The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-04-16
were for II. sick and wounded. not Tor people

were for the sick and wounded. not FOR peop's
The strong tension uron The nerves q the
or magazines, The newspaper were snnuals
OF sorrow. wounds. and dea'h. az.
During the war the first volume OF "Ies
