Show WAITS THE SUMMONS i i MISS mOHTINOALBS nACITIILY TASKS NEARLY OER i Julie lorollM ly I Imiile of Todiy Slio l < bnlnq Her tail IUi In Ingla11dt Inllrrn for due tuulit lie New VVuiurn I i Iliittnrcvery few ya t Instances on record 1 4rt I I if a great public ej I ivoman and pnrllc lilnrly n grant heroine i 1t11 I hero-ine having throughout 1 m I through-out Html up In hr 9 Ijj rttutatlon It too If it l often hAI1II In r theio d a > e when eJ notoriety li eailly l a q e obtained and when > x f tho public li to ready lo nornhlp the celebrity of the moment that n lullle woman foil to keep tare with lubllc opinion and to maintain her ponlllm In iiutllc esteem Ihr iugh half n century A great excel lion Is I Ilorrnce Muhllngnlc On the nil ilay of Hill 1 month die celebrate tier 1 Mh birthday n great n woman and n > great n public benefactor coot AI much of n heroin no showns forty ear IIK < > when sloe went forth from tier comfortable home In nnglnnd not ai a mere nurse to attend to the wools of the wounded and dying llrlt lih toldler In the Crime but an n fearless organlier of a great field hoI ho-I Hal lyitfm No one had thought of the phyilcat tutoring which would have lo lie undergone un-dergone by the brave poldlrri who were lent out with the project of a long winter campaign before them without any adequate hniillal arrangements having been made When the great tnlitake was rallicd It was n woman who cane forward tn rectify the terrible ter-rible blunder and It may sadly t > e Imagined that obitiicle were thrown In her tiny by thnia whoso corele flees nod hearllcmnei It wa her million mil-lion In lnotuntarlly cxK e Hut even In thiwe day wlun news traveled Inwly and hn nevvipnper merely recorded bare I fuels of new with but Illtle comment public oilnlon wn noon nrouo sal nnd when Its Tlorence I Nightingale nrrlrrd at tho Crimea with hr Lend of nurse die hail UK whole I llrlllih iwople 1 nt her back Iew nn aware that there li I n pretty imanco nttachnl Mlia NlKhllnitale journey to the Crimea It wad generally gener-ally known among her friend at the lime thnt the led InMowed her affection affec-tion on n young officer In one of the first regiment to rocrfel to the Pat of war Although it wa equally well known among the same friends that In nil > rate Mil Nightingale would not have he ltatc < l for A moment to accept ho I miponilbllltUi and hnrdihlpi of the lllllon offered to her there li I no doubt that the Inlmr of love was not only ono of Into of Immunity and of ilohiK Rood but wait also to cams extent ex-tent Iniplred by n dmlre to be near ono whom die loved in a man more than in ono of mankind More than one generation of KnglUI girls have reveled In tho tort of Mips NlnMlniinloa work nt Hculrul lava hoard how thi lick nnd wounlr would pray for her n ship walked through the line of con rich night lamp In hand nnd how wlthlnc the Ppacs of n fortnlKhl 4000 loll > nt > wounded or lick were placed under hr charge Ono of the private soldiers whom iilie nursed cold of her Him would peak to one and another and nod and mllo to many more but sloe could not ilo It lo nil you know for we lay there by hundred but we could Mm her shadow ai It fell on the wall A J ° il II r < h f i t r l t < e > t t nOIIKNCK NinilTlNOALn At ntitlit and lay our heads on our Ill lows again content They have heard too and cannot hear often enough the lory of the hurler given to the < nicera of the llrlllih army nod navy on their return from tho Kail and how when loch Klrntford UBiieiUd that every cut mould write on a phew of paper the mime of Iho person I whose ilcoli In the Crimean war would engrave themselves them-selves moil Indvlll ly In the hlitory or the Iirlllili people und when the payers were examined every one had written the tame nC Ikiruiw Nliihtlnjcato Noer haa a victorious nrmy received such a welcome on III return home ai did the NurnelnChlef of the llrlllil force In this Crimea and of all who welcomed her by word or In spirit there Will none who welcome wan more ulnrere than that of her Queen The beautiful jcneleil ornament which Ur I Mnjly presented to Florence NIxhtlnKale RIll decoration wni n lym Liil of the gratitude shown by a Queen to a subJect The decoration li I oval In form tho ground of lure whllo enamel on which In diamond are the totter V It and the royal crown Tin latter is I Inrloood l > y nn o > al band nf blark enamel blnclc being an emblem em-blem of KIHM counulon which 1s I In rrltxd In cold IllMivd are the llircl rut On each side rlio brandies or palm In Kreen and Hold enamel bootIng boot-Ing too peaceful ooou > atlon and trlum phant result Tho color Krten ales Implies Im-plies eternal frlenilnhlp The label bearIng bear-Ing tho Lord Crimea li I In azure tlge I and the whole It nurmounted by thru brilliant diamond stare tin ctlMtla Icnincnllon of which li I obvious lu i lrhol the KOO < I tail and beauty o r till Jewel are dlI by Hie noble ex jiremlon of Ibis feeling of her ajety In the Iniwrlptlon boron l on the reverse ° To riorenc NlKhtlngale ai n mark o If esteem and urallludu for her doollon toward the Queen brats noldleni Front Victoria It JMJ From the severs itraln which she underwent In the Crimea she Ions never recovered hut In sills of having been physically l an Invalid since I her return the has done ni much with rr mini uatn ee nnd her pen for the purees and hewpl I tals of her country os she did with her hand for the oldler sloe loved tn this Hcutnrl hut And U II Interfiling to note that her work hAl been a much In the direction of the prevention of dl eae ne In that of nursing the tick This wa exemplified In n letter which ehe recently adilremd to village moth tn Bhe adv Iced them to see that their tops and girl grew up healthy with clean minds and clean skins After nil she wrote It is I health and not slckneas which Is I our natural tale There are more peePle to pick an up when we fall than to enable us to stand on our feet And the Introduction to Hint letter wu no follows Dear HardWorking Hard-Working friend I am n hardworking woman too May I pak to you T Ba ciaracUrl m Tlorenc Mghtlngilc Ie I a tall woman rather stout with gray hnlr and fine open face Although a great Ufferei ehe 1 doe not how n trace of It She ha not known what It Is I to be without pain for many year Her fealutc are finely modeled while her hand and feet are very mall Her volee Is I low and muilcnl Mho often read aloud and sometimes she hum a rung or hymn She is I very devout and an omnlvorou reader Her room Is I littered with new inter magailne writing paper pencil pen-cil and letter Sloe U always cheer fulMl hlhon Nightingale loathe anything Iho form of publicity To Jnurnallut she never open her mouth nor even her door but lo any one who seeks ad vies on n queitlon affecting the Inter eu of the tick or those who nurse them n hearty welcome and a word of encouragement en-couragement and coun el are alwa > s cheerfully accorded She hhl a very comfortable home on one of the heat slreets In the west end of IAn < 1on but spends moil of the year at Cla > don Houie In Ilucklnghamihlre the home of her slter Lady Verney |