Evening star., 1923-04-22
.$27,296 OBTAINED
FOR NURSES FUND
Results of First Weeks Cam
paign for 100000 An
nounced by Treasurer.

preliminary appeals and the result
OF the first weeks campaign of the
instructive Visiting Nurses Society
for 100000 for a two-year budget
have resulted in s27,2966O. according
to report made yesterday by Joshua
Evans. jr., treasurer of the society.
Of this amount. however. S16.530
represents pledges. donations for
memorial or industrial nurses while
the remainder, s10.766.60. consists of
subscriptions to memberships and
donations.
''The I. V. y. S." said brief state
ment accompanying the report. sis
deeply appreciative of the weeks re-
Sponse and hopes that Washington
will redouble its efforts :he second
week to make possible the succassf III
outcome of the societv'S endeavor"
Money contributed is for useful and
necessary expenditure. Sickness and
accidents. of course. cannot be antici-
pated. and there must be some one
always ready TO answer the call of
the distressed.
Story of Visiting Nurse.
With funds on hand from Washing
tons generosity in 1921, the facts in
the following story were worked up
to a happy ending by the visiting
nurse:
Not so long ago the visiting nurse
received call from d remote section
of Northeast Washington and found
in a remodeled schoolhoGsa, twins. a
few days on this earth One had
developed badly, inflamei eyes and
for a time the doctor was concerned
for fear the sight might be en-
dangered
Frequent nursing visits and care
full supervision: however, saw the eyes
fol cd hot
children and their mother started on
the road to health.
\ little later the nurse was called
again to treat the sick father who
was bedfast with grip, while two of
the older children were likewise
victims of the disease. The father
was soon brought around to health
and the children in short time were
playing outdoors.
Twins Get WhOOping Cough.
The twins grew rapidly, but whoop-
ing cough lay in wait for them. A
third time the nurse was appealed to
and she made daily Journeys to the
home and saw them through first the
trying siege of whooping cough and
later the pneumonia complications.
The twins are now eleven months
old and the 7. V. n. S. feels they are
truly it's own babies.
Throughout the period of illness
to the twins and other members of
the family a score or more visits were
made to the out-of-thew way location
by the nurses. and much of their time
was consumed in travel to and from
headquarters. Now an automobile,
which has been donated by an admir-
ing friend, eliminates much of the
time spent on street cars and walk
ing, but that does not solve the
problem of getting closer into the
outlying neighborhoods and sections
of the city.
Increasing Demands on Society.
Increasing demands from portions
of Georgetown. Anacostia and certain
parts of northeast for nursing care in
the home strongly indicate the ne
cessity for branch offices or nursing
substations in the near future. we
have planned these centers." Miss
Gertrude H. Bowling, director of
the nursing staff. said yesterday.
How soon they can be established
depends upon the local support of
these communities and how soon
they may be willing to sponsor a
group of nurses as
guardians of the health work of their
Immediate community. One section.
Georgetown, through it's citizens
association. has contributed $50 to
the Visiting Nurse. and, with its
banks, schools. hospitals. child well
fare and Associated Charities centers,
might well boast also a branch office
of the I. V. N. s."