Florence Nightingale Dies at Ninety
Florence Nightingale, "the Angel of the Crimea," more world-renowned than tho she had worn a crown, especially in the care of the sick on battle-fields, died August 13 at her London home, and was buried August 20 in the little village of Hampshire. Her funeral was very simple. Notwithstanding her great services to the army, there were only a few grenadier guards present, who acted as bearers. In the memorial services in St. Paul's, King George, Queen Mary, Queen Mother Alexandra, the war office and admiralty, and the greater part of the British public bodies and colonies were represented. The United States ambassador Whitelaw Reid and Mrs. Reid were present. Among flowers sent for the ceremony were a number of wreaths contributed by American nursing associations. Mr. Stead remarks that while the Crimean War did not meet its expectations among the powers that waged it, it deserves to be remembered in history because it discovered Florence Nightingale. She was ninety years old at her last birthday, May 12.