She
taught well and the girls were thinking. Some attempted as individuals
to express what they thought. In the minds of most, the stories,
illustrations and facts slumbered. One Saturday three of the more
thoughtless girls were asked to accompany the teacher on a visit to a
children's hospital. They were much impressed by what they saw. The
convalescent ward proved of great interest and the babies fighting
for their lives against pneumonia brought tears to their eyes. On their
way home they expressed the wish that the class might make some of the
bonnets and gowns which the sweet-faced young nurse had said the
hospital needed so much for its baby patients. "Perhaps the other girls
will not be interested," said the teacher. Immediately the most
thoughtless girl in the class replied, "Oh, Miss D----, they cannot help
it. We will _tell_ them what we saw! We have been studying long enough
about what we ought to do. We haven't done a thing! At least--I
haven't--" she added.
[Illustration: HER HEART IS FILLED WITH A DEEP DESIRE TO SERVE]
Two dozen bonnets and gowns, well made after the pattern furnished by
the hospital, were the result of the interest of that class. While the
girls sewed they talked. They discussed in simple girlish fashion the
problems of poverty and illness and the duty of one part of society to
the other.
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