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THE SUN, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1914. '
Under the
Sign
Mary Frances Billington Tells of the Start and the Working
of the Society Respected in War and Peace.
T
UK word "MM Cross" arc ire-
, ll, .... Ikn 11. d ..P ti HI Inna
qucntly on the lips of millions
of people Just now In a dozen or
so different innRuaEc.i anil yet
rnmpniatlvcty few pioplo know much
about tho society or how It sturted.
Mary bYancos Hlllluirton Rives alt this
Information In a book called "Thp Hed
Cross In War," which has Just hern pub
lished by tlio (leorKP II. Doran Com
pany. Some extracts from It on Hip
lied 1'rins orKanlxatlou are Klvon here
with. It Is to Hip lleneva Convention of
1S65, say.s the author, that the Initial
Idea of humane care of the wounded on
the Held lion Id bo lifted above hostili
ties and that the (dun of the Hed Cross
Khoiild nave man or wnni.m, enmp, ship,
uiiKnn or train from the shell and bul
let of the enemy. In civilized warfare
It has always been respected, and the
few occasions when this honorublo
RKreement has not been- observed In the
past have always drawn down the exe
crations of the neutral nation-'.
To Oernmiiy It has remained to flout
the eolomn und binding understanding,
and sho has used the emblim of
mercy and pity to mask murderous
qnlcU Urine Kims, knowing that Knu
llsh, French, Belgian and Ittisslun would
never suspect such treachery and would
fearlessly nppr ch the flag or the
vehicles dl.pl IK It.
Yet Oorma' In 1H70 oweil much
very much Irltlsh help broiiKht her
under that .1. When the first awful
stories came nome after Uravclotto nnd
Sedan of the neglected wounded and dy
ing on the Held common humanity de
manded that something should be done.
The late Lord Wantnge, then Col.
I.ovd Lindsay, called the llr.it Kngllsh
Hed Cross soc.ety Into existence as the
national society for the relief of the
wounded In war. It raiseil a sum of
over 300,000 and the Olllec of Works
placed at Its disposal some houses to
which the bounteous gifts of clothing,
medical comforts and hospital equip
ment could be sent. It had :i com
mittee of ladles of which the Princess
Christian tilled the chair, while the
members underlook the sorting, classi
fying nnd packing.
The committee of men dealt with the
selection of the doctors and sure
keepers, anil endeavored to cope with
the real problems of transport nnd the
placing of depots so ns to be of value
In constantly mobile operation. Even
tually a system of districts was adopted.
one of thes-e being along the llhln
from Strushurs, It.iilen, Cologne nnd
Coble ntn. Another area was along the
Moselle and the Meuse. Ill Trance
depots were placed In the towns bctwten
T.llle ami Amiens on the northwest and
Houen, Orleans and Tours on the north
east. Sums of 20,000 each were early
remitted to Paris anil Versailles.
The need for help was appalling, anil
It app. aled to the lest surgeons of the
day. Among those who did brilliant 1
work there was Sir William McCor-
mack, afterward Surgeon-CuixTal to
tin; Army, and others wlioe famo Is yet
remembered. How they overcame every
Imaginable difficulty lives 4n the annals
of British surgery and has been an In
spiration to all war work since.
At that time Germany possessed of
cnurso Its famous Deaconess-. House at
Kaiserwerth, where Florence Nightin
gale had received her own training In
the only 'JOs. But that was not
enough, and the Crown Princess, the
Kmprcss Frederick of later years, turned
to lier own country, where the move
ment for the training of educated ladles
for the nursing profession hnd begun
to tske definite shape In the opening of
the school at St. Thomas's Hospital.
Feminine Imagination was awakened.
nd all were eager to be "war nurses."
The most incompetent amateurs then,
even as to-day, thought that a fo
weeks n a hospital ward nnd their own
boundless enthusiasm would sulllee.
Happily they did not achieve their de
sires, but In the nursing of the Prnnco
r?ermaii war there sttnds out one great
figure who. though her name is rarely
heard, lias done more for the care of the
poor and friendless In Illness than any
one now living. This Is .Mrs. Dacre
Craven, wife of the vicar of St. An
drew's, Ilolborn, and It Is permissible
to quote what Is said of her In the ex
haustive history of nursing by Miss
Adelaide Nutting nnd Miss livlnia
Dock, After reference to her ns a
pioneer "whose chief distinction was In
Improving the district nursing service,"
Florence I.ees (as she then was) wan
"one of the Ilrst four pupils who en
tered the Nightingale School. She has
been called the most highly trnlned
nurse of her day, nnd probably was so.
