The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-25

the knife and forceps, in the pit be-
low, are common enough But think
of a scene like this:
woman lies upon an operating
table in the center of the "amphithea-
ter" awaiting a delicate and serious
operation. Surrounding her are half
a dozen other women-nurses and
surgeons. Above on the tiers Of seats
sits a throng Of young and many OF
them pretty, women, watching eager
ly the deft strokes of the scalpel and
cool and collected look on the face OF
what the lay observer would call the
horror of surgical operation"
Here and there in the throng is a
foreign-looking face, indicating the ex-
ception to the general rule of Ameri-
cans. The Hmonos of the Japanese
maid cover the frail forms of some OF
the Mikado's subjects, whose dark,
almond-shaped eyes are aglOw with
intelligent interest Rubbing elbows
with her is a Chinese maiden in her
picturesque garb, also absorbed by the
tAulDILlOH SOluS on DelOW,
Next to the Chinese girl sits one
whose face bespeaks the Pole and
others are German. French and tia
liam. English feminity, with the beau
tiful clear complexion of the island
across the sea, is there, too and beside
her sits an American negress. Final
ly there are the faces of Turkish wo-
men, Cubans and Filipino maidens,
and scattered all over the seats are
types of the clear-brained, self-reliant
and intelligent American woman from
all parts of the country.
The old superstition and comic-pa-
per jest about the woman fainung at
the sight of a mouse seems cheap and
foolish in an atmosphere of this sort
Most physicians say that they attend
ed their first clinic as medical students
with many qualms, and if they got
away without fainting they felt lucky.
All will admit, however, that the sight
of an operation is trying one on or
binary nerves, so it follows that these
earnest woman students possess a re-
serve force of nerve control not under
stood by the person who first perpe-
trated the mouse fable.
The large-chinned, bespectacled. |
"frumpish" creature. commonly
known as the masculine type" APP
pears to be missing at these clinics.
Instead a delicacy of feature and a
sympathy essentially womanly, togeth-
er with high intelligence and earnest
ness of purpose, are noticeable in the
faces which look down from the
benches.
Do they take the medical course as
a fad, or do they intend to follow it
as a life work?
Does matrimony Interfere with their
profession?
Do they prove incompetent as prac- |
ticing physicians?
The answers to these questions may
best be found in a table compiled by |
the college and which shows results |
that speak well for the institutions .
work
The following query was sent out to |
224 graduates recently: Are you en-
gagged in active medical practice?" OF
the replies received 166 were in the
affirmative. Twenty-three were in the
negative, and the reasons given were:
Domestic duties, s; philanthropic
work, / i'll health, 6; retired. g. no
reason assigned, 5.
Seventy-siX of the woman practi-
TONERS gave the monetary return from
their practice, and the average figured
out about $4,000 a year. Ten reported
making less than $1,000 a year; "a
made $1,000 or more, but under $1,000;
20 made between $4,000 and $4,000 10
between $4,000 and $4,000; between
$4,000 and $4,000; 8 between $4,000 and
$4,000, and between $4,000 and $20,-
900.
TRANz LEHAR, the composer OF
l. THE Merry Widow" is the only
millionaire whose fortune has come in
the form of music royalties And his
whole pile has been made from the
one piece in three years.
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TDWO young women in a cafe:
L yes. I've got a good husband, as
far as providing and staying home at
nights goes; but it's a great pity
didn't marry a man with sentiment.
I'm so full of sentiment, my ownselt.
l never felt more strongly than this
year his total lack of the spirit OF
Christmas, and it mas shocked me so
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