Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-03

holders to place its designating initials
next after those denoting membership Of
the Order of the Bath. The order is
limited in numbers to twenty -four, with
the exception of the foreign honorary
members. It was designed as a very spe-
clal distinction for those eminent in
war, science, literature and art.
Florence Nightingale was born in Flor
ence, Italy, May u, 1920. Her father
was William e. Nightingale of Embley
park, Derbyshire, England-a man Of
culture, refinement and wealth. She
early became interested in philanthropic
work and studied the conditions of the
poor with the object of ameliorating Their
sufferings. 1t was in 1851 that she
turned her attention to the care of the
sick. She studied under the Protestant
Sisters of Mercy at Kaiserwerth on the
Rhine. She also studied with the Sis
tiers of Mercy at Paris.
1t was in the terrible winter of 1854
when Bull Run Russell, the famous
war correspondent, gave a graphic lie
scription of the awful sufferings of the
soldiers in the Crimea during the fight
with Russia. A cry of horror went up
from England because of the almost 20
tai lack of medical aid given the men
wounded or brought down by disease and
exposure.
In this disastrous campaign the British
forces lost %, 49, men, of which only
200 were killed in battle. The French
troops lost $4,000 men and the Turks
more than $4,000 soldiers.
Funds We're soon Forthcoming for hes.
pital supplies, and Miss Nightingale Of
fered her services to act as It nurse.
Her letter was crossed by one from Sid
ney Herbert then secretary of war, urg-
ing her to take charge of the entire nurs-
ing arrangements. She accepted the po-
sition without pay, and it was because
OF her able management that the CRATE
full soldiers gave her the name of angel
OF the Crimea" and ''angel of the battle
field"
She placed the great hospital on the
heights of Scutari, near Constantinopie,
on basis of efficiency as nearly pertecs
as possible when the crude methods oil
those days are taken into consideration;
She had thirty-four nurses with her ana
her faithful band saved many hVes
The name of Florence Nightingale
became household word, not only
Where the English language was spoken
but throughout the civilized world SOY
ereigns have done honor to this untitled
queen. Many Crimean veteran cahs
her blessed" when he remembers the
oAShL 1bAIl llIdt uSSu TO III 81 9llN-'N-r
through the hospital wards; the Symla.
thenc face that bent over his pNeM'
the sweet. low voice that WG's-
pered words of comfort to him III ms
hours of pain; the gentle hand tHaS
washed his wounds and afterward wrote
his letters home.
After the war she was given an eva
ton at every town in France at "4ly-
she stopped on her return jouruey- ht'
reception in England was one seldom "y
corded to a human being. Grateful. E@-
land presented her with a purse contain.
ing $4,000. This she accepted o.H
TO devote it to the founding of the IRAN
ing School for Nurses in London.
Her work in the Crlmea led % ,IF
calling of congress which paved ~.
way for better methods Of nqt7.i~j
When the Civil war in the h,,gt
States broke out Miss Nightinga!e E@,
her advice on camp nursing ANA camp
sanitation. ard the United States S--I
tary commission, organized by WOMB.
was the fruit of her laborS. -NIJ 'f
finally led to the formation 81 the t1
nous Red Cross society WEleH ~
splendid work, not only OF the ~
held. but also in times of disaster Ivy
Hood. ire and earthquake.
Miss Florence Nightingale is "''--
retired life at her London home. W."
TO her delicate health. She is 4 Nr-
woman. her father having LEFT I've.
line inheritance. She has written 60
eral books on nursing. She believe Es
nurses are born, not made, anu
heart.