The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 4, 1947, Page 4

yyou never judge a book by its ‘cover? I did, and this tale re- lates what happened. Dr. H. K. Moore sent me to the Key West Municipal Hospital (acute throat infection). Upon my arrival there, Mrs. Edith why?” the hospital breathed tranquility and peace. quiet. I was escorted to an immacu- and get into bed. nurse, as she pleasantly clothes disappeared, per. I was soon to learn. . Needle Every Few Hours you gave me. ing to make'a dope of me. into .it. , “This will _ only ‘4 breathe now”.* OUsthoughtfull, he , aio”! Gradually, the’ cont fumed | hag.I expect pireyary. Tome see it butst;ihto Hames To én utter astonishment, it!, did’. h blow up. a mystical glass. this,” said she. of the .ocean was in that glass. Three New Nurses but, alas, their s they proceeded to do likewise. played glistening, wings. It was so vivid, I awak Five Days To Health—Or, 2. _“T Like Municipal Hospital” Orange cordially greeted me, and among her questions was, “What day and year were you born and The very atmosphere of It was the essence of lately clean room, told to undress Soon a slim, pretty girl appear- ed in full white regalia—said she, was Miss Florence Boza, the'day was like the other two; three She looked so charming,delicious meals, served smiled, me-|(what luxury!) and-in between thought inwardly she was much‘an endle too delicate to harm a fly. My, jabbing i and. when'hips or stuffing my head into a Nurse Boza .returned her hand was filled with pills and a nice ref glass of ice water. ‘That was sup- inquire about my Upon her. second entry a bit}~ Thought I, what a peculiar way later, she told:me to lie on my ,to left side. She then mysteriously dollars. But, do you know, I act- produced an enormous needle and |ually ecould breathe easier, and} Little Rock on a training cruise jabbed it into my hip. It seemed that needle was at least a foot/erea long. It staggered me. and I lay} quiet wondering what was next.| “7 also acquired a ravenous -ap- One man, H. B. Cone, got 2 ‘to get my fill of food. Sometimes needle every few hours. I won- J’ really wonder if I want to be dered if the nurses mistook him released. Aladdin and his won-}that the wind and spray made for a pin-cushion. . He should be derful lamp had nothing on me.| most of the men squint. He had ready to join some circus side-faj) I need do is press a button,| the course of the ship altered to show soon. Meanwhile, I hadjand almost immediately a beauti-| improve the pictures. gone to the bathroom, and, in| fy). girl, dressed ,in snqw-white, passing Nurse, Boza, I remarked,.| Zppears' ay “What strange water that was.wish. I feel like I have a jag on, my head is swimming.” }ing in bed for days. Replied she, “That was-a pill I ment one wishes to stay—another| A “holy man” who had promis- gave you, and you had better stay;moment and one is tempted to in bed.” So, thought I, she’s try-| escape. All I have is a short white Sometime later Nurse Boza re-/together by a single safety pin. : appeared Carrying a strange con-|] do not dare attempt to hike to traption with a long pipe. It was/town jin that. so huge, an orderly assisted her.|one who may mistake me for a I looked in silence, a bit alarméd, ghost. After all, the cemetery is| as Mr. Cone remarked, “They are'in the center of Key West, and! . going to stew you.” Then sudden-|fo)ks seeing me downtown in my ly ‘a large paper bag was brought/ present attire forth, and my head was stuffedicame from there. last about an’ hour ‘or/so,” ‘rematked ‘' Nurse’; Boza,* adding, “You may them the bug that bit me+:but I/ed “many thousaiids,” and that How kind and -bear no malice. I’ve béén in‘ex-|'the ground about, the site of the raption be- gani puffing: like a.tailrpad engine, blowing ‘billows of: steam right in my face,: fortunately it: was. per-) steam. ‘which: brought thoughts. of ;lovely, Key. ;West flowers. From’ the heat;.in that nt to Ot! state the bug that bit me came. ' Later, for the fourth time in as many hours, Nursé Boza returned holding in her small lily-like hand “Gargle with I did, and under oath Id testify nearly all the salt Finally, Nurse Boza tired,- and |™Y bedroom window. was relieved, not by one, but by . three nurses—lIrene Smith, Wini- during my stay. fred Waple and Lillian DeLett.j™¢2! trays wer Now I’m really in for it, thought 1.