The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-04-04
THE need IS URGENT"
Chicago Nurse Persuades Many t.
Preach and Practice Service in Stir
ring "Be-A-Nurse- Night Meet.
ing at the Armory.

/ Be-a-Nurse-Night' was an unquali-
fed success. A large audience of re-
preventative women gathered at the
Armory on Tuesday evening, heard and
applauded the speech of Miss M. Ahrens
and went away to preacher better
practice life of greater satisfaction
for themselves and greater service for
humanity. AS a result of the meeting
and the activities which preceded it
ten Kenosha women have already en-
listed for instruction in the local train
ing school for nurses.
The session emphasized the patriotic
and humanitarian aspects of the pro-
fession of nursing. Song and story
pointed the need for service of country
and mankind and gave the gathering
@ wholesome enthusiasm approaching
religious fervor in its power and sin
certify.
When you become nurse today"
said Miss Ahrens, "you are beneftting
not only yourself but also your com
munity, your country and your fellow
man. With 10000 nurses needed for
actual service in France and 10000
more required to take their places back
home there was never a time when a
young woman could so we'll serve her
self and others in profession at once
renumerative and romantic, instructive
and inspiring"
The speaker gave special attention
to questions of eligibility for Red
Cross nursing service both at home and
abroad.
"The first requirement for admis-
sion to active service in environments or
behind the lines in France Miss
Ahrens asserted in comment on this
topic, lis the degree of R. N. - Re-
gistered Nurse from an accredited
training school Thereafter the an
plicant must meet certain physical
tests and undergo period of intensive
training before she is ready to begin
the arduous but interesting duties of
a nurse in the active service.''
Here Miss Ahrens made her most elo-
quent appeal for enlistment in the train
ing schools. Showing that the instruc-
ton would bring the primary qualifca-
ton for admission to Red Cross SER
vice, she urged women to be prepared
for action In case the war should turn
flor the worse and be prolonged indie
fnitelv.
And even if you should never see
service in France or at the base hos
pitfalls in this country she added with
unusual feeling, you would have tax
en- the place of registered nurse who
would be your substitute and by SO
doing you would have done what you
could to advance the cause of Freedom
and Democracy. In the process you
would have acquired an education,
made yourself of inestimable value to
your own community and prepared your
self for active service in war should
there ever again be need for it,
Miss Ahrens' statistics were unusual
~ interesting. Taken from the latest
reports of army officers they revealed
the following facts regarding the pres
ent need for nurses:
10000 American nurses are now in
the service of the Allied armies; 10000
are needed before July l, 1919; of this
number 5000 must be Forthcoming by
June |, 1918; as recruiting ground for
these shfe-savers there are $4,000 re-
gistered nurses in the United States
with $4,000 added each year by the
graduates from accredited TRAINING
schools; 30 per cent of these are needed
for army service; as a consequence the
civilian population of the United States
must be cared for by home or student
nurses
In conclusion Miss Ahrens urged
Kenosha women who were anxious to
do their bit in this way to apply to
Mrs. NJ. B. Northway at the Kenosha
Hospital for admission to the local
training school or to apply at the Red
Cross rooms for instruction in First Aid
and Dietetics, knowledge of which
will solve the more elementary pro.
blems of home nursing.
The meeting reached grand finale
when Mrs. Frank Truax sang ssThe
Marsellaise' and ssLaddie in Khaki,
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