Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-09-19

the conditions OF. LnS nigh SOS1 "a
living with them.I
Tive made up my mind" said MIS-
Hoorer as the doctor came downstairs
after his morning visit to Betty to
nurse my baby myself know very wei
that 1 can carry out your instructions
perfectly, and that there Is nothing rnAI
Miss Ring is doing that cant 40;
HAre Won dissatisfied with Miss Ring =
asked the doctor. ''If so I Will get an
Other nurse. but I never take chance
on a case as serious as this, by letting
anv one but a trained nurse take care OF
my patient. a.a Nth Miss
Ring" answered Mrs. Hooper, but
have always believed that no one can
take as good care Of my children "neH
they are III, as I can myself, and WINE
I realize that Betty is not yet out ' %
danger. I feel convinced that she VIII
800 tbrouqn the crisis Of this fever all
-s0bt IF am only permitted to take care
Of her" 60, ,rS+ az
von DO Mrs. Hooper," replied the DOC
for land on one or two occasions nave
heAn persuaded against my better Judg-
mant TO permit them to undertake the
nursing Of my patient only TO nho InT -
absolutely incompetent and not u NC
trusted in sick room; 49,. am
But 1 assure you, doctor tua1 ~
ro+ +be belpless, unintelligent person you
vnea " answered Mrs. Hooper, WITH
sririt 81 have always taken care OF my
obi1dren when they were i'll, and l nave
hoar varretting all week that 1 gave my
consent to have a trained nurse at an
"a wae vour assistance and Mr.. Hooper S
persuasion that caused me to give IN, put
or outte determined to have my own
rev now and take charge Of Betty my
self from now on +bo
YER Wen. Mrs Hooper" was tine
doctors naughty response = s1alL teh
Miss Ring what you have declded upon'
- yin give YOU the instructions you
cod when 7 come back this afternoon
hut 7 think you are making great ms
take in not continuing as we nave
gun" shat,
renIied Mrs. Hooper as she followed the
doctor to the door, land Kho" YOU
win not be disappointed In me
nurse. when you come to WORK Wltn me
in the sick room" &,
.syor will. Of course, have to go IN
strict quarantine just as MISS hlns -
ond have No communication with the rest
of the family. ,,,-,o ,,
o,s-,orod Mrs. Hooper II should not
caro TO expose the other children uh
1'ocassari1v and besides. 1 realize tna'
aI1 nv efforts must be concentrated on
t.kino care Of Betty, so II you VIII ar
ropos To have Miss Ring leave tonlghl
7 shall he ready to 60 into the sick room
and remain until Betty is out of danger.
"Jnst as you like. of course said the
doctor stiffly. as he closed the screen
5oor Of the pront porch with sharp 1T
~ bang that indicated that he was not
at all pleased.
Mrs. Hooper sat down in the low chair
naar the reading table to think over
he decision she had just made
Go far as she knew Betty was holding
1.ar own very we'll The nurse seemed
narfacf1y competent and the doctor haa
ey,-au her no reason for feeling alarmed
But vaguely she felt that the lie OF her
little daughter was safer In her own
hands. and she had not been able 10
persuade herself that she was not the
proper person to care for her when she
was seriously i'll
There had been practically no illness
in the family heretofore. She and Henry
we're unusually healthy, and Roger and
Helen
for that they had escaped everything OF
contagious nature and were not given
to catching colds or suffering from
stomach ailments as many children are.
The old doctor who had been with Mrs
Hooper when the babies were born had
died. and the man she had called in
when Betty had fallen i'll so suddenly
was a stranger to her. Re had insisted
on sending for a trained nurse as soon
gs he bad diagnosed the child's illness
and Mrs. Hooper had reluctantly con
sented. After enduring the suspense Of
being absolutely separated from the child
for a week, she had come to the definite
conclusion to dismiss the nurse and take
care of Betty herself, whether the doctor
liked it or not. She had all day to plan
as to what would be best to be done as
far as Roger and Helen were concerned,
so that the house could run along while
she was taking care OF Betty.
When Henry telephoned from the city
in the evening he was surprised to have
her say to him:
Il am going to nurse Betty myself I've
sent Miss Ring away. I've had a long
cord put on the telephone so that It
reaches into by bedroom and you can
talk to me at any time, and l will be
able to tell you just how Betty is get
ting along Mother is coming to take
care of Helen and Roger so that every
thing will be all right"
The menu for the three meals on Tues
day is:
BREAKFAST
Cantaloupe Cereal
Cinnamon Toast Scrambled Eggs
Coffee
LUNCHEON.
Corn Chowder Bread and Butter
Stewed Fruit Gingerbread
Milk
DINNER.
Cream Of Tomato Soup Veal Loaf
Baked Potato Buttered Beets
Rice Pudding
Copyright, 1921