After training at St. ThnmnsV. she hid
post graduate courses at Berlin, Dres
den and Kaiserwerth. was surgical sis
ter in King's College Hospital, then
mado n tour of Inspection through the
hospitals of Holland nnd Denmark, She
was then ablo to gain entrance for
training In the Hotel-Dleu Labolslere
and Knfnnt Jesus Hospitals of Paris,
nd later served tinder the Sisters of
Charity of St. Vincent do Paul In two
military hospitals, where she was al
lowed to pnsa through every depart
ment from tho kitchens nnd linen room
to the operating theatre."
In tho Frnnco-Oerman war she 'had
tho charge of n military hospital before
Motz and of tho ambulance supported
hy tho Grown Princess. Her work re
ceived tho highest commendation ami
ehe received for it tho notable distinc
tion In thoso dajs of tho Iron Cross.
Perhaps It Is not doing the British
Med Cross organization any grave In
justice to nay that It remained more or
less dormant In tho years that followed.
A Itttle help In tho Itusso-Turklsh war,
and the same In the (Ineci-Tiirklsh
war it rendered, but the principle it rep.
resented bad won acceptance. Kven In
f re thi' South African war it w is recog.
nlzed ihat it could bo the most valuable
Hiljuni't to an army in the Held, and the
Miitquls, of I.ansdowne when at the War
Olllcn called together a ('.Mitral Ited
Cross Committee, on which also was
represented the St. John Ambulance
Association und the Nursing Iteserve
An.'i,'itlon.
... an outcome of Hint the regular!
imv medical and nursing tervlres wen,
niiginenttii bv special hospltnls, n-vrral
of wb.' b did iintablv good service In
fr'oiith AfliiMi, as the Duke of I'ortland's
Hospital, i he Yeomanry Hospital, whose
voluminous report at the end of the
v ill was a ren'i'y xabrible record down
i tin- m. ! ut r"t di'tal's of the actual
w i! n;. of mii h no effort, and the
We'll and Sluttish hie'tiltnls. Then the
St .) i i Ambiilaiici ni. m pioved of tlm
I'lnv st euiinige iiui i cynuroi'f hIiicmm as
I'ohiit.s mid atli'liilnnts at the dirsslug
s'ations,
ln f, t, o eiinil m (he wink that
Sheltering
of the Red
atii? the war It Appeared rtcslrnble tol
.,.. I. r. .. . .. -.. I i. . ...... '
place It on n ypt strnncr baAls. quocn
Alexandra placed herself U tho head
of the motemcnt In 1303. A new coun
cil was formed, nnd among the ladles
then appointed and still on It are Ade
line Duchess of Bedford, the March
ioness of Londonderry, the Marchioness
of Uinstlownc, tho Countess of Derby,
Countess Hoberts, Oeorglann Countess
of Dudley, Iady Wantuge, Lady Fisher
ami Miss Kthel McCaul. It was when
presiding at the ilrst meeting that Queen
Mcxandra made one of tho few speeches
of her life, and It concluded with the
quotation that heads this chapter,
The appointment of Miss McCaul to
this council had nn Important result,
Inasmuch ns a few months later she
went on n sprcl.i mission with Queen
Alexandra's approval and commenda-
Hon to the Kmpress of Japan to study
the lied Cross methods of that marvel
lously equipped nrmy that stood up to
I'ussla In ISO I. nnd many of tho lessons
then learned are Influencing the work
going on to-day.
In regard to the Japanese system It
can only be said that the Army Medical
Service and the Ittd Cross are so closely
Interwoven ns to be Indistinguishable.
Each supports the other at every point.
On the outbreak of that war tho Ited
Cross Society's Hospital was In the
privileged position of being alone per
mitted to supp'.y the army with nurses.
It was ready to do so. It had built
tip n reserve of no fewer than 3,000
members. "Implicit obedience," says
Mls McCaul, "plays as great n part In
their training as the actiul learning of
nursing. Their gentleness, of manner
and soft voices nre not their only rec
ommendation, their Intelligence and
quickness nre unmistakable. Added to
these qualifications, they have the most
perfect little hands and delicate touch."
