1898 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
775 
A CONVENIENT KITCHEN CHEST. 
Fig. 353 shows a combination chest for 
kitchen use. The top opens into three 
compartments, for flour, corn meal and 
Graham flour. The front is raised to a 
level with the top, and secured by side 
arms, as shown, making a large table for 
cooking, ironing, etc. Beneath the raised 
front, are small drawers for keeping all 
kinds of materials used in cooking. The 
appropriate name can be put upon each 
drawer. Such a chest tells its own story 
of convenience. d. 
Brown Bread. —I have used entire 
wheat for the last three years. I use 
one cupful of molasses, one cupful of 
sour milk, one egg, one teaspoonful of 
soda, and one teaspoon ful of salt, well 
mixed ; two cupfuls entire wheat, one 
cupful of granulated corn meal. Grease 
a mold well, and steam 2% hours. Put 
in the oven to dry off one-half hour. 
Another. —Just after dinner, soak one- 
half cake of Magic yeast, and make into 
a batter, using one cupful of lukewarm 
water. Let rise until 8 p. M. Take 2 % 
quarts of entire wheat, rub in blitter the 
size of an egg, two teaspoonfuls of salt, 
one-half cupful of molasses, and one 
quart of milk that has been scalded and 
cooled. Put in the yeast batter, mix 
thoroughly and knead lightly. Let rise 
over night. In the forenoon, mold into 
three loaves. Let rise until light, and 
bake one hour. M. d. i. 
On the Wing. 
A HOSPITAL IN BLACK AND WHITE. 
PROVIDENT HOSPITAL AND ITS TRAINING 
SCHOOL FOR COLORED NURSES. 
[editorial correspondence.] 
Where the Hospital Is. —At the cor¬ 
ner of 36th and Dearborn Streets, in Chi¬ 
cago, is the unpretentious building 
known as Provident Hospital. It is not 
very widely known, even in Chicago, and 
few people imagine how much energy, 
hard work and devotion to duty is hidden 
within its narrow walls. This hospital 
gives opportunity for study to colored 
medical students, and maintains a train¬ 
ing school for colored nurses. Generous 
citizens of Chicago have aided the hos¬ 
pital from time to time, Mr. Armour 
being especially interested ; but its paths 
have not been flowery ones, and every 
one associated with the enterprise has 
found plenty of uphill work. 
A Talk with the Superintendent.— 
The nurses undergoing training are all 
colored, in the sense that they are of 
African descent; but they vary from the 
darkest type through all graduations of 
tint to wavy-haired, olive-skinned quad¬ 
roons and octoroons. The matron or 
superintendent, Miss Nina James Price, 
is white, a graduate of one of the large 
Chicago hospitals. She is mastered by 
an ardent enthusiasm for the elevation 
of the colored race, and finds her work 
most absorbing. I asked her how the 
colored nurses compared with the aver¬ 
age white nurses in education and intel¬ 
ligence. 
“ It is hardly possible to make an even 
comparison,” said Miss Price, “ but it 
must be remembered that my nurses 
are all picked women—they are not just 
average women. Some of them are 
graduates of colleges or normal schools, 
and I should not feel inclined to accept 
a candidate who had not been graduated 
from a high school, at least. We feel 
that the only way to remove the preju¬ 
dice against colored nurses is to acquaint 
people with the best side of their race. 
It is a misfortune when white women 
who are trivial and unrefined succeed in 
being graduated as nurses, and it would 
be a still greater misfortunate for col¬ 
ored women of that class to give a false 
impression.” 
The Race Prejudice. —“ Do you find 
a strong prejudice against the colored 
nurses ? ” 
“ We do, before the people become 
acquainted with them ; but familiarity 
causes it to pass away. People often 
form the idea that, because the negro is 
often irresponsible and careless, colored 
nurses must be unieliable and lacking in 
emergencies. They overlook the changes 
wrought by education and d : scipline.” 
“ Do you have colored patients only in 
Provident Hospital ? ” 
“ Oh no, we do general work, like 
any other hospital, and our cases include 
all colors and nationalities. I have been 
amused, sometimes, by colored patients, 
who didn’t want to be nursed by women 
of their own race. They lacked confi¬ 
dence, and demanded ‘ white folks ’ 
for attendants; but they soon realized 
that their colored sisters were quite 
competent, and began to take pride in 
their capability.” 
Outdoor Nursing. —“ Will these col¬ 
ored graduates have the same chance of 
outside nursing as white women ?” 
