Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-02-11


Front Door Courtesy.
I DO you know how 10 properly greet
/ friends relatives aequajntanees and
strangers who come to your door. A
! cold greeting. anywhere is like a slam
! rem Weu towel 1t is the easiest and
/ most gracious thing in the world to meet
/ persons courteously. a woman went To
/ The door es}d met little Old woman. who
! asked simple question. and to her
( query sand, Il do not know. and the
{ ea"t was Slammed IN her face. Al an
I otheF place woman was rHlely told to
/ 70 10 the back door WHY I've So urgra-
/ c,ouS We never know who il is that
/ comes to or door rs stranger ana
/ very likely "a kind word or pleasant
/ smile viii send that stranger away with
! JUST "a little more love for mankind in
! general The naughty stares supposedly
! gwen because Of superiority never gives
| that impression. rather is ii Indicative of
ignorance. Front door gallantry is some
/ thlng which should be taught every child
| boy or girl, for often the greeting iudi-
/ Gates the home atmosphere
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| Trained Nursing in Schools.
| To Miss Lillian D. Wald. known chief
| y as the founder of "A social settlement
tor trained nurses on the lower east side.
| New York city, is due the credit for es-
| idbhshing the system of trained nursing
| now IN vogue IN the public schools in
| many cities, says Frances NJ Bjorkman
III the January Van Norden Magazine
| Miss Valid was making visit to
| sick mother when she noticed a boy Of
| school age playing about the room.
! What's the matter with the boy ?"
! she asked. why isn't he at schoolt"
| "Oh, replied the mother, carelessly.
! he had a sore on his head aud the doe
| tor sent him home
But didn't the doctor tell him what
| TO do for the soreE persisted Miss Wald
! lie told him to put some medicine ON
| it, but Tony. he always forgets"
| Miss Wald called the boy over to her
! There was a rjngworIn on mis- scalp such
! as any child might hdve-coutagious, il
] IS true, but not incapacitatiug. And for
| that he had been out of school ten
months.
After that as Miss Wald went about
! among her sick people she kept her eyes
! open and she soon found that there were
/ literally thousands Of New York school
children who We're getting their educa-
| tions from the streets Just because they
| had some tritilng contagious trouble that
might perfectly we'll be taken care of In
| the schooIloOm
She had the commissioner of cduca-
| ton and the commissioner Of health
! y
| one evening. and after they had been put
| into expansive humur with a good meal
| she preached to them a plan. II was that
! they should permit the Nurses Settle
| ment, with its own nurses and its own
! supplies to show what could be done in
/ the way of treating minor contagious all
ments in the schools,
As nothing was required Of the two Of
! ficials but their permission. they gave fl.
] do !
| Of the settlement nurses who had taken
! part IN the discussion went to work
At the end of th1 month the health
! department appointed Miss Rogers am of
! icial of the city and gave her a staff Of
! twelve nurses to work with. Today the
! school nurses Of New York city number
40. Their work is under n special hu-
/ reau of the health department called the
! division Of child hygiene having Il WON
/ an, DIR. ). Josephine Baker. at its head.
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| Days and Months in Which to Wed.
| As to the days of the week on which
| one should marry and the months Of
| the year. the writer can only pass on the
| two rhymes over which the engaged
maiden would do wen to ponder long
and carefully. before she decides
Monday for health,
/ Tuesday for wealth.
I Wednesday the best dav Of all:
Thursday for losses
Friday FOR crosses,
Saturday no luck at all.
Then for the months of the year we
| have this ancient rhyme;
Marry when the year is new-always loving.
kind and true.
/ When February's birds 10 mate, you may
wed nor dread your fate
/ If Won wed when March winds blow, JOY
J and sorrow both yOu'I know.
i'm FylFI E..r-