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AMERICANS IN PARIS SAVING LIVES OF SOLDIER WOUNDED
Wonderful Work of
the American Am
bulance Hospital
in Caring for Allies
and Germans
SOME) on has said of the American
Anitiulanco H.iepltnl In Paris th.il
It represents tho very best of
sense, eraipnthy and science, with
tn abundance of generous feeling that
must Inevitably bind with closer ties
the United Statoi nnd the countries
whns,e wounded soldiers nro reaping
the benefits of th" tnstltutlnn-senso.
Inasmuch no the keen Judgment of
American business men In Paris sought
the best nnd the most direct way to
apply th"lr humnn efforts, sympathy
In that these business mn nr.d others
of their fellow citizens wanted the
French to realize lyow ftrly they npprc
elated what hnd been done to malic
their residence In tin capital one of
comfort and pleasure, and science, Iti
that physicians nnd surgeons of ctnl
nenoo and the latest technical facilities
wre available to equip the Institution
When the. war broke out the member
of the American Chamber of Commerce,
n organization which has existed lu
Paris for more than a score of vcars,
promptly met for the purpose of offer
ing aid an eltlfena of a friendly nation
but aid of such a ehatacter l.hnt Iheio
could e no question as t" th" spltll of
neutrality bark of the movement. Mlt
directed rharltv was the last thine In
the world thnt thes" men wanted to
rubscrir 'o and vet with characteristic
generosity thy desired to he among
the first to lend a helping hand Th"
problem wis that of fixing upon a satis
factory starting point.
For the past flv years Paris has hr.d
1U American Hospital It ha upon Its
staff such distinguished American phy
sicians as Ors 51 W'nehester Puboii
chet. A .T Magntn and Kdmond f?ro-
the names are French hut th men ar
Americans anil under their admlnl
tratlon the hospital lind won for Itself
an enviable reputation t th begin
ning of hostilities nr. nubourhet. the
surgeon in chief, ami 'nls professional
associates ard the entire stntf of the
institution offered their services and
such space as was available In th" ln
pltal for th treatment of the wounded
sent hnclt from the front. This w is
Just the nucleus thai the morio:ri
Chamber of Commerce was seeking for
a practical expression of Its s mputliy.
Their purpose was to make the Amer
ican Hospital .in instrument for wider
work than was possible within Its ex
isting limits. Thov knew thnt a bigger
building was tieedid .mil additions inil't
bo made to the personnel. In a few
days the American in I'arU snlncrlhed
J120.non foi the work, mid t1uik tli.it
could noi give mone gue their time
and their labor On Aiigtin l.'i, It s.
than two weeks from the beginning of
war, tho special c nunltti iippolnted by
the American Onnmber of Commrivo
had obtained a new and lame building
nt Neullly, one of the suburbs of the
French capital. Tho structure was nr.
tually Incomplete when war was de
clared, but bv dint of night and liv
work tho edltlce, dos.gncd originally for
a school, was not only rushed to com
pletbm but wn.s so fur remodelled that
It rcpresoutcd when done the very bust
In tho way of hospital ard ilterture and
appointments In ill 'f Its de'n.ls In
brief, our countrymen have opened tho
i-t"1"'
He wanted new scenery
...o
NK afternoon a New ork bell-
lion yawned nnd moved up a
i-p.ice on tlx1 luilhoiw" bench.
He was restive, discouraged,
full nf ennui and Wanderlust.
"Hero T am. Fnldl" Thomas, bellhop.
What's that'.' Nothing. I guess It's
time for mo to tluil an Mlm in life. This
hop, skip ami Jump stuff won't do for
ever " lie s.nd to himself
Now, Maetcr Freddie was not a bell
hop of the ordinary Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Satur
day, Siind.iy variety Most nf his Ideas
were not about ion w'.itur, guests' bags
nnd tlx.
And the humdrum of bellliopdom was
wearing his nerves like the wind Happed
edge nf ,i skyscraper Hag. H wanted
new cenery
So llm tlrst lap of lhle Little Journey
la going to be about how Freddie de
serted lintel hopping, got a wife and
how she gao him a "through ticket" on
the Championship Kelt I.tne.
