The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-01

Is WAS out at the Southern Pacific
railroad hospital the other morn
ing" said the old raiIroadman,.
"and tell you felt envious because I
wasn't sick and could not stay out there
and enjoy feeling like a millionaire.
Lord bless you. man couldn't feel
poor. even II he hadn't cent in the
world If he. was out there. Dec
Ainsworth is wizard, for he has
made that place look like a palace, and
ne has an eye for the beautiful. let
me tell you. From the time the door
"Opens you imagine you are going into
some nabcb's place and that makes you
feel good At once There is everything
IN having an arm or a leg cut of at
tne right. place. Il mean where ii is
done. In q tumbled down shack you
would Imagine that you were being i'm
posed upons but when 1t is hacked OF
in swell shop with fine white trim
mlngs and pretty nurses you just get
up and think II must be all right.
There is a great deal in appearances
and Doc, .AinsEorth agrees with me
entirely in that respect Joe Young
says that Doc Afnsworth is so dead
gone on cleanliness and antiseptic
treatment that he doesn't want any one
TO eat in: the place. 1 don't know
whether. to believe him. L. was there
for fully two. hours and never saw
any cooking going on. But there: are
any number of diet kitchens and the
ladies in tie kitchen look like real
queens. all. dressed so nice that you'd
never think they did anything That
IS because. Of the antiseptic treatment
they have. to: go through. whispers
some one ito me-: All I know is that
II that is what makes them look like
they do they had better introduce it:
into some. of the places. L know. espe-
eilally where. the girls arent good look
ing: >4.;...:. -. ::::
III .. Bless. you. there is. no chance for
an y. lust IN: that hospital. Doc AIMS
builds all the window frames on the
curve 4 so. there is no chance for the:
dust settle anywhere. = =:
Then he puts the. radiators out
:nearl - In the middle of the floor So
the. poor. housemaid can't sweep all the
rubbish behind the radiator. olrt OF
sig ut. DOC, Ainswortf II as no. svr1rps.-
thy. with the; sheusemaid. that's sure.
No W there is one thing I: like about
tina hospital which SHOULD he. done by
Al few. hotels. Many a time have 7.
Ellng a: pesky bell and. after an hour
or two. when a have got through my
last listof tc1 Swords. up comes a boy
and asks, kind OF innocent.
=. =: Did you *ring2' -:
fney. ea.T't L do. that at the Docs
hospital: ne sirree..# Hes got q. lead,
pipe eineh on: the. attendants: A pa
.rfeTzt wants q drink. Up goes his hand
and he Just presses an electric button.
and that triton starts. up.%a light In
about half q dozen places No show:
for the: patient to be neglected. even
if there. are one or two sleepy heads
about the premises. -: ~ J..
f. - And as for the wiRdo VS.. z.ou SHOULD.
see them The fresh guy who wants
fresh air has no snow there: Not much.
Each window Is Under lock- and KEY:
and the head nurse keeps the key. No
idiotacan go TiIonkeyEing with tn oses win.
do7xs. TlIeE are: al locked good and
tight. 4 No sir: Here arr no stairs. in
tile place. IL is all incl mes. ike the
gangway at. the. mole -: sTllat p PERMITS
people being Witnessed up and down. the
building and a. man with or tc11es ca r.
move bout easily, for they fla ave. a sort
of open. air sanatoTtlm on: the roof and
q man. can sit there under Shelter and
dream * = i Z. II: - FL -.
/. ''Bus5H2 + guess they are busy. out
there Some doctor: told me that they.
make at least six Operations a. week
for a;ppendici ST. Well. why not have.
appendicitis newadays when 1t. Is So
eon1forta BILE TO get rid :: Of, without
danger. too. s.. :-...: =.
Z: Imagine. coming nj from Nina, or:
somewhere else In Nevada here yyo IT,
have been liEin & 1inder a tent, or in: a
eaboose where III e sand blew in at g:
rate. Of so miles an hour. and all you
had to eat was what YOU cooked your.
self. or else: YOU opened an old .can Of
eorned. beef and ate IN 4 Nithout a bit
10 drink except some rusty. water, AM
you. are pro eeted. into that hospital: !.
with. 4. sweet faced nurse wi th.a coofT g
voice Just wanting 'yolIx TO. lie i'll, {