Evening Star Newspaper, May 12, 1935, Page 19

PAMPHLET OF 1661 BY FAMED NURSE Florence Nightingale Wrote Cooking Directions for “Virginia Army.” By the Assoclated Press. Perhaps none of the thousands of American veterans who will observe the 115th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale today know that she once wrote a pamphlet just for American soldiers. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. Editor, 10, Holds First Successful Baby Show JOE DUNIGAN, NERVOUS, BUT SURE HE HAS “PUT OVER A FAST ONE.” ‘When the Civil War broke out she was the world authority on nursing in hospitals, particularly in hospitals at battle fronts. She had broken prece- dent by taking 41 women volunteer @urses to the Crimean War in 1864. The Civil War came, and on order from the confederacy’s surgeon gen- eral Miss Nightingale dashed off her “directions for cooking for troops.” The pamphlet was published in Rich- mond during 1861 by J. W. Randolph. Copy Carefully Preserved. A copy of it is carefully kept in a special box in the rare book room at the Library of Congress. V. Valta Parma, the director, says the pamph- let is 50 rare he has never seen it listed \n any rare book catalog. The title page says the pamphlet was “prepared for the army of Vir- ginia.” Miss Nightingale gives several reci- pes in the beginning for such plain soldier fare as “soyer’s stew,” suet dumplings, salt pork with mashed beans, coffee and beef tea. Most of her recipes are for “100 men.” The remainder of the book is given over to essays on “taking food” and *“what food.’ | She showed a remarkable delicacy and consideration in her directions for the patient. She urges nurses to deal gently with & weak patient and advised a meticu- | Tous attention which would have re- quired the same sort of zeal which | made Miss Nightingale, herself, fa-| ‘wous. Time for Solid Food. “For the large majority of very| ‘weak patients it is quite impossible to take any solid food before 11 a.m.” she wrote. “They generally have feverish nights and in the morning dry mouths. And if they could eat with dry mouths it would be the worse | for them.” | In such cases she counsels liqulds‘ such as beef tea, arrowroot and wine, | or egg flips every hour until the pn-; tient was revived enough to eat solids. | “I am bound to say,” she continued, | “that more patients are lost by want | of care in these momentous minutiae | in private nursing than in public | hospitals. { “The more alone an invalid can be | while taking food the better.” | She has a directnes in giving her advice that certainly must have been | foreign to many of the “lady” writers | of her time. After detailing several cases where the routine invalid's food had proven harmful she said, dryly, “the patient’s stomach was right, and the books were wrong.” { “Hospitals must first of all” she| wrote, “be a place which shall do the | sick no harm.” THE WEATHER District of Columbia — Increasing cloudiness, followed by light showers beginning late this afternoon or to- night; tomorrow occasional showers, little change in temperature; gentle easterly winds today becoming gentle to moderately southerly tomorrow. Maryland and Virginia—Increasing | cloudiness, followed by light showers | beginning this afternoon or tonight: tomorrow occasional showers, little change in temperature. West Virginia—Showers this after- | noon and this evening and tomorrow; cooler tomorrow afternoon and night. Report Until 10 P.M. Saturday. ..60 12 noon 2 pm. 4 pm. .. Record Until 10 P.M. Saturday Highest, 76, 6:30 p.m. yesterday. Year ago, 67. Lowest, 51, Year ago, 47. Record Temperatures This Year. Highest, 89, on April 27. Lowest, —2, on January 28. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Today. Tomorrow. 6:15 am. yesterday. 11:12pm. The Sun and Moon. Rises. Sun, today.... 5:00 Sun, tomorrow 4:59 Moon, today... 1:46pm. 1:45am. Automobile lights must be turned on one-half hour after sunset. Precipitation. Monthly precipitation in inches in the Capital (current month to date): Month, 1935. Average. Record. January .... 527 355 7.09 ‘82 February ... 237 327 6.84 March . 339 375 884 395 327 913 1.00 370 10.69 oo 413 1094 }OAES Sets. 7:10 ‘84 ‘91 '89 '89 '00 December ... ... 