A TITLED NURSE.

Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12484, 10 March 1909, Page 3

A TITLED NURSE.

; 'The; eighteenth century walls . of Guy' si Hospital, London, are echomg_ a story romance and- wedding bells in County Down, where the Hon. Harriette] Irene Maude Bingham, eldest daugliter of. Lord Clanmorris, has marTied Dr. Herbert Eason, Dean of the Medieval School, and one of the most popular of specialists at Guy's. , , . The romance began nearly two years ■ago^when the Hon. Miss Bingham,entered'the Hospital as a probationer, witn the. intentioii of - taking' the full three [years' cdurs'e and earning the certificate of fully /qualified hospital nurse. Some weeks' ago the probationer begged to be excused the rest of her course? and returned to Bangor Castle, County Down, where the wedding was celebrated. , - — .•,,,- "She was a capable nurse," said the matron -of Guy's, and very popular among the nurses who entered the hospital with her.'' ■ ... During her 18 months' training Lord Clanmorris's daughter .went through all the phases 'of a hospital nurses life, moving, every two orthree_months fromlhe medical to the surgical wards, and riursing men, women, and chilLork Clanmorris comes, of the same, family as Lord Lucan, and traces has descent back to Sir George Bmghani, who was military governor of bligo in 1596 and MarshTal of Ireland. ; . Lady. Clanidorris was a Miss Ward, only, child of. Mr Robert Ward, from whom she inherited Bangor Castle, a fine property) near Belfast. . Dr.?Eason is senior ophthamnc surgeon at Guy'sj and: M.D. and M.S. Among the wedding presents was a beautiful set of old English ftable^lass presented by the .resident medical staff of the hospital. - "Nurse", Bingham received many personal gifts from members 6i the nursing staff with whom! she was associated. >

• German engine-drivers receive a gold medal and £100 for every ten years of service without accident. ■ The Auckland "Observer" says that the chairman at a gathering of Tafanaki Oppositionists gave the following grace ibef ore. the spread:— "For all the benefits we received at the general election, and for all we are now to receive, mentally aud,physically, may the Lord jnake us -truly thankful." • The "Amen" of the assembled politicians; Bounded suspiciously like a cheer. . :