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cerned that we could, not have a place
large enough -for all the Children, but,
as I have, said before, our , funds being
low/- we had to content ourselves with
taking six at a time. .~
,We have met with; the* greatest generos
ity on all sides. Our rent has been paid
by some one unknown to us and to' whom
we feel I deeply ¦grateful; Most of our cook
ing utensils, a large and '.'varied supply of
groceries; carpet, a ton of coal and other
articles that " go ', to make a country "place
comfortable and homelike ; have /been do
nated^i A' matron and > bier -daughter Were
Installed ito care for the little ones." ' ¦yvh'en
all was In readiness two_ of the, auxiliary
girls arid , myself transported " one girl "and
five boys .to the '.hillside " overlooking ¦ the
town of Mill. Valley. . ,
The exclamations of the. children were
very; amusing, as the ¦ ferry-boats, sailing
vessels '< and; Bteam cars ¦ were something
rather /out .pi ' the ordinary. "We : werethe
observed - of ; all ¦ observers, v as one may
suppose that six children.'. three girls,' tele
scope\ibasket," suit -' ca^se arid ". coal "scuttle
might well *e. '.Yes, a coal scuttle— it was
necessary.to the happiness of our matron,
and the only way of getting it there ,was
to carry It over. The children were rav
enously ; hungry., and; ate like men. : After
lunch oii : clothes .were donned and they
were staked out to enjoy themselves.
For a week.they, roamed 'the ; fields and.
spent their, vacation as only, children can.
Alas and alack, : It had to come to an end,
all <; too soon, : as; only ¦ a week , is - allowed
ea.ch. installment.'"- :~':- : ;. ".". .'"'.:
"VVhen I; think of : the things we had to
work, with— nothing, in fact,, but our' de
sire to help little^ children "to grow well
and strong .-and; have a" taste of untramf.
meled Country ;iife— I marvel . at^ bur sue-'
cess.. All .¦ the , credit possible is fdue J the
lew glrls^thatjmanaged ' this ; affair^
. If people • would ? only "realize thV Joy ;it :
brings one by civlng pleasure to those of
God's children who; are less fortunate
than'ourselves,"it" seems as though '¦ there '
ought to -be'''- more workers ; in -the field;
Being so encouraged by the results a few
months haven b^rought » forth'.";'. wo are ? ln :
hopes. that theS'ears wiirdolthe i same; In'
proportion,, even .unto owning 'our' 'home
In the country, n-nis sounds i rather pre-'
tentlous for . a society so ; young, •'but we
hope to verify the old . adage, - "Nothing
succeeds like' miccess." It has been done
In"; New York. Why not here?
It can and will be done, and by the
auxiliary." . • '.
\ Of course. It will take time,- as all things
of ' Importance ; do. "Rome was" not built
in a day," neither, do .we -expect our home
to*. be . built ? In a year, or two ; or three,
unless some kind friend will extend to us
a helping hand. .
- Last. Sunday we kept .- open house * at
Henry? cottage, that those who are' inter
ested* in" our "work'might. have a practical
demonstration of It. : The six ; little tots,
,"dresaed ¦ in their, Sunday ; best,'V who ; flit
ted : f rom '-. one of i our. , guests : to : another,
Vere very happy v .: ;,'. '
' Tea was • served " In the dining-room, a
roomy tent haying been "donated for that
purpose. To-day our, cottage is small and
rented, ; pur children f ew,; our , funds i lew ;
a few ¦ yearB., hence— I "will not say'> how
many-^our cotta ge ; will • be a ' house and
tlon could.be felt ln ; the patient's ankle.
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pointed out to the watching surgeons and
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students the signs on the foot of the pa
tient that marked the onset of gangrene,
and then he told them that he intended to
remove part of the Injured artery and re
place It with an artificial substitute.
. At last the artery w*as freed and the
surgeon showed his wondering assistants
that^nearly four Inches of the vessel was
ready to disintegrate. All eyes watched
Dr. Kaintsky as he hlms.elf placed clamps
upon the big artery. The artery ; clamp
having been fixed, Dr. Kaintsky cut away
about four, inches of tfie artery.
