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A Review of Styles for the Fiftieth Anniversary of the St. Boniface School of Nursing TN THE YEAR 1700, the British Parliament passed a law providing that any woman who attempted to urge a man into matrimony “by means of scent or cosmetic washes, artificial teeth,, false hair, iron stays, hoops, high heeled shoes or bolstered hips” should draw upon herself the penalty prescribed for witchcraft and that the marriage would, in the eyes of the law “stand null and void.” Nowadays, if a girl hasn’t got an eighteen-inch waist (gained by false or true means), a hat that sits on the side of her head, a swing back coat that dips in the back and that smooth look,—well she just isn’t considered in. In reviewing the nurses’ uniforms (exclusive St. Boniface Hospital) I’m not going to start back in the eighteenth century—because for the simply obvious reason that a school of nursing wasn’t provided at St. Boniface Hospital until the nineteenth century—1897, to be exact. The first uniform was originated in 1899—it is not shown on the opposite page because I didn’t have room. 190’5—St. Boniface Hospital then consisted of 350 beds. The uniform was blue cotton with white maple leaves printed on it, over which went a white bib and apron. The collar was Victorian-high and stiff. The caps resembled an inverted paper bag tied in the middle. The length of the uniform was to the ankle. 1924—The number of hospital beds were now 475. The uniform was all white including shoes and stockings. The cap was changed for a flatter kind, the collars were lower but the length of the uniform remained the same. 1928—The nurses’ residence was first opened. What happened to this uniform? You’re asking! That is the $64 question. How did the waistline slip so low and the style change so drastically? 1931—The Sanatorium with 300 beds was opened two years previous to this. The girls in training at the time must have had to get up an hour early to do up all the buttons—there being two rows of them. The waistline was raised at least one whole inch and the length of the uniform was now a daring 13 inches from the floor. 1941—The St. Boniface Hospital had now 500 beds. Ah! now the uniform is getting closer to what it resembles today. The dress with long sleeves was blue. The apron and the bib were now back in force and a new cap was introduced. 1948—The St. Boniface Hospital now boasts 575 beds. The uniform of today is right in style with the “new look,” the length still being 13 inches from the floor. The apron is full, accentuating the hips and the waistline may be restricted to a dainty 18 inches (if you move the buttons over, and give up breathing). The sleeves are short and well starched which are supposed to give you a trim round shoulder effect so in style today, but which make me feel like a rugby player. Probably ten years from today we will think back and wonder how we ever wore those awful uniforms. Will you? . . . not me ... I like them. PAT WOOD. 12
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Page 13 text:
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(or is it just the smoke from the chimney pots) that it looks like rain. It is axiomatic that one doesn’t venture out sans raincoat, umbrella, etc., and on occasions I have wished for Dr. Bourgoin’s hip-boots. To the girls who are graduating this year I extend my heartfelt congratulations and best wishes and am sorry that I won’t be able to witness what will be cherished as one of the most happy events of their lives. That I have a personal interest in their future welfare which arises from associations both on the ward and in the classroom, is understood. I will not extoll the virtues of their professions or comment on the vigorous training undergone, for they will have heard enough of that by now. Nor will I offer advice about how to conduct themselves hence¬ forth, except as Longfellow once said: “Let us then, be up and doing. With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing Learn to labour — and to wait.” Sincerely, M. J. LEHMANN, M.D. — 11 —
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