332 156 Weather in Various Cities. Precipi- T, t urdiay nighit. o) B, 85.m Asheville, N. C. 78 56 64 0. Atlanta, G Sp a0 Atlantic Cit: 50, Te; Galveston. Tex. Helena, Mont . Y | former partner is “the rival faction.” OUNG Joe Dunigan is well pleased with “the first fast thing” he ever “put over.” Joe formeriy was the editor and publisher of the Daven- port Gazette, a mimeographed news- paper he circulated among his neigh- bors in the Davenport Terrace Apart- ments at 4817 Thirty-sixth street. Now he is promoter and publicist, because “an editor must keep before the | public.” | Yesterday the 10-year-old live wire staged a baby show., He wasn’t seek- ing the most perfect baby, nor the most beautiful baby, and when it was all over he had a diplomatic method | of side-stepping any disgruntled con- testant or partisan. “I didn’t pick ’em,” he said judges picked ‘em.” Little Tommy Virnelson, who will | be 12 months old next Thursday, car- ried away first honers. Tommy was | at home before the crowd. He liked | the spotlight, and when he received the gold-lined silver baby cup pre-| sented him as the “champion,” he immediately tipped it up for a drink that wasn't there. | Parents Not Surprised. Tommy is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Kelton S. Virnelson, of the Daven- port Terrace, who “knew all the time” he would win. But Tommy was pressed by some of | the 30-odd other contestants, who | were paraded up the steps to where | young Mr. Dunigan presided, using a hammer as a gavel. Each in turn | was perched upon a table specially placed for the occasion and decorated in blue and pink paper streamers and | a variety of toy balloons. | Jean Anne Driscoll, just 2, and re- splendent in a fluffy, pleated yellow skirt, was judged second, and Billy Burnett, 19 months old, although 00 | ill to parade out of doors, appeared at | a window behind the promoter and | carried away third place. | Jean Anne is the daughter of Mr.i and Mrs. Eugene J. Driscoll, and Billy is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Burnett, all residents of the apartment where the Davenport Gazette was once the leading paper. “The Former Partner Rival. The fact that it is no longer “the leading paper” is the real reason be- hind the show. Joe Dunigan formerly had a partner and the partner owned the mimeograph machine on which the Gazette was published. But differences arose, and now Joe's The mimeograph machine is in the hands of its owner. The Gazette was forced to suspend publication. Joe, however, remained determined that the paper shouldn’t end and searched the field for a method to revive it. More difficulties arose until Joe feared he and the Gazette might be_forgotten. ‘The baby contest was his first public attempt at a comeback. “I was nervous,” he said when the — {HOSPITAL WORK IN INDIA show was over. “This is the first time I ever put over anything fast.” He acknowledged compliments that | came from all sides. The show was | declared a complete success, and Joe | showed his pleasure with a broad smile that acknowledged as well as words that he thought so too. ' MOVE TO RECALL MAYOR OF MIAMI IS LAUNCHED Seven Charges Filed Against Sewell—Petition Withdrawn for New Signatures. By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla, May 11.—A move- | ment started here today designed to effect the recall of Mayor E. G. Sewell, An affidavit, containing seven charges against the mayor and asking for the issuance of recall election pe- titions, was filed and withdrawn on disqualification of three of the 27| signers. The affidavit is to be re- turned after additional signatures are obtained. In the petition are included charges that the mayor caused his own prop- erty to be benefitted by a 37 per cent tax reduction; attempted to dictate to and control the city manager’s office and various city department offices, and misinformed citizens con- cerning the city's financial condition when he was sponsoring a city sales | tax. Shah’s Registered Optometrists Se- lect the Proper Style Glasses for You Modern Methods in Eye Examination KRYPTOK Invisible Bi- focal Lenses. One pair to see far and near. $12.00 value. Cylindrical or Tinted Not Included Octagon Rimless Fine quality clear lenses. One pair to see far or near. $13.50 value. 812F . MO | Mrs. Noble, will lecture on “Hospital | Society Friday at 8:45 p.m. in the 90 56 90 SHAH OPTICAL CO. The baby contest yesterday at Davenport terrace. Left: Billy Burnett, who took third prize from his window. Because of iliness he could not mingle with the other contestants. Right: Joe Dunigan, 10-year-old “editor,” who ran the contest, and Tommy Virmelson, first-prize winner. —Star Staff Photo. TO BE DISCUSSED HERE| Maj. William A. Noble and Mrl.é Noble to Be Heard at Salva- tion Army Temple. Maj. William A. Noble, M. D., withl and Medcical Work in India” st the ! Salvation Army Temple Building. 