The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-08-15
DEATH CLAIMS
MISS FLORENCE
NIGHTINGALE
Famous Philanthropist and
Ministering Angel Ends
Long Life
She BECAME A WORLD HEROINE
DURING THE CRIMEAN WAR

She Wrote Large Number of Books
But During the Last Few Years
She Has Been Unable to Leave Her
Home-Was Ninety Years Old.
London, Aug. 15-Miss Florence
Nightingale. the famous organizer of
nursing, In the Crimean war, died
Sunday.
7 Miss Florence Nightingale, whose
name was rendered illustrious by her
philanthropic efforts to alleviate the
nufferings of the wounded soldiers
during the Crimean wor. was the
daughter of William E. Nightingale of
Embley Park. Hampshire. and was
born at Florence, Italy. May Is, 1920.
She enjoyed all thr advantages which
fall to the lot of children of the af-
fluent and refined and her command
Of different languages and other
branches Of a truly liberal education
stood her in good stead in her after
career.
1t was not long before her philan-
thropic instincts, exercised among the
poorer neighbors of her English home.
led her to the systematic study of
the ameliorative treatment of physi-
cal and moral distress. Not satisfied
with studying the working of English
schools, shospitals and reformatory
institutions. she examined similar in
stitutions abroad in the same spirit.
and in 1851 spent some months in an
institution of Protestant Sisters at
Kaiserwerth, on the Rhine.
Before long an opportunity present
ed itself for applying the practical
heard that the Governesses' Sanitar-
ium languished for the want Of SUI
pertision and support, she generous
ly devoted her personal energies and
iprivate means to its restoration and
thorough organization.
This work had scarcely been ac-
complished when, before Miss Nightin-
gale had time to recover her over
taxed strength, new demands were
made upon her spirit of self sacri-
fee. The inefficiency and mismanage-
ment of the English military hospi-
tails in Crimea led to an outburst of
public feeling at home. Various plans
of help were suggested, the most
popular of which was the sending
forth of select band Of women. At
the request of Lord Herbert, secre>
tary Of war. Miss Nightingale UNDER
took the organization and conduct
of this body.
BY instituting order where confu-
sion had before reigned. and by af-
fording care and consolation, Miss
Nightingale alleviated the sufferings
of all, saved the lives of many. and
earned the blessings Of the sick and
wounded, as we'll as the gratitude of
her country. A testimonial fund
amounting to $25O,o0O. subscribed by
the public in recognition of her no.
BILE services. was, at her special re-
quest, devoted to the formation of an
institution for the training of nurses
which later became the Nightingale
Home.
A Qniet Life
For the past forty years or so the
heroine of the Crimea lived in quiet
retirement in her house near Park
Lane, London. For the past twelve
she had not be able to leave the
uOuS0s SOuhACu at hoh0
by constant i'll health, she contin-
ued ceaselessly at work for the well
fare of humanity. giving her atten-
tion to all matters affecting the pub
lie health, education and social bene-
|f1t.
She was the author Of many books
and pamphlets intended to dissemi-
nate knowledge on the spbject in
which she was so we'll versed. "Notes
on Hospitals" valuable work which
had very large circulation. appear
ed in 1859; Notes on Nursing" Of
which many thousand copies have
been sold. was published in 1850; and
observations on the Sanitary State
Of the Army in India" in 1868. At
the request OF the British war Office
she drew up very voluminous con-
fidential report on the working Of the
army medical department in Crimea
and she had a further claim on the
gratitude of her countrymen by the
active interest she displayed in the
volunteer movement.
During her latter years the regu-
lation Of: hospitals and supply of
nurses in different parts of the world,
sanitary measures, and nursing ar
rangements for the British army at
home and abroad occupied her
thoughts and time. During the civil
war in America she was frequently
consulted on questions affecting the
health of the army and assistance for
the wounded In the field. During the
Franco-German war she was similarly
appealed to by the German authors
ties.
Miss Nightingale enjoyed the esteem
and personal friendship Of scores Of
persons of high position. Queen Vic
toria was among those who took a
personal oterest in Hiss Mghtini
gale and her work and during her
lifetime the queen never failed to send
q message Of greeting or other re-
membrance to Miss Nightingale on the