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A HERALDOFMERCY.
FLORENCE NIGHTINQALE AND HER.
WONDERFUL WORK.
A Story of the Most Remarkable Woman
' of the Nineteenth Century—The Hell
She Found Became 3 Heaven of Clean-
liness and Comfort.
War is not all blood and glory. It
has its gentler side, represented by
noble women, whose work requires a
more indomitable spirit and a nobler
courage than to go "down into the
jaws of dent " during the heat and
The army nurse
must sacrifice ease, health, and all the
home comforts so dear to woman’s
heart; and face death in the pestilen-
tial atmosphere of the fetid and over-
crowded corridors of the hospital. She
must become a constant attendant on
the most loathsome diseases and
frightful wounds; and shrink from no
peril nor horror of blood nor death.
History affords no nobler examples of
heroic womanhood than are furnished
by these ministering angels of the bat-
tlefield. The truth of this is best ex-
emplified in the life and work of Flor-
r‘tcanxcs NIGHTINGALE, IN 1864.
ence I~€ightingale. the soldier’s friend.
Mfss Nightingale was born in Flor‘
ears, the “City of Flowers," during
the month of May. 1820, while her pa-
rents were sight-seeing in Italy. She
was the youngest daughter of Mr. Wiia
liam Shore Nightingale of Embly Park,
Hampshire, and of Lea Hurst, Derby-
shire, England. Her father was
wealthy; and the home of her youth
was a comfortable old Elizabethan
manor—house situated in one of the
most lovely parts of Derbyshire. She
Was educated at home by private gov-
ernesses. Mr. Nightingale, a highly-
c1.‘.ltured, scholarly n on, evidently fa-
vored the advanced education of girls,
for before his famous daughter had
reached her seventeenth birthday she
was skilled in science, classics, and
mathematics, and was well—read in
standard literature. a fair artist, a
musician, and could " and retd.
French, icrmah '.
In addition to this she did fancy it
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through the
walking:
surrouzoing her home, and ri-giug: over
tlze hills on hél‘ ponv.
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with he“ Eleni:
“queen of 22.2. .'s'
dog.
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one or these Loos,
the vlczu', that the
found her
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stones at him, s11,
shepherd, "and I an
ting him out of his
for his '0315 broken,
be my good any more.” .
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and he will in”:
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AS SHE IS TO-DAY.
“You can’t do any good, mlssy,“ was
the sorrowful reply. “l’ll just bring
a cord to him to—night, and that will
be the best way to case his pain. He's
lying in the-shed over yonder."
“Do take me to him!” and Florence
lifted her tearful face to the vicar,
who seeing her distress turned his
horse in the direction of the shed. in
a moment Florence was by the side of
the suffering dog, kneeling on the
muddy floor, so intent on doing some-
thing to ease the-pain of the animal
that she thought not of’the dress she
was ruining. Fortunately Cap’s leg
Wa not broken, oniv bruised and hurt;
an. .mder the ministrations of his lov-
111:. ..uz'se he soon recovered.
Trim: action is typical of the whole
life of Florence Nightingale. She
could never see suffering without striv-
ing her utmost. to relieve it. It soon
became the custom of the neighbor-
hood, when anyone had a cut or a
bruise or there was a sick animal, .to
send for “Miss Flare‘nce’." 'It was” as
natural for-her to help .the needy as
Her favorite-
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g with filth.
i kitchen and the meals were served in
3 she
books were those which told how to
alleviate suffering and misery. In-
stinctively she was fitting herself for
her great life work.
