The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-08-04
The District Nurse Need.

One of the distinct needs of the
community, a need, which, for its
very expansiveness, demands the in
terest and support of all men and
women. is that of a district nurse
Villages half our size and cities twice
our population have supplied this need
in time past and never has there been
community of any size which has re-
gretter the step taken or which has
not found cause for unceasing salts
faction and even gratitude in the es-
Enlistment of such an institution. For
the district nurse is public institu-
ton, depending upon public approval
for her support and encouragement
and even giving of herself and of her
experience in behalf of the public
welfare and the public good.
She holds the heys of the city in
her hand but she never infringes upon
her privileges. She caters to no cla SIS
or kind but is welcome in homes OF
wealth and hovel of poJ", receiving
such remuneration as the patient car
spare, never an excess of that sum
however 'ichly she deserves it. Ca
pable, energetic, pleasant in manner
and courteous in bearing, even the
most critical the most sensitive, and
the most naughty look upon her as a
friend of the family and, as such, she
never divulges secrets.
I She carries great powers of obser-
walton, great ability for accomplish
ing a great deal with little oppor-
tJnity and much disease as she cures
she prevents more. She is ever vigil
ant in her campaign against public
unhealthiness and the enforcement OF
a few precautionary measures on her
part have been known to prevent dis
tressins epidemics with consequent
death toll in household after house
| hold
| Much. Of course, depends upon the
personality of the trained nurse but
important to the success of such a
step as this, it is nothing to the i'm
portance of applying fund to the pur
pose and taking the first steps to Sc
cure watch dog over the general
health of the community as these
nurses have proved to be elsewhere
Funds there must be and the enter
prise begs contributions of no man be.
cause the project is intended for al
men and women. the many, not the
few, and he who doubts its wisdom
and refuses to contribute TO it's sup.
port, may be among the first to voice
the need in some future time of tria
for sickness we have always with us
waiting the least opening to seize up
on its victims. Today's able-bodines.
may be tomorrow weakness, an,
health is. first of all, the vital issue
upon which all other achievement o
this life depends.
[ 1t is for these reasons, and man.
others, equally undeniable, that the
securement of district nurse fund i:
urged upon the public of Montpelie,
| The Womans Club has launched al
effort to raise the necessary money
and in the very near future, severa
young women of the city will hold {
bazaar of some sort whose profits ar,
to be applied to this fund
When you accept the invitation t
contribute of your helpfulness to tn
swelling of this fund, by whateve
measure may be decided, you have aid
ed, know not what neighbor in neet
or stranger in want and, it may be
that you have come to your own ait
by helping to make possible the pres
ence in the city of one who will re
spond to all calls upon her talent ant
1 her experience and her strength. lie
us have district nurse before white
shuts in upon us.