Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania - Record Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Then into the bathtub one Went to repose, While the other one started to Wash out some clotbCS Which she meant to hang on the bathroom rack, And then, on the morrow, put on her back. But out in the hall, things were not as they seemed To the girls in the bathroom-they little dreamed l Of the awful commotion they'd caused by the ringing Of the bell on the Wall-and they kept up their singing. Doctors and nurses Were all rushing 'round, Each trying to learn from Where came the sound Of the bell, used only in emergency cases, And a look of alarm was on all their faces. They searched every room, but no one could tell Who had caused all this fuss by a push on the bell, They had visions of someone slowly expiring While they all rushed around the location inquiring. But all things must come to an end, they say: And, as With all, with this 7tWas the Way. i The head nurse, remembering, to the bathroom Went To see if the call from there had been Sent. y As she. came down the hall, on a moderate run, The girls in the bathroom, in the midst of their fun Were singing aloud and shouting with glee, i 'fHere comes Tootsie, they sang, in high VC, 64

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False Alarm at the Mat Two of our classmates, one winter night, To take a bath Qand take, it rightj Made' up their minds, then hied away To get themselves ready for the 'Hfrayf' . The room where the Uscrub-upl' was to be wrought Was one with many memories fraught Of operations in days long ago, But now for a bathroom used, and so Into the bathroom, they rushed with glee, Laughing and singing so merrily We knew if occasion itself Would present, Someone would pay for this merriment. Fastened up on the wall quite high t A bell-cord one of the girls did spy, 'KNOW what in the world can this thing be? Let's ring it and then perhaps we shall see. As she spoke, she pressed her hand on the bell But nothing happened that they could tell, The nurses waited, thinking to hear The sound of a bell from somewhere near. ' They waited breathlessly, somewhat in doubt As to whether or not the had better et out Y E ' But all seemed serene, so with forebodings gone They once moreuindulged in merry song. 63

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She knocked on the door and then gave a loud call, UDid anyone here ring that bell on the WallP', ' But Within, silence reigned, from the girls not a sound, So the nurse, on the door gave another hard pound. f'Yes, ma'am, piped a small, frightened voice very low, We thot it was not connected, you know! 'fWell, it was! snapped the head nurse, in tones of deep scorn, 'fI'll attend to you girls tomorrow morn! But when morning came, she'd forgotten her Wrath At the poor frightened girls and their last night's bath. But the girls will remember for many a day and how 'f'loots1e came their Way --Y 'Y-f 'Here comes Tootsiefl 1 ' i , ' 1, , Lf? X ff- , i Tfa' 1, 'li' i l 10 P. M. 65