Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 14, 1890, Page 26

I'HE OMAHA DAILY BEE SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1800—THIRTY-TWO PAGES IN DAINTY DISSECTING ROBES. "I've the Loveliest Brain," Says One Fair Young Lady Student. WOMEN WHO WIELD THE SCALPEL. Cadavers Have No Honor for Them and They Excel the Men as En- thusiasts in the Study of Anatomy. She walked up the streot, as dainty a bit of fomininity as ever shricked at a mouse. From the top of her brown curly head to the toes of her tiny tan- colored boots she was as gentle and soft ns a kitten, Even the way she swung her ribbon-bedecked handbag was pret and sweet. She met another young pe son, and her enthusiasm bubbled over so that what she said was overheard. ‘'O, I've got the loveliest brain that you ever saw,” she exclaimed, throwing up her russet-gloved little hands to express her rapture. “Everybody wanted it, but 1 slipped back to the college afterevery- body had gone and took it out myself. Won't they be disappointed tomorro though? I've got it here”—she gave her handbag & shike—*and if you will come up to my house we'll dissect together.,” This timid, gentle crenture had really in her protty satchel the brain of a fel- low ¢ ture. More than that, she had gone all alone back to the big, silent, desorted medieal college, with its grue- some jars full of sections of fragmentary humanity, and all alone in the gloomy duskof the tomb-like dissecting room had sawed open the head of one of the silent forms on the slab laid out there in readiness for the next day’s sealpel work nnd triumphantly carried away with her the dead man’s brain. That ig the kind of a girl the female medical student 1s. The man died at the city and county hospital. They knew that he was going to die, and the students, the bright. fairy-like girl in tan, with the others, had watched the progress of his malady to its cortain end, and each one of them was burning for the autopsy to demonstrate the cor- rectness of his diagnosis. That is why the pretty girl carried off the dead man’s brain, Subsequently, at her home with her fellow student, she divided it and subdivided it and laid bare the affected spot, and almost screamed with delight to find that the long Latin name with which she had cha man’s disease was the cor anybody had suggested to her that there was anything unfecling about this sort of thing she would stared with amuazed surprise at the person who could look at things that way. The first woman to” go through the course at a California medical college was Miss L. M. F. Wanzer, who grad- uated from the Toland coliege in 1 and is now one of the most prominent, if not the most prominent, of San Franci co’s female physicians, To her a San Francisco Examiner reporter recently applied for an explanation of the mental process of the young lady medical stud- ents, “The dissecting room never had any horrors for me,” said the physician. *1 had studied from books and charts, of course, some time before I took up ti ,;u\l sel. Some of my medical had told me of all the fearful things 1 would have to go through hefore I bhe- came an M. D,, and possibly I looked for gomething so much worse than what I found thut th was no shos remember the first time I ever went into the room that is regarded with such hor- ror hy the outside world. I was the only in the class, and evarybody hed me to see how I would act. | envied my male elassmates then for their cigarettes and ei , which I had be- fore thut day regarded with disfavor and contempt, but so far from what I saw making me sick or making me faint, it only created the liveliest feeling of in- tevest in my mind. When it came to my turn I simply put on a big apron and some ¢s 10 save my dress, took up my scalpel and went to work without the slightest qualm and with considerable enthusiasm. The cadaver [ simply re- garded as a piece of worked-out mech- anism, from which I could learn what'I had to know in order to keep simi- lar mechanism_ in workinge® order. Once, when I was alone in the college building, I stumbled onto a cadaver in a sack in an unsuspeeted cor- ner and it startled me, but that was the only timo I felt any dismay because of the presence of the dead body, Lven then the scare lasted only an instant. As soon as I began to reason with mysell my fear vanished, and I went on about my business and passed the cadayer on my way out of the building without a thought. “Some of the students thought to play a trick on me that had often been tried on new students. When I was busy in the dissecting room. They locked mein all alone, except for the more or less dis- menibered cndavers, and waited for me to find out the state of aflairs and get scared. Finally they went away leaving the door locked. When they came back