Nursing Diary no.2 - 6 April 1924-February 1926

Much to our joy we met [Barn crossed out] Hogg & Kerr & McQueen in the dining room- and was it good to see them.- After breakfast they took us to Miss Donald & Hogg introduced us. She was perfectly lovely - -so friendly & glad to see us. As we didn't have our trunks, we had no uniforms -but we were so tired we could hardly stand anyway. So Miss Donald told us to sleep until noon- then go downtown & have them sent up. Which we were only too glad to do. We all wandered back upstairs like lost sheep, but bed felt like a perfect paradise.

We slept until noon. Then down to lunch-we managed considerably better at the cafeteria, but lunch was pork & beans-& the tea- 'nuff saidno desert-bread at least an 1" thick-and a suggestion of cake. Then we went downtown -and had our trunks sent up-for which they didn't mind asking a bit of money-but why worry, that goes on our bill. From the station we wandered up & down a few streets-into Woolworth's-which looked very much like Home. We waited for ages for a #4 car to bring us Home

but they don't come back the way they go-so we took a bus. Arrived back in time for dinner-and saw Burns then. We found the mail box-& trunk room -Carried our uniforms & a few odds & ends up to our rooms-and I was never so glad to put up a few pictures. The room looked a little more liveable in no time. We met Burns & Hogg at 7. and went to their rooms on Madison Ave-very nice rooms. They dressed & we all went downtown. first to the bank where we will eventually have an account- I hope. -then wandered around the stores, Beattie & I

purchased a wash bag each & a tumbler. Burns escorted us to the Marybud tea Room on Maiden Lane - sounds quite interesting- we had sandwiches-but when I asked for tea-nothing doing, they didn't have any. We giggled there for awhile, and took the serviettes for souvenirs. Finally started for Home rather tired. The street cars are terribleand we were perfectly dizzy-by the time we arrived at New Scotland Ave.

December 31.1925 ThursdayDear Dairy. This is the last day of 1925, and I firmly make a resolution. here & now to be more faithful to you in 1926Maybe I won't write you up every night-but at least I won't let you get too far behind. -Today I am on a caseMrs. Roberts- carcinomawent on last Tuesday. not such a bad case-but not so good. My first case was Professor O'Brien-appendectomy, awfully nice-was on for a week. night duty. Then went on night duty on a Breastamputation case- Mrs. Calbertalso very nice. Both cases for Dr. Edgar Vander Veer, and have already fallen quite