the problem Of where
her next meal is coming from, or
how she can possibly exist another
"a hours, If something does not come
her way.
From all sides rises the demand for
her services. She is thoroughly be.
s1eged by opportunities. AS fast as
| professional nurses are turned out
of the training schools. positions Of
fer. What other branch of employ
/ ment for the breadwinner presents
such condition as this? Where else
in the world of labor is the supply
inferior. far inferior to the demand?
Suppose the course requires three
years, rather than three or six
months; the result is so far beyond
anything obtained by that for which
a shorter course fits the student, that
the difference in time is made up for
!
nurse, the girl can pick and choose.
She is mistress of herself and her
time She can accept, or refuse, as the
call comes. She takes her vacations
when she pleases, and for as long as
suits her purse or her fancy. She has
variation. There is no dull, deadly rou-
tine to be followed week by week,
! of hrir
change Of scene, Of people, of duty.
Yet this profession, with it's great
opening, is being overlooked by the
girl, who, tired of the monotony of
farm, or village, or forced to stand on
her own resources, comes to the city
to make place for herself.
AS to the hospitals themselves,
there need be no doubts in the minds
| ing. These institutions are managed
and supported by the we'll known, in
tluential people of the large cities,
| whose services are freely given.
There is nothing here for gain. There
| is no system of graft, no putting aside
of the public welfare for self-advance-
ment
For example, in Chicago to read the
| names Of the board of managers d.
recting the affairs Of such hospitals as
| the Mary Thompson Hospital of Chi
cago for Women and Children; St.
Luke's, the Presbyterian, the Wes-
| ley, the Baptist, the Michael Reese,
| the Streeter, the Hahnemann, the
| Mercy, the Passavant Memorial, and
| any one of a dozen more, one would
! imagine he held in his hands a classi-
fed list of the citys leading citizens,
! its society women, and it's foremost
physicians.
There can be no quackery, no un.
fulfilled promises, no uncertain
progress in institutions governed by
such people as these.
Chicago's greatest charity events
each season are undertaken for the
benefit of the city's hospitals. There
is not great commercial institution
in Chicago which is not voluntarily
pledged to certain yearly contribu-
ton for hospital work. The purse.
strings of rich men, and rich women,
are continually unloosed at the call Of
! hospital needs. For golden stream
| of dollars is necessary each year to
take care of the great city's sick and
helpless, of its aged and infirn', and
for it's schools to fit capable young
women to Gerry on this work.
1t would we'll behoove girl to look
into this training, before she settles
on a career. At any hospital which
she may select as subject for in
quiry, she will be kindly received and
fully answered.