And Hie rode light along with him.
too, Into London Inst July, when he be-
Nurses making
eves of the medical profession n iroad
and no less 4ti authority than S'r Krr I
erlck Troves, Sergennt-Hurgeon to toe
King of Hngland, Iihs been unstinted in
his praise.
When tho Amerleans had the hoplftl
ready for eervlce they effered .t
gratuitously to the French Ctovernment.
Htid th" official acknowledgment and ac
ceptance ahow tho unique distinction
which the Institution has won for Itself.
Ordinarily, services of this sort aro
rendered through the channels of the
Hed Cross, hut the French Mln'ster of
Wir gave the American Ambulance
Hospital an exceptional standing by
placing It Immediately under the dlrec
lion of his department, vesting It nt
the same lime with a special measure of
responsibility. Mut the compliment
brought In Its train a burden that only
men and women worluni: with singular
wholeheartcdness could have taken
upon themselves and borne cheerfnlh
When the American Ambulance Ho
pltal tlrst ministered io fie wounded
sent bo k fr.'in the M.irne the organi
zation wa not complete Hut that dl.l
n'd hamper the work American
women, and among them some of great
wealth, did the woik of charwomen nnd
cooks, a ml with their own hands put
the hospital Into oitler and kept II so
until those better fitted for such labors
could be had. Itefore three week had
pai-sed the place was equipped K that
I it could handle H.'.O wounded, ami now
lit can accommodate quite inn
I Mm this Is not the limit of Its useful
ines With entllclent funds the building
could easily be made to house and to
hold cots enough for the treatment. of a
round thousand sufferers. It Is for tho
purpose of securing thlH money thnt
Francis H. Drake, second vice-president
of the Paris Chamber of Commerce, la
now In the United States. Mr. tlrako
Is one of the original committee of live
appointed to establish the hospital.
There has been some misunderstand
ing about tho American Amhulancc, as
It Is commonly known, and many have
Imagined thnt funds were asked for tho
purohnso and nmlntcnnnco of a num
ber of motor cars to bo sent to tho front
or to be used about Paris In tranafer-
A WIFE, SOME VEGETABLES, A SMILE AND
inn the Hlg Light among lightweight
boxers,
Freddie liked Athletics, Byninaatlcs
ind, most of nil, boxing. So one day he
iw Iteriuirr Miu-fjAlden In the hotel
iliby and had u new Idea, In n short
Hue I.-itr r he was a boxing Instructor ut
M'ic faddeti's I'hyjlcal Culture School In
New York.
There he met a young woman by the
nanui of Fannlo Weston. Fannin was
'aklng a physical culture course, Sho
was not the tluffy-ruffy, ribbon sort.
She would have Impressed you tlrst as
"tomlmylsh," alert, aggressive.
The young boxer took a fancy to her.
Hut ho also had n lot of the prudence
stuff In him and believed In training
tlnnnclally for matrimony. Just ojs he
Mined physically for a bout in the ring.
So they lualth cultured along to
gether and finally, one day, Malinger
Cupid signed them both for a ninety
nine round go for "hotter or worse."
The contract has been mostly "to the
better."
Now, Mrs, Freddie had n long dis
tance eye. Just as sh knew that her
husband hnd negotiated :he barbed
wires of bMllinp patch, t he . med to
.sen e that Freddie would not titwayH re
main a boxing Instructor.
It.'sales thero was Manager Cup J
watching critically. Ho told her that
Love was not n booster for u Itest Cure.
lifs Cupid felt that his cmifl yces
mailt to be up and doing. Iiusy. get
ting somewhere.
So Mrs. Freddie planted the germ of
n new idea In her Im-ilmnd's Think ng
Place. From th'it second on his piog-
re- s v as as rapid as the Hoxer ('prising
over where the long queues sprout.
S.ie took him in hand nnd mioii tried
h'tii out In Philadelphia athletic clubs,
, when he knocked 'em out as fist as
they could set 'cm up. Freddie, even
then, compared with tho other boyis,
had more spied nnd science In his tin
gers than a healthy radium molecule
which had trained for n Microbe Mara
thon In Mrs. Curie's laboratory In
France somewhere.
