THE BACKBLOCKS' NURSE

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2559, 6 September 1915, Page 3

THE BACKBLOCKS' NURSE

' DEVOTION TO DUTY. An idea of the trials, nurses working [ in the backblocks have to undergo ma'y i be gained, from 5 a letter ..written by, Nurse Silvester, engaged in the Ka- , whia district, under the Waikato Hos- ■ pital Board,. to her parents- in, Hamili ton, and published: in an Auckland 1 exi change. i ,,- 1 : ' • ■ "I ■' have been ■ busy, lately," she Writes, "and have had no time for any- • thing but work. Last Sunday 1 was ■ called out to a confinement case at • Oparau. I journeyed out by launch, ■: and on arrival at the house found that > the boy, one of twins, required medical , attention. I' got into communication ■ with. Dr. Hall, of Te Awamutu,; over i 30 miles away.; He ordered the infant . to be conveyed to Te -Awamutu. With i. a neighbour, I started off in a sulky, i at 2 p.m., in teeming rain, which con- ; tinued throughout, the greater part of i the journey. AVe arrived at Te Rau-a ' r Moa four hours where we had > ten., and resumed our; journey': with fresh • horses,.arriving at Pirongia about' 10.30. :. Here I had to change, vehicles again, ! and, leaving'the neighbour behind, con--1 tinued my journey to Te Awamutu, ar- , riving at the.'doctor's residence; a' few b 'minutes beforo midnight. The doctor , immediately'' commenced :an; operation - on the chid, at which 1 Assisted. I looked after the baby during the night, and at 4:30 a.m. "breakfast was . pre- ) pared, and, catching the ooach, the - baby , and I set off'back. I was dread-; fully sick in the coach until we reached 3 Te Rau-a-Moa. Here we transferred to i the sulky, and wasn't I glad? After - tt dreadful. journey, over terrible roads; -. we got back to Kawhia again late in - the day. "I _had' scarcely been ill tho. - house ton minutes ,when along came a } manVivith a request : . that I should, go 1' out 1 and-see his wife,' who had\beetf ill, f all-day. So I changed my clothes, andi off again, and brought • another littlo • soldier into the world at 2.30 next ) morning., Goodness, wasn't I glad when i night: came, and; knowing the mother : was safe, I got some sleep. I rods s through from Marakopa on Tuesday, ) and. the roads—well, it is impossible ~ for one not having traversed them to ; imagine they are like. They told • me before I started that I would never ■ get through, but I did. When the husband was coming home the other night with his pack-hor'ses two of them went through the fascines. . ; They had an aw--1 fill job with them, and at. last had to ! abandon one of them. ..That is the road I have to travel ovor. Don't you envy me? -When I arrived here. I was like ■ a . block of mud." : Wo doubt if any story from tho ■trenches can surpass this for stoicism and devotion to duty. I The Practical Care of the Hair.—The hair is the most determining- factor in a woman's looks; yet many a fine head of . hair has been spoilt for want of attention.'Such apathy is wrong, for the hair isi one, of woman's most valuable assets. Now, to start, why not call'on or write Miss Milsom. She has two essential Lubricants'that' feed and nourish the scalp -one.for those with dry . and brittle hair, one for those with weak greasy- hair (both 3s. ijar). Directions, sent as to the proper- one to,use for clients' home troat-'. ment.. This is the commencement to prevent. falling bair and greynesa,- leaving . the. hair soft, glo6sy, and thick , with new gTowth. Then, there ' aTe further preparations highly- recommended such as Shampoo Mixture, 2s. M. bottle; Hair Cream, 2s. fid. jar ; Herbal Soap, Is. oake; ; Hair Antiseptic,: ,2a. ■ 6d._ bottle; Hair Tonic, 3s. 9d. bottle. Hairwork of every description. Combings made up. Electrolysis. : Miss Milsom, Barnetfs Buildings, 94 Willis Street (4 doors past "Evening Post"). Telephone 811.—Advt. "SYDAL" (Wilton's Hand Emollient), i If yon see a jar of "SYDAL" in afriend*6 house, you can depend upon it that in nine cases out of ten your friend will recommend you. to buy some. So general is the use of -"SYDAL."—Advt. . '■ -■ .7 ' Fragrant Violets, fresh daily. Send your friends an artistic .posy of violets packed in violet boxes, 2s. 6dJ and 3s. 6d. eaoh; special fancy boxes of Freesias, Carnations, and ohoioest flowers, 55., 65., 7s. 6d. and 10s. 6d., posted anywhere. Miss Murray, Vice-Kegal Moriate, Bfi .Willis Street.—Advt. •; HAIES ON THE FACE. Superfluous Hair is one of the most distressing blemishes with which women aTe afflicted, and hitherto there has been no permanent cure. Electrolysis, invariably leaves the face badly marked, even more disfiguring than the hair, - and depilatories are worse than useless, for they only burn the hair off, and eanse it to grow out doubly strong. ' "KULDAH" . is a medical forpiula,- which has no-equal for destroying the roots of the hairs, it is quite -unlike any other superfluous hair remedy, and it behoves every <woman so afflicted to give Kuldah' ! a) trial. It leaves no trace of. anything heaving been applied, and is a marvellous cure, as thousands of satisfied users have proved; price Gs. Gd., in plain sealed wrapper, "from G. Mee, Chemifit, Lambton Quay, Wellington (if posted, 3d. extra).— Advt. ■ A retreat for men will be commenced at St. Joseph's Church, Buckle Street, ton>4»row and will continue until Sunday next. The Rev. Father M'Carthy, S.M., Marist Missioner, mil conduct the retreat. Coal shipments'from Wcstport last week were:—Westnort Goal Co., 13,285 tons 10 owt.; coke, 22 tons 3cwt.; Westport-Stock-ton, 3140 tons 13ewt—Press Association.