Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-17

the war Is over II will he tlme
enough To plan FOR our future.
We have had 20 much experie -
crowded into these three years. we
have lived so close 10 suffering ana
death and grown 80 familiar with
heroism, that the ordinary occupa-
ttons OF life seem quite trivial. YOU,
would be SURPRISED To know now
many women have found that In
stead " always ailing. always doing
Il good deal less than "A days work
they arc capable OF. continuous ply
steal labor of the most strenuous
kind and that their health hhs not
only stodd the strain of long hours
anxiety and exposure. but has I'M
proved with every month.
And some womcn who have mar
ried and had children have not had
80 much real experience OF life as
quite young Girls sent out 70 France
and entrusted with responsibilities
which would stagger many n wo'
man Of 60 Nursing demands q
stricter efficiency. too, than house
keeping A nurse can never slack
and make up Tor II afterward. To
forget TO order some article OF daily
food may cause Inconvenience ain
housekeeping, the merest lapse OF
memory on the part OF nurse may
cost life"
would YOU really like to so
back and nurse in the hospital We
have taken over" | asked.
More than anything else. |
loved what saw OF your American
nurses. They looked 40 fresh and
pretty 10 us They arrived from 81,
Louis all IN spot.ess white and were
SO eager 10 get to work, But they
decided TO adopt the gray uniforms
we found 10 be more practical for
field service | know thev will love
the tents OF the open air hospitals
and I'm sure they will devise a hun
dred things that we never thot to
do for our boys They are 80 quick
and so proficient in everything,
those wonderful Americans"
| asked Miss Dent II she thot the
prlVations forced upon gently bred
make them self f-indulgent and eX.
trnvaRant after the war.
81 only know that when came
nhfk 10 lslillhIl AlNFl NNfbAN NV
or service | found that my taste for
rearly all the real eXtrnNagart uNu-
rics had died a natural death"
Just then the tea came In with
cigarets. offered lighted taper
but Miss Dent declined why I
thot all English won en- smoked and
Cspecihlly professional women I
said "l'Ne heard 50 many say that
with nerves strained as they are
now they have TO have tranquil
iziEg smoke now and then"
"Oh. that's only FOR the play wor-
workers | used 10 smoke but since
I've been In France I simply can't
could not smoke a cigaret without
thinking OF the pleasure II would
give some wOunded~oldier, And let
me tell you that no matter how
many clEarets are sent out there
never are quite cnougle There Ia
always need for Just one more, i've
ofteu thot that II every smoking
woman IN England could sec the
face Of sick boy nS he turns his
head to the wall when you tell him
there isn't another 'fag' In his box
she would never light another Gig
aret for herself"
when | got home this pnssnge IN
Miss Dents book haunted mo
II am too tired TO sleep, too tired
TO do anything but lie and look up
at the wooden roof OF tho hut, too
tired to do anything but think. think.
think. too tired 10 shut out Of sight
and mind the passionate appeal OF
two dying eyes and low faint
whisper OF sister. am l going to
dle?'
But. oh. how glad 7 am to have
lived thru this day with the stingy
ing acute pain OF all It's experiences
raw on me, ! say ithas been privi-
lege to undergo these sensations.
For the pain will pass since all
pain ultimately DIS. but what will
endure forever Il the memory OF the
nobility. the grandeur the approach
TO divinity We have all seen II has
made better women OF us all, II has
brought knowledge to our under
standing lrfe TO our ideals, light TO
our soul"