New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-15

executive ability hitherto nndrsar,s, -
t,v herself All carried out her or,a- y ere
out question.
Once, when some mach needs5
we're locked up by the commissaris, ppas
ground that they had not been y
Miss Nightingale went 20 the ru,.D
told the sergeant of the guard =.
was. and asked IL he would take
from her. He replied that he wo,,rs 'as
she told him to drive in the door. v,. al
complied the stores were dfs,r1hn..s
out further delay TO tfe sick men wa. w
lang,i.shing for them.
Great Reduction in Death Rat.
III was through such unusual rna,ho4 /
,bese. combined with a cornpiets -so-s'I
cation of the system Of treating sba '4a
and wounded. that the death rate a, =
tart YVES reduced TO per cent. Na,,.s~
the patients loved the woman who had
rected " all They reached forts
hands 20 touch the hem Of her sarus,..
she passec:. Those who lacked the 50
kissed her shadow as il crossed th.,-
lows At night. when all was stiu
made the rounds WITH little nurses -
fin her hands to see that everything ma,
proper shape
II Is this picture which Lonzfeglor il
portrayed in his Lady with the lang
lady with lamp shall STAND
In the great history Of the and
4 noble type Of good.
Heroic wornanhood
Not TIL the war was ended and =.
declared did Florence Nightingale ont,
most OF duty beside the Bospor,1s. r..
travelling quietly and under an ass,,,.
name TO avoid publicity. she reached p,
land before It was known she had ~
Turkey.
Try as she might she could rot WIS.
avoid the proofs OF the nation ayprsc.z.,.
of her worth and work She was conmsns.
| TO visit BalrnoraI and was thanked bx :.
| Queen in person Lords and comns,
thanked her and the newspapers asvqa
columns on columns OF space 10 stnss,|
| her praises
| A Gift Of $4,000 from Nation.
| More than that a fund of E5Sgae. to VIII,
all classes contributed eageTly-each A.
| der in the army giving a days psY-.a
raised by the women OF England and Dr.
! sented TO her This testimonial she ~
! cepted, and then proceeded 70 spend srs,
/ shilling for the establishment and ussh
/ tenance Of an institution for the train,
| OF nurses and hospital attendants I'll
| result was the Florence Nightingale seass
| for Nurses, In London, and for many yse,l
| she personally directed the policy Of r..
! institution.
| In the hallway OF this institution sts-s,l
| a statue Of Miss Nightingale as she !.
ueared in her nurses dress. with a an
| I'm her hand. The light from her an,
| fell on a RECONCILIATION OF India, aHd III.
empire felt the benefit OF better sauitar-
conditions; IT fell on America during III
| Civil War. and contributed TO the success
| of the Sanitary Commission. and IL was =
guiding light in the international eonts,
ence in 1863, at which the Red Cross nc.
ment was started. Indeed, the fans1
Geneva Convention was the direct and 4.
| zeal fruit of her labors in the East al
! now its red cross, cleaning on every b.
7 tIefeId. is in a sense monument 70 ~
! lady with the lamp.
| Much Of the time since her return fr1l
| the Crimea Miss Nightingale had been a
invalid. but i'll health in her case indueA
no cessation Of good works on each am
versary of her birth she received srsg
number of congratulatory messages ri
| bouquets
| 1t was in December. 1917. that her crow.
| ing honor, membership in the Order &
| Merit. the most exclusive distinction Z
the gift of the British sovereign. Was D
slowed upon her Membership in the ards,
/ is restricted TO twenty-four. and It has r
Guided such men as Lord Roberts. Lori
! woiseley. Field Marshal Lord kitchens
James Bryce, Prince Yamagata. Marcus
| Oyams. Admiral Togo. Sir George stEs-
/ White. Lords Raylsigh. Kelvin and lstsE
/ the Right Hon John Morley, Adnlirals :
the Fleet Sir Edward Hobart Seymour an
/ Sir John Fisher. Sir William Huggias, =
Laurence AIma-Tadema- George Mereiiis
| William Holman-Hunt and the Earl q
! Cromer.