The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-04
Nurse Sticks to Stck-post,
Though Million Is Hers

mine, and of the desire of a Mexican
corporation to. buy it, the brother-in-
law could not be found, having gone
into sthe heart Of Africa in search Of
rare, new plants. An expedition went
after him, and after numerous adven-
lures, the relating of which would
make ones hair stand on end, he was
found, and he signed an agreement to
sell. Now it only remains for negotia-
tons to be concluded, and the path of
the nurse will be q yefitable bed of
roses, as far as finances are concerned.
Head U~nturned, stiI works.
Such an access of riches would be
liable to turn the average head, don't
you think? Not SO with a head as
level as that perched Of the sturdy
shoulders of Mrs. Holmes. When the
news came to her she was ION a case"
in East Orange, at 81 Hawthorne ave-
nue., caring for an aged woman. and
battling day n night with h raw
ges of a dangerous illness.
To her credit, be it said, she is there
still. A little matter like coming into
a fortune could not be allowed for a
moment to interfere with the routine
of a faithful nurse. There was medi-
cine to be administered, pillows to be
shaken up and turned, hands to be
rubbed softly and a head to be bathed.
These things were important-a thou
sand times more important than a sub
stantial acquisition of dollars and cents.
/ have always heard that to be a sue
cessful nurse one must be able to for
get ones self in the interests of ones
profession. If it be true, hen Mrs.
Holmes is most successful. And she
will enjoy her money all the more when
her time is ono again her own for she
will be serene in the consciousness of
having done her duty well.
AS to her plans for spending money,
they are of the vaguest.
Wants to See Africa.
"Wait until I get it," she remarked.
You may rest assured that I will try
to make the very best of it. Perhaps
1 shall live in Africa. At least I will
through that continent, which
holds so much of interest.
I'm also very fond of Mexico. 1t is
my intention to spend considerable time
there. 1 think its climate as nearly
approaches the ideal as one could
You will give up nursing?"
Eyes, l think / will, but not until
my duty is done. / do not believe in
deserving ones post, do your"
Mrs. Holmes comes of a wealthy
She became the bride of DR..
Edward Holmes fifteen years ago. Her
husband was well-to-do, and they spent
the greater part of their time visiting
places of interest in all parts of the
globe. A few years after the doctors
death Mrs. Holmes, while travelling in
Mexico, became interested in the min
ing industry. 1t "a not long before
her interest turned to enthusiasm, and
she, with her. brother-in-law, invested
what has proved to be a true mine |
Of riches indeed, though for many
years it lay idle, there being no money
to work 1T.
Mrs. Holmes is a most interesting
woman, with self-reliance n courage
expressed in every feature. She is en-
loving herself just now by specializing
as to what she will actually do when
The money is in her hands. Already let
ters from charitable institutions, people
with exalted ambitions, but no funds"
,hilanthropists with empty pocketbooks,
inventors who need a little help, writer's
need a little financial encourage
nent. and all the. rest, have begun to
in, creating in her mind a feeling
which is a mixture of bewilderment,
amusement, astonishment and wrath.
t would AXE a million millions to meet
he demands of everybody who is anx-
ious to advise her how to spend it.