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THE CADUCEUS
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CONDUCTED BY MISS ELIZABETH P. UZELMEIER
WE WILL CONFESS
(Lincoln will never , :khgiv it so why
apologize ?)\:'
OT more'than eleven days
ago our Instruc4;ors
brought forth upon the
Probies, a restriction—de-
nied us liberty, but ex
cepted two probationers with whom we
are all considered unequal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil
question, asking whether these Pfob-
les or any Probies so clean and so
tidy can long endure; we have met
and decided not .to make War. We
have come to estimate a portion of
our time as a general cleaning-up for
those whose names reeked with dirt
that no germs might live'. It is alto
gether fitting and proper that we
should do this.
But in a larger sense we cannot be
perfect—we cannot surpass—we can
not follow these Probies. The clean
probies few and far between, who
struggled hard, have gone and put it
far above our poor power to add or
detract. This camp will little note,
nor long remember what we say here
but it can never forget what we do
here. It is for us the dirty rather to
be restricted here for the unfinished
work which those who made rounds
one morning found so poorly advanced.
It is rather for us here to be recon
ciled to the great task of cleaning
before us—that with the honored Prob
ies we may go to the Red Cross build
ing for which we have a vast and
full measure of devotion; that we
here highly resolve that those who
clean shall not have cleaned in vain-
that this classf though under guard’
shall have a new birth of freedom;
and that cleanliness of the Probies by
the Probies and for the Probies shall
not perish from the earth.
(A dirty prob.)
HEARD ON AN ARMY TRANSPORT
The troop ship was loaded with col
ored troops. To most of them the
sea was both new and strange. A
few days out a gale hit the ship.
A colored man whose religion had
grown rapidly as he neared the war
zone, knelt and offered this prayer:
“O, Lawd, we beseech Thee tfo call
this heah ocean to attention, quick.”
A FEW MORE
LAST WORDS ABOUT FULL
•NELSON
OR the laddie who con
fided in ‘Dear Mac’ last
week:—
So glad you enjoyed the
dance, I am sure, but
—— chappie, did it ever occur
much commented upon
Full-Nelson’ and ‘Gorilla Clutch’ was a
positive necessity in some instances?
Had you been seated in my place
where I remained a prominent spec
tator for the_ greater part of the even
ing upon which the dance in question,
was held, you would undoubtedly share
my views on the subject.
I am in full sympathy with the fair
ladies who found it necessary to se-
cure an unusual hold on their partners
who forgot that they were not on
the drilling ground. A few of the gal
lant young khaki-clad dancers thought
themselves on the field and were doing
double time; to the ladies who glide
smoothly along, even this was more
than expected, and the little ‘dames’
were forced to grasp the last straw,
which in this case, may have happen-
ed to be even the much-abused thumb
.or little finger. Blame them? Not in
the least. Had I happened to be in
their Vl&ces I would possibly have-
taken the Old Maid’s grip’ and held
on for the rest of the evening The
reason for this, being that there were
some very handsome men on the floor.
Don t accept this as an apology for
the foregoing remarks, because I really
think the medical corps contain some
fine-lookers in their bunch, and con
sider myself included.
I saw one gay cavalier carry off one
of the prominent nurses in a one-step,
directing her toward another couple
as If he was making a bayonet charge
at some huns; that made a hit with
me because I thought he was a ten
derfoot, but am now convinced, had
he had the chance, the huns would
^ home-run long before
the Yankees got there. The vouna
lady? She just smiled a painful smile
and secured a better hold.
About the time, things began to
look as if the pedal extremities were
coming down to a position of ‘at ease,’
the gayeties became more pronounced
and exciting, so of course this excused
TEN TO NEW YORK
MORE NURSES TRANSFERRED
Following closely upon "the heels of
the order which transferred thirty-
four of the graduate nurses from the
Camp Greene hospital to Gen. Hos
pital No. 19 came a second which
called for ten of them to be shifted
to Debarkation hospital No. 5 in New
York city.
Realizing the attraction that New
York might offer to many of the
nurses. Miss Susan G. Parish, chief
nurse, considerately permitted the la
dies to choose for themselves whether
or not they cared to go, the nurses
having been at this hospital for the
greatest period of. time having first
choice. ^ Of the, oldest nurses, in point
of service at this station, the only two
lyho elected to go were Miss Ella Mil
liard and Miss Ida Stoskopf. The
others who comprised the group trans
ferred were:
Anna L. Max, Sarah Gardner, Goldie
R. Shivley, Grace Harvey, Helen
Welch, Mora Kelly, Vera Douglas and
Frances A. Kellett.
Debarkation hospital No 5 is a new
hospital having been opened the latter
part of December, 1918. It was for
merly known at Grand Central Palace
and considered to be an excellent
building for a hospital, requiring but
few alterations.
DIETITIAN INSTRUCTOR
Miss Dove Bberle, arrived for duty
Jan. 5, as Dietitian Instructor in the
Army School of Nursing, from Ft. Mc
Dowell, San Francisco, California.
Miss Anna R. Cropsey has gone to
her home in New York City, to await
relief from active service.
many of my pals from further embar
rassment. I greeted this with enthus
iasm and whirled the paper ribbon
out upon the crowds as rapidly as I
could to make you boys let up a little
on your military antics, and tangle
you up a bit. Now why blame tho
gilrs, who are forced to follow the
leaders, and be so blind to your own
faults ? ofm’tldhelar-lK-ox zfiffflvkbg
faults? I’m for ladies every time.
A Pal.