“We hope so; that is what we are 
training them for. Sometimes people 
are not prepared to see a colored nurse, 
and are prejudiced against her; but I 
can hardly recall a case where the pre¬ 
judice continues after further experi¬ 
ence. To my mind, colored women are 
especially suited to sick nursing by their 
sympathetic manners, pleasant voices 
and quiet movements, and when we add 
skilled intelligence to these qualities, 
we make a most desirable combination.” 
“ Do you think that nursing is likely 
to draw colored women from other occu¬ 
pations ? ” 
“No, the great advantage is that it 
furnishes employment for educated col¬ 
ored women. It is very hard for them 
to get any congenial occupation, and 
when they are unable to associate with 
educated people, and restricted to few 
occupations except those we describe as 
menial, they are likely to feel that the 
education they obtained, at the cost of 
great efforts, is useless to them. It is 
not likely that they will interfere with 
white nurses, for they have a wide 
sphere of usefulness among their own 
people.” 
Colored Doctors. —“Are all the doc¬ 
tors at Provident Hospital colored ? ” 
“ No, we have had both white and col¬ 
ored house physicians, and, like every 
hospital, we have visiting physicians 
from other institutions. We give oppor¬ 
tunities of study to colored medical stu¬ 
dents who obtain practical experience 
here, under the instructions of the phy¬ 
sicians.” 
“ Would the other hospitals be likely 
to draw a color line, as regards these 
students ? ” 
“ I hardly think so ; if such prejudice 
were shown, it would surely be un¬ 
authorized ; but they are likely to find 
their work and study more congenial 
with us than in other institutions.” 
Hospital Management. —The Provi¬ 
dent Training School is managed under 
the same rules as those of other hospi¬ 
tals. The nurses live at the hospital 
during their three-years’ course. They 
wear a neat uniform of gray-striped 
seersucker, with the customary cap and 
large, white apron. The nurses’ accom¬ 
modations were quite restricted at first, 
but there is now a prospect of better 
things, as it is on a sounder financial 
basis. Every one connected with the in¬ 
stitution appears to regard it with a 
personal pride that makes itself evident 
in the work done. Miss Price crowds 
MOTHERS.—Be sure to use “Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup ” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.— Adm. 
the work of two women into every 24 
hours, acting as head nurse, matron and 
superintendent in her efforts to make 
the best of the hospital resources. There 
are, usually, about a dozen nurses in the 
training school. 
I asked Miss Price whether there was 
any variation of intelligence between 
the nurses of purely African descent and 
those who showed an admixture of white 
blood. I had an impression (most of us 
have) that the “ smart ” colored people 
are those of mixed blood. Miss Price did 
not assent to this. 
“ No, indeed,” she said ; “ some of the 
most capable nurses I have had under 
my charge have been black women, as 
we should term them. There is as great 
a variation in black races as in white 
ones, and it isn’t safe to think that the 
admixture of white blood is responsible 
for the intelligence they display.” 
Some of the nurses at Provident Hos¬ 
pital gained their education first at Tus- 
kegee, Ala. Readers of The R. N.-Y. 
will recollect a series of articles upon 
“The New Black Man”, following an 
editorial visit to a negro farmers’ in¬ 
stitute, at that place. Perhaps it would 
be justifiable to-describe the students in 
the Provident Training School, collec¬ 
tively, as “The New Black Woman.” 
Every one of those young women, when 
she leaves the hospital, becomes a bac¬ 
terium of progress, working among her 
people. We are making plans now to 
educate, and elevate, and Christianize all 
sorts of parti-colored people at the ends 
of the earth ; I think that it would be 
wise, while this enthusiasm is strong 
upon us, to see what we can do for the 
dark-skinned stranger within our gates. 
How can we civilize the Filipino whom 
we have not seen, if we refuse to aid in 
the advancement of the colored Ameri¬ 
can whom we have with us now,? The 
Spaniards displayed an admiring awe for 
the “ sunburnt Yankees”, as they called 
the negro soldiers. Surely a race that 
will die for our country deserves an 
equal chance to live for it. e. t. r. 
B.&B. 
handsome fur neck scarfs 
—two styles — so much finer for the 
money than any ever offered that every 
woman who wants a fur scarf will find 
this the greatest chance of the season to 
save. 
Electric Seal Fur Scarfs with eight 
tails and two heads, $3.50. 
Genuine Brown Marten Fur Scarfs 
with eight tails and two heads, $5. 
Other fur neck scarfs, $2 50 to $ 75 . 
Collection of fine Furs—scarfs, collar 
ettes, muffs, capes, coats—surpassing 
any heretofore—up to most luxurious 
styles in all the fashionable furs. 
