The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-04-22
1RE PROFESSIONAL NURSE.
AZ ANGEL OF MERCY.
p,aent Watcher Who Carries the
KEYS of the Sick Room.

KEYS Oh LIO a'tNh A~COAr
m. live in an age teeming with
..tiops and thrilling with acti-
a.s With it has come the pro-
'..,onal nurse. often beautiful in
oo winsome in manners, cheer
,of solrit and always tender, tact
@ !. and vatchful But with her com
mat only has she been placed in
20 of the sick person, but has
81 GIVEN TO her the keys Of the sic
nom
Friends and neighbors and loved
once watched and waited at
~ bedside of sick friends. and
N them care born of love and
or reward. Don't misunder-
I'D ne for we honor those noble
non who denying themselves the
~, Measures of the social circles
ws have devoted themselves to
=. ser-denying work of cooling
..,.,o6 brows. of quieting disturb
=, osr,es and of allaying excruciat-
iig pain.
vsrv of them We know and love,
III of them we honor. The.
..,.ls.s white they wear is not
rsasr than the white flower Of thei
p,msless lives. They go about
doing good" and so follow in the
footsteps Of the Christ
And having said this much we
ru.t be permitted to add that the
,,ssspee of the trained nurse in
aa sick room should not mean
as shutting Of the door in the faces
~ trusted friends. This doesn't
mean that the sick chamber should
10 thrown open TO the curious, the
io5screet nor the thoughtless, but
q does mean that no one should be
allowed TO die without saying good
s7e TO those from whom anC to
rson the glad greetings of life had
been given and received. And dare
w. mn charge that true friendship
void faltcr or that love would
Mush SD long as friend or loved
O.. ave out tie distressed call. Nor
6.r y0u recall V.rg.nia's past and
av that the sick suffered for want
Of nursing Where there has been
love there has always been a way.
The meliness OF the sick room
nay Be broken without hurt or harm
70 ie sick one. Old friends are
and ever win be best friends, and
10 stranger no matter how skilled,
can take OF I'm their places. The
tendency of the age is to distrust
hone life Not wantonly nor
Flliully and yet certainly We re-
member the first time our attention
vas called to the fact that a train
Cd nurse had been employed to take
dage Of a sick person in the home.
nd bow the shock came while we
nsF that the other members of
De family slept while the nurse sat
1d watched Comfortable you say
I'D it may be reasoned best for the
Anelt but the mother had as well
~ ] am paving the teacher and
y! have nothing to do with the
alning of my child. The child
n go regularly to Sunday school
1' therefore / need not read nor
'al With them"
To defend any such position is to
Aie war ON home life and upon
-aloods highest good. The nurse
y have the diploma. but the
-sld has the devotion. the teacher
'' be more learned, but the moth
3 or should be, the most loving.
'-s trend Of the times is to
~ NE easier. forgetting that
-@ses make strength, manhood
'onanlood The furnace in
@lse in convenient, but with
"-ing the glow has gone out of
'Fn-iace fire place. We content
~"'es nowadays to telegraph 70
"ofist of the city for flowers
~e bier where one bud trained
Ae hands of friend placed
neon would hold more of love.
'-1 We say, don't misunderstood
We are friends of the angels
m White so ready to respond
'1s cry Of the suffering, and
stand TO duty with a courage
'-'n The Caesars of earth have
strangers. but let not her COM
uil friendship's current. nor
doors TO loves entrances, any
' uan YOU would say to the
WET Neglect your child and pay
"ecners 20 care for il"