From the pocket in front of his operat
ing gown Dr. ' Kaintsky/ drew a silver
aseptic case and it drew. ' aV small,
hollow,' elastic, almost colorless tube,
about five Inches long. Almost .Imme
diately" he placed it in position. He drew
It between his fingers so as to : expel all
air and placed a ; pair of \ artery forceps
upon" one end. Then he slipped one end
of the artery into the tube and stitched it
into : place. ?>•"-"¦ . • ..
Quickly, the same procedure was carried
out at the other end, and; then: Dr. : Kaint
eky removed the clamp .which", was hold-
Ing the blood from ' the ' mended artery.
The 'blood ' rushed 'through its new/chan
nel, : pumping out the collapsed tube, and
It ,was actually difficult to tell "the arti
ficial artery^ from ..the real • one." : At -the
same instant,' too, ' a' good, healthy "pulsa-
AN ARTTPTCTAU ARTERY MADE WH^ND \% THE
LATEST MARVEWN* SURGERY-
THERE seem* to be no limitations by
which the achievements of science
can be measured, especially in the
domain of surgery. A short time ago
the announcement, was made that at a
Paris hospital a patient had b eeni .nptfUjd
with an artificial stomach which .erved
all the purposes of the organ
upon him by nature, and now cornea the
Intelligence that a Russian member of the
proton has succeeded in subsUtutlng
artificial for natural arteries. He has re
paired the great femoral artery: has
Sliced on to ft an artificial length. Just
as a plumber might solder a piece of lead
en pipe to a brass one. ~
The better to • comprehend how radical
E nd difficult a thing Dr. Kaintsky accom
plished It is necessary to explain some
thing of the nature of functions of arte
rlc- In the first place, an artery differs
entirely from a vein. If a vein ia cut the
blood escapes for a while and after a lit
tle the vessel lies flat and collapsed. An
artery does not Its Inner coat is so ar
ranged that a series £of stiff fibrous rings
eurround It and prevent It " from collaps
ing. That Is one of the reasons why,
when an artery is severed, blood con
tinues to flow from It.
These were only some of the problems
which confronted Dr. Kaintsky when
they brourht *o his hospital In St. Peters
burg a. Very rich firmer and eattlo raiser
r.amed Ivaa Foltinkeeh. This man while
driving In ' a. sleigh had collided with a
stump. Poitinkosh was hurled out vio
lently and in falling was practically im
paled upon a broken branch. The Jagged
piece of wood struck him Just .below the
hip Joint and ranged down for about four
inches.
The wound produced was an exceedingly
Ugly and ragged one. It was directly over
and In line with the femoral artery, which
supplies the entire leg with blood, but al
though this great vessel was entirely laid
bare and badly bruised Unfortunately es
caped puncture.
*The injured man was not brought to the
hospital until three days after the acci
dent, and It was at once evident that only
heroic measures would save either life or
leg to his patient It appeared to Dr.
Kaintsky that gangrene was threatened.
.As nearly as the surgeon could estimate
he had Just three days before an operation
became absolutely imperative. He had
already determtried^upon the heroic opera
tion, of removing the injured part of the'
•femoral artery and replacing it with an
artificial substitute.
Dr. Kaintsky wanted to make a tube six
inches long which should so. closely re
semble the actual tissue of a human ar
tery that It would be borne without pro
teat by the organism in ' which It was '• to
be placed. At the end of those three days,
tired "but triumphant, he emerged from
• his laboratory.
Poltinkosh was anesthetized and carried
.to the operating tabl e: Dr. Kalntsk y
determined that It should be a glorious
success, and success it certainly is. ,
A cottage of three rooms and partly fur
nished was leased in Mill Valley about ten
minutes' walk from the station. . It Is a
source of deep regret to all con-
*jp? HEAVY storm swept fiver the for-
II v> pst. sifting a new layer of snow tip
lr~~\<>n the frozen world. After it. the
sun peeped but. It grew warmer, and
there was a new gurgle and clinking in the
ice-armored brooks. Listlessly the deer
shuffled, up and dotrn the yard. but. the
warmth had. hardly stirred them when the
wind lifted'anew. blowing with a savage
bitterness from the north. At dawn the
Fiiow had crusted, and when the big buck
tried to tread down new "paths, ha cut
¦himself 'unmercifully about the hoof3.
