Evening journal., 1918-10-14

Director, said that 80 was surprising
the way Wilmington had checked the
epidemic at It's height He said the
pressing need now Is for nurses help
ers Women without any experience,
any woman who Is willing 10 put on a
blue Bingham apron and pitch right In
and help at any OF the emergency hos
pitals, Will do her city and country as
patriotic and useful a service as any that
could possibly be mentioned. Incl
dentally, said DR.. Scott, she will learrfi
more about helping in a sick room In
ten minutes OF this practical work than
she VIII be apt 10 learn in a longer
course OF theoretical study. Even II the
volunteer can spare only two or three
hours OF time, she Will be a gOdsend by
giving some exhausted nurse a chance
to take little rest. Now is the chance
for Wilmington women TO show they
are willing TO do something more than
wear a flag and praise what others are
doing.
The very fact that many tired nurses
have contracted the influenza should be
an incentive TO volunteers to keep the
nurses rested, so that they Will not be
liable to take the disease.
Places for convalescents are adding
TO the number Of stations where volun-
teers are@vanted.
Ardenites Help Sufferers.
! Frank Stephens, founder OF the Sin |
gle Tax Colony at Arden. whose pro-
nounced views have led him into trial |
In the United States Court, on an es-
pionage charge Of which he was ac- |
quilted, volunteered his services at the |
outbreak Of the influenza epidemic in |
| Wilmington. Ever since the establish |
ment OF the emergency hospital at the |
Country Club, he has worked lndefat- |
igably as an orderly at the hospital, |
giving unsparingly Of his strength, I'M
der the supervision OF the Red Cross.
Arden has given a large number OF vol
unteers 10 work at the hospital. Nearly /.
every woman resident in the colony
has given service at one time or an
other, at the different emergency hos
pitals, working night and day, 20 care
for the sick. The Arden volunteers were
brought to and from the city by Health
Board officials, using automobiles do
mated for emergency work by business
men OF the city. Mrs. William Worth
ington, who was a witness for the de-
Tense at the Stephens trial, Is among
the Arden cOlonists who have given !
valuable aid to the Country Club hos
pltal.
A sad case was found by one Of the s.
government doctors at Thirteenth and y
French streets. yesterday. In one.house \
he fonnd three small children M IN bed !
with influenza, two at the top and one / 4
at the foot OF the bed. On the sewing Z
machine was resting the body OF a
baby, dead from the disease. e
Mrs. Belle Chair was found lying on n
the steps Of the old City Hall at $50 n
o'clock on Friday night. seriously m n
with influenza. She was taken 10 the n
Country Club emergency hospital where .
she died. The brief information the n
officials have about the woman is her n
statement that her father is William a
smith. OF Denton, Md. n
CARING for Sick Babies.
Z one Of, the most valuable emergency m
stations i'm the city has been the tenn
1orary hospital for babies established =,
lt the Peoples settlement In charge :,
IF Miss Wise as the head nurse. Yes ~
erday there were twenty sick babies,
al OF them very sick, four OF whom :,
lad been admitted on Saturday. Miss 4,
Wise has only two trained nurses To =,
lelp her, one day. nurse and one night
nurse. Three other nurses who were =.
.aking care OF the babies are now suf- =,
'ering from influenza themselves. They -
IRE Miss Crime. Miss Height and Miss y
Rowe. Miss Isabelle Halkett, member
u the stan OF The Peoples Settlement. a,
las been seriously m with influenza =.
nut is now recuperating. a. ~
Most Of the sick babies are pneumonia Ca
asses, They are very patient and the ~
urses say that the little ones, who 80
re getting well. are perfect darlings Sa
'lth their fascinating baby ways" The a..
abies ask the public TO please send al
lem some oranges, which they need -
cry much, so they can get wen d.
lickly. Fr
As fast as the babies are convalescent ~.
icy are taken to the house at No. 2il -,
'ashngton street, whose use was do \
lted to the city, and Is next door 10 49,
;. Michaels Day Nursery. Most Of na,
Iese babies, who are being taken care -,
by the Peoples Settlement, have -
Others who are desperately sick at , -
lie Country Club or other emergency w.
aces. W.
At first the nurses at the Peoples Set nv nv
ement tried TO visit homes In that W
sighbOrh0od where there were chill =
zen sick with the influenza, and ad- ~
se their mothers as to the care OF ~
lem, but now that the three nurses ~
have their hands overfull az a.,
lis has become impossible. Toward %,
le end OF last week the epidemic as 4
r as the children in that nelghbor- al
pod were concerned. seemed 60 be les e .I'
ming, but the nurses fear that the ~.
lmber OF cases OF sick children IS ool
gain on the increase SUI
The Young Mems Club at the Settle az,
ent has given a great deal OF help vi,
the emergency The Girl Scouts are ~
ling ahead faithfully with the selling ' slS
Liberty Bonds. They are helping ii u
rs w. s. Hilles at the booth at Fourth "a
Id Market streets. iue
The Women's Club Of the Settlement. IN
hich numbers fifty members. is plan tle
ng TO have each member subscribe ~
dollar to a club Liberty Bond. Thus. lie
spite OF sickness, the Settlement Is ~
{ lessening' ITS Help TO the Fourth eol
berty Bond campaign .eil
Dr. Victor G. Nah, who has been Sc va
usly III with pneumonia. resultant sih
m an influenza attack, is now out Of I.ol
lger, but is not yet able TO sit up. rrt
contracted the disease while caring III :
influenza. cases. Mrs. Nah is III ~
n pneumonia. r
he pusey and Jones Company has r.