some hours later and opened the door, they found me still busy with my scal’ pel. 1had hardly noticed that I was alone and it bad not even occurred to me to be frightened. Since then I have very frequently been in the dissecting- room with students of both sexes, but [ can say that I never yet saw one of the female students weaken. Indeed, as class, [ must say that they stand it bet- ter than the young men, = I have known several of the male students to give up the ’n'uh-asiun because they could not stand the work in the dissecting-room. *The hardest thing that 1 found, ard others have t9ld me it was the same with them, was the visits to the hospitals, The misery and suffering that 1 saw there was almost more than T could bear., But even this became a matter of habit. The young women studnets do not like trips through the hospitals, but vecognize the fact that in no way can thoy learn what they must learn. Then they become interested in individual cases and the unpleasant features are soon lost sight of. ~ After I had been at- tending the college for a your another girl joined the class. She was the most enthusinstio student I ever met. She used to carry home livers and brains wr:{val u[»ln her shawl, and once cre- ated considerable commotion in Kearncy streot by dropping a man’s forearm right on the street crossing.” The pranks of medical students are proverbial, and it must not be supposed that nnl') the men are concerned in them. In the Toland college two of the female students spent half a night arranging a series of cords 8o as to make a cadaver do gymnastics in order to_tervify'the old janitor. The medical student, both male and fomale, takos his greatest pleasure in shooking peoplo with his irreverence for the dead. In nearly every student’s room there is askull, and when this grinning relic is not bonneted or given e utrxer coquettish make up there is T'here is in the something very wrong. One delicate oung girl has a skull for an inkwell on Yior desk. . Bhe dips up the writing fluid through the staring, eyeloss sockots. ity a bookease made most_entirely of human bones, It was the design of one of the female medical pupils, who presented it as a birthduy gift to her father, a nervous old stock- Some of the costumes worn by the dies while they are cutting up wre really picturesque. At st big apron and n pair of sleeves were all that was considered necessary, Later a coarse, bag-like ar eame into use, but the provailing t for lusury demanded moro than this, ane nun-like costumes and others even more elaborat call them dissection robes, and when a num- ber of young women dressed in them are gathered about what is left of somebody, with their knives in their hands, the ef- fect is extr NOT IM POLATELY DRUNK. the Tricky West- erner, and Detective. The young gentleman in faultless even- ing dress who leaned nceross the bar in a fashionable Broadway cafe was thor- but he was not of- fensive, one near by remarked to a companion that the youth belon one of the “best and oldest families” i ested that it would be interesting to observe that his gentle, refined instinets prevailed in all his tions even while he was wofully sub- jected to the influence of liquor.” Near by stood a personage whose broad- brimmed slouch hat, fierce moustach and erude gavments indi came trom the far west, s \wn-l\ Sun. In moving forward to secu \is drink the fashionable youth acei- .1-»ntuu, jostled against the westerner. “I beg your pardon, sir,” he said. The we ¢ looked him_over, and smiled der ¢ toward the bartender, making no response to the apology nd- vanced by the other, “If 1do not make myself too bold,” went on the youth, ““I should like to if you are from the Understand me, it s not idle cul that prompts the question. I am thinking of going out there to live, just inorder to get away from ruinous existence here in New York. I ar inquisitive on the subjeet at this time, snd so I have dared to hope that you mightbe willing to_tell me something of the country.’ The westerner scemed stunned by this long and ornamental speech. He looked hard at the inebriated young man for a moment and then burst out litughing. v, Tl tell you what I'll do with you,” he said. “I'll play you odd on the number of one dollar bill The young man instantly took a roll of bills from his pocket and * asked the barkeeper to give him ones for - a ten. The first bill the westerner called off. Upon examination it was found that the final number on the bank note appeared to be 1, and this made the westerner the winner. Just as the young man wi passing his money over a stranger stepped up and asked to look at the bill. . The youth gave is to him, and after a glance atit he said: “The last figure on that bill is eight, and the young fellow wins, The mark after the eight, is