The Washington times., 1910-07-01
If He Fails to Return $50 TO
Nurses Dormitory Police
Will Be Called.
GIRLS AT HOSPITAL
GREATLY EXCITED
Georgetown Mother Superior
Classes InfOrner With Person
Who Took Money
By sELENE ARMSTRONG.

Please
silently and adroitly, and with con-
sumuate skill, removed ali of $50
from the locked pencil box in the
locked locker Of the Misses Nav and
Mildred Ciomei In the nurses dOrmi-
tory Of the Georgetown University
Hospital, return the money this very
6ay2
Put II back in the locker. or leave
II on the desk in the mother supeTiOr-s
office No one win be looking. and
everybody viii have a kindly feeling
toward YOU after you have put IL
back
For Sister Pauline, neither superior.
whose ways are ways Of genteness
and whose paths are those Of peace,
believes in giving a thief another
chance, especially when its a first Of
Tense 50 the matter viii not be put
iE the hands Of the detectives today, /
at any rate SISTER Pauline, the
strong and capable looking woman
whose executive powers keep the
wheels OF so great an institution as
the Georgetown University Hospital
running smoothly who shrinks from
no emergency when II Is one Of pain
10 be soothed or suffering TO be com
I0Tted, ana who keeps q keen eye on
every detail OF the workings Of the
great hospital over which she pre-
sides, does not understand what to do
or where 70 turn when confronted by
2 theft Of $50 stolen from locked I
pencil box in a locked locker.
Not To Notify Officers
"Wm you put the matter in the
hands Of the detectives was asked I
her this morning
why, no, not today. n fact, 7
hardly know now TO so about putting 7
% % H..
swered the mother superior. "and so.
10 the person who took the money. II
am going 70 Give another chance I
That person mag have all OF today in
which TO put the money back In the
locker OF, as told the girls this
morning II The guilty person peters /
and nnGS IL easier. the money may be 4
left on my Office desk"
And out Of her big brown eyes which j
the poet said were homes Of silent /
prayer Sister Pauline looked al me I
with a smile Of confidence, as II 20 /
Now. what thief. after 7 have given /
him another chance. could fan TO /
make ED0g-
InfOrmeT Also Culprit. {
The willy and adroIt person who threw 4
the Nurses Home into panic by the I
theft. IS not. however, the only cuIprit /
connected with the tragedy Sister 4
Pauline made IL clear In no uncertain I
the SirI who gives out information
which turns the llrnelight OF publicity +.
upon the nurses and sisters at the hos
pitaI a co-parLner in crime with the /
thief And II II becomes known who 4
told. that indisc-eet individual VIII be 4
advised that il IS best for her 10 pack Z
her trunk and look for another train 4
Ing school
over the Nurses Home. there broods /
an atmosphere OF suppressed excite (
ID q
duty discuss the disappearance Of the d
SO from the lockers Of the Kisses
Cioemi. and bewail the fact that a
decorous class OF trained nurses should I
get into the newspapers
NO, we couldn't say anything FOR
publication without the permission of 4
Sister Pauline said Miss Ciomei. this
morning when a Times representative
accosred her on the street car, and /
asked fo- an interview But OF 1
course to say that we suspect q IneEIl-
Der Of our own class Is al a mistake,
and we'd Ike awfullv wei To have
that corrected We can't Gay that we
suspect anyone at all Tor we 90 not
snow And we do not wish IL thought
that W. would be willing 10 fasCen the
blame upon one Of Ou- girls II IS just
one Of those terribly mysterious things
You Lncv. they are ike accidents They
VIII happen sometimes.
Girls May Be Searched
Sister Pauline viii not subject the
nurses TO q search. not today, any
way. Indeed. the question as TO
whether this should be required or
not is not vet settled in the Mother
Superior's mind The girls Of the
class are entirely sensible about the
matter II seems They. know that
no one has access 70 their dOTmIIory
but the nurses themselves They
realize that thirty girls. not one, are 3
in a way 10 be held responsible and
If they and their personal belongings
. u HI
be no rebellion in the ranks
And meanwhile the mystery re-
mains II no man, woman Or child
IS ever permitted TO venture WlIhln
the sacred precincts Of the Nurses
Home and n only a nurse would
have the intimate knowledge Of the
dormitory that enabled one 70 find
the $50 which was IN the pencil
box that was wrapped up in the
clothes that were locked up in the
locker. why. who took the money!
Another question also remains IN
solved That is
thirty frightened and distressed girls
10 her for first conference We'd
neSday evening. the door Of the room
In which this conference was held
was closed and the shades were
drawn very low
Admonishes Secrecy.
Vow girls. this is not to 80 be-
yond the four walls Of this room"
said the mother superior I com
man6 that YOU DC not discuss II with
each other that you do not let any
word 10 pass your lips to any friend
or any stranger I have not even I
spoken Of II 10 the sisters Now. re-
mem ber
But some girl forgot as girls viii
And so. the two questions are who /
took the money and who told o.
Then. there's one other thing II |
the nerson who has that S20 viii
leave II today in the locker. or on /
the desk Of the mother superior's
Office everybody ar Georgetown Uni
versity-F Hospital VIII feel very kind
II toward him, especially the Misses
Ciomei
MINES CLOSE FOR A WEEK.