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UNION RECORDER, MILLEDCEVILLE, CA., OCTOBER It, I tit Feet F ree Mrs. Hines Starts O. O. O. Club r rEl FREE- MRS. HINES FE STARTS O. O. O. CLUB ,, .VED FROM LAST WEEK) ^ piedmont Hospital Atlanta, Ga October 8th, 1928 . Folks: hut it, feels Rood to he one more time—for both myn ! Which shall it be? which shall it be? I looked at Dr. Hoke—Dr. Hoke he looked at me, “You see Dr. Hoke—all my life I have been meek, And so, at last, I’ve come to you for to seek— Instead of pair No. 10—double E— feet— Don’t you think a No. 4—Single A is it night without having sweet. light to m which foot 1 loked ot Dr ’ H ° kc nBd 0r - Hoke he ' looked at me— And I waited and I waited till my heart rose up to G— He thought and he thought and he slowly shook his head. This way—that way—and no word yet has said. Go—which shall it be—ch which shall it be? And that’s wbat I’m waiting up here for to see. If I could say “backward turn backward oh tune in your flight”— the lady come, to maasage both *? the whc " * w ‘ ! ”“ rri<!d » nd m >’ ■n'eteryday: nearly .11 the awell. drc **'* tr *" d thr ™ , " ch '» in thr and I’m iu.ot waiting no. d “ rt ~ 1 could * Ct mUl U >"' Mtar the word “go'—.0 I can Jllu * tio, '- b “ t , n0,hmi: d°'"R.ETAO so I guess 111 stay at home. But while I’m on the subject of shoes I will have to deal a blow to the hopes of my many friends by telling them that Dr. Hoke have had to be a miracle to grant my request. So— have split the difference and com. promised on a No. 8 D. I imagine my first shoes will look a little like the Judge's hunting and fishing boots. Somebody page Johnny Spencer— and this is no joke. I just learned yesterday that another patient of Dr. Hoke’s here was coming because her name was “Pickle”— and the nurses have been laughing over the matter quite a bit—so when she came today I introduced myself to her aw the “58th Variety" and told her that I guessed she must be just the ohl reliable “Sweet Pickle" of the Heinz out put. She is a teacher —and hails from Tennessee. There is a matter that I would like some advice about ing this opportunity to put the ques tion before you. Just how long af ter I get home Judge to wait on me? Never having had an operation before I do not know the ropes and I would be glad for some information. I judge if| my operations were majors—I should I be sick longer and require more | And having * had four—that would! make it four times the amount de- [ j cided upon. Do you think a month! for each operation would be too | much? Please some friend write and •■■ust be wiggled so many me- every hour. So you see why ■y day* are full. I am fast learning the correc. way v °f operations—some dear .-ter will tell me of this “m ijor” •eratji.n -he had—and the first thing know she’» out and gone home— >d I am still here. I don’t yet ’ ow "hether mine were major or m°r. hut I do know I could have • a 'l my liver and lights taken out— first There are no »nd lefts when they are both ‘ j u p—specially in the dark. The ju iev hv >ent me my crutches, and v stand in the corner of my xoom me to look at The boiling water w - a icl) both feet have to stay thirty nut « twice daily—has about tak- 0 ff the “crust” that had formed 0 wr both feet—(no joke—if you didn't believe it—shut one foot up in ist four weeks and see for your- i. 1 can wiggle every toe beauti- •; the lady comes to massage both every day: nearly all the swell* is gone and I’m just waiting now hear the word “go”—so I can the first step—but—I don’t ex- t that so very soon. I’m paying Lady Patience fifty cents an hour ;it on the foot of my bed day and :t—and sometimes she sneaks out ad kaves me in the suds. You shall f that “first step”—I shall tele- raph the Mayor and it will appear the plate glass windows of every drug store in town. The Georgia— game won’t be in it. Sc ratch out. 1 got the dandiest post card shower le day last week—forty card#— om the Scotsboro school. Every iddie there wrote his or her name id if tn^y couldn’t write (in the ■?t grade) they printed. The older ' wrote messages—and my! but was fine to get them. I sent them “poem(?)” at once—the only rea- n I didn’t—write an ode was be- u-e I didn’t know how. Letters and cards still arrive from 'U dear friends and keep me able to :.ck a smile. Each day comes some, irg funny to go into that “Smile I I have plenty to do—Dr. Hoke o that—and I still stick to my of counting—out now—instead ' the piano pupil—it is for the j I catch myself stopping in the 1 of •« most engaging conversa- ; '•!>' under my breath—“1 2 t 8”—“Oh yes—I think so j Hi 11 12 13 14 15 1C) don't say so”—(17 18 19 20) J M * f* rth and so on—because— 1 I comtcmplate organizing a new club when I get home—the “O. 0. O.”