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They are Mm .Inez%. 1.-- chreof!.Wilmiette Health Center.I and Miss Ruth Hansent , R. N., I Parchil shool nurs e and mprobation Both beingregistered 'Aterican Red Cross nurses, the.) were "called to0 the colors" on* january .25, and, w ith 51 othernurse.s f rom Chicago wereè sent to Evansville, d,'er their first contacts, with flood con- ditionS and refugees werma.Te. reached Evansville at mlidnight, of the saine day, and were taken froin the train in boats. They finally reach- cd a hotel, where they were assigned to a room-b1t. under what condi- tions! During the two days they re.- mnained, three other womnen were as-ý ,-inedtothe sinmerooin, and ini thatý tioned wt"'- .' - suffice. And they did not t.nnve 1 lost on the mevr. .a il L;a - ---t te Ice ýrah n li erous landing, the part)- applied at of Iiey were sent on , tnr~"'1 netat Mis Hnse an t- Ilrihthg h ronn f aure house for shelter, and were taken and another gr oup broughtif the ihes to catiss asen o>Mcan w in and kept over ih n h onn fJnaY2.deohr eedsace oMCer The oho ing ontl,,afuary odrcm t rpr for reinoval I counlty), Ky., which *as 90 per cent 28, Mrxs. Blisa and the others re- to Owensboro. Going OUt to Pur-i under watern Their. destinatioii was emnbarked, and succeeded in. reaching 1 chase somne needed wearing apparel. Caîhouni, the county seat, .10 mile Owensboro at noon. There they were! Miss Hlansen found that' no one was1 away., The tlhree nurses wr u mpet hy Pyr er M. Callas,'permitted to dà-r bi oliter on the street. The 1 n t mail flat bottoîn boat,. and chimno h oal Red Cross, Dr. order was to keep moving, and it was 1,ith'three men began at 4:30 in the* Tyler, its médical director, and issrcl ocd afternooli, antother voyage htalbj mi.> Slack, 'its exeCUtiçýe secretary.a.Paios ore wrecked their nervous sYstemS. Ih Evryposileasitacean ate- It was not until 4 o'clock in the was on this trip that they were tion was given to the Visiting nurses afternooti that transporation was caught in an ice jam, w,.hich the men by these officiais,, their helpfulness provided. Then Miss Hansen'and 8 i tried desperately to break. The water aiding greatly in the wvork of relief. SuIparviss Acti*iti.s Hedurters had been established- in the court 'house, and rs. Bliss immnediately began the work ofor uzaflizifl2 er forces for. prompt Orà they Iett the rouît '1w 0l lit- vision of ail nursing activil ini during their absence. assign phy5icianýs, provide m * C&Ued to KentuckY T@wu for inoculationls against On thie afternooll of the second day under the supervision of Dr. in Evansville a cali carne f rom Oens- to see* that ail refugees wer boro., Ky., across the river, for prompt and proper .attenti nurses, and twelve nurses %vere as- supervise the work in the 8 At 1:30 P. nm. on january 271,",Mrs. Bliss stepped into a côast guard If e boat at Evansville, botind for Owens- boro, where she had been assignied to duty as suPervisiflg nurse for Daviess county. Heading into the current, the boat began its seemningly.] small communities for the purpose uî. makiîng surveys, flncing how xnany people were ini need of nursing serv- ice, f ood and other relief. For this w9rk a United S$tates Coast.Guard 'boat, and crew were placed' at hier cause of the terrific current ani! l swirling flood waters it was .im- Pu possible. to make more than 2 miles tel per hour. Darkness fell, and the ge boat proceeded, its pilots not know- th, ing where they were to land.. At at - 1 -- tir1a k aligit w2.s sihted tthrougli the eÀr lucky stars Caihoun at 10 v U-- and the oars, and by grasping thé, they managed to jami, and tbanked when they docked o'clock that, nighit. The pilot s»d captain, worîced lev V was axev v 11- - u-uo -a islly. end 1sertl to repair the iet again go through. puuonaeeaecpanc01 mnotor and get the -boât under con- With the other rnembers of the Iwde, erected in front of and trot When this was fially uc- Cicago contineto Red Cross to the buildngonabses ere 1 aîce care of ner. Lfld Worke as 8h. Travels cot The next morning they went to ýse the court bouse for a conference et, (Continued on Page 64)