The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-16

cry. After her GrQ0uat1on ooe WSa
for three pears director OF tho dosnes-
tic science department Of the Memo
minee (Mich.) Normal School. was
dietitian at the city and County Hos
pital in st. Paul. MINI. She was also
d teacher in dietics and domestic
science In tho State OF Michigan ex'
tension work.
IAN this was explained to Commits
sioner Mccarthy in the letter writ
ten from her home in GlAdstone.
Mich. Mr.. Mccarthy took the mat
ter up with the board and then for
got about his motion requesting the
superintendent to makes report ask
ing why Miss MCGEE was dismissed.
The young woman said that she did
not like thes idea. although she was
experienced in the art and chemistry
OF cookery, to be fired Just ike
cook
Miss Margaret Ashton, who re-
signed the same day that Miss NC
Gee did, il now at her home IN re,
tersburg. Miss Ashton was a heau
nurse at salary Of 500 month. sne
was told that her position was apoish-
ed. The books OF the Administrative
Board show that Miss Ashton was not
dismissed. bat resigned. and that Miss
Ethlynd Smith Was appointed In ner
place.
Housekeeper Dfsssissed.
Mrs Lacy Pierce, VINO mas oeen
housekeeper and buyer OF all the sup
nlies for the hospital since tt was
first organised nineteen mon'hs aev
was also dismissed the same day as
Miss McGee and Miss Ashton Mrs
pierce was given notice June lst. she
iIeft July list and the Administrative
Board was notified July 6fh that three
emnloyes Of the Virginia Hospital had
been dismissed and that two OF the
vacancies had been filled, and that the
position OF f1ousekeeper was aooHsheu.
At present there are two nurses IN
| training and the present dtetiuah III
the Kitchen at the hospital. 81
/ "Mrs. Pierce is said to be woman
!, of long experience in buying ana
! .tewardshiu. Mrs. Pierce said that sne
shouId have been given three months
notice IL she was to be dismissed from
| the hospital. She was given thirty
DAYS, notice. She IL widow ana mas
a son in the High School and a giri
! attending Richmond College. noth OF
whom she Is the support Inc pos
/ ZION that she held Ia now being niieo
I nv a graduate nurse. who. IT IL SAID.
I ,s able to command salary OF s1o
In week at her profession.
/ .Dr G. c. Goodwin, an inferno AT the
I hospital. left" according to the min
utes OF the administrative Board OF
July 9Th. There Is a rule tnat no
! inferno shall leave until the end OF
| years service. Dir. Goodwin naa NOT
! served his term. The board dtd not
1 hold him to his contract.
",rhe next entry on the books OF the
| Administrative Board concerning the
/ virginia Hospital is on July 22d. IL
! i. a notice saying that Commissioners
carlton Mccarthy requested that MISS
Jane Minor, the matron at the nurses
home. be given thirty days leave OIL
absence without pay. The motion was
adopted But II liz fair to MI INC
! Carthy to say that he did not Know
any OF the reasons for the motion.
Commissioner John Hrschberg. as a
rule receives the reports, verbal ana
/; written. from the superintendent OF
virginia Hospital. and on this day an
nounced to the board that the superan-
tendeut recommended that Miss Minor
| be given leave of absence Tor thirty
days without pay
ITO facilitate the work OF the poaro
Mr. Hirschberg said. Captain Mecar-
sthy moves. etc The captain. think
ing that II was some matter of rou-
! tine OF which Mr. Hirschberg was IA
miliar. did not protest.
The next item on the books OF the
7 board concerning the position as-Alss
Minor was under date of september
4 list, when the board adopted a reso-
luton abolishing the position OF ma :
1 tron at the nurses home IN accoro-
ance with the recommendation OF the
lsuperintendent on October s, 1914. and
! August 10, 1915. The recommehoa-
! ton was adopted.
| while ON Vacation.
! Miss Minor is at Atlantic City on
a vacation and 1t In doubtful that
! she knows that her position has been
abolished Miss Minor Is an elderly
lady said to be gentle. kind ana sym
pathetic and beloved by the young
nurses in training. Miss Minors father
was the president Of the University
Of Missouri and she is of an old fam
j ily and has many friends In Richmond
/ The next dismissals were two or
derlies-Archie Foster for drinking or
duty and Robert Austin for "rudeness.
The later is now employed In the Me-
mortal Hospital.
The latest resignation was that Of
/ Dr. Moffatt. an intern who. like DR.
Goodwin. left the hospital before his
year was up. The welfare commit
tee at the hospital refused to accept
the resignation Of DIR. Monatt. but al
he had left and would not return the
| Administrative Board ordered him dis
misses for failure to live up to his
| contract.
/ "Miss Elizabeth Winhurne, supervi-
sor OF nurses also resigned the same
day that DR.. Moffatt left the hospital
/ but she was asked to come back. which
she did.
Miss winburne. II Is alleged. left
because of the system OF serving food
at the hospital.
The way the story goes that comes
] from the leaks" In tho hospital Il
that the nurses In the hospital are
| dissatisfied with the food since Mrs
/ Pierce gave up her position. When
Mrs Pierce had charge OF the tables
the different dishes were all placed
on the table and the young women
permitted to help themselves.
Now the dietitian sits at the head
OF the table and serves the food ia
each young woman herself II IL re-
ported that the nurses are not per-
mitted milk. Another story Is that Z
nurse 10 asked: What win you have
tea or colffeey' Tea" "All right;
| hereafter you shall have tea Mt 3very
meal" And the word tea 10 placed
after the nurses name on a slip Of
paper. This liz = great aid of EN-
cheney Some Of the doctors at the
I, hospital are said to go out and buy