THE CADUCEUS.
15
TWELVE LEAVE
NURSES CALLED TO JOIN HOSPI
TAL UNITS.
Twelve nurses were called away this
week by summons from the hospital
units to which they had attached them
selves before coming t oC'amp Greene.
Most of the women had been here for
several months and nre well known
about the hospital.
Four of the nurses left on Tuesday
night. They proceeded to New York,
where their unit is forming. Those
who left early in the week are: Misses
Ahearn, Howe,'Hart and Murphy.
Eight nurses went on Friday after
noon. They are to join the 'Ctiiversity
of Virginia unit. They are; Misses
Williams, Shaner, Campbell, E'ggles-
ton, Ricker, Leppalla, Daniel and
.lones.
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eW are missing Miss Agnew very
much but are glad mat she has an
opportunity for a vacation.
« « «
Miss Houston and Miss Ruby
Smith are enjoying a ten-day leave
of absence.
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Miss McKain has recovered from
her attack of rheumatism sufficiently
to enable her to take her ten-'day leave
of absence.
THE ARMV NURSE.
As a nurse and angel of mercy,
lake a mother with tender care and
sympathy.
You have willed to tend the war torn
fighter
And make his convalescing days a lit
tle brighter.
With your'cheerings words and moth
erly love
You shine in gloom like angels above.
When pains are too intense to bear
■ and you place your
Hands upon his feverish brow
As if by magic it soothes his pains
and makes him care
That the Kaiser must be beaten now.
Be kind and merciful for he’s the sol
dier of liberty
Who tvilled to give up his dearest and
all
To save Democracy.
BY L. APPLETON.
BY MISS MARY LaSELL
FABLE OF THE LADY
AND THE HORSE
Jr
APOLOGIES TO GEORGE ADE.
Once upon a time there was a young
lady who believed that equitation was
her natural forte.
Lack of experience was her only
reason for laboring under such a de
lusion.
Her actual performances had been
those accumulated by attendance at
one horse show, and at several meet
ings of the post-mortem hor.se show
club, held at the classiest hotel,
where she had been stopping for a few
minutes.)
The time came when after the
Kaiser had been fool enough to be
lieve what T. R. jokingly told him
several years ago .in Berlin when Bill
had his army pass in review before
LOVELY NURSE
NOT TRADITIONAL.
Does she smooth the soldier’s fevered
brow.
When she has ttime to idle?
Nit-not, she feeds him Aspirin
In doses suicidal.
Teddy; namely, that with that army
he could lick the v/orld Thai our
heroine joined the rankest rank of the
A. A. C. and presently found herself
resting on the substantial staff (of
Life), at the basest of base hospitals
B uodn pajunoui ‘os noe .tju^uoui
-aja UB 9q pinoAv Suipu lunpu eqj
ISBaq eiqou ein jo ajn;Bu aq; jo eSpa
-lA'iousi aAisuajxa jaq mm Aiarns
■uoi;ntinba uf mn jso[ uaq aAiAej
01 laq aonpui oj ubm-.iojom oraospuuq
B moij Su{§jn eiiBi ;nq pajuibar
, -auaajo dureo qi?
dashing black steed she set out with
her charming companion to demon
strate to the fortunate observers some
of the real fine points of the .game.
We pause to relate the ensuin,g per
formance gentle equitating readers.'
We feel sure that you may by this
time have visualized what may have
happened when you but recall your
own experience in your maidenly
maiden voyage. The relating can not
be accurate as the time necessary
for many things to happen was as
usual.
Suddenly the beast took on an un
controllable desire to be .it a given
point some half-mile distance within
six seconds. Needless to say he ar
rived within the stated interval but
she—Well, when we saw her we judge
that she remained at the point of
starting but not in the saddle.
Since this time our heroine has re
ceived numerous inducements to re
peat her thrilling performance before
a larger number of interested specta
tors, but when, we met her this morn
ing hobbling about we were not able
to interest her in the subject of
horses, their habits or their attitude
towards ladies.
Moral: A ride in the buckboard is
worth two in the saddle.
Author: Lemon Ade; apologies to
George Ade.
ORDER NO. 6—
To Nurses on Night Duty:
Omit all loud noises in the wa’-d.
See that no one leaves the wart
without permission from property au
thority.
Please notice that no more than om
night orderly is asleep at a time.
Observe all guards that pass your
windows and see that they are awake.
Don’t lunch while on duty.
—Unsigned and Unofficial.