Selling Furs by mail a feature—choice 
styles for less prices make it so. 
black dress goods 
Every weave that has merit is here— 
at an important price—25c. to $4. 
Special line, 50c. yard —all wool 
Black Serge, Cheviotte and Diagonals— 
50 inch—so wide and extra value as 
you’ll be pleased with soon as you get 
samples—splendid quality. 
44-inch dollar imported figured Black 
Velours 50c. yard—sightly, dressy goods. 
40-inch all-wool plain Black Cloth— 
choice finish—25c. yard—nothing so good 
for waists and house dresses ever sold 
for so little. 
Be sure you have our new 250-page 
illustrated catalogue. 
BOGGS & BUHL, 
Department G y 
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MACKINTOSHES. 
Men’s all wool Tricot, $5.00 
Ladies* cashmere two-cape, $4.00 
These waterproof garment! would cost you fie.oe 
•ach In any retail (tore. Send money ordar for 
-ample, Hating buat measure and length. Agents 
wanted everywhere. Address, 
M. F. REESE SUPPLY CO., Sctaulcet, N. Y. 
DON’T M/SS--«« 
getting our Mvra V. Nokys’s o'ever Soldiers’ Souv¬ 
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laughs and cries over “ Teday,” “ Hobson’s rhotce,” 
“The Red-Cross Maid.” “The Young private,” 
“McKinley Bill,” “Christening a Battleship,” 
“ Dewey.” etc. Twenty poems; with portraits; large, 
5^ x 7. By mail, postpaid, 30o. 
C. 8. VALENTINE, Publisher, Box 739, N. Y. City. 
^okuo^ 
Twice as much used 
as of any oltier Stove 
Polish on earth. 
J.L.PR6SCOTT C<?, NW YORK. 
SAVE’ YOUR FUEL 
By using our (stovepipe) RADIATOR 
With its 120 Cross Tubes, 
ONE stove or furnace does the work of 
TWO. Drop postal for proofs from 
prominent men. 
TO INTRODUCE OUR RADIATOR, 
where we have no active agent we 
will sell at wholesale price. Write at 
once. 
ROCHESTER RADIATOR COMPANY, 
27 Furnace St., ROCHESTER, N, Y. 
COMFORT RADIATOR. 
saves waste heat from chimney and 50 per 
cent, of fuel. Cleaned in 5 minutes while 
fire is going. Down dralt, Onlv one giv¬ 
ing satisfaction with soft coal, $ 5 . 00 . 
Send for circular. 
Fuel Saving Ap. C*., Royersford, Pa. 
SOLD!*^ 
UNDER A 
POSITIVE GUARANTEE 
to wash as clean as can he done on the washboard and 
with much more ease. This applies to TrrrllT, Perfect 
Washing Machine which will be sent on trial at wholesale 
price: if not satisfactory money refunded. Asenta 
wanted. For exclusive territory .terms and prices write 
PORTLAND MFU. CO. Box 14 Portland, Mich. 
WATCH AND CHAIN FDR ONE DAY’S WORK. 
Boys and Girls can get a Nickel-Plated Watch, 
also a Chain and Charm for selling 11-2 dozen 
Packages of Blulne at 10 cents each. Send your 
full address by return mail and we will forward 
the Bluine post-paid, and a large Premium List. 
No money required. 
BLUINB CO. Box 303, Concord Junction, Mass. 
Kfllit$IOto $25 SAVED 
1 “’ *- buying direct from factory. BO 
days free trial. No agents large 
profits to pay.No money in advance 
$65 Kenwood Machine for.$22.50 
No better Machine at any price. 
$50 Arlington Haehine for .$19.50 
Other Haehlnea $8.00, $11.50 and $15.00 
all attachments free, over 100.000 In 
use. Catalogue and testimonials free 
Write today for special frel ght offer. 
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CEARHART’S IMPROVED FAMILY 
Knitting 
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Send forparticulars, and free samples of work knit on 
my new Ribbing Attachment- Yarn instock. Address 
.1. E. GEARHART, Box A 27 CLEARFIELD, PA. 
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Factory at Edison's Laboratory, 
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No. H (Latest Edition.) 
Solicitors Wanted for Only Official Book Just Out. 
THE STORY AVk PHILIPPINES 
By MURAT HALSTEAD, the Official Historian, 
under U. S. Government commission, in army camps, 
in American trenches at Manila, on the Pacific, in 
Aguina Ido's camps. on t he fiag8hip"Olynipia.” with 
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Low prices. Big profits. Credit given. Freight paid. 
Drop trashy unofficial war books, some of our agents 
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