—standing for the “Order Of Operations”—so all of you who are elligble send me your name. We could start the ball to roiling by hav ing an oyster supper and dating of ficers. Be thinking about a g»d mot. lo and whether a butcher knife or a saw would make the best emblem to use as a pin. We might be able to help the Kiwanis with their work— d as they have “We Build” as a •tto—ours might be “We Talk.” u never saw any enterprise begun all you life that they didn't have star: with a lot of talking—so at’s the, matter with that? The talking hus to come before the build ing. But first we have to think—so be thinking. If I don’t stop this now’—Jere probably will—provided he is capable of reading it—“under the circum stances.” So—more next time. Your* for the O. O. O. WELLE WOMACK HINES. P. S. I am also thinking of writing book to be called—“Fourteen weeks i a hospital or—How to be happy tho broke. “If I could “invent recipi Excitement all about— For Mrs. Hines of Milledgeville Was that day “stepping out” A pair of army shoey she wore A nine on triple E— Of color—A bright yellow—and That you a mile could sec. On crutches she is ’bout to lean— Do watch her—can she stand? The nurses and the doctors crowd Around “Oh ain’t it grand— Now come along we’re anxious all That first step soon to see. And when you take it oh t’will make U< happy ms can be.” The deed is done! More stcys I take Just up and down the hall— And back and forth not minding those Who stand against the wall. And Oh those shoe;-! The first In the street I chance to stop The crowd will have to be moved on By the city traffic cop. With army shoes and crutches and A cross of honor to add— Given by hospital because three Months I stayed without getting mad— The American Legion I'll ask to join, Some flappers are ,o dumb they think holdup men arc swimming in- structors.—The Stormy Petrel. Frosh to roommate: Say, if 1 im studying when you co me hack, wake me up.—The Mercer Cluster. A young man was lying on an op erating table ready for an examina tion. Doctor (to attendant): “Bring in ethyl chloride.” Young man (jumping up): “No, doctor; please don’t bring a woman in here!”—The Blue Stocking. •I would no longer be broke, j For eligible I will be— • These three things should get i bership It seems that way to r Piedmont Hospital Atlanta, Ga. October 13th, 1928. THE FIRST STEP I walk and walk and walk and walk And walk and and walk— And that is all I’ll say this I know my friends will shout With joy to join me in my glee— “Mrs. Hines is stepping | advise me because I want to do the j j correct thing. If you don’t mind you need not mention this to the Judge as it is such as it is such n I deiicate matter he might think I shouldn't have written of it. But I ( need help. j Well—if I stay here much longer they will be calling me grandma j Hines—but I'm used to that. They j tell me you can get used to anything. > ! “"R ^rapod-^y'h^rt^ewed”^ ' "T* T' ° Wh * n ‘ «■ ■" i~ * 1 t h,vc to t much ••3 I have already been hare and ! ‘" VCnt !0n " "“ S ' t0 ^ ' hei ill can't walk a step. Su please write and tell r riff Terry came rolling down «’hair to sec me one day last looking so spry I didn’t hardly know—I think you home folks ought to feel proud la * the two representatives you have • at this hospital had sense enugh ’ their truble just .a s far from ." :i ^end as it was physically possi- Th,. Sheriff and I both decided ‘ •■'•uld use a wooden peg if neces- • r >—hiit we just drew the line at • '"'den head, and strange to say 14 °f my near neighbors wrote * _ Wf ‘ both have been “off our ; ' -but not “out of our head”— -ire being very “Pollyanna— ’■ "Wr this fact. I bet the Sheriff 1 ' t'le home yet—but that might ' r than being brought home j unless it was just a friend- I hear the tinkle of wed- in the air—and that brings the awful doubt as to wheth- ■' ,I1 : -’°ing to be able to “take in” ' event. Dr. Hoke’s opera te lovely—but the chons he Patients to wear at first would take a prize in a shoe shop 11 ■ —they are not made * w 'th an evening dress—and summer will be over and I won’t a winter dress (I guess the word 1 would have been better there) 0 doubt gets bigger and black- k® Ve in my “Smile Book" a th ®t I call Dr. Hoke’s page. All tho edges I dmw pictures of an d slipper*—from the highest 1 ev «ning ones to a regular bro- In the middle I is hi: That’s the only thing my fly swatter won’t do—as I can reach everything else without trouble. They might offer me a job teaching the other patients how to wait on them selves with a fly swatter—and if I ever find out—I might teach a course in how to distinguish a major from a minor for then I’ll certainly “know my operations.” The only other place in this world j that J know of that is as busy as this . ospiial is G. S. C. W. The main —and the hospital “takes out of,” difference is—the college “puts into” and both make people happier for life. You needn’t think because I have been in a hospital that I sleep until nine, breakfast at ten, dine at two, nap until four, supper at seven and bed at nine. No—sir-ree—that “Big Ben” of mine hadn’t alarmed at six o’clock every morning for eleven months—September to July 21st—• for me to lose the habit. So at eight I am ready for breakfast—powdered and curled—and my door is opened at eight-forty-five so I can smile at the doctors as they pass by. I know them all now—and their special ties, so I will know whom to call for whenever I have to have another operation. Yesterday (Sunday) morning about nine-thirty the zeppelin which “passed thru” Atlanta came right on over the hospital and strange to say appeared in the small space which is j framed by my window, and by learn ing on my bed table I got a good look : at It. 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