Mrs. Freddie then decided lhnt.the.-e
I was something other tlvan honor anil
I glory In the world. Shi told her tins
ihntid ro, Ho agreed. Then sho resui-
. named htm so that he'd have a boxing
monicker wtliloh would help his family,
hack In Pontypridd, Wales, guessing
until he reached the one of the Cham
pionship Hcit Line trip nnd had become
famous. She banked Just as much on
the Holt Line train ns she does now
when she takes the Twentieth Century
for Now York to get a new lint.
Thereafter Freddie was known as
Freddie Welsh,
The next lap of the Belt Line Jaunt
has much to do with the uncommon nr
garden variety of training. In other
bandages.
r j the wounded t r M c: hoP'tals.
lu Crenel. Hie term 1 ambuUnce ' -Igtll
firs a mlllt.iry hospital, nnd it c this In
fa i that the Ameiicnns In Paris hae
provided.
The work of the hospital was Im
tnenrly helped bv the presence In Paris
of Pr. Joseph A. Blake, formerly of
the New York Presbyterian Hospital,
and he was Immediately made head nut
geon of th" Institution and actually
suprvlsed the equipment of the pl.ice.
Pr Ulnke has given his services gratui
tously, and other surgeons have since
been added to the stnff besides thoe
originally attached tn the American
Hopltal In Pari'
.tilsl a the fighting goes on for twenty-four
hours n day at the front, so. too,
the men n inl women who are making
the American Ambulance Hospital a
brilliant success are working night and
tiny, (im on the tiring lines the shifting
movements of tin struggling armies
have lien so swift and their determina
tion so dspei,te nt the holding of
ground gained that the wounded on both
sides h:u" often r n left unattended
for days Jiit whejc they tell or where
they could . r.iwi. Some nf the wounded
have thus been left for a week. Thoe
thnt were m badly hurt that thev could
not us their first aid packets have had
to lie there with their Injuries exposed
to Infection. This has led to a gan
grenous condition that bus added gtcatl.i
to the tak of tl!ie surgeons.
Hut even tboce who have been ban
daged on the Held have In eomo ran.
shown the effects of after neglect, mid
with few exception, their wounds w
In u gravo stnto wt.nn reaching Paris.
At tho American Ambulance it has been
tho practice well nigh from tho begin
ning to uso tho antitoxin for lockjaw,
nnd thus tho danger from Injuries nl
ready Infectnl with the germs of tetanus
was lessened by tills latest nf treat
ments. Hecauso of. Its reputation nnd rega' l
In tho eyes of tho French military an
t'aorltles the hospital at Nemlly has
sent to It only tho most desperate cases.
Tho wounded Out are picked tor tho
American Amlmlance aro thnso requir
ing tho most skilful surgery nnd treat-
words, It has to do with garden stun--plain
voget'ibles,
Uefore Mrs. Welsh went to Macfad-
den's school and later became an In
structor, she sut on a high stool and put
numbers into a hlg bnok In a New York
counting house, lint heforr that she
had learned how to cook.
So when she took up the business of
training her husband for fights there
was no wizardry In turning vegetables,
which was nil she gavo him, Into edible
food.
The training diet tasted nil the better
to Freddln beciuco his wlfo nte the
same food and ti'.iined right with him.
She would take a turn nt the boxing
dummy, pound the bag, slice clnolos In
the ozone with Indian Clulw nnd Join
him nn cross country hikes.
The young boxer
The
meiit, and this makes the work of tin
operative staff all the harder. For M
teep hours at a time Drs. Ulnke nnd
luibnuchet have alternated in the clinic,
halting "only brlelly to take a cup of
coffee or to eat a sandwich standing.
Hut tho American Ambulance mull
unit In ita splendid labors unless sutll
cient funds nro soon forthcoming. Atul
yet Dr. lllale suys: "Itemembcr. th.it
our place at Neullly Is cnpnble of Ink
ing care of morn than twice as many
as we now have under Its roof. Whether
we hnvo 400 or 1,000 wounded thor.
the overhcud charges remain substan
tially the same, and by having moderate
ndditl'innl funds we can do good for th-;
greater number. Just think what this
would mean!"
If one la not affected by tho Immediate
Freddie Welsh's Journey from Bellhopdom to the
World's Best Lightweight Boxer Under the
Training of Boss Cupid
She Is the only trainer Frrddle 'has
ever had. He uys ho wouldn't have
any one elso nround to tell him what
to do. And Manager Cupid says she
may have tho Job for life.
