Evening star. [volume], March 24, 1952, Page * B-5, Image 26

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Woman Creates Job as Friend in Need
; ly Betty Miles
The Washingtonian who hasn't
found himself pressed into service
as a guide when sightseeing
friends and family come to town
is probably as
nue here as a
summer’s day.
■ Equally rare
■ anywhere is the
BL person who
yjp- H hasn't wished
I m he were twins
£ during a family
/ |M crisis, great or
small.
■ Miss Florence
I Twenty - eighth
street N.W. is
an» Wto. a woman who
has turned her duty as a Wash
ingtonian, along with natural
neighborliness and a talent for be
ing a friend in need, into a busi
ness asset. She has developed her
own 1 business— making a Job of
being at people’s service, whatever
the need may be.
Capable, middle-aged Florence
Kirby found it hard going when
she was looking for a full-time job
some months ago. Her age was
the Mg factor against her, and the
situation was complicated by the
fact that although she had had a
series of interesting jobs, her lack
of continuous experience in any
one field was a handicap. Friends
urgfed her to capitalize on her wide
background and talent for helping
people, and her business was bom.
She describes her work as “more
emergency work than anything
else.” A telegram may arrive at
any time from 6ome one asking
her to meet a train or plane on
short notice. Inconvenient hours
maim no difference, either, and
she {Still has the gratitude of a
mother whose children she met on
a 4 sun. plane from Nassau.
A native Washingtonian, she
knows the city well. When asked
for sightseeing suggestions, she
always puts in a word for a local
treasure she considers much neg
lected, the St. Gaudens statue In
Rock Creek Park Cemetery. She
knows the United States fairly
well, too, having driven from one
encj to the other of it, and has
traveled to Europe four times.
Visit to Mount Vemon
Miss Kirby remembers with
amusement the day she took a
South American to Mount Vemon.
“He spoke nothing but Spanish,”
she reported, a fact of which she
was not aware when she made
the. arrangements—but a fact
which certainly would not have
deterred her had she known it.
She had a friend explain the gold
horses at the Arlington Memorial
Bridge to him—she didn’t think
he 6hould miss the details—but
at Mount Vernon she was on her
own. Taking advantage of the
few words he could read in Eng
lish. she bought him a book with
diagrams, pointed out the cor
responding places on the historic
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, barrier or no, “he saw Mount Ver- j
■ non,” Miss Kirby declared with j
r satisfaction.
i She enjoyed her assignment,
; too. to see a DP through months
I of care at the prenatal clinic at 1
i Georgetown University Hospital. (
i The Russian-born woman and her |
Polish husband had come to this ]
, country as domestics, and were (
[ employed by a friend of hers. This i
, woman couldn’t speak English, |
i either—and that’s where Miss <
. Kirby came in. She helped get
, her permit to attend the clinic, ,
, went with her on each of her reg- ,
' ular visits there, and took her to (
, the immigration department when ,
5 necessary. i
Miss Kirby was rewarded by a i
grateful husband, who gallantly )
bent and kissed her hand when ]
i she saw the couple off on the bus ]
t the day they left Washington for ]
. their new home. i
’ The hours she has spent staying
i with post-operative cases she re- i
; gards as her most serious work
tto date. She reads to invalids,,
; too, sometimes spends the night :
. with a sick person, and drives
1 families to visit relatives in out
-1 of-town hospitals.
[ Work Is Fun
“My work is a lot of fun,” she
> stated, adding that she has found
. people “most pleasant, agreeable
, and appreciative,” in the variety
. of situations in which she finds
. them. Her jobs include baby-sit
ting and grandma-sitting, too.
“I also dog-walk,” she explained.
Her job for one sick person con
sisted of visiting her for two hours
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every morning, getting breakfast,
and taking the dog out. She hasn’t
filled in at bridge or canasta yet,
but she is prepared to.
In the past, versatile Miss Kirby
has done research at the Library
of Congress for friends, as well as
having pictures checked In the
National Gallery for out-of-town
art lovers, and plans to offer this
as part of her service, too, as well
as assisting in the development of
club programs.
There Is. as a matter of fact,
almost nothing she won’t try. An
alumna of Georgetown Visitation
Convent, she has done social work,
and was once a relief director in
Virginia. World War I found her
serving with the Red Cross in
France. She still treasures the
replica of the loving cup of the
Dukes of Burgundy which was
presented to her by the enlisted
men at the hospital tljerp.
Miss Kirby also has served as
a volunteer hospital aide neit a. j
In New York City. Performing
something of an about-face from
her former fields of endeavor,
she made her contribution to
World War n by working as an
inspector of airplane parts in
a factory in Hagerstown, Md.
“I’m a horrible collector,” Miss
Kirby declared. Included in her
collection of old glass is a chande
lier from the home of Mary Ball,
mother of George Washington.
Cooking, which she -finds “more
fun than a circus,” is another
hobby. She knows how to cook
everything but barley, but she’s
working on that now. In her spare
time, that is.
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Selecting the Baby-Sitter
By Angdo Petri
Hie sitter has become a part of
this Nation’s way of life. She is
a necessary member of the house
hold. Mothers must have time
out occasionally. Fathers are en
titled to the company of the
mothers on a night out. A change
of routine, some fun is essential
to the health and the spirit of
both and somebody must take
over the care of the children on
these occasions. Then, too, every
family faces emergencies. Father
or mother, or both, are called
away because of Illness or death
in the family group. Again the
sitter is an absolute necessity. But
who will it be?
It must be somebody the chil
dren know and like. To bring a
stranger into the house when
mother goes out is something no
child can take easily. The fact
of mother’s leaving him is in it
self a great trial to which he has
difficulty 'in adjusting himself.
Add to that the presence of this
stranger from whom he does not
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MONDAY. MARCH 14, IM*
know what to expect and the re
sult is a mess.
If at all possible, a mature rel
ative, one the children loves. Is the
best choice. All will go as well
as can be expected in a mother’s
absence if a beloved aunt or gran
ny Is In charge. But they are
not always available. In that case
it Is well to look ahead, find some
body that seems suitable, intro
duce her to the family, and ask
her to come in now and then for
a couple of hours so that the
children can become accustomed
■ to her and she to them. By this
plan the sitter learns the ways of
• the household and the tempera
; ment and habits of the children.
1 If the children do not like this .
\ person, and they may not. look *
. for another, and keep looking un- ?
s til a suitable one Is found. Then
■ hold on to her. Make her a friend ;
-of the family. Treat her as such. J
: She is a precious asset to the
- household and is entitled to the
s consideration, to the affection, her
l place merits.
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