Hut further, Miss McCaul found that
tho great ladles of the country were
preparing themselves to render useful
aid. At the famous Peeresses School
she found all the pupils under regular
Instruction In "benevolent work." which
means stretcher drill, Ilrst aid and ban
dage making. Vnr the latter, a girl
was given a long piece of calico, nnd
In a stated time It had to be torn, rolled
nnd finished for use. So admirably have
Japanese women learned this work that
they supplied every bandage required In
the war, and not a t-lngle bought or
machine made one was used.
Then again, the Japanese system of
choosing nurses who, by the way,
have to pass two examinations, on as
to constitutional fitness and one as to
education Is excellent. Their training
extends over three years, and nfter the
ex initiations. If duly pased, they have
the privilege of becoming army nurses
for the military reserve hospitals.
Kqualty In their training of male order
lies, who must be men of superior social
class and good education, a wty high
Mnndird was et up.
All this, Is rellected in the system of
training that has been encouraged lv
uie urmsn ueu trross tociciy in recent
yt nr.. Steady preparation has been ry
ing on, women have formed their volun
tary aid detachments on lines to be
complementary to that of men, nnd for
the tlrst time w'e have a centralized an-
thorlty to make use of all nursing a
rii.iui-f ii is iiqniii'ii lor me iwo.cioai; r.m of the 'm-I is something
leiun in ei-yii-i- mr which especially me
urn 1.1-os nts iei.v n.i accepicu respon-
ull.l'l.t' fit... Il..ur. 4.j
........... ..i . .!. .-. in,- iimoii
ui .iuppifineiii.il am mr uie sick ann
wounded in the Held: the other Is that ,
of the Hospitals of the Territoriil Force,
Mini 10 mis laiier iiiioiiier cnapier must
bo devoted.
i no nays arier war was declared the
nppem ior neip was mane, .inn was trtblles! And talk of med.cal stores!
signed by Queen Alexandra In her en- Dr. nue.st brough-t over with him some
paclty of president. The Duke and thing like a couple of tons of the.se.
ijucness oi wevonsnire promptly otiereii
uie use oi ucvonsiiiro House ror the I
vat work that would be Involved, and I
here fir Frederick Treves, the t'ountesi 1
oi iJiioiey anu many more tegan their -
work on a systematic plan. Particular I brought face 10 face wl 1)1 war s carnage,
branches of the work were assigned to I and have rendereil sorely needed Ker
dlfferent people, and though at Ilrst vice to wounded .soldiers, both (iermnn
there was naturally s-ome confusion, or- and French. And let me say here - hat
der was soon evo'.vcd, and all began to, these Kngltsh nurses have been t re
run with perfect smoothness. Queen inemMusly impressed by the tiermnn
rvmeuo or I'ortilgal was an early vim-I
tor, and was sl( much Impressed at the
magnitude, of the labors Involved that
she offered her personal help wherever
It could b most usefully employed,
which proved to lie In the onerous but
necessary work of a checking clerk,
l.ady Clfford, who had nursed In
South Africa und has since been much
associated with hospital work with Mr.
Ludlow. It. It. P, who was matron of a
hospital at I.ailysm'.th and has since
been matron of a large hospital in Lon
don, undertook the department of the
selection or nurses. Hot li at the War
Olllce and Admlrn.ly hundreds of nurses,
good, lind nnd Indifferent, offered them
selves for service In the early weeks of
the war, but one and all were referred
to the Ited Cross Society, where as
ninny as fifty a day were interviewed
by these two ladles. As a fact, they
hail the choice of the very best ma
terial, though tho standard they set up
was exceedingly high, and Intentionally
so, as there was rigid determination to
keep out the amateur nurse, the mere
sentimentalist or even the adventuress
who sees possibilities at Htlch time.
Nothing short of a three years course
of training at a tecngnlzed hospital was
accepted, while further testimonials
were nlso required. A register was
formed, nnd as Hie necessities for hos
pital assistance began to declare them
selves the society was ready to meet
them In equipment and personnel. In
the original scheme, of operations In
France It was Intended to place a large
base hospital at Rnuen, nnd among
the tlrst to go out to make the neces
sary preliminary arrangements was
.Surgeon-tJetieral Sir Alfred Koogh.
