The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-22
The Editor S Mail Bag

I thing-give a woman Of this type one
years special course covering the
things she needs, and you will have
absolute success.
A young girl may so through the
training Of a nurse for this work.
But to make this experiment a sue
cess she should be picked. would
not have a course open to everybody.
Else 1t viii be a fizzle, like the bet
ter farming movement in some
counties.
nv idea is that the course should
cover particularly for North Da-
kota):
/. Physiology and hygiene.
2. Theory Of nursing.
3. First aid course.
A.. Clinical instruction on chill
dren, eye, ear, nose, throat.
s. Use OF simple remedies.
6. Contagious diseases with refer
ence to diagnosis and exclusion from
school. Treatment very limited
(lice, impetigo. eczema. itch.)
z. Special lectures on school work,
giving methods, presenting problems,
etc.
would rather see a type OF highly
intelligent, specially selected women
take up this course than have gradu-
tional fitness and spirit for this
work. A volunteer settlement work.
err Of fine spirit and sympathy might
be excellent.
We have kept the Mail Bag fairly
free Of poetry lately, but B. l.. Burn
advantage Of US. He writes some
oh naNaunffv ~
reading The Forum. Since 1t Is also
very good little jingle, what can
we do but run it? Here it is, with
our best thanks to Mr.. Burnham:
We can do without the beans
When the price OF them is high;
We can cut out the bacon
When 1t gets too dear to buy:
We can abstain from midnight
lunches.
And thereby save some light,
But we have got to read The Forum
every night.
You say the price Of labor
Is getting pretty high;
You say the price Of ink
Is climbing to the sky;
You say the price OF paper
Is fairly out OF sight,
But we have got to read The Forum
every night.
You say that you have got
TO advance along the price,
But the dollar that you ask
TO me 1t cuts no ice,
For I've got to get the news
OF our soldiers in the fight,
So we have got to read The Forum
every night.
We have read your daily Forum
Since the days Of Major e,
We've dug up the price
When Ii hurt most awfully.
But in making your advances
We think that you are right
For we have got to read The Forum
every night.
DR.. Wallace N. Stearns contributes
some information about Australia
this week in a brief review Of new
book OF Australian history, which is
interesting and timely in view of the
part that continent is taking in the
war. Here is his letter:
The word eAnzac" has opened up
a new world. To the general mind
Australia is little more than a myth.
The fact that this term designates
an area but little smaller than Uni-
ted States proper hardly seem real.
Like that OF its sister dominion,
Canada, the growth OF this southern
federation Of states with dominion
capital, army and navy, parliament
and constitutional government has
been SO lacking in the spectacular,
and so replete with names hitherto
unknown to us, has been so far re-
mote from us that mention has call
ed up only visions OF kangaroos.
penal colonies. ranches, a central
desert, aand rivers losing themselves
in sedge. swamps and sandy plains.
perchance TO come 20 light again in
the deep-bone wells OF settlers
But that there has been a history
full of interest and not without its
thrills Is brought home with force
by Professor SCOTS book, "A
Short History Of Australia" A mem
Der oe the faculty 6 The university