}50™eone would wind.up,our, bed I covered my head with the/2S though winding a blanket, like an ostrich; thinking}! listened intently, perhaps they would not see me— ystem is too per-|UM wound. Then the needle jabb- fect. I can visualize Nurse Boza|!®8 and head-stuffing “would be | whispering to those three ladies ;TeNewed. just what she had done to me—for About 3:30 a.m., completely ex- {Smiling so cheerfully. I felt sor- | hausted, I fell asleep. I must{|'y for these nurses, they seemed have been dreaming, for I dis-|Such lonely souls. jnctly saw Nurse Boza gracefully |hours one would come into the | Puuamaile Hospital, is about per- flying around the room, seeming-|"00M, put a glass tube into each| Suaded to get him a horse andia ly hovering over my bed, and 3 laughing with glee, as she dis- transparent - ened, and, lo, and behold, there by my bedside stood that huge, infernal machine, with a nice new clean bag attached. Again I dozed to be reawaken- ed at sunrise by still another pretty nurse, Martha Morris. Aft- er my hands and face were wash- ed, I had a glad surprise. Nurse Morris disappeared, to return with a large tray on which rested a hen’s egg, toast and tea, which were served to me in bed. It was delicious after my pills and water. above par—excellent, Comparable to exclusive by gettin: years, How Mistaken! Now, thought I, they are trying to make friends with me. How mistaken I was! After breakfast Nurse Morris took me to Nurse Eileen Bowers, X-ray technician who stood me up facing the w room. Eventually, she returned and, to my surprise, alone. I had expected a firing squad. your breath,” said she. breathe again. All those nurses semed so intensely interested in q@bbing usedles in first day of}methods used at the Key The service was}Municipal Hospital. in fact.!personified, without the sli hotels. 1}Slip-up. § more attention than|/health—th had received in the past thirty j earth. JOPENS HOSPITAL > ; the only hospital in She disappeared into another ; 1©@ €Xclusively for alcoholics and i “Hold , Patients, the Instituto de Toxico- I did,}™Manos now has After what seemed minutes, she! but expects to graciously gave me permission to! for women in my hips, agd equipment, r RECORD YOUR DISCHARGE stuffing my head into a paper bag, that nothing had been done ‘for my feet—and they were cold. That night I asked the nurse for a nip of Bourbon to help me sleep. She made no reply—just walked out, Shortly afterwards, she returned with a pill as large as a good-sized apple, and a glass of cool, clear water. In the wee hours of my second night, I awakened, and in the dim light saw standing by Mr. Cone’s bedside what appeared to be a submarine torpedo. It has sev- eral gadgets on top which looked like time clocks. It made the balance of that night rather rest- less. In the morning I learned it nl was an oxygen tank. The third | gqummuuusnnnsisssesnsnnnauttinsstrannnnenstsnestOOtOUAgsAbHAR SHIP’S CAPTAIN ne Courses Cood Pics GOOD DIRECTOR CHARLESTON, S. C. —(AE Photographers with the U.SS. in bed ss army of lovely nurses enormous needles in my Paper. bag, Superintendent -Ma- rie Hartél came each morning. to health. I was never sure how it was. | be spending my hard-earned | : | my at feline and throat were | #,. naval reservists found Capt. Acquired Appetite H. H. Smith-Hutton a good di- | rector. The photographers were mak- ing group pictures by cities of the 300 reservists aboard. Capt. Smith-Hutton petite during my sojourn, and I’m hoping to be released some day noticed | and grants my ¢very Magician Beaten To Death For Stalling One gets such foolish