Thanks, to the generosity of a lady,
there was also to bo a rest station at
Houlogne, where the wounded could
spend a few hours ufler the fatigues
and thirst and general weariness of a
I lonir tr.'lti. Inorio,.. neon Mnii,.l. n.n.l..
i nmiminnw. cn-rii'm... inn h... ,i.,..,..'
munition to evacuate lloulognn as n Kisel
of supplies In favor of Havre niadu a
roiplderablo change In these p.ans. It
was. moved northward, using Plur
bourg as Its base, and Lord llrassey
placed hs yacht Sunbeam, very com
pletely equipped, at Its service,
The work donn in Paris under I Irltlsh
Ited Cross auspices was or great value
and supplemented admirably that of the
French sister society. A drucrlptlon by
flu- Purls corrcapondent of the Daily
THrumiili may bo itiiken as typical of
the methods adopted:
' "Among tho numerous changes which
Cross
the war Jias wrought upon Hip fair ami
u I .... l - .1..
vivacious countenance cf Paris are the
conversion of many of her most pa'atlal
hotels Into temporary (hospitals for the
mro of the wounded, nnd tho utilization
of exclusive, clulu und similar Institu
tions ns working centres, where Indies
of nil grades of society meet together to
sew garments; for those to whoso doors
tho war has brought the apectro of I
want, over sonio of tho most; fashion
able quarters of the city tho Hed Cross
Hag Mies freely. Auxiliary hospitals seem
to havo cropped up everywhere, and In
their wnktj these ouvrolrs, or work
rooms.
"Yesterday I paid a visit the Hold
Majestic, In the Avcntio Kleber, up by
tho Placo L'Ktolle. whero a (splendidly
equipped Kngllsh hospital has Just been
olllcially Installed, under the supervision
of Dr. Guest, a lvondon medical practi
tioner, well known for tho Interest he
takes In nil matters concerning public
hygiene. So wounded had yet come, but
everything was In readiness to recvlvo
them comin-tcnt medical staff, trained
nurses nnd energetic lay assistants or
orderlies. As a hotel tho Majestic, like
so many other establishments of the
sort In Paris, closed Its doors long ngo.
It looked not only closed but super
closed, ns It were, Inasmuch as most of
Its ground floor windows were boarded
up for the. greater part of their height.
This, ns I afterward learned, was de
signed to insure greater privacy for
tho humane work to which 'tho bul-'dlng
has for the moment lieen dedicated.
"Bearing In mind accounts which have
reached me as to the rough and rendy
treatment which has jiorhups inevitably
fallpn to the lot of the wounded in
.tctlons of the vast theatre of war.
where the tide of battle has ebbed and
flowed with bewildering rapidity, I
could not but wonder how the wounded
soldiers will fen; when they find them
selves undtr the care of the m.dlcal and
nursing Starrs attached to the Hotel Ma
jestic hospital. To stroll through the
ample corridors nnd public rooms of the
building is easily to Imagine oneself in a
royal palace, whose occupants have sud
denly vacated it. Palatial Is the only
word bv which to denu-ibe its internal
propori.ms ami Its decoratne emK I-!
llshment. A rh.mr. ihi trulv fr. n,
railway sluds and waiting rooms where,
by the pressure of sheer necessity, some
of the wounded have hitherto received
their tlrst medical attention. That, par
enthetically, is a subject on which I
might say more, but tor ubvious rea
sons 1 forbear.
"As Dr. linen olcorvod. In showing
in around, the p.icious. airy public
rooms of the II 'tei Majestic make mule
! Ideal wards. A: the prc-etit moment the
numbir of beds installed is fifty, divid-.l
about equa.ly between two of the mam !
iiiurtmetns on the ground floor, but thi
accommodation which the hiMe building
coual afford Is almost infinite. To sur
vey these two room, with tin .r i.e.r'A
appointed beds. Is l.ke taking a peeti at
the Mmw wards of some grea' public
lnplt.il over
In l.ngland something
winch the King and Queen might be In
vltwl to Inspect In th course of n royal
vii.lt to one of our large cfcles. Hvrry
thlng Is spot,Vsly white and sclentlil-
cal.y ordered.
