The literary digest . ning of the illness. Here is an extract from a letter writtenby Miss Kate LaPrade, chairman of theNursing Committee of the Victoria Red-Cross Chapter, Victoria, Tex.: We found it necessary to abandon ourroutine work of nursing and direct theentire energies of the service to fighting theinfluenza epidemic. Having no hospital in our city, andonly two trained nurses besides , you can imagine just what wewere up against. We organized an emergency hospital inorder to get the sick where they could bemore easUy cared for and put Mrs. Cortinesin charge. With the help
The literary digest . ning of the illness. Here is an extract from a letter writtenby Miss Kate LaPrade, chairman of theNursing Committee of the Victoria Red-Cross Chapter, Victoria, Tex.: We found it necessary to abandon ourroutine work of nursing and direct theentire energies of the service to fighting theinfluenza epidemic. Having no hospital in our city, andonly two trained nurses besides , you can imagine just what wewere up against. We organized an emergency hospital inorder to get the sick where they could bemore easUy cared for and put Mrs. Cortinesin charge. With the help of the women intown who had taken the Red-Cross*course[inHome Care of the Sick, she worked fordays to save the lives of the people whowere brought to her, often without even thehelp of a doctor, except such advice as theywere able to give her over the phone. With14,000 or 15,000 people in our county tolook after, the four practising physicianswe have left have not had much timeto devote to individual patients, and the. The Literary Digest for February 22, 1919 Q5 THE FRANKLIN CAR A PRODUCT of superior quality—fine in structure, finein appearance and fine in action—it embodies simplicityand endurance. To all who consider ease and safetyof handling, comfort and economy, it stands alone. Strippedof 177 non-essential parts incident to water-cooling, andunnecessary weight, it gives a service unequalled in the finecar class. The Franklin Car is equally useful summer or winter—nowater to boil or freeze; equally at home on smooth streets oron rough roads. And it gives to owners consistent records of: 20 miles to the gallon of gasoline—ifistead of 1010,000 miles to the set of tires—instead of 5,000S0% slower depreciation than in any other fine car. FRANKLIN AUTOMOBILE COMPANY, SYRACUSE, N. Y. What a Doctor OwnerRecently Had to Say: Its ease of manipulation and superbriding qualities have greatly eased thelong hours which my profession was especially apparent duri
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