The Princess Christian writes an interesting appeal to Wednesday's Times
for funds to place "The British Nurses' Association" on a sound footing. The object of the Associa- tion is to unite all competent British nurses for their mutual help and protection, and for the advancement of their pro- fessional work,—the great desideratum being so to distinguish those who have really passed competent tests of their ability as nurses, that they may easily be discriminated from the many private nurses who, after very inadequate training, are yet adopted by various nurses' homes, and sent out to deal with cases for which often they are not at all fit. Of course, the result is that at the very best there is often great disappointment, and sometimes positive mischief, and this solely owing to the want of any distinctive mark by which properly tested nurses, who are fit for their work both by character and by training, can be known. The Princess Christian states that the nurses' subscriptions are not sufficient to organise the Association as it ought to be organised, and on the ground that it is to the interest of the public, as well as to the interest of the nurses, that the organisation should be made perfect, she appeals to the public for help.
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