Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 315, 16 December 1915 — Page 15
.PAGE FIFTEEN PERI : AS A - 2 &SE M WAR GIUM By EDNA GOODRICH
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EDITORS NOTE Edns Goodrich, tk author of this interesting article, has loaf beea known a one of the Boost bcantihil women on the AmerU
At the ootbraak of the war aha rolwtaerod for aeiice as a Red Croat aaree," and after a year's devoted riee on the battlefields of the continent aha his now returned to this country te make her photoplay debut at Paramount theatres in productions of the Laslqr Vcature Play Companr. Her reasons for doinc so are unusual. Yet. hsrins; reaa her article, you wtB ba inclined to agree that aba was tight, "la nurse's uniform I aan nurse out few, where in the film . X esa help thousands to forget," she ssjrs.
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work. For the time being the wounded
forgot their hurts and the well forgot
the terrors of the raging conflict. They thought only of the drama on the screen before them.- It was amazing. A long strip of celluloid in a little round tin box nursed a thousand men back to health. Did I then do wrong to desert
my post when the chance came to ap-
rar before the motion picture camera? thmk: not. To those soldiers my first
photoplay will be shown as soon as it is completed, and I know that in a round tin box I will do more good than ever I could in nurse's uniform.
the face of real peril, prepared themselves for the mighty test of courage and strength. : I have come to think oi war in double image the men at tht front, the womenvat home. None evei
will be able to tell for which the test is J
greater.
the militants. The beds are under great tents in the park, well sheltered and it goes without saying well aired. The counter-panes are pink that is the woman of it When the sun shines, the nurses lift up the tent flaps and let the soldiers profit, and when the rain falls, they close them down. The French wounded are jealous to be cared for in this hospital
WOUNDED French soldier
said to me: "These ladies are ever so much Rentier
than our military doctors but they are
T Is now two months since I
1 last saw through tearful, uni hannv eves throbbing and
war-swept Europe. Through
I the - haze of early morning
my last vision of that land
of strife and woe will re
main a clear picture never to be for
gotten. ." Moments in. life when we are experiencing the biggest emotions frequently are made indelible in our minds by rea
son of the tiny incidents recorded in
memory. As I turned from tne steamship rail, when the little strip of land they call England disappeared from view on the horizon, I noticed beside me a woman wearing a life-preserver and standing close to a lifeboat, which i. swung, unconcernedly on its davits. So. when I think of Europe passing
from-view, I think also of the little,; stout person at my side who, with somej reason, no doubt, still maintained a cer-:
tain sense of fear while we steamed
swiftly through the submarine "war-
ione" on our way back to America. Now. I am writing on a mission desk
in a little cabin in the mountains of
southern California. It is autumn on ' the hillsides. The mountain and foothills are covered with vari-colored fol
iage. What a contrast i Mere i see
crimson as nature paints with it; far away in unhappy Europe I saw it as man recklessly flaunts it. It is too big, too wonderful for the human mind to
' grasp. And yet, I should say, my life in the past year in Europe and in peaceful America has provided experiences probably no other American woman has had. As a nurse in the field hospitals I did all that I could to relieve the suffering I round me. But I was only one. My efforts were so small in effect. I was but a speck on the horizon of the world.
Then one night I saw a wonderful
rtf"TjT. -' " tne narrow streets, - ana it is a CgrjjgCTlgBg' little, thin woman in a big thick cloak ySmmS who is chauffeur, or, one might better KPWjtTlSSSw chauffeuse. She drives fast and Zffir ("t,i,! TtoSnv faster because it is a matter of life and
IK s Jt-il? ?,Y93-nens xiospuais muuary nospnais
jjll ' " ' sft5t& fuel- With others in uniform I was sX 5fc 0. V2tf Aafc tF sent to base hospitals on the continent. XMr, VG 7S , ,' WSt' When all the deeds of men are rec- ' 'dfc-lWWf VjS orded, woman's place in this mighty "JWO VJ3 eMi(rf,U ( natinne will writ WfC 1 2ff
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WAS in London during those
eventful weeks which preceded August 1, 1914. That seems ages
ago! What excitement it was as the penny papers screeched the headlines through the . streets. "It can't be," some person observed, "that civilized Europe is about to plunge itself into war!" Others said, "The inevitable has come." The latter were right. Then came an interval when the British capital was wild with excitement. Belgium's neutrality had been violated, and in succession the great countries of Europe plunged themselves into war, so
thing. ..A motion picture show was . swiftly as to stagger the imagination. Vcyen. fit the hospital where I was atl Men flew to arms; women, ever calm in
WITH others I became interested in providing relief Tor Belgian refugees, those poor people driven from their homes for reasons they know not. y duties in these early days were chiefly clerical. Being a professional woman, I was suited to almost any kind of work, and through committees ' our organization found many homes for the homeless and cared for the ill. v It was several months later v ! en Jh great call for women to nurse at the front rang through England. It seemed, in answer to that call, that many
more responded than were needed. : But
fuel. With others in uniform I was sent to base hospitals on the continent. When all the deeds of men are; recorded, woman's place in this mighty struggle of the nations will be writ. Everywhere bullets have killed their thousands, and women by careful nursing, quick attention and great fortitude have saved tens of thousands. American women have had their part in this mighty work. Both the American Ambulance Hospital in Paris and. the American hospitals in .the various French cities in the outlying districts of the French capital, have been wonderfully efficient units in the greatest relief organization the world's history ever has seen.
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O finer illustration of what women are doinp :n France today is to be had'ihan it I tell
you of a hospital that is half way
between the battle line and Pans,
war, like fire, is never satisfied with its! Its motor ambulances far through
of the Dames d'Ecosse, the French say politely. There is not a man in the hospital except the wounded. Doctors and surgeons, nurses and stretcher bearers, and those women chauffeurs, who go to the clearing hospitals at the front and bring back the wounded all are women ! THIS hospital is in the midst of a green park, and is "self-contained," as they say. There are six women doctors, besides women surgeons and women at the pharmacy. The nurses wear a little blue cap. and look very comforting not at all like the traditional costumes of
also stricter. T can tell you that discipline is serious here. They have shown us they can be good doctors, but they are good militares, too." Another said, "Yes, and they won't let you play with your health. If you stay with your feet in the grass when it is damp, they are regular gendarmes, I assure you. They are all real mothers, but they want to have well-behaved children." The French wounded laugh more frequently and there is more cheer in their hospitals than' in py others oa the line of relief. ' . '.' In the course of my experience in war hospitals on the continent. I have seen wonderful things. Frequently I am ask
ed as to the manner In warcn tne expert
surgeons locate bullets that nave struck
these poor fellows. Ingenious ways of finding bullets and pieces of shrapnel are resorted to by French surgeons with the aid of powerful electro-magnets, but the Sutton method, of American origin, is becoming universally used. Another American whose name will be writ large in the medical history of the war is Dr. Kenneth Taylor, who discovered the antidote for gas gangreen. - When it was not yet known whether his experiments were successful or not, an unknown American girl a nurse' at the front inoculated herself with the deadly poison, though no one knew of her heroic deed till later. The antidote worked and she was saved, but her act. deserves mention as one of the bravest of all time.
IN removing bullets by tne Sutton method, the wounded man is placed on a table, beneath which is an X-ray machine, and over is placed the tube of light used in the photographing process. The bullet then is shown on the plate, which is placed beneath the patient. The X-ray has demonstrated that like nearly everything else in France.. it is "somewhere near a certain locality." But how deep? The tube then is placed at another angle. The shadows are made to cross and the bullet is again detected. To find how far to probe
i the surgeon resorts to mathematics, and works out his calculations by the simple principles of triangulation. The surgeon thrusts a hollow, needlelike device into the body, finds the buli let. and puts a piece of slightly barbed
piano wire down to hold to the tissue around the bullet. Then the patient is wheeled to the operating room, where the work of removing the bullet is. quickly accomplished. I have known of cases where triangulation has been done within five minutes. It is the bravery of these poor men, however, that wrings anguish from the heart. No complaints, no bitter words against their cause which led them to sacrifice. Shattered limbs, serious flesh wounds, blindness, deafness from the great detonations but no word of complaint." Man is a queer creature who quickly adapts himself to conditions. The quickness with which war was grasped meant also that human understood as quickly war's by-products, and pain and death and suffering and poverty are some of them. And that is why it is so difficult for one who has been in the midst to obtain a perspective. The most horrible things become commonplace, always so to remain.
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The Brownsville Gun club will' give an all-day shooting match, in" the bottoms just south of town, December 22. A fine lot of turkeys has been obtained for prizes. .The shoot which the club gave November 24 attracted gome of. the best shots in ' Richmond, Connerovllle,' ; Cambridge, . Milton and Brookvllle. ;,,..
LODGE CALENDAR
Richmond -Council. No IS, Jr. O. U A. M. Meets- Monday night at 7. SO. Frank Vore. Councilor. John E. Highley, Rec. Secretary. Uniform - Rank, Jr. O. U. A. M. -Meets Tuesday night at 7:30 and Sunday at 2:30 p. m. Theodore Whitney, Captain. C. Perry, Company Clerk. Daughters of America, Pride of Richmond Council, No. 15 Meets at 7:30 Wednesday evening. Jennette Vore, Councilor. Rosetta Hoosier, Rec. Secretary.
11 - f Quaint basque effects are featured in many very attractive Sanee irowns. especially where the skirt flares towards the bottom,
.ir has bouffant draperies at the hip. One very dainty and pretty
model wfcs featured in rose faille classique with ncft sell toned hand embroidery. The skirt flared decidedly at the bottom and in places was boned to make it stand out. Silk net was cleverly fea-
tured in the bodice and eiiected wing sieeves mat were very preny,
KELLY OPENS MEETING
President Robert U Kelly of Earlham vlU deliver an address at the annual 'meeting of the Association of American Colleges to be held at ChirtgOJanttafy 2-22t-The8ubject-of Ma address is "The Sphere and Pos
sibilities of the Association." The as
sociation represents colleges in thir ty-four states.
Masonic Calendar
Thursday Richmond Commandery, K. T. Special conclave; work in the
Knights Templar degree and Inspection, commencing at 7 o'clock.
Saturday Xioyal Chapter, No. 49, Order of the Eastern Star. Stated meeting.
MRS. MATILDA MARTIN
EAST GERMANTOWN; Ind.. Dec.
1. -The funeral of Mrs.: Matilda Mar:
tin, 66,. was . held Wednesday at the Evangelical church, the Rev. Mr. Wyant ' conducting the services. Interment in the Lutheran cemetery. The pallbearers were members of her Sunday school class. Mrs .Martin was one of the most zealous workers of the church. She died Monday of heart disease. She is Burvived by her husband, Lott W. Martin; two daughters, Mrs. Minnie Gibson of Webster, and Mrs. Grace M. Sarber of Milton; one son, W. BC Martin' of Richmond; two grandchildren. Miss Grace Gibson and Russell Sarber; two sisters and one brother.. Mrs. Martin had a large circle of friends.
WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS ' ELECTS MRS. THALLS
- CAMBRIDGE CfTW.Ind., Dec. 16. The ;--'W.'R. cJ: has elected the following officers for-the coming year: Mrs. Virginia Thalls,- president; Mrs. Geo. Weber, Sr. V. P.;- MrsCharUfe Piggs,
Jr. V. P.; Mrs. Smith, chaplain; Mrs. John Ingermann, conductor; Mrs. Fred Storch. treasurer; Mrs. H. A. Compton, '; guard ; MrV. W. " F. ledskeVT'iQstalling officer.
- Egypt has more than 1,500 miles of railways.
ADMITTED TO EASTHAVEN
- Miss Elizabeth Ferris, residing near Portland, was: taken to the Eastern Indiana Hospital for the Insane yesterday by Deputy Sheriff Fleming of Portland. ." s
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