Her parents belonged to an old and
wealthy family, and in due time Flor-
ence was presented at Court and took
her place in society; but, even during
her first season, she took a much
greater interest in the hospitalsand
charitable institutions of London, than
she did in the gay social life of the
metropolis; and shortly after withdrew
from it altogether. She now began a
systematic study of the hospitals of
London, Dublin and Edinburgh; and
compared them with those in, leading
Continental cities. She found their
greatest need to be trained women
nurses. Miss Nightingale determined
to fit herself to become a. skilled nurse;
but to secure the needed training she
was obliged to go to Kaiserwerth on
the Rhine, where there Was an unique
Protestant institution for the training
of nursing sisters. ~Hither she went,
in 1851, and enrolled herself as a vol-
untary nurse in order to secure the
prized knowledge. Afterward she
continued her studies at the hospital
in Paris. Her health failed and she
was obliged to return to England
Then came the war of Crimea. The
reports which reached England daily,
of brave men literally dying by hun-
dreds in the hOSpitals for want Of or-
dinary human attention, stirred the
motherhood of England until it arose
and demanded that, regardless of cus-
tom, precedent, and red tape, women
should go to care for the sick and the
dying. The demand was granted; and
Mr. Sidney Herbert, the head of the
War Department, wrote to Miss Night-
ingale offering her the command of
this novel expedition of nurses. The
same day that Mr. Herbert penned his
letter, a pale, fragile, thoughtful wo-
man at Lea Hurst sat down and wrote
to the War Minister offering her ser-
vices. It was not until the next day
that Miss Nightingale received Mr.
Herbert’s letter. She was to leave for
the East in eight days.
On October 21, 1854, all was ready
and Miss Nightingale, accompanied by
thirty-eight nurses, started on her no-
ble mission. It was not until No-
vember 5 thatlthis little band of “an.
gel women" reached Constantinopm.
They at once took up their quarters in
the great Barrack Hospital at Scutari,
and began their work. The Lady-1n-
Chief, as Miss Nightingale Oii‘lclal.)'
was called, found the condition of the
hospital n:describal;.y horrible. '1 here
was no sanitary arrangements. it
was frign;;u.1y Newtonian.
men were COVEY'ELl Will). lellllil,
bit the limbs of :21
rats
LEA Eit'itsT.
“The beds were
There was no l:u:1‘;d1‘_-;, :20
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leelvihg
wounds-d.
the roughest munucr. Added to this
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there was 3 scarcity of food. covering.)
and the comm ‘ of life.
This was the Ange-3r stable the {“1“
English woman had to clean; but she
37 cleansed it. The 52.21;: after her arrival
cum.
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A .1 in.
reccivcd the vi‘outdcd
glorious charge of Balaclava, and in
few months she had (Ell thousand sic
and wounded under her care.
Nothing daunted lie-1‘
once was pileup“
danger was ti:
cried loudest the. .
to be seen. The .-' 11; soldiers al:
most worshipped bolt. Dying men
turned to kiss her shadow as it fell.
All yielded to rho indcmi able will
of Miss Nightingale. r _:
ed the entire military hospital system.
Order sprang out of chaos at her bid-
ding. Ill-1e hell she found became a
heaven of cleanliness and comfort. At
her call all line: .ud arose to help the
Contributions of money pour.
At the end. of six months the
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hospital arrangements were such as to
She
never
satisfy even Miss Nightingale.
remained here for two years,
faltering in her work.
In 1856, when paste was declared, an
England sought to honor her home-
coming. But the rave little woman
embarked under an assumed name, and
reached her beloved Lea Hurst even
before- her family knew she ‘had left
Scutari. She refused all public. ova-
tions; and devote-:1 the $250,000, which
the gratitude of a nation presented
to her, to the building of a. training
school for nurses, which is fittingly
called the Nightingale Home. The
brave and noble are modest.
A Humiliat'inz—r Thought. ,
The young colored man was very
fortunate in that the. collie-car was just.
about to stop at a on using when the
fender struck him. disent-angled
himself from the network, and,
straightening himself up, inquired of
the policeman: .
“W'hah is do recruiting office?”
The policeman gave him the proper
direction and then asked:
“Were you on your way to enlist?”