nota figure one, but a partially obliterated bracket that occu on every greenback made, The trick is avery old one. Our friend here with the broad brimmed hat would guess odd all the time, yomnd man, and you in your generous condition of mind " would let him get all your money away from you. _Then turning to_the westernet, the r, who was in reality the p ) of th i y sternly: ot autiof h The Limp Yout r even side of a week. You ure a swindler. “0, my dear sir,” intersposed the fash- fonable youny man, touching the arm of the detective, “perhaps you do our friend an injustice. At least, if he must 2o, why (here he hes though 1n Search of some plan by which he might ameliorate the swindler’s evident m-» it least, permit him join us in agood-night glass of wine As the youth hunglimpacross thebar, the gentle ed his en- trance a few moments before made a further remark to his companion as fol- low *His father was a magnificent soldier; i namong a thousand liven the devil of drink can’t rob him of his inheritance from them of invariable ntleness of heart and chivalry of man- STOLEN FRUITS. Miss Frostique—*I can’t bear the atten- tions of mere boys.” Miss Caustique—‘No, Isuppose not. You have no time to waste in flirting now."” “That Sallie Harkins is tho greatest girl for getting burgains at second hand.” “Isu't she! I understand she's going to marry a widower." “But why do {‘ou want to marry her?” “Because [ love her.) *My dear fellow, that's an excuse—uot a reason.” “‘What are our young men coming to!” Some one excluims in pain. Just keep your eve upon our girls And you will ascertain., The students of Lekigh will not be abls boast of their conquests among college ows in_ their college town. 'lwmu,y -eight young ladies have formed u sockty to dis- courage the attentions of the college b and for the first time in history the attention of college “men’ will not be welcomed. No one reads the society news in the weekly papers more zealously and eagerly tnan the woman who gets her ouly glimpse of society in that way. 'Marie is a widow now, isn’t she?" ‘No, Her husband is lving. ' He's lost all his money.” “That's what I meant. She mar- married that.” The largest thing you chance to find may not be a great prize; You cannot_judge a lover's heart entirely by its sighs. “Don’t you think you'relacing too tight, dear? safd her wiser mother. “You'll squeeze yourself to death.” 0, no, mamma, we girls have come to stay.” Chocolate lovers will learn with interest of the case of o young lady at present under treatment at the Clifton” Springs, N. Y., san- itarium, for a malady d by an uncon- teollable appetite for chocolate. She has eaten so much chocolate sweets that her skin has become the color of her favorite confec- tionery, Dacre—I am so delighted to see you again, Miss Rosebud. [t seems years since we met. Miss Rosebud—Make it weeks, please, Mr. Dacre. Years are so unploasant to & de- butante. He—1 love you better than anything clse on earth, I swear it. She—What do you swear by? He—1 swear by you, ‘Who will venture to say woman is not in- finitely the superior of man when it comes to that which, in the vernacular, is familiarly termed **packing & trunk ¢ As they parted: *'A lass men,” wept she. When a woman is ready to acknowledge that she has a corn, it is safo to assume that s eitbier married already or does not ex- pect to be. Miss Notinit—I detest all sorts of rings. If 1 were a man I should keep out of them. M. Slowcome—How about a wedding ring! Miss Notinit maq, * see,” said a man, entering & catorer's establishment, *that you advertise woddings furnished (" “Yes, sir,” repliod the caterer briskly. “1 wish you'd send & couple to my house right away. I've two daughters I'd like to get off wy hands.” 'sighed he. “Al, Well, you seel am not a S L Dr. Birney cures caarrh, Bee bldg. LAST OF POOR BILL CHICK, A Bit of Life from the Oamp at Btinking Water Guloh. THE FUNERAL SERMON CUT SHORT. an Did His Best But Was So He Fell Into the Grave —The Story of a Buryin'. Bill Wy Dr A Des Moines lady, who is now in Montana, writes for the Towa State R: istor the following description of a death and burial in the camp she is visiting. L came to camp last night, and who can tell whether the soul he borg nway not s white as snow? Whether the circamstances of lifo would not have dragged boasted standard of morality snmo depths of forgetfulness spair? The silent messenger | our own | into the | and do- beginning. was mado ye: agoback in the states when Peas the pretty little fireside and a rival came to sit by his hearthstone and steal, little by little, the joy he had Soon the end came and ho wande; alone, dritting from one camp to other until he reached Stinking-Wat gulch, and here he lay down to die. Eighteen y of astorm-tossed soul left | little