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i THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL . PORTLAND, SUNDAY - MORNING, NOVEMBER 17, 1907.
BURGLAR WHO
Why
St WOR"K.
How many people In Portland know
of the actual work done by the VIMtlng
Nurses' association? How many know
what the real scope of the work is, how
it Is supported and how and where It
finds Its work?
There Is In truth a very hazy Idea
about th work done by this organixa
tlon. Many of you have seen and
noted with curiosity a nurse. who wear
a striking uniform on the street, a
long gray cape-cloak with a hood which
entirely envelops her nurses' gown un
derneath,. She goes quielly on her wuy
through the street. i:my1i,g a little
satchel bag and many turn to look n i
her curiously, but lew know tli.it vh.
Is one of the visiting nurses; that she
lias devoted her tlm entirely to work-
' lng among the people who cannot
. through lack of means employ proper
care for themsehe In sIcKtiesa; thut
she goes about among charltuble Inatlj
tutlona seeking the children of families
In low, unheafthful and often depraved
. conditions of home life thut ho may
. give them the flirt rudiments of knowl
edge about cleanliness and health which
thsy are prevented from learning
home.
There are two such nurses In Port
, land who haver devoted themselves en
' tlrely to the charitable work of the Vis
iting Nurae association MIhs Florence
Baldwin, a graduate of St. Luke s hos
1 pltal In Chicago, one of the finest
. training schools in the world, and Miss
May Walker, a graduate of the Good
Bamarltan hospital of Portland, and
formerly head surgical nurse there.
' These are the only two the funds of the
society have enabled them to employ
but the work has Increased so rapidly
and with the addition of other depart-
ments to the work there Is a crying
need for at least one more assistant.
Th Introduction of chooI work, that is,
examination of the school children for
the prevention or disease ana me rvoiu
nr. of its sDreadlns;. will In itself re
oulr th entire attontlon of one nurse.
Time Well Spent.
Th time taken In going the rounds
with one of these nurses is nm ww
spent In the Interesting study of help
ing humankind. Miss Baldwin, for ln
.,?., ha. in hor eln-iilt the kinder
garten' at th People's Institute and the
Neighborhood House. Kvery Tuesday
morning she spends at the iseignDoi
hood House, where she comes in con-
. tact with the Russian Jewish and Ital
ian Jewish element. Thursday rnorn-
. Ings she goes to the People a Institute
and there cares for the mixed classes of
children that spend their mornings
there Chinese. Italians, Japanese,
negroes ana wnues. , ... .
ft is a peculiar thing that while it is
almost impossiDie 10 worn
parents at home and to induce them to
make any changes in their ways of 1
lng by going to their homos, their pr
seems to ba aroused when the child:
of llv-
nrlde
M,ma t n m arousen wnen ine tiuiuicu
rnmii home showing that care has been
taken of them and the processes are
oftn continued. This Is most notice
able In the case of washing. Miss Bald
win, sifter "going over" the children s
heads, washes the hair of those who
need It, and passes the process on to
their hands and face. After a few days
th child begins to come tvIUi clean
hands and face regularly and usually
." with her hair washed on the days that
Miss Baldwin is to be there.
But they have the greatest fear of
n element nf cleanliness. When the
nurse applies the scissors to their nails
and tries to remove the Impedimenta
there Is invariably a soiilrm of terror
and a shrinking look. They have not
vet reached that stajre of evolution and
1 the application or the metal terrmes
them.
Worses Better Equipped.
At the People's Institute the nurse is
a little better equipped for her work,
with a larger room to work in and a
commodious bathroom and bathtub,
where the children seem to take real
pleasure in wallowing. The bathtub at
the Neighborhood house is a washtub.
but that is felt to be a rich acquisition,
for only a month or so ago they had not
even that. There is found at th insti
tute less of hair trouble then at the
Neighborhood house, but the same rules
for cleanliness have to be observed.
There are often found children with
sores On their hands and laces mar
have been sadly neglected and allowed
to fester, children with mild forms of
BKln diseases that need oniy a muu
nlannltneHo fln.l rare to make them well.
t To such cases Miss Baldwin gives her
attention, bandaging; a wrist here, apply
ing carooilaed vaseline or sweeiou mero.
