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*4^ THE CADUCEUS. 15 BY MISS MArY LaSELL VIGTIIOLA SAVED THE DAY A MODERN CONUMDRUM. Nurses Have Enjoyable Dance Without An Orchestra. On Thursday,^evening we had our *"81 party at the nurses’ home. All present had a most enjoyable time, Sven it the orchestra did not arrive, e always busy victrola served very ^ dancing and the dining room e an ideal dance hall. We' appre- thp niilitary style in which anop officers made their appear- opivori V ? visitors were cordially re- X Misss Agnew. presided at the punch howl. evSg .were served during the tripped the light fantastic toe more than Miss Condon. hard on the regimental SURGEONS. j£no5s?’™’ Captain: “Meningitis suspect, but it probably develop into an ingrow- ing toenail by morning.” imr happened to be doing a rush- thatday"^^^ in the Receiving Ward More nurses arrive. The following nurses have arrived during the week: Miss Nellie Loughran. Miss Mary T. Riordan. Miss Mary El. Fiske. IT IS ALWAYS THE UNEXPECTED. Inquisitive Patient: “Nurse, what is my temperature tonight?” Nurse: “Ask me another time, I am not m a particularly confidential mood tonight.” Next morning; much concerned nurse: “Well, how did you rest last night?” Patient: “Ask me another time. I am not in a particularly confidential nrood this morning. We insist that the tall, good-looking Monde nurse with tne shell-rimmed glasses is Miss Wenke, but we will ad mit that Miss Daniels is a tall, good- looking blonde. Lieutenant: “Will you please tell me which nurse it is that Captain X— from the Officers’ Ward is so much in terested in?” Girls I was nonplussed. I always was rotten at mathematics—never could think in numbers, don’t you know. Therefore the question is still unanswered. Which one would you say? HEAD NURSE AT BASE HOSPITAL Photo by Schmidt MISS ALICE B. AGNEW IT-E!,NTUALLY LEAKED OUT. Construction Quartermaster to New comer: “I am told there are bad Leaks about here, one particularly had one—very difficult to control. Newcomer: “I know only one, sir, and you will find him in the labora tory.” Why do nurses always say, when I was in training ‘Now, Tuesday evening a number of the nurses went to a party at the Hostess House, given by the women of Char lotte for the officers md nurses of the base hospital. All enjoyed a delight ful evening. There is a certain Medical Officer who possesses an X-Ray stethoscope and mystic fingers. Any way when fluid is present he always discovers if. Nurse: “Captain, I believe your chief aim in life is to look for fluid.” Captain: “Well, it is this way, if I don’t find it, Placak will.” And Placak usually does. On Wednesday the nurses enjoyed a delightful automobile party arranged for by the Charlotte Chamber of Com- We were indeed sorry to say fare well to the nurses who have left us for work“pver there;” members of the Kentucky, Oregon and Maryland units. Good luck- from those left behind. We note w’ith interest several eques trians in our midst: Miss Van Zandt and Miss Zilch being the latest. We sincerely hope that none fall ,off. "Welcome back to duty Cookie. Glad to see you recovered so rapidly from “smallpox.” We would advise the laboratory to requisition for some smaller hypo nee dles. (Signed) The Nurses Who Have Been Innoculated. No, Miss Pierce is not the only one that misses the 4th. Ammunition Train. We wonder why Miss Bessie War wick spends her vacation in Green ville, South Carolina.
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