“No, su'h; but I done change mer
min'. I ain’ gwin‘t'er run no risks of
habbin’ it said (let I done kep’ out’n
de a‘himy'only ter meet mer death at
de han’s ob er streetcyahl”-—Washing-
ton Star.
“He is flippant. He can't be serious
if he tries.”
' “Yes he can. He is very serious
when he tries to be funny.” as... '
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"' Fashions in 'Dreu. ‘
Shirt-waists of every dainty variety,
fancy, tight-fitting basque bod‘ices, with
small revers, or Etons with or without
elongated scarf-fronts, will next sea-
son be permissible on all sorts of out-
of—door costumes, as well as many in-
door toilets. These, notwithstanding
their extended vogue, remain among
the essentially picturesque fashions
which can be elaborated upon'bythose
who like fanciful effects, or they can
easily be modified to suit the taste of
the most simple dressers. The easy
neglige order of things is still to be
carried to a considerable extent this
summer, reaching even to the gowns
of ceremony. But trimness and ex-
treme neatness go hand in hand with
this approved style. There are soft
ed or drooped. There are ribbon garni-
tures, but time is taken to arrange
each loop, choux, and falling end. The
shirt-waist is taut on the figure, and
where you find the flowing lines and
the easy grace of the so-termed “nega
iige" toilet. there also you will find
traces of the tailor’s work, or the sym-
metrical finished workmanship of the
artistic dressmaker.
Ginshum Frock for Little Girl.
, Dark ginghams in plaids and checks
make very serviceable school dresses
for children. They do not soil as
quickly as the light shades, consequent-
ly do not have to be washed so often
and keep their colors better.
s:
A plaid frock, combining the colors
of red, white and blue makes a patriot-
ic, as well as serviceable dress for a
little girl. The blouse waist which is
made on the bias is attached to the
skirt by a plain‘band. Over this is
worn a pointed belt of white linen,
trimmed with narrow blue braid.
White linen, trimmed with braid, also
forms the yoke, rovers and collar and
the little turned up cuffs.
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Hats and bonnets.
The toque and the turban are set be-
side the sailor and English walking
hats as claimants for fashionable favor
this season. The little French toque is
a greater favorite than the turban be-
cause it is becoming to more faces than
the latter hat, and also because it ad-
mits of so very many more ways of
trimming. It appears to be the very
young or very old who can best wear
bonnets in these days, granting with
the former a profusion of wavy hair
above the forehead, and a very simple
but exceedingly Frenchy bonnet to
crown this aureole. Middle-aged wom-
en still continue for general wear to
select toques and certain shaped round
hats of plain style and fair-sized brim
in lieu of the so-called “bonnet,” which
is really no bonnet at all. These neat,
smartly trimmed hats as a rule prove
very becoming, and often the softening
effect of the veil worn with them is
much of an aid to the appearance.
Judgment, however, must always be
exercised in the choice of a hat for an
elderly lady—its color, contour, and
decoration. Eccentricities which might
admirably become sweet sixteen would
and do frequently render sombre sixty
ridiculous. The toque is a. very satis-
factory compromise head-covering be-
tween the toy bonnet and the some-
times doubtful round hat for the wom-
an past her youth.
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Sun Bonnetl.
At many of the importing houses are
set forth the most fanciful of sun-bon-
nets, made pf Shirred silk muslin, chif-
fon, or fine organdée. .finished with
lace-edged frills, ruches, and strings.
These are intended, 'not alone for very
little maidens, but for youthful golfers
and tennis-players as well, and for
wear in the country with afternoon
dresses of muslin, chambray, and the
like; for boating wear for girls in-
clined to tan and accumulate freckles,
and for picnic-parties. These pretty
“Kate Greenaway” locking bonnets are
very much en evidence iii their various
city show-cases, but whether they will
prove as numerous by mountain,
stream, and sea this summer, remains
to be seen.
Cerise is still a fashionable color, and
for that reason the price of cerise-coi-
ored silk has gone up.
