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Title: The life of Florence Nightingale
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Tooley, Sarah A. Southall
Subjects: Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910 Nurses
Publisher: New York : The Macmillan Company London : S. H. Bousfield & Co., ltd., 12, Portugal Street
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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from more distant parts,crowded the roads to Lea Hurst and stood ingroups about the park, hoping to catch a glimpseof the heroine. ^ I remember the crowds as ifit was yesterday, said an old lady living by thepark gate, it took me all my time to answer them.Folks came in carriages and on foot, and there wastitled people among them, and a lot of soldiers,some of them without arms and legs, who hadbeen nursed by Miss Florence in the hospital,and I remember one man who had been shotthrough both eyes coming and asking to seeMiss Florence. But not ten out of the hun-dreds who came got a glimpse of her. If theywanted help about their pensions, they were toldto put it down in writing and Miss Florencesmaid came with an answer. Of course she wasv/illing to help everybody, but it stood to reasonshe could not receive them all ; why, the parkwouldnt have held the folks that came, and besides,the old squire wouldnt have his daughter made astaring stock of London shared the disappointment of Derby-
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THE RETURN OF THE HEROINE 241 shire in not being permitted to give FlorenceNightingale a public welcome, but the situationwas realised by the genial Mr. Punch in thesympathetic lines quoted at the heading of thischapter. Fundi had had his joke when the * dearNightingales first went to the succour of thesoldiers, but the day for raillery was past; a greathumanitarian work had been accomplished, whichthe genial humorist was quick to acknowledge onthe return of the heroine in a cartoon showing Mr. Punchs design for a statue to Miss Nightin-gale. It represented her in nurses dress, wearingthe badge Scutari across her breast, and holding awounded soldier by the hand. Below was a sceneportraying the good Samaritan. The public interest in Miss Nightingale wastestified in many ways. Not only did platformsall over the land resound with her praises, buther portrait became a popular advertisement fortradesmen. I have seen preserved in the DerbyTown Library paper bags used in the shops ofHenry Ca

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