Hahnemann Hospital School of Nursing - Hahnoscope Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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might recuperate and by occasional practice regain their lost strength. As it had been several days since I had read a paper, I asked to see one. Imagine my surprise when I saw the winner of the National Automobile Races had taken Evelyn Culbert for his wedded wife. It went on to say, Miss Culbert's former experience in motoring had been an important factor of the romance and that they expected to tour the whole world by automobile. That afternoon I decided to go to the village where the summer colony was holding a charity bazaar for a foreign missionary. I received a series of thrills when I learned the missionary's name was Bertha Dierolf. In the course of the afternoon I met a girl who asked me to call at her home as she was entertaining a visitor who was advocating sea dancing as a means of reducing VVhen I saw the graceful, willowy form gliding and skipping about among the waves, I was about to ask who is this nymph-like creature, when out of a clear sky I heard a shriek of laughter which was unmistakably the laugh of Rena Shimp. VVhen I asked her motive Cshe always had been so quietj she told me it was part of a plan to interest people in a large day nursery in New York City which was conducted by Louise Pechim for French war orphans. That evening we all went driving through the country, passed a large estate, and I noticed a sign, which on further investigation read: HB. Klein, Model Hennery and Poultry Farm. This was easy to understand for if one had ever lived next door to Bertha, one would remember farming was her favorite topic of conversation. Rena and I had decided to return to the city, and as we went to the boat we noticed a group of young musicians who apparently were going on the same journey. Later I heard one of them men- tion Karoline Klein's name, and, taking the liberty of asking whether he knew her, he replied that she owned a conservatory where she taught music to be used in connection with general anesthesia in some of the largest hospitals in Trenton. Upon arriving at the dock in New York City, we were delayed because of a great crowd of people. In order to satisfy my curios- ity I stood on the end of my suitcase, and it is no wonder I almost lost my balance when to my surprise I recognized Gussie Zeitline. 27

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llbropbecxg WAS on a camping trip, when I was stranded on an isle out to sea, that this incident occurred. We had been deep-sea fishing and had been unable to'Hmake away because of a severe storm which had broken. So we were forced to land on an isle where a lighthouse stood. The people were most hospitable, and the fact that we had an old-time sea captain stamped us in their minds as being eligible to their innermost circle, even though they lapsed into their favorite phase of entertainment, that of spinning yarns. As they talked on in their drawling speech, telling of the wild experiences they had off the Grand Bank in their earlier days, I made myself comfortable on the old-fashioned settee which was in the corner by the little open grate. From the outside we could hear the angry waves dashing against the rocks, as though to gain revenge by swallowing-up the miniature island, lighthouse and all. After a time a signal was sighted by the keeper, and he in his answering flash found it to be a signal of some ship in distress. The lifeboats pushed off, the men battling with the waves, and were soon out of sight. The rest of the men having gone down to the shore to await their return, I decided to make myself comfort- able. So curling in a heap in the corner of the old settee, I went to sleep-and it is of my dream I will try to tell you. I thought I had been washed into the ocean by the waves, and after Hoating about was being hauled on the rocks by some very powerful person, who seemed in the complexities of my dream to be Anna Roscoe, in the garb of a life-saver. Immediately in response to her whistle, two helpers appeared, to carry me back to her small building, which proved to be a private hospital. I remarked on her rather unique establishment, and she replied, This is what I call system. As I gazed at the wall I recognized the familiar signs and rules. The next morning I was served with a most delicious breakfast. Anna told me she never accepted a dietitian unless they had taken at least a correspondence course under Minie Sawyer, and, she further explained, Minie was now head dietitian at the White House. She said Annabel O'Brien had an institution also-a convalescent home for exhausted and retired professional dancers, where they 26

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I managed to ask her if she was arriving home for her annual vacation, when she informed me it was her wedding tour! As we came to Broadway, we noticed traffic was somewhat delayed. This time it was a parade of school children, and whom should I see at the head of it but Mary Lewis. When we finally reached the office building where Rena had her offices I noticed the name of a great surgeon. Then it was that Rena told me of our old classmate Gdessa Potter, who, because of her experience in the operating-room, had qualified to act as his first assistant. 5 As we were waiting for the elevator I heard a terrible thud, and must have wakened, for I felt the salt air blowing across my face and I could distinguish the forms of the coast guards returning, carrying with them a huge box. Having struggled half the night to rescue the crew and cargo from the wrecked ship, they were bringing me many strange gifts which the grateful sailors had brought from some far away land. Some were given to me, and I am bringing them tonight to share of my bounty with you. VVHO KNOVVS? She who knows not that she knows not, She's a foolish Probieg Teach her. She who knows not, and knows she knows not, She is a silly Sub-junior, Shun her. She who knows, and knows not that she knows, She is a jolly Junior, VVake her. She who knows and knows that she knows, She is a wise Senior, Follow her. 28