Show miss fay day who chois is studying nursing in a I 1 california hospital submitted the following poem to her parents sir mr and mrs elmer day as typifying her feelings sometimes A NURSE s the world grows better year by year because some nurse in her small sphere puts on her aprons and grins and sings and keeps alpo on doing the kllc same old uku things taking arv the lin temperatures and annl giving mh pills to remedy man kinds numberless ills f f feeding the baby and answering bells being polite with a heart that rebels longing for home and all the while wearing the same old professional smile blessing the newborn babas first breath closing the eyes that are still in death taking the blame for the doctors mistakes oh dear what a lot of patience it takes going off duty at seven tt tired discouraged just ready to drop but called back on special at seven fifteen I 1 with woe in her heart but it must not be seen morning and evening noon and night just doing it over and hoping its right when we lay down our caps and cross the bar oh lord will you give us a little star to wear in our crowns in that uniform new y in that city above where the head nurse is you author unknown |