The evening world., 1918-06-12

tons which tho Government asks OF
tho women TO whom IT intrusts its
wounded sons. The QUESTIONABLE
covers the health. training, expert
cncc. and present availability for SER
vice OF each applicant: the physical
examination Is particularly rigid.
Vision. hearing. condition Of feet
condition Of teeth. any previous i'll
ness or operation. even 2 past attack
OF rheumatism. arc set down and
certified by some reputable physician,
and tho report IL examined by the
Surgeon General of the United states
before the candidate Is passed.
Not ono woman, Of all who have ap-
piled to enlist In the nursing service.
has asked tho question, shall | he
exposed to dangcr?' \ few OF them
with special home ties, ask not to he
sent abroad. but tho majority arc keen
for the overseas service.
IL got four brothers in tho army
I heard one black gowncd. huNom
candidate explain. 81 would like TO
do what I could for the country"
And ono weak. white haired mother,
whose two sons have been killed in
the war, could not grasp the most
gently phrased explanation OF her un-
fitness for a service demanding ply
steal strength and technical training.
HWHY do YOU V want TO enlist as a
Foster. a brown eyed. frail looking
woman.
II feel as 10 many OF the rest OF us
feel she answered earnestly. I'VE
are simply frantic TO dc anything we
can for our country. When we think
OF the boys over there and what they
endure. anything we can do or give
seems little enough. I never have
been a trained nurse, but | took care
of my mother when She was i'll for
years, and I'm ready now TO do all
| can"
I'm begin at the beginning and go
into tho training school IL they want
mo to-" Miss Bessie O'Brien, who
has been a d~resamaker for n number
Of years, told me. II wish / knew
enough now TO be a nurse, but l
shall learn as fast az / can"
Women who have enrolled To nurse
for the army or navy at $50 n month
include tho heads OF large hospitals.
and private nurses who can com
mlnd s. a day or more hero at home.
Ono woman wrote the Red Cross
that she was a graduate OF a regis
tered training school hut that for
several years she had managed her
own farm in Wyoming. I'm leave
my ranch whenever the Government
wants me-" she pledged.
Girls holding excellent secretarial
positions, who loft private nursing
because OF it's worrying demands
upon body and heart. are now en-
rolling for the infinitely more ardu-
OIIa work in pCar hOEgnita1g-
N-THEY do not call It a sacrifice,
L they do not think OF such a
thing" Miss Sophia Kiel. one OF the
head workers in the Nurses Drive
and a woman who has had two years
NJ war nursing abroad. assured me
with quiet intensity. TRAINED
nurses who go into Government SER
vico just now do not even consider
tho comforts and material advan-
tagcs they are leaving at homo. They
feol that their work is a privilege
and that It is little enough they car
do for the men in the trenches wiz
arc doing so much for us ALL"
Two women working to register re,
cruits are waiting eagerly for theil
W chance to go abroad. One O
them is Miss Mabel Fletcher. VIII,
expects the third OF her necessar,
passports to arrive any day. The
other, Miss Ethel G. Plnder. young
soft-voiced and auburn haired, is II
tho same case with the Vassar girl
who sent an earnest protest to Wash
ington the other day. She has /;
brother in the national service, and
according to the War Department
ruling. she Is at present ineligible 70
nursing in France.
1f\XTE want the best women in tn,
w country for nurses, just as W,
want the best men for soldiers" Mis-
J Florence NJ Johnson, director OF thu