Plain covert cloths will be much
: worn in tailor-made gowns.
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surplice folds, but most carefully drapv
THE WHITE HOUSE MleRESS.
Mrs. McKinley’s‘ Ways in \Vaslliugto’n
_ Just \'8 hut, They Were in Cannon.
“The fact that Mrs. McKinley gave a
necktie'lwhich she herself knitted to a
young man in Washington at his wed—
ding,” said a. woman who spent the
Easter holidays in Washington, “calls
attention again to the simplicity and
unaffectedness of the tastes of the first
magistrate's wife. She has not allowed
the' change 'in her position to ' affect.
these matters in the hast, and she was
no more natural and modest in her for-
mer home than she is to-day. There
she would have felt that something
from her own bands was the sort of
present that she preferred to give.
She felt the same thing in Washing-
ton, and the knit four-m-hand scarf
which she gave to her young friend as
I. Wedding present was given to him
in Washington with the same frank-
ness that would have been shown in
Canton. '
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MPS. M‘IHNLEY.
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“I remember at Easter that she
showed to a. friend of mine some of
the beautiful souvenirs that had been
sent to her from different parts of the
country. There were some lovely
things among them, but she reserved
till the last thé'one which she appre-
ciated most. It was made for her by
an old friend in Ohio. It was in the
form of one of those glistening eggs of
rock. candy, but it was larger than they
usually are‘. At one end was a. hole
through which one could look. The.
picture inside was a. remarkably good
reproduction of the White House
grounds done in colored paper. On the
lawn were two youths playing. The
Whole picture was very ingeniously
done. Mrs. McKinley explained that.
the two boys were her young sons, who
had died many years before. Mrs. Mc-
Kinley told me that among all the sou-
venirs sent to her, and some of them
were the most expensive that could
well be bought, she preferred the Eas-
ter egg. Her friends have often found
other instances that prove how little
changed her taste has been by her re—
moval to the position of the first lady
in the land.”
CAN CUBA GOVERN HERSELF.
Briefly Answered—
:\9 Lenders.
A Grave Question
drave Men
To question whether the Cubans can
govern the IZSClTE'S, in view of such tes-
timony, is a gratuitous doubt, having
no warrant in reason or history. Noth—
ing, on the other hand, is more certain
than that the government if one coun—
try by the sojourning natives of anoth-
the best of intentions,
er, even with
must result in. injustice and bad gov-
ernment. As for the blocks, the: are
rapidly disappearing, and mus: mun
cease to be a cause of any future lf‘l'qu
prejudice. The rank” of the Cuban ur—
my are of an average intelligence above
that of the Spanish populaticu, which
is feurfully ignorant and crcdnlxsus.
The Cubans have nixt been a turbu-
’i‘l:ot‘.gl" their history has
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- “22.3 oi iev Diu.i.ll.2..:. they
been a ‘
have never resortgd to
pen cful means of undress
trlcd. In those bricf intervals of peace
which have sometimes visited the is-
Cubans have bit-ligill. to cffect, by
constitutional agitation, the refrains of
have
arms until every
had been
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existing abuses. Such atmmpts
never at any time succeeded.
There are higher questions, too, to be
considered. There is no whining tone
in the indomitable self-reliance of the
Cuban leaders. ”Moving freely over
three-quarters of the island, they have
knocked at the very gates o Havana;
they have held in check a force out—
numbering their own at all times three
or four to one, coopr-xr‘. up in their forti-
fied towns. They die, too, with cries
for Cuba. free, as they did in the ten
years’ war—the thought of indepen-
dence last in their hearts and on their
lips. Their unconquerabie souls go
forth to that freedom they con-id not
win on their narrow stretch of earth.
Love of liberty is the surest guarantee
of representative~ government; that
these men have given to the world the
purest example-of sue-h devotion that
history has known proves them fit for
’self-government.—Joseph Dana. Miller
in G‘odey’s.
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