Show A Cherub Bootblack There is a cherub engaged in blacking black-ing boots on the far east side He is an Italian cherub of course and his wings are hidden by dirty and illfitting mundane garments but when he idly awaits customers dreaming meanwhile of that celestial region whence he must have come there is no denying his cherubship The child has an oval face with that rare Italian olive complexion 3 file nose and full lips that suggest some distant strain of Hebrew blood and oddest of all eyes almost the color of pale violets He looks as if he might grpw into an archangle without translation trans-lation but he will probably become the keeper of a fruit stand Just why no artist has picked him up for a model is hard to guess His face stands out among the solid Teutonic countenances of that regiop like something from another other worldNew York Sun Nurses an Steamship Stewardesses It has been suggested by the London Lancet that trained nurses be employed employ-ed on the ocean steamers as stewardesses steward-esses Anyone who has experienced the comfort of having trained hands handle han-dle them when too ill to raise the head will hope that the suggestion is crrie out While the class of stewardesses steward-esses are as a rule kindly agreeable wpmen willing to make us comfortable if possible the trained nurse in such a place must excel them in knowing just how to do and what to do for those who perhaps are something more than seasick The death of a beautiful little girl from pneumonia on an ocean steamship last summer raised the question among a party of passengers Would not a trained nurse have done differently and perhaps saved the little life Nursing is twothirds the cure especially espec-ially in quick diseases like pneumonia Delicate persons who take the voyage for health would certainly appreciate Times the trained assistanceNew York f 1 f j |