All this while. lYeddln was cultivating
his smile.
Hack In his bellhop days he often
found It hard to smile. That was be
fore ho had found a Life Target. He
was aiming in the air. And when the
bell sounded he didn't care much
whether his cosmic nllle. was loaded or
took a fancy to her.
American Ambulance Hospital at
appeal to aid fie wounded nf the bnttle
tltlds of Foropi'. then, pcrliajis, there
I" a Hio.nler e more selllsli view
which in. glu mouse a helpful response.
The work thnt Is being done by th.
American Ambulance brings In its train
familiarity with wounds of nn exagger
ated and extremely grave charade-.
What surgeons ar learning by this
unusually ahundnnt experience, which
ordinarily Is nut to be had In times of
pence. Is building up a fund of knowl
edge; Uhat will benefit tho world nt
large and Americans In particular hero
after. Mnny of tho nurses hnvo been giving
their services free, but this cannot In
Justice to them continue indefinitely.
One of tho committee of tlvo, tho civil
ian miuuigement of the American Am-
not much like most people who haven't
found themselves nnd don't take much
Interest in anything lu particular.
Hut Manager Cupid and Trainer Fan
nlo brought out a cheerful smile, dusted
It off and decornted the young boxer's
boyish fnce at the very beginning of
tin ninety-nine round "mairiage go."
Freddie liked ll It was a met of
talisman. He has kept it ever since,
lie wears It In the ring nnd can't wear
It out. It Improvis every day.
Four weeks before the big London
light the smile grow a little broader.
It took on the pater famlllns expression.
Tho news came in n telegram from his
wife In CallfoLiiia.
"A world clmmplon baby girl," It
rend, "weight ten pounds, ciib siilo."
Two weeks utter the huby threw her
hat .n the ting Mrs. Welsh had recov
ered so as to be able to s ill for l'nglnnd
H.iby Welsh went right along, of course.
They arrived In London on the day of
tho Itltchie fight. Thciv wae no seat
reservation for the baby, so the mother
went alone. She artlved during tho
fifth round, but her husband did no
see her until the seventeenth.
Her story of the hlg fight and Fred
die's smile through It nil Is Interesting.
'They didn't want me to see htm be
fore the tight," she snvs. "hi I simply
went alone nnd kept out of sight until
near tin finish when ( saw ili.-u It was
i victory for him. Then l ciimc up
lioso in tin- ropes mid l.ilkeil to I i t.-a
oi. olid- and li t li 1 ti see me I thought
t might help him In the ll.n'i. He was
smiling as usual as he aliiH dooi iin i
ragging Hitchle about losing.
"'You've lost the bit. old man,' he'd
ay 'It's nil over. Tho scrap Is mine
Let's quit."
"And nil the wt.illo lie was smiling and
winning, dilvlng Ititchle nearly m.iil. U
,is ilic llrst tune I was renllj excited
it a light liltchlc woic the most ago
nized look, like n limn ahum to lose
verythlng. Hut Freddie kept on elud
ing '
After the championship fight Welsh
and Ills party encountered war condl
Hons in London. Hy the cou-tcsy of n
steamship lino malinger the- obtained
tlrst class pnssiigo at n tlino when
dozens of mlllloilaltes were riding in llm
steerage.
They brought the babv, th" belt and
the smile with them
Al Now York they dodged most of t!i
newspaper men and Mrs. Welsh soon
came on to Itoycroft Inn nt liast An
i torn, N Y ttliure she and Imr liusliand
are now guests nf Klbert Hublr.ird,
Appeal for Funds to Continue Splendid
Results Which Have Opened Eyes
of Medical- Profession Abroad
bulance. has Klver, this brief account of
tho enterprise:
"This Is a man' wortt, but work that
Is well wortli doing. A few nights ago
we sent our nmbulnnce train to the
front and I accompanied It.