. And it Is easy to see that the children
regard her In tne ligni or a guuruian
anarel.
There, too, you find the children more
eager for cleanliness. Some of thorn
elory in It. One little Chinese boy
would willingly live in the "nice clean
hathttih" If ha were nermitted.
"Mv mudder she wash me at homo
afore I corned here, but I likes to wash
here," he pronounced. And he smoothed
with hands of actnal reverence and love
the clean underclothing that Miss Bald
win put on him after the bath.
"Hrs mother Is a nice woman." said
Miss Baldwin, "and she likes to have
her bov kept clean, but with one of hla
sixe It Is hard to do anything with a
dlshpan only, which she uses. And she
Is very careful and will take horn his
' soiled clothes and wash them and put
. them en him and will bring' these back
to m all washed." A '
Other Tasks Aha4.
But this is not all the work don by
ths nurses. They find out needy
cases and oar for them through their
, Illness. In many" Instances they have
been th means of saving ' lives by
prompt calling for medical assistance,
by insistence that patients be taken to j
fhA tiMnUal In anlf it MTnnniltrflnflil. I
by reporting; contagious case to the
91 " I jominiB
oily niiihorltles and so preventing Its
spread, and by a general Effect of
lettiilini-ss on the neighborhoods they
VlMjt,
Their, work is not confined to th
home of sickness. It is uot their aim
xiiend all their time In nursing a
patient. Thav onlv hunt up her case.
visit the home, find out the trouble.
order thu cleaning up If It Is necessary
and leave instructions for those in at
tendance. Thus every bit of instruct
lion they gives carries Us fruits be
yond the Immediate case. They call a
doctor where he Is needed, and If the
case needs lonstnnt attention they call
In a trained nurse at the expense of
the association. Almost all or tn
ihvnlrtun In town are In cooperation
with the work and are called In accord-
In as It Is 'convenient for on or an
other. The druggists, too. have been
enlisted in the work and at several of
the drug stores there is a credit list
up to a certain point In favor of the
association.
About two "ears ago the attention of
the association was called to a womnn
who was very 111 with pneumonia. She
was not receiving th proper car and
her little bov was being neglected and
was develODlns- lima- trouble. Th as
sociation took hold of the cas, cleaned
up the home, cared for the boy and put
a special nurse on the mother's case
wh worked with her for four weeks.
The woman finally recovered hut the
next summer she was taken 111 again
and finally developed tubercular
trouble. The bov. too. was 111 and was
rteH in th. aama way aa tha mother,
xtah h. ...nni.tinn i.-o anunt font!
Sot th mother at the Open Air Sana-
torium and the bov lives near her so
that h can be wlh her much of th
time and yet Is not allowed , to sleep or
eat with her. Kverv precaution is taicen
to keep the child from getting the sick
ness and now he is srowlng strong and
healthy snd the mother is improving.
Bom Oood Samaritans.
It Is In connection with tuberculosis
that the association Is doing some of
its strongest work. They nrst haa tu
berculosis put on the list of communica-
and, realising tne lmpor
tanee of this branch nf work, they are
a-olna- to enlist in an active campaign
against Its spread. A committee has
been formed which Is to work In con-
Junction with the Oregon state com-
mittee on tuberculosis, and will foUow
the same plan of work. On the commit-
tea are Mrs. B. H. Trumbull. Dr. E. A.
Pierce Dr R P Oearv Rev W O Eliot
Esther Pohl and a member from each
of the organizations, the chamber of
commerce. Woman's club, Jewish coun
cil and county commission.
The committee will undertake the in
spectlon of factories, tchools and lodg
ing-nouses ana the collection or starls
tics. The disease will be treated
strictly as a communicable disease, and
measures will be taken to prevent those
affected with It from exposing others to
tne aanger, considered ny authorities
th greatest- menace to the health of
this country. The association has been
active In Instructing those cases which
have come under Its care in the meth
ods of taking care of themselves and
making contagion less probable. The
state committee on tuberculosis consists
of Mrs. Millie H. Trumbull, Miss Cor
nclia Marvin, secretary of the state
library commission. Dr. E. A. Pierce, Dr,
R. C. Yenney and Dr. Andrew Smith,
and this is a branch of the interna
tional association.