ideas ly- JALGAON, India. — (AP) — One mo- |ed to bring back to life a boy killed by a cobra was beaten to death by an infuriated crowd in .a village near here recently be- j cause he stalled at the last min- ute. The boy had been dead sev- eral days when the conjurer, known locally as the Bengali Ba- boo, said he .could bring the boy back. No fee jwas specified but naturally one was: expected, Police said the ;¢rowd number- nightie, split up the back, held I may scare some- would be sure I "Tis quite apparent some visitor from the North brought with otic Key West nearly six.yeats}expected miracle. was, strewn and’ this is the first time I have} with lemons, as requestéd. byt the been bitten. So why complain?) conjurer. . Shyer ;When I. get, out, and I. a When at the last, minute the some day, I’m going to spend my! aid the ceremony’ must | afternoons‘ at, South Beach, bask-,| poh * two. Gays the cord upon:hini and beat him tu ell ing in the radiant, sun, and, if Dr. Moats permits, I paren hte inp the ocean, with the :visitdrs. Pet-| "Mthacwas bes yi Hane 1 shall learn: frotd which! TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS. a (Know America) oh | Thé 4-Freedom City. | Lieut. Gen. Oliver P. Echols) You neééd not remind me this‘ director of the Atmy’s civil af- is February 28, for:l-am-in Key | fairs division, born in Charlottes- West, the only “frost-free, Fog-|yitle, Va.,55 yeas ago. free,, Smoke-free and Pollen-free | Milt Gross, cartoonist-author, . city: in these glorious United|porn in New York, 52 years ago. States. A brilliant sun is shining} George H. Edgell, director of {overhead which I can see from )|the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, ;born in St. Louis, 60 years ago. Maj. Gen. Robert A. McClure -Just before the|of Madison, Ind., born Mattoon, e brought om Ill., 50 years ago. Edward A. Wil r a grower ya land Truro, "arate Sade oa ©;born in Scotland, 61 years ago. After—we~ate, we were | Rear Adm Luis De Florez, U.S.N.R., noted mechanical engi- neer, born in New York, 58 years e I’m quite sure the nurses A bse joyed it for they were always | I had but one disappointment music. ee HARD CAR LUCK HILO, Hawaii. — Dr. William Every few F. Leslie, medical director of patient’s mouth, apparently so he| buggy. Last April his car was could not protest; then, in turn,! wrecked by the tidal wave His )She would hold each man’s hand.! new car was destrov ge agp as destroyed by the : tie ty she carried a watch and; storm waves of January 4. While sone — so that no man/his third car was being unload- ‘ + DORs say she was play-/ ed from a ship, the sling brok ing favorites. This, my fifth day, and the ae oar finds me anxious to return to my Soe, OR ENERO Spr ace labor, taking visitors sight-seeing toot, fall. on this enchanted island, for] p. pan amazing trees are now in full, Richard C. Tolman of the California Institute of Technology, bloom, and flowers, shrubs and | - aire sivcicid. : } icist, orn at West vines in riotous colorings blossom | everywhere. ) Newton, Mass., 66 years ago. ipsa ee should hear of this, Oe a nd send high-ranking Army of- Daa Sao ficers here to learn the efficient : Ww ] | ee, City Throws Parties To Lure ghtest © grandest thing on) New Teachers They gave me back | KLAHOMA CITY.—(AP). | —Oklahoma City school SS ce a es OES ee officials are conducting “rush Parties” in an effort to get new teachers. Instead of following the accepted practice of giving sales talks to future instruc- tors at state teacher training colleges, Oklahoma City of- ficials invite education ma- jors to the city. The officials eiici. sin them and point out ihe ad- vantages of teaching in (kia- FOR ALCOHOLICS SANTIAGO, Chile. — (AP) — Chile has opened in Santiago | what its authorities claim to be} South Amer. narcotic addicts. With a planned capacity of 300 | | 42 men patients, | open its pavilion | Ww in May and operate | at full capacity as soon as it i ! obtain Skilled — personnei | nan Chay, .' aie \