"And the operating the.itie whuh has
been established In uluu
( admire. If .t had been specially d
Mined or Its present purpose h could
....... .
inn nave necr mote iilapt.ilile to.
me surgeon's lequlrement-. fully
equipid X-ray apparatus has n!o h.-en
installed. How dllT. reni from the goods
siie.1 or which some one has told me.
whiTo the operating table oonsi-tod of a
stretcher supjiorted upon a couple of
'Although at the time of my visit no
wounded had yet arrived at 'Hie Hotel
MaJeMie, the' doctors and nur.ses liaxe
a;r adv. in ceit.no noi-ilim ,,f ii,.. .......
area which I max not name, lieen
soldiers. Said one of (lies,, ladies to
me yesterday. "The (iermaii soldiers I
havo tended are tlr.e fellows- splendid
men physically, so simple m their man
ners, ond, oh' so grateful for any kind-noj-s
you render them. Ite.tiiemberlng
these men, I Hnd It extremely dllllcult
to believe that they could be guilty of
the atrocities that have been attributed
to them.' And her cotnpan'ons. In
nil se presence she thus pol.e to inn.
fully bole nil ' her views. The .mp'es
slons of the.se nurses were derived ab
solutely at lust hand under on um
stances calculated to bring out Hie real
man In their individual patients, and
that Is why I hero set them down."
Admirably organized ,s the French
Itouge CroK work', and it estimated
resources are about 1,000,000. It -s
tend.ng our own wounded whereTer oc
casion iirlhcs, nnd all medical niun who
havo seen It at work are loud In Its
praise. Homo otllclnl pirtlculnrs tell
of tho Immense, nmount of preliminary
preparation that was carried through in
coordinating the nmny offers of help In
various forms that were recr.ved for
the equipment of hospltnls nnd ambu
lances and in Increasing tha elllciency
und peisonnol ct tho .three associations
which It unties, Tho oldest of these,
tho Soclete Francalso do Secours aux
UlesPes Mllltull'OS, possesses 10,001)
nurwes. Hands of trained nurses have
been sent out wherever they could be
usefully employed, and their ministra
tions wero afforded not only to tho Ai
des but to the enemy on many occa-
HIOIIK.
A party of ten nurses left on Uie 9tli
for llelglimi at the request of the Coin
tesso de .Merode, president of the l!e.
glun Croix Itouge. Though the society
only employs the nurses who' have
wilned their diploma alter a regular
training course of some months, It bus
arranged 'three courses of elementary
Instructions to respond to tho great de
mand mining tho women who wltdi to
take their sliaio oi caring for their
wounded.
Next comes the exceedingly elllclent
and well directed Union des Femmes de
France. Tho French woman wWi her
admirable capacity for detail haa found
full scope for her 'ta'cnts. In perfecting
during recent years nil that will con
duce to tho smooth working of tho ma
chinery now In motion. Its report Just
Issued shown that their 204 auxiliary
hospitals are fully equipped to recelvu
moio than 111,000 sick or wounded sol
diers, fl'lie nurnlng will 1 don by u
staff of 10,000, aided by more than li.COO
directresses. Flying :olumna composed
of nn lnllrtnlere major und live nurses
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Inn hN x.mdy miist.une nervously ns
in, t-,nt. lined .
. ,. umU , ,.,,., u,.lt .s.un. nwiiK
,,,.,.,,, ,,,, nmm. -ny, u,, ,
department.
' . . , , . , .
N,,v"r,f" irkn' ""' f- vte w"11
''lKhl ,'" tlu, Jh whenever a I.on
hit in. Suddenly a transformation has
voine over the animal.
"Sonieth.iiK has come over that horse
which has caused lilni to lose hi" appe-
ute. to lose his sleep and render him
totally until for fire duty. There Is only
one tlilnu' left for me to do, and that is'
, , ,
to report him to the Commissioner for
Iiisubordln.it hoi. Then wo will ct the i
department veterinary up here and h ,
can irive l!... ks a careful examination
and learn what nils him '
The proper icport was submitted by, ,, ,,,.,. .icveioped," temarked tlu
Chief Hoss and a few days after a ,.hef. "Me had absolutelv the most un
veterinary came to examino Hocks. j Iirmlni. nuuro of I111V Morp ln llu.
r.i ties on ins leeii; wa.s uii' ursi
wuh h.m
"In the lirst place he may lie nffcctrd
by bis surroiindniKs. lias his xtall Is-eu
I'liuncd. or havo the quarters been
ror.ovated, or hnw anylhliiK taken place
within the past week or so that would
upset him'.'
"Ah, you say that the horre. truck
that's been hero for yenrs has been
supplanted by n motor truck. You sjv
that Mike, .terry nnd Tom, who were
here to pull the truck, have lieen taken
uway and sent to another house. Well,
that Is the explanation. It Is not a new
occurrence In tho department at all
it has happened frequently of late In
houes where motor apparatus has re
placed horse drawn apparatus and
where one horse was retained to do
special duty.
"Hocks Is siifferhik' from nn ailment
which I dl.urnose as loss of linrso com
punlnnMiip, lie's lonesome. He needs
companions. Isn't It only natural for
the animal to nrow lonesome'.' Th's
horse has been Htabled here for six
yeari and diirlni; that tlmo he has
nlways been In the company of other
horses. They mado him feel m home,
they played with him, they fought with
llltn; lit fuel they kept h m occupied and
tho tlmo passed quickly,
"When they were taken away and the
aulo truck was Installed Hocks not
lonesome. As day after day came mid
went and the other horses did not ap
pear It worried Hocks so that he could
not eat or sleep or do tinythlns. A
feollnp came over hlm similar to that
leellm; that comes over human beltiKs
when they mow homesick,
"All the medicine In creation will not
luitur this horse back to his former con
ditlon. There Is only one treatment
Ihat will prove benellclnl nnd Hint Is to
put linn back In the coiuptny of liorr'i.
It Is not absolutely necessary to put
him hi the coiupunv of his former enni
p.inions. any horses will do I will
make that siiKKcstlon to the proper an
thotltles and ou will lose your horre
voiei, mil in will KOI well,"
nock, did no, have , wait ,nS
ones ion th veter i rv nske C l, . ' ""I'""""'11. " 'V hiuivsledc. w hen he , Chnstian Church an aero of his beit
vlZ -in. I, S II 1 tt,n"' "m ,h"11 ,"n' nSft I think j corn, provided the women picked
fl "i,M Ire 1. 1 eh'- We'll vhe , I " WJM l'luk"r "l" ",K" ro" The society snapped up the offer, donned
riisis n. do lire lui, th. Well, win n a Iiur;,.(1 M.e:,iK Hocks th i h- w.i- a overalls and picked n vield of fortv-
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fore an order w.is re 'e,rd it t e mi rei 'iiiniendation was t mr nbd ty to
of truck IJ m n no I'm hoise sent Piiknui niimbt rs called for by people In
Immediate! the hous' of ruck, -I. the ntidlence. Of course, thoso horsea
I'orty-eiuhth str.t and K.Khih uMtiiie. were tr.unid to the nitnute to do xueh
where Hitt.ii.. n Chief ( ovi MiKernnn work With Itneks it was different.
i in cumm.iiid. Tin- uvi r tnuk h.is .N'obmlv ever t.niKht him to pick out
not invaded this hoii-e ::i the heart liutnU-rs. bin it Is u fact, tilthoilKh re
ef tiie Tender. .in. and Mure still re- iii.irkiible. that Koclts knew practica.lv
main horses t.. nei n ciinip.imons to 'Viry llrebox In tho district on which
ltock. It Is pp Mimed that this treat- '"' bimKy rolled out of quarter?,
ment will be ettlc.iclou and that Hocks 1 "When you consider what a laru-
will be well enmmh soon to do repular district 1 cover on tho Ilrst alarm (tha
llie duu. If he d" Met well and uets i Seventh Hartnllon lncludos all the tcr
back Into active senlce tin- members . ftury Uiundwl by West l'orty-soventh
of truck I will have., v.iy lnlelln.-eiii ' Hro-idwuN. (.'hristopher street
!,,.,, and the Hudson Hiver) It toms wonder-
f'liief l!o-. who h,s ,,u,,. ,ehind f.ul tha ""' I,rt"-p ,,pul11 dlst;n-UI-1
Hocks for six e..is. n.itur.illv H th f mimU-r of thp bov. s ns they hit m
-,141iti(.,i person to Klve nn account
, , . ... ', mm.,i ,i, i,,..,
... in.- iii'ip,-.s ii.-.ti . hit- villi:.
,,. ,,.a ... f,,,.,.i, ,,,,(l.h.
reallr.ed that someiui'K had to bo done
to save tho animal fr .in losing Ills elll
ciency.
' "It in ;l lilf .1 lit nlv rttt.l :t flrnl tl.i tilt. Iv ft V
fine lie emu i.i th.s h .use he was
driven bv .i tn' i li.ip.uiii. and that
ciitlemau leieivid such unsiitisfiictoi
service fioin the liorm' that he requested
that Hocks be removed and another
horso sent to leplace hlm
"However, when the chap..i.n made
thut request und it win complied wuh,
ho did mo ii favor, for the lior.se was
sent here. Hocks didn't impress mo to
any extent, either, when ho arrived.
Hut one mornliiK I happened to discuss
the subject of Ho.-ks with Mrs. Hos
and she quickly rein: ted that wo me.n
did not know how to take cam of the
animal, She positively stated Hut ull
Hocks needed was friends.
"Just to b.i.iu to.it know wiwit he
was talkini; about. Mis. Hoss Went to
the r fricrator and took two carrot.s
from It. The.su she made me place In
my pocket and instructed me to feed
them to Hocks when I arrived at
quartets. I compiled with Mi's. Doss's
Instructions and somehow that .inliuil
seemed to take more ii.tetest in lis
work. The follow Im: d.iy I broiiKhi
him two more carrot.' and ho mtihied
them In short order That happeticii
day after d.i, until Docks and I became
irroat friend"
"Hoally, titt.-r i.irryinc catrots to
that Imrse for , o.ir.s, it upsets me
to know' that now I will not have to
think of rarrots any more. Then Mrs.
Hoss miido It a custom to hrlng Hocks
nn apple every dan, and tho horse
never failed to look for her at a certain
time Hut lie Is lucky In hnvlmr such
a friend, for I understand from Mrs
Hoss tint she Intends to look after
Hooka's welfare In his new quarters
tho snmo us she did when It wan
Htntloneil here. Mts. How dis-lures that
MirrotH mado that horse and that cai
rota will bo instruincntiil in brlnkMnrr
hlm kick to his former condition."
On beliiKr requested to describe soniB
of tho qualities that hi'lpid to nuke
Hocks one of tho bom known horses In
tho Kim Department the clurf eu
thusluallcally replied
be-'tho ' ,aZ' tr liases" '.OT.
No doubt most of you have seen on
nnooniiTN AnvnnnsKMr.NTs.
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KNOWN PIANO HOUSE
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' tllls I'01""'' Without exception
when an alarm sounded in my district
. ... .
110 w"u' under tho harncsH waltlnu for .t
to drop on his broad back.'
STUNTS FOR CHARITY.
F All. MRU CHAUI.KS MUihHH of
Morshalltown, In., recently of-
ivi vi inu imiirs .nil society or inn
entry of the stunt on their minute
nnd Insist It's a record of Its kind
Tiie fact is. however, tint the psstir
of ii Lutheran church In St. Louis tw
jenis iijjo eceede. the Marshnlltown
stunt with a margin of novelty to spare.
A clnssnnt of his ln a theological sem
inary offered him R00 toward th
church debt if hp would malto th
drosses- for six dolls to be displayed nnd
sold nt tho comlnu church fair. th
dresses to bo passed upon ns to fit and
ctieral appearance by a committer of
disinterested women.
The pastor took up tho offer, learned
how to sew In three days, and bought
the material, cut the doll carmmits nnd
made them in time r.r the fair Then
he went out and I. eked football n'l
tho afternoon with Mio blsh R-hool bov
of Ins parish. i'N dolls sold for ii
.iver.iKo of JIL' each, which the pator
diFssmnlo r au mined to th fun.) n
piv Hie church debt
FORCED TO FIGHT
WITH tho exception of t .e
ocwslon In Im3. wImii tho quo' h
of the States dnl not till up is
rapidly as desired. Hieio lias been to
conscription In tho I'nitcil Slat, s Tha
draft riot in New York the nit
conio of this- conscription ,ind a t
happened, the muster rolls wen. IIIV.I n
tho menntlnui wiihout nerd of t" m n
oiitfltuilly drafted,
Tho announcement that DukUiiiI -likely
to InniiKUvnto a copscrlptinq
schciuo if eniiRtltiK is not more br -
occi.sloncd some comment nt llr?t. Ko'..
seemed to think It was a novelty ig
DllKland. Tho fact Is, however, tharj
tho worst form of conscription was em
ployed In connection with recruitin thr
navy In Nelson's lime. ' nno wis
safe from attack by (he t edouliuib.e
presn it.) mts, and l lie uiories of lbs
clotioiis epoch of Kir-rluiul'.-i hst.it
were won in part by men who oft. n
klckfi) .iiid hit and tussled to bti ix
away from tho it.niRs that hurled tlieui
K. wl?