El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-02

XToUVE all met the little maiden
who is planning to be a Red
Cross nurse. in case Of war. She
usually is the pretty butterfly type who
could not even boil water without its
burning. While studiousIy absorbing
divers text books on first aid, tucked
away under her fluffy curls Is a won
derful mental picture she is cherish
ing. In this she sees herself. attined
in the snowy white uniform OF nurse
in a hospital room. with everything
Immediately white about. and on rows
Of tidily arranged cots. lie numerous
handsome officers. all OF her own So
cial grade. watching her with adorins
eyes, as she goes about her romantic
task OF administering to their cheer
beautiful picture, IS il nOt2 OF course
II never enters her head that there
would be rough or uncouth men
brought in as patients-men not in her
own social strata She never realizes
the horrors Of caring for mutila-ed
wrecks that once We're human beings
She does not realize that the sacred
task Of ministerIng to those must be
given only to trained. experienced.
skilful graduates OF nursing schools
The Red Cross society conducts first
aid to the injured classes and encOur-
\ ges membership in these. but by no
means does that mean that the men,
bers Of these classes viii be cOnsid-
cred efficient enough to handle a mat
ter OF life and death. The Red Cross
society nursing staff is made up Of
graduate nurses and graduate trained
physicians and surgeons. One who has
completed the entire course. into the
advanced work and home nursing
course of the Red Cross first aid. may
al best become Il nurses assistant do
ing the unskilled work Of the hos
NJ ~n1
bedding and night clothing, washing
! the dishes. out of which the sick have
been fed. and doing similar very neces-
sary. but quite unrOmantic work Al
though in all the Red Cross classes OF
first aid. the pupils are told these
facts. il does not seem TO have diSSi-
pated the idea among the general pub
lie that any Miss Tom. Miss Dick or
Miss Harry may be a Red Cross nurse
by taking a course OF 10 or Is lessons
from a first aid text book. II the ma
ton does 40 70 war there viii be
tremendous need OF workers. in the
Red Cross society, but the work to be
done VIII need patient perseVerinE
courage. faith and self sacrifice. There
viii be need for thousands of bandages.
t1reSOme, tedious things 10 make, but
very necessary. There viii be need OF
clerks. Of messengers and litter bear
ers and ambulance drivers. all con-
tributing their bit and. Of course. there
will be need Of funds TO help the wild
ows and orphans. Of books and dainty
foods for the cOnvaslescent patients
all things that the general public can
do. In the line Of bandase making. the
FL Paso chapter of the Red Cross So
clety is going TO begin this week work
ing seriously in the preparation Of
bandages and other unperishabl hos
pital furnishings. for the beginning CT
hospital storage supply Do your bit
and help
The early bird gets the first try ut
the tennis courts of the Young Won
ems Christian association. on West
Missouri street these DAYS, for as early
rs o'clock in the morning groups OF
happy young women may be seen en-
loying this InvigOratin- sport The in
terest in tennis has been particularly
stimulated among the Y. ". g \.
members just now by the approaching
tennis tournament. with a two weeks
trip to Cloudcroft this summer as the
winners reward
The world does progress 50 many e.
Paso fathers decided. after attending
the exhibition Of the boys physical
training classes . HIGH Srhop1 a 81