Another branch of work to be taken
up by the association has already been
mentioned, that of school work, only
recently nas the agiration Deen started
ror medical examinations in the schools.
In other cities whe e this work has
fceen tried it has been found Ineffective
without the . aid of the nurses. The
physicians make the examinations In the
schools and leave instructions with the
children but that Is as far as It roes.
unless tne nurse is tnere to roiiow up
the instructions. This Is largely a case
or preventive work. The physicians
examine the children for trouble with
the throat, ears, eyes, and skin, and
often prevent epidemics of light dis
eases usuaUy considered harmless, such
as pink eyes, ring worm, and the like.
In case of any serious difficulty the
doctor .advises the child to have a phy
sician. He . shows them how to care
for the simpler cases at home, and sends
directions to the parents and tells the
child to remain at home If necessary.
But often th child merely goes home
and nothing follows. .
Weakness la Children.
The physicians detect weaknesses in
children which the teachers are not
skilled In knowing and the parents can
not see. Many are defective through
adenoids that need only a little at
tention. . A large proportion of the children
that apply at the Juvenile court to b
allowed to work before they - reach the
age limit Is mad up of children who
have had to leave school because they
fell behind In their work on account of
defective eyesight or hearing. In one
New TOrk school where there wer
hundreds of children In attendant 34
per
hav
cent or the children were rouna to
ave trouble with their eyesthat could
a aaallv remedied hut Which had boen
be easily remedied hut which had boon
neglected, and 66 per cent to be in im
medial and serious need of medical
service. It Is-such conditions as these
that th Nurses' Association wanta to
i ll .
help remedy, through the help of an
extra nurse which It has not now the
means to employ.
Much interest is betna taken by out
alders In the work. Those who know
of soma of the cases of help extended
must lend ineir sympatny even ir iney
oan give no aubstantlal aid. There Is
a case of an old woman on tli east
side practically alone who Is so cramped
J'th rheumatism that she is unable to
do anything. Till the nurses cam
to her aid sh waa dependent only on
the neighbors, and no matter how good
hearted neighbors may be they have
their own homes to look after, to which
they owe their first allegiance. Miss
Walker visits her regularly, straight
ens up the home for her, gives her
treatment to ease as much as possible
her pain, and leaves her comfortable in
the care of neighbors till her next visit.
Tamlly on Scow.
There was the family with two cases
2r typh?!"5 " damp scow on the river
during the high water season last win-
er- wriere ine roomer was reaoy 10
drop with exhaustion from nursing the
E,tent and finally succumbed herself,
The nurses took hold of these cases
" brought them all through, though
tne7 wer exceedingly difficult and
malignant cases. There are many pltl-
.nun iuv in.. p ...yii iivn . . v.
mother and now to care for the del
icate little -babe. There was a severe
case of typhoid fever at Sellwood where
the patient was determined not to go
to the hospital though her case was
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rerr severe and It took a week to get
there.
And there was little Johnny, th son
of a gypsy fortune teller, who was ly-
Inar at the coint of death in filthy sur
rounding when the nurse found him.
the victim of pneumonia. o care wai
being given him and she had him re
moved to the hospital amid the protes
tatlons of the mother who had neg
lected hlan but felt her mother-love sud
denly awakened when her boy was to
be taken from her. He was two weeks
In the hospital and was Just passing
out of danger when the mother ap
pealed to the court and was granted
permission to remove her child, even
though h was not fit for traveling.
And on could go on mentioning one
case after another where these nurses
have brought sunshine and health into
dlseasa-ridden homes. But their work
1m of a oulet unostentatious nature.
Their mission Is to helD. and not to win
p-f n K-S-.r?-
ilnlSteT for ?d
Dralse. And it was
their anneal to the m
that their work became public, that It
became known that they Had at tnat
time four cases In one hospital, were
carlne for a bow-legged bov whose
limbs were being straightened, for
woman with tubercular perltlnltls, on
with tvnhold and a maternity case, be
sides keeping up their work at th two
kindergartens before mentioned and
caring for several outlying cases In the
subuitis.
promise an Offering.
