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Show WOMEN TAKE CHARGE OF JUDGE MERCY HOSPITAL I tf S & SCHOOL TEACHERS RISK LIVES TO AID VICTIMS UPPER left, Miss Eva Sherdeman, teacher West high school, as elevator operator at the Judge Mercy hospital. Upper right, in the kitchen Ira Tilly, cook; A. J. Hegren (left), principal Liberty school; Lester A. Snyder, pastor Central Christian church; Elizabeth Thorte, teacher mathematics West high school. Center insert, teachers as waiters G. Snow Gibbs, supervisor of department for exceptional children; Mrs. Elizabeth Stocking, teacher West high school; Miss Harry Leigh, assistant at hospital to Sarah H. Young; Sarah H. ; Young, domestic science teacher of Longfellow, Lowell, Ensign and Lafayette schools. ( ! . Lower left Miss Beatrice Burton, teacher West high school. Lower right Miss Susie E. Wilton, teacher department of commerce, West high school. Every Care and Attention Is Given Sufferers From Influenza. KOWLJ3DCE that aid was ueetlod in fighting the epidemic of Spanish Span-ish influenza, has been all the incentive in-centive necessary to impel feven-ty-five bravp .Salt Lake school teachers to risk their lives in serving at the Red Cross emergency hcspital. There they are not only doing every form of. work r'fjulred 1n a hospital, but trfey are (Joing it in a highly efficient manner antr without a murmur at the most drudging task. On October 12 J. Kred Anderson, principal prin-cipal of t,he Lafayette school, took , charge of the Judge Mercy ho.spifhl. 1 1 had been neglected for nearly two years. Windows had been broken and the wiring pulled out. To rflm fll the task of j turnliiK the place into a first-class, mod- ern hospital, capable of handling any ' emergency that might arise. The teach- j era were informed of the need for help and the response made was unanimous. 1 By 4 p. m. on the following day the hos- i pital had heen put in condition to rceiv-pottyprtS rceiv-pottyprtS and a small number wen- accommodated. ac-commodated. The number has. stead d increased until today there are seventy r five patients who are getting every care and attention and every emergency has been provided for. Salt Lake tCAchAft. have made this possible. Teachers are seen scrubbing floors, running elevators, peeling potatoes, doing the office wftrk and assisting the nurseF in the actual care of the sick. The most impressive thing of all is the sytem which prevails and the woim1 rfui efficiency with which everything Is done. Meals have never been served a minute late to the patients. No one dispute an order and everyone is Intent on performing perform-ing his task with the greatest fit sua Ich and t horoughness. The only hired help in the entire hospital consists of the chef, the second- cook and a flishwnslier. The rest of the organization is composed 1 wholly of volunteer. 1 'rofet eor George ESaton, principal of : the Kast high school, proved to be a good carpenter, and erCts screens and j dOOrs with neatii'ss and'spned. Fred l. 1 Keeler, principal of the West high school, I If an orderly, who fl always ready upon j a nioment's notice (. J. Hfker. Buporyi- ! sorof penmanship in the - ity school, Is I a first -class steward. He orders all the supplies, keeps a :hech on everything and mfi kcs out the menu ca re". it has developed de-veloped that he has had experience In this line before and lie brings a comprehensive compre-hensive knowledge "f the work to his task. ! Mrs, Becker is also labpnlng beside her j husband. Mhs Sara IJ. Vnun;:, domCStfc science teacher, has charge or the patients' diet, J with a corps of other teachers as aselftl-I aselftl-I nnts. Alice RdWa. head of the Latin de-pariment de-pariment of the (Oast high school, In an efficient elevator operator, as are sevral oth' r teachers. Teachers are In chfl rgO of tin- linen depart man t and dining room. A number of Ihe tear-hers nre MslHtlhR the loirs'a hi the actual care ol pntletits, fully a wan rif t1 nik they are con- stunt iv running f coxttMotinsj the diet f aee f-. W . Fruser, pi'lm ipnl of the QfleuUe school. If on hand al all hours wllh his I Automobile, ready f.r ernergem y calls or otidjkrs of any kind. Mrs. Emtrna ivy ami! Mrs. Lillian Sim tm ore assisting the nurses nr. night duty, The Rev, Chester v Snyder of the Central Christian vmifOh, and Mr:. Hnydei Joined the) teachers rSSterday, festerUss a. J. Haseji, principal ol the Liberty school, needed an asslstani to h -lp scrub and mop I floor. Spying Mr, SfVflcr, nS Stipposod ho was one of the teachers. "iin, takn this msp and get busy," he commandi d, Mr. Bnydnr did not lienltate bui wed to work with a i j will by the side of Mr. Mttgen, Mi" St;si Wilton ( the school oi com ! ; rnsree In the Vest hlgh( has charge of) , the record i and uocounts u the Institu-iion, Institu-iion, bteversJ other tea there manipulate (hi wli hi onjrd. LTndei lh direction or Hujc lint end nl II. i Howen. .la nit oik. irx - ha nt' n, curieners and oilier or It- cri hgve put the hospital in flrst-clnss condition. They have often worked eighteen eight-een and twenty hours a day voluntarily, stating tHey knew it was for the Red CrpSI and that they were aiding In saving sav-ing lives. The hoard of education has supplied i no I or t rue Its, kitchen utensils and a hundred other articles. "The teachers take a Ue. n delight in doing tin ir work," Mr. Andjprspn said yesterday. yes-terday. "To them and Id the nurses be.-iongs be.-iongs great credit in meeting this smer-'" smer-'" 2 |