"Leaving Paris at P we arrived nt a
certain town about thirty miles from
Paris at midnight, a town which nor
mally has 16,000 Inhabitants but wherein
a mere handful wero left. Wo found
about 3f,n wounded distributed amonc
old buildings and In direst distress and
In need of assistance. Two men and
two women wero doing all they could
to look out for them. We searched all
of these biilldlngB with tho lanterns
from the automobiles, and It was on"
of the most grewsome nnd Impr.'aslv"
experiences I ever went through
"When we hid organized the tlrst aid
I accompanied two of th" doctors with
n couple of automobiles out to the most
advanced posts of th" French line and
over ground thnt hnd been fought over
a few hours before There was a little
moonlight nnd the sight was very Im
prsnlve At the advanced po"ts we
were In range or the picket tiring nnd
It was Impossible to proceed to the bat
tlefield half n mlln beyond, where there
w still h great mimy wounded who
Paris.
had been lying thete for n couple of
dns. We got most of these later In tho
morning. I only mention this to show
some of he work we nro doing.
"Wo have now got the hospital pretty
well tilled up with a variety of troops,
including nn Ungllsh Mnjor-Gencral,
F.ngllsh nflleers nnd men, Frenchmen,
.M'iroconns and Algerians. All our work
and efforts nro moro tlinu nmply repaid
by heelng the change which hns come
over these poor fellows after a day or
hn in a comfortable bed and nfter they
have been washed, hnrbcred, had their
wounds dressed and hnd some real food
In tholr stomachs."
A short while ago another committee
bent upon lending kindred nld went to
tho French Minister of War to learn
what was needed In establishing a mili
A CHAMPIONSHIP BELT
Thero they have plenty of fresh nlr
fresli vegetables, and Freddie keeps
right on smiling. When he Is not look
ing over letters from want to he chnm
pious ho can go about with Haby Welsh
in the gocart.
And this Ik the story of the little belt
Hn.. Journey.
HARLEM'S CARNIVAL.
HAHLKM Is In festival dre.is these
days. At night 12Rth slreet Is
llllve with lirit.e,,., .....t
-(,..-, n lull tUll-l
colored lights that span tho street, and 1
some oi tin nvenues which cross this
thoroughfare are also ilccoriiKed.
Harlem Is preparing for n great car
nival. It Is to eole.bra.tc tho opening of
the Willis avenue trolley extension,
wh eh Is scheduled for lb
of October. According to tho present i
..If.nu II ii.lll ........ L. t . I
i " "o. "i" ii ini roiiMiay, ooionor
2".. with services In nil churches. There
will be addresses nnd lectures nn tho
growth and development of Harlem and
the Importance of the community spirit.
On Monday there -will bo a parade of
progress, with historical features lllus
tnitlng the development of Harlem from
the first settlement un tn the ..,.
day. On Tuesday evening thero will be
a labor parade by Harlem labor unions, 1
On Wednesday evening there will be 1
an automobile parade nnd prizes will be
given to tho best decornted Harlem
nutos. This parade will bo In conjiim -Hon
with the main auio parade or 'he!
New York Tercontennry Commission. .
Thursday will be bankers' and maun- '
inciurers unv, with n luncheon nl
which llnnnolors anil city oillclnls will
tniiki- addresses tin hYliiaj evonlng
there will bo nn Industrial parade of
Harlem bushes houses, at which prizes
will lie awarded for tho lest decornted
wagons, horses nnd automobiles. On
i he same evening there will .tie open
house In the llarleni churches, clubs
and other places where social gather
ings are held.
iiie grand wlinlup of tlw carnival will
t.ild place mi Saturday. In the morning
.i.noo school childt en nnd Hoy Scouts
will parade In common and uniforms,
wiillo In the afternoon there will he n
ehJIdron's festival In Mount Morris
Park, Maillson nvenuo nnd 120th street.
In the evening u grand pageant will
tnke place In which will ho floats,
marchers, inuMo and torches. This
pageant will he In connection with the
New York Tercentenary Commission
The Hunt makers hnvo been liucy mak
ing limits for lhi carnival, Hesldi'ii the
new floats arrangements hnvo been im.
pieted tu obtiilu the limits used In the
H.iltltnoro Star .Spnugk'd Banner Cen
tennial and In tho Coney Island Mardl
tary hospital, That official pronir'lv
said:
"Gentlemen, you will see more t m
I can tell you If you will go to
American Ambulance."