Th Presbyterians have promised
their Thanksgiving offering, which is
tairan at a union meetlna- of the Presby
terian churches of the city to th Visit
ing Nurse association, and surely the
people could find no better way to show
thanks for their own blessings than by
giving to the comfort of others. And
what Is a greater blessing to others
than health. Other ministers ar dls-
ruaslno- nlans for a-lvlne help to th ns
soclation. ana some win uaeiy uivo up
Week,
Between
Washington
and Stark Sts.
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(Special DliHtck to Tk Joaraii.t
Berlin, Nor. If. The moit amazing
cracksman In Europe hai bfm arrested
at Munich after a series of burglaries
probably unequaled In modern criminal
history by on man.
He I a Swede, Carlleon by name, who
prepared himself for his carter aa a
burglar by serving an apprenticeship
as a locksmith.
Since then he has posed as a noble
man, an author, a millionaire and a
diplomat, with consummate skill, llvins
In princely style In Berlin, Munich,
Pari. Vienna and other cities under
different names and In different dls-
ulses.
All the time ne nas uvea ty the most
daring burglaries, usually at hotels, al-
thoug at times ne was not averse rrom
looting the private residence of a mil
lionaire or an art connoisseur He has
changed his, role and his address ac
cording to necessity, and avoided arrest
with a great skill, although the best d.
tectlves In Europe have been easrchlng
for him for months.
Carllson Is described as a man nf
'very gentlemanly" appearance, wltli
refined tastes and pronounced artistic
nd literary Inclinations. Me was a
arrest favorite among women, who were
charmed by his exquisite manners.
Carllson waa noeea ior nis taste in
dress, and while living In Vienna In
he guts or a oipiomai on leave, no
s said to have Inaugurated a new fash
ion In neckties.
When arrested Carllson was staying
at the most fashionable hotel In Mu
nich, where he occupied an exninslve
suite snd popml as a Danish ncCleman
of great wealth. The police found 2.
600 In hla possession. In addition to
Jewelry valued at 13,0000.
It Is estimated that his annual In
come from burglaries averaged 15,000
during the past 10 years.
Carllson took his arrest philosophical
ly and threatens to write his memoirs
while lit prison.
their pulpits to the publication of th
work.
The association was founded by Mrs.
Stephen S. Wise, in 1902. and Its mem
bership has grown to about 21'u. The
membership fee Is $3, and aside from
offerings given by friends and members
that la their only support. The Uni
tarian Church society, St. Ann's soci
ety and the Needlework Guild have al
ways been generous In their offerings
of clothing and bed linen for the aspo
rtation And occasionally a frltnd
makes a money donation. Every aid Is
appreciated, and the work goes on with
the personal aid of the members who
come to the rescue when more help Is
needed. .
The officers of the Visiting Nurse
Association are: Mrs. B. II. Trumbull,
president; Mrs. Adolph Wolfe, vice
president; Mrs. A. V. Biles, "ecretary
and treasurer; Mrs. 1.. J. Goldsmith,
corresponding secretary. The directors
are: Mrs. A. A. Morrison, Mrs. George
W. McBrlde, Mrs Hubert J. Marsh, Miss
Virginia Wilson, Mrs. P. J. Cronln. Mrs.
Helen Ladd Corbett, Mrs. John ("ran,
Mrs. H. a. GUe, Miss Henrietta Falling.
Mrs. Levi White, Mrs. James S. Reed.
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LEFT BY MISER
(Special Dispatch to Th Jonrail.)
London, Nov. IS. The market town
of Portadown, County Armagh, has been
notified of a substantial legacy In cu
rious circumstances
On Monday the death occurred of
William John Watson, who-waa over 70
vears of ace. Although born In Porta
down, the old man's early life was spent
In Australia, where he amassed a for
tune of about 10.000. Returning to hla
native place, he purchased property.
but himself lived In the utmost poverty
1n a small, three-roomed house. On
Monday, as he had not been seen for
two days, tne ponce orone into nis
house, and found the old man lying
dead. Death from apoplexy was the
verdict of the coroner's Jury, and the
funeral took place yesterday. iater,
the will of the deceased was read, and it
was found that Watson had left the
whole of his property to PortHdown for
th piirpos of providing healthy recrea- 1
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Football and row-
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The Wherefore.
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In real life, after th third act. he la too
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