606 e E street, Tues- day at 8 p.m. Maj. and Mrs. Noble are Amer- icans who have spent 14 years in India and are at ¥ oresent on their + homelend fur- lough. These Salvation Army otficers have| charge of Salva- | tion Army medi- | cal work in the| Mai Wm. A. Neble, Dative State of ‘Travancore. This includes the Catherine Booth | Hospital at Nagercoil with seven | branch hospitals and complete | | charge of Cochin State Leper Hos- | pital. This lecture will be open to | the public. Gen. Simonds to Speak. Maj. Gen. George S. Simonds, dep- uty chief of staff, United States Army, will be guest of honor and speaker | at a meeting of the Iowa State | Willard Hotel. There will be danc- ing and games of cards at the meeting. rd C-THRU EYE GLASS POLISH Est. 24 Years FREE C MAY 12, 1935—PART ONE. * B-3 GHOSPITALS OPEN 10 PUBLIC TODAY Chest Institutions Join in National Observance. Instruction Provided. “Open house” will be held today at the nine Community Chest hospitals in observance of National Hospital day, which commemorates the birth- day of Florence Nightingale, cele- brated war nurse. Members of each of the hospitals will be in attendance to show visitors through the building and explain the various features of bospital work. National Hospital day was inaugu- rated to break down the old-time superstition and fears regarding hos- pitals. Strange as it may seem to the present generation, there was a $ime, it is pointed out, when a hos- pital was the last resort and people went there expecting to die. A large percentage of them did. For years physicians, nurses and hospital attendants battled to break down this prejudice against hospital- ization. It was finally decided that the best possible method of eliminat- ing this- fear from the public mind was to throw open the hospitals for general inspection by the public and ;how the people just what was being one. The result was National Hospital day, and the public was invited to inspect the methods of handling pa- tients in these institutions. Slowly but surely there was developed the feeling among the people that the clean, sanitary rooms, the availability of modern medical and surgical ap- pliances, the constant attendance of skillful, trained nurses and physi- clans gave the patient a much better chance of recovery than would have been possible in the patient’s own home. Today the hospital is the recog- nized institution for the care of ill- ness or injury among all classes of people. The worth of these institu- tions in life saving is increased uni- versally, and people in need of medi- cal or surgical care look forward to entering a hospital rather than dreading it, as in the past. In the nine Community Chest hos- pitals today all members of the staffs will be in attendance to take care of the visitors. These hospitals are: Children’s Hospital, Columbia Hos- pital for Women, Emergency Hospital, Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat Hos- pital, Garfield Memorial Hospital, George Washington University Hos- | pital, Georgetown University Hospital, National Homeopathic Hospital and | Providence Hospital. LTI HEAD OF V. M. I. ALUMNI TO ADDRESS D. C. GROUP John C. Hagan of Richmond, Va., president of the National Alumni Association of the Virginia Military Institute, will address the local chap- ter Wednesday at 8 p.m., when an informal smoker will be held at the Army and Navy Club, to celebrate the Battle of Newmarket. Humphrey Daniel, secretary-treas- urer of the District association, will PROTESTS PHOTOGRAPHY Father of Quintuplets Says An- nette Was Ill at Time. NORTH BAY, Ontario, May 11 (). —Oliva Dionne wired Premier Mitch- ell Hepburn and Minister of Public Welfare David Croll today protesting | that photographs of his quintuplet | daughters were taken Wednesday while | Annette was {ll. An official statement from the Da- foe Hospital said that Annette was slightly upset Wednesday morning, but that no pictures were taken of her and she was isolated from the others. Grain Program Praised. show pictures of the recent re-enact- ment of the famous Chancellorsville battle, in which the V. M. I. Corps took the part of “Stonewall” Jackson's men in the decisive flank movement 50 much studied by military strate- | gists all over the world. Representative Maury Maverick of Texas, former V. M. I cadet, will also be a guest. The C. & P, Quarter will sing. The Arrangements Committee in- cludes J. 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