to mourn, and yet there wove soine 1 who remewmbered when “Bill” wore a white shirt and would scorned a pateh on his trous Now | he would have been grateful for even a patch to keop out the cold and make him feel he could at leasi bo respectably gonteel. He wandered aimloessly into camp late at night, cold, wet, foot and— drunk. With the recognition that someway always lives in aminer’s hoart —that there is a divinity never entirely crushed, no matter however forsaken by the poor wretch himsalf, they took him into the cabin and cared for him. ‘True, there was only a rough blanket and some pine boughs fora bed: the hinges of the door were loose and croking: in fact, the whole cabin was . picture of neglect, and possibly, filth. But we | could only feel the spirit of human sym- pathy and charity for u soul nbout ready to step over into another world, another life, without kith or kin. Tomeless, penniless, and worse than all, mad_with the delirium of his own sinning. When the last breath was diawn, and droam less sleep had come, and thove was noth- ing that their rough hands hearts might do, then hun sought a natural outlet, and up emotions loosened all rest the sud commentary hv(\u':- th check to their i of “oh-be-joylul” t made Bill slept on, llu' tidin ‘-| known. ad Chick ‘ hav sore u.-ml d to their greed) a night of it, but nd morning came. Soon lout the camp s an eager interest to join | l-unll r4l|v sve the boys of any sus- | picion or imputation of heathenism, A generous little rivalry sprang up and helped elaborate the plans for a final scene. One beaighted companidn of the previons night’s revels proudly bonsted Fetaa “slept with the corpseand kept off the mice and chipmunks” The pretty and sweet smelling pine of the mountain trees mado white smooth boards which were f i and one poor woman of the town took a cherished bit of tinseled lace and fast- ened around the edge, and t .‘l.ml black id over it to hide the defects and K of ter 1ookin® lis A owing pointed pot flow- ers was twined around his head, and all the bri 15 of the mountain side contributed to fill up a pillow for his head. When all was ready one of the boys remembered that aws cl in the ¢o his mother had given him a 1d the solemnn am the resur n and the life’-—and they listenoed with ba heads and « sense of aratitied pro 'y, or curiosity, until the beauti e was read and then the fu began. This part of the final arrangements had taken close manag The only wagon within forty had its green sides | draped with calico and the black- est colored mules in the valley hitched to the solemn, sombre fune: was “mail duy” and the stage was i “Uncle Jakey Redding’s” tot step found a ph\(,u and with a st arm to hold him in, the order to move was given and two single-seated buck- boards were drivenup and offered to those who could not walk to the grav yard. It was some place to goand the merry horseback riders cantered, for the distance was considerable and the hour late, Bill Wyman was chosen to deliver the oration at the grave, forhe had once come within *‘three votes of bein’ “lected governor of Californy,” and the four liv- ing wives were no present drawb: his inspired eloquence. But the driv of the hearse had stopped at too man hostelries on the way up, and Bill was not steady in the knees and his tongue was thick, But “he bravely faced the dignity and sonsibility of the trust | imposed upon him, and. standing above the opon grave, began his apostrophe to the All-Wise One, explaining how it all happened and why Bill Chick was not with them today. But oratorical pride itself, and he tumbled head into the depths of the grav beneath, and, as old Horn Miller then and there declared, the “game was off,” and Bill Chick was lowered into his nar- row bed without further formalities. The dirt was piled up high, while the men smoked, swore and planned to “jump” some neighboring claims, and the women declared the new school- ma’am di “know nothin’,” for she spelt d-o-g without an *r.” However, we walked out nextdayto see where poor Bill Chick had atlast found a home, and some kind hands had built a rude fence about the carefully smoothed bed, and some wild flowers lay at the head smiling welcome to the sun. So Stinking Water Gulch is quiet mm, but enjoys the distinction of u noteworthy incident in its history—they have had a buryin” Trinidad and the Gulf Ports, * Trinidad is the nearest Colorado town of importance, and has the nearest great coal fields to the Texas gulf ports, 1t is a distribu- ting point for & large territory. For further information address Trimidad Land & Im- provement Co., Trinidud, Colo. o<t ik Shot a Labrador Cormorant, A bird soldom seen in New England, a cormorant from Labrador, was shot by E. W. 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