With lnllinK tongue he was looking out
along the forest, debating, when a wild
cry — a sharp, querulous hcwling — lifted
above the murmuring of ther wind among
the trees. Oof— ooo-oooo! Wooo— oof— ooo!
It "was a dog. Hesdrew himself together
with a shock. Nearer came the sound.
With wild eyes he looked along his trail.
The dog was In the yard. Tt was coming!
Turning on his heel, he fled, and at the
instant the voice of another hound was
added to the clamor.
The buck shot down the open path,
startling the other deer. He dashed among
them, pushing right and left, agonized in
the effort to escape, yet still Intent to lose
his "track among theirs. But at that in
stant a hound appeared In front: there was
a wild babel'of dreadful sounds. He saw
the. dog spring upon. the fawn. -It 'fell,/
struggled madly, and then the hound wor
ried it upon the ground.
Frenzied, the buck turned aside. The
dog was in his path, and one stroke of his
sharpened hoof vould have slain the crea
ture at, its work. But his own precious
me was at risk. He fled, and. unconscious
of the cutting crisst. crashed through the
forest. Bump— crash— bump— bump! In
mad terror he raced alons-^Once he heard
the fawn bleat plteously, and the cry quick
ened.him. But he had hardly reached the
crest of the slope, when again he heard a
hour.d give tongue. He was pursued. He -
yaw the hound leap from the last path in
the yard and come racing after him. some
times galloping along the crust, and again
breaking through. The buck was almost
pptnt: the hound drew nearer. Its tongue
hanging from its red and dripping jaws.
At every step it gave tongue till the forest
was filled with the sound.
The buck could go no farther. He turned,
his neck rufiled. a red. ugly gleam in hia
eyes. He was cornered, driven to his last
stride, and must fight. Boo-oof! roared the
hcund. It sprang at his throat, but tha
treccherous crust gave way. and there it
lay at the feet of the buck, wallowing and
defenseless. ' . .
•For^an instant there was silence. The
deg, bewildered, lay there, the buck loom
lnc above it. Then the deer lifted both
forefeet together, and with a powerful,
sweeping stroke, beat It down. Again and
again he struck, furious. The snow grew
red beneath' his hoofs, and silently he
kept on— a wild, remorseless destroyer.
. Before long the huddled bundle of fur be
rcath his feet neither moved, nor made
scund, yet still he kept on. He saw noth
ing, heard nothing. Fury possessed him.
A man appeared In the brush; He held a
striving hound in leash— the mate of the
one.lyjng dead in the snow. At sight of
the stamping buck the man shouted, while
his dog made strenuous efforts to break
away." "Down there!" cried the man. beat
ing the creature about the head, but it3
efforts only grew more frantic. It whined,
trembling with eagerness, and then bayed
hoarsely. .vfflhtfV .¦¦.*'*
At the note the back halted an instant,
staring about, his" awful fear renewed. He
saw the hound break from the leash and
spring toward him. Then, wheeling, he fled
away again. ¦ "
His only chance was to regain the yard,
to find the tracks of the other deer, and to
turn the dog upon their trail. But as he
circled down the slope, the inexorable
creature at his heels gaining at . every
tound he felt his strength deserting. He
plunged on. bis .tongue out and his eyes
wavering. He reached the yard and raced
along the path. At the turn he almost fell
upon the, fawn's inert body.' Recoiling In
horror," he turned down another path. It
ended against a' wall of snow, and the do?
was close at his heels. There was no* re
' treat. - He - leaped - again ' upon the crust,
anu wallowed ' in to a. nearby path, i Down
this he raced, and again It led to the fawn.
'¦ He tried another: path; yet still could not
shake the ' hound from" hia heels • nor flnd
where; the other; deer had left :the yard.
'• Once : more he , tried and failed— and the
hound had him by the throat.yBllndly he
struggled, striking out with both ,feet.
One crushing stroke fell upon the dog: it
• cave '• a . long-drawn • howl : and . fell ¦ before
. him.. Again he fell upon the enemy, strik
ing and slashing with his sharp forefeet,
and •hs he stood crushing it beneath him,
. a - rifle cracked : to .. the woods. . . Then ' -ha
' • died.— Maximilian Foster. In Everybody's
, ' Magazine. HBBaj
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Battle .Royal Between a
Buck and Two Dogs.
A FIGHT TO
THE DEATH
' owned by the auxiliary, our children
many and our funds large.
receFFiry. hence the kindergarten for
those too old for the nursery and too
yov.i.p for the public schools.
Af time went on it was found that the
cliP.drcr of mothers that worked br the
TOk cr month must also be caro-i for.
s<% th? b"arding-house was ad-l^d.
The price fcr the week range! from $l."0
to 52.50. There were children whose pa
rents were too poor to pay the small
amount asked. Those children had to be
taken care of. nevertheless, and the Bis
ters charged the amount to profit and
loss.
Or" ?n*y readily see » expenses were not
met by what was paid In. but by the
pmerous aid of those Interested in the
•vrrrk the home has groxtn till to-day at
1)12 Minna ?t:eet there arc from fifty t.»
Elxty boarding children at S3 a month, and
about thirty day children. Ti properly
care for this number of children It was
necessary to have helpers— thev are now
ten In number. The Little Sisters num
ber 130.
In 1??S another Idea was conceived by
Miss Mabel Wheato/i. that of *sfiblishins
en auxiliary to the shelter, under the
name of "The Young. Ladies' Auxiliary
of the Little Sisters' Infant Shelter." The
first year and a half, our members being
few and our exchequer small, our work
was necessarily of minor importance.
With the prr<reeds of a tea given at Mrs.
Cory's, we kept the flower boxes In order
and gave the Christmas and. Fourth of
July entertainments for the children. Then
the desire for a piano was manifested.
The president of the larger *ociot? asked
us to provide one. Yes, we were glad to do
prd !?. "TVe help those who try to help
themselves"; so they charged the small
futti of n cents a day for little babies and
5 cents a day for the older ones.
Pnsr.e way to amuse these children was
Noir. these Little Sisters' motto was
They, who brought delieht both to the
fpuI of the mother by carin? for her little
nr.fs snd the hearts of the children by
ir'v'rcr them the freedom of a bouse' and
yard, called themselves . "The Little S!s
ter?." and the home, the "Infant Shelter."
working hours.
THIRTY years agn the idea wns con
c*lv?«i of esi-blishlnp * day homo
for the children of wcrkinsr moth
ers, that instead of lock'ns the
waifs in some secure place for the
ciay they might be taken to a shelter in
the morning where tliry t :ild hive fool
*r/\ comfort till they wore cr.llod fcr after
THIS is the first of a scries of
articles -which The Sunday Call
will publish, in the interest of
charity as exemplified by the various
charitable Institutions of San Fran
cisco controlled by women.
These papers -prill be written by
the presidents of the different organ
izations and therefore can be rslied
upon as accurate in Retail. Coming
from Buch sources of authority thec
cannot fail to awaken Interest among
the many readers who know, in a
general way, that good work is being
done, yet lack specific information as
to how, where and by whom. The
present interesting' little chat on the
Infants' Auxiliary Is by Miss Daisy
Burns, the president of that organi
sation. Next wwk -will appear an
article by the president of the San
Francisco Fruit and Flower Mission
en th« condition of that charity and
t v « £ood it has accomplished.
it, but where was .the tnorcy to rome
from? As by now our -'bank account
was exhausted, another, tea seemed the
most feasible way o*f obtaining it, and a
tea was given at 'the home of Mrs. E. I.V
Cutter. The piano >cas purchased with
the proceeds, and we were -also enabled
to add a little lo our treasury.
A few months pjjo one of our tnemlmrs
suggested a .-jstastj that has pro-eo tnosr •
successful.- It was that the auxiliary.
take a cottage for three months this sum
mer and E:ve the children an o~L.:fc.
The undertaking was a big one and
the first time anything of the kind had
been attempted in San Francisco, that Is
collectively as we Intended. However, we
THE
LITTLE
SISTERS
INFANT
SHELTER