New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-09-17
THE PRINCESS ALICE AT HOME.
THE HOSPITAL AT DARMsTADT,

correspondent of The Pal Mall Gazette,
who visited hospital for the wounded Darmstdt
which under the special charge Of the Princess Alice
writes: Certainly, nothing he admirably man
aged and OF those have vet II r. the brightest
ARREST and most cheerful. Tire principal building II .
permanent OF stone and glassan exconseryatory.
II stands in charming gardens with their fOwerbeds.
and strawberries and fountains which, the Princess
SAYS the Frenchmen CALAMITY tell her remind them Of
the waterwOrks Of Versailles Through these are set
tered number OF Sveepsdies-wooden payilions where
the double rows Of beds stand at ample intervals with
canvas doors at the ends 10 be looped up at will,
and with openings in the roof, protected rom
the wet, but open 20 the wind. The Princess
says the French strongly protest against The
fresh air, while the Germans, on the contrary,
very sensbly welcome Il the best Of specifics She
ought to mistress OF the inward sentiments OF the
TENTS for they all seem to take her into then inmoss
confidence. II was worth journey from England alona
TO see the OF the sufferers tighten mp they
nected the sstery smiles her A she passed along
and stopped and spoke 10 each, the invalid laid himself
back on his pillow with an expression Of absolute bes
sre and for the seemed TO find something more
than an snodyne for his pain. Her passing along the
wards applied the infable OF tests to the cases
II her presence did not smooth the cut OF
a mans face, or bring something like tranquility TO ms
drs VII mouth and fash Of light 70 his eye, you
were quite to hear he in an extremely bad way
Nor was il with the wounded alone she seemed
the animating spirit OF the place Nurses
and doctors and conyalescents walking about All
addressed her with the same cordial fInlharlty-ony
tempered by their evident reverence ana love- Inc
truth rs and IL everywhere else az III DARN
stadt this war has not merely made Germany nation
hit family and a thorough family feeling PFrNah-s
North and South, high and low alike: Nothing seems re-
garded az a sacrifice and the humbesi work that can
serve the great national cause r. regarded as pleasure
and honor. The theater al MayeDoe - gwen over ~
preparations for the hospital service aud the Iaes OF
the place old and young, Ia work day and hlght IN
patches and in gang, In the cOrsest materials ahI
roughest work Here at Darmstsdt no small portion OK
the Palace devoted TO the same purpose ana the WORK
rooms communicate directly with the Princessr apart
ments. There piles OF mattresses IN the galleries
hills OF blankets and cushions below, chests OF mt nun
dies OF baDdages, mountains OF cushions sahdDags h1
absorbing blood wooden receptacles for shattered nn
There is "a nfnK and constant outflow OF an
that This afternoon the PrIncesss phaetOn had the
back piled high with cushions wanted for Immediate
covered up il f. true. with carriage rug
but there many OF them that the rug was sheer
hypocrisy and absurd illusion. huge bundle OF hanss
seriously embarrassed the cOachraBs legs ana style,
while IL SAYS much for she paving ~ the DaIrstaht
that all the teapOs slowed away IN the SWORD
beneath the ladies seat reached their destination IN
safety"