This quite Juatlfles what the fori i
American Ambassador to Frame II
ert n.icon, has Jut written frnuj fri
"Tho American Ambulance hnsiu.-.c
Itwilf within tho last two weeks an i
trnordlnary International reputatlot n
Is gratefully acknowledged by t p
French and English military and pn.
fesalonal authorities to bo doing jpier
did work, perhnps the best In Parif,
This Is no exaggeration, One hundred
morn beds will soon bo ready for French,
Rngllsh or German wounded, The work
Is capahln of far grcnter expinslon and
development. It Is limited only by lack
of funds. I know of no work of this
kind which Is of great Internationa
Importance. This Is nlso the convenor
of Ambnosndor Herrlck."
Apart from the technical facilities,
Ilk" .V-rny apparatus, model kitchen?
great magnets for tho extraction e'
Eteel or Iron fragments of shell from thi
wounds, and the very bent of other eur
glenl instruments, Ajnrlcon ability
lending lis aid In a more direct mechan
leal form. The transport eirvlce of the
American Ambulance Hospital consists
of a squardon of Ford automobiles and
each of these, driven by a staff physi
cian, with nn aid, Is kept busy going to
the railway stations for Its. share of thr
Incoming wounded. Here Is a chsnce
for American motor manufacturers to
lve substantial evidence of their syra
pthy and desire to aid In this great
work Some American forme of slf
propelled trucks would lend themselves
with espteln) fitness to Just this kino
of transport
The American Ambulance Illustrates
forcibly the levelling effects of warfare.
The patients range all the way from
Generals to the battle loving Turoos.
Among the wounded there are only a
few Germans at Neullly, and theae are
mn that have ben desperately hurt
and need the highest skill to save them
The reason for this seeming discrimi
nation should he explained lest there
be misunderstanding nnd the hasty con
clusion Invited that preference Is being
shown for the allien.
Unfortunately, even though wounded,
the German In an enemy In the eyes nf
the military authorities, and despite his
wounds mupi: he kept, under guard. Thl
means. In the case of th American
Ambulance, thot the soldiers d"lrt
iruiird duty must he quartered upon th
Institution and, to that extftit. Its re
sources r sapped where they can '
he spared. In it he case of the othr
rntlonals, the wounded need nil h
kept under surveillance, and accord
Ingly there Is no economic restrl tie
upon their number save the llmltnti...
already described.
If It Is In your power to give, no
nutter how little, the following qiei
tlon will show the circumstances nuCp
which your contribution will be d -bureed:
"Tho members of the commit
tee. In appealing to you for your eoi"n.
bittlon to the American Ambulance Hit
pltal, bellevo that every Amerlcnn w; '
be proud of the work of humanity tha'
Is being done by their cnippatrlcs and
will wish to aid. Whntcvcr you ser.d
will bo gratefully received. Mali your
contributions to .1. P. Morgan A Co., 53
Wall street, Xew York city, who wl"
remit the money by cable to Paris This
fund Is being collected with no ndni'ii
lstratlvo expense. With no llsn of sal
aried ofllcers! With no ixild secretaries,
and clerical All tho money you g1v.
within a few hours after It Is recelveJ.
Is relieving nctual distress on the bit
tlcflcld or in tho hospital."
"I came ut) close to the rope
and let him see me."
(!r.is. Tho best of these lli..H" .
seen .ll the lliirlem enrub.V
NO DIVORCE, NO LEGACY.
Fatlier'a Will M llniiuhter Must
fiet Her Freedom,
WaII.HI.iio, Iii . Del is. tin 1 1 i - - I'
vision In the will of Nell MePniigsl
farmer of this county, withholds n third
of hl oatnte, worth Iti.OOO or K.W0. to
his daughter, Wanclm F. nraaiSfi,
long as tlui Is the wlfo of tlcrtiort K
Ilradfnrd. Her share If she eoiitlnu M
live with her husband Is tn b held "
trust and only the Income enjoyed by lie'
The widow and another daughtrr rl
lias one-third of the estate.
On September 10 Mrs Ulaneh" F. Uratt
ford filed n suit for divorce from H't'h"
F, Bradford, t hom she was nurn'l
In 1912. at Fort Dodge, on the grnuni
of cruel treatment and non-support.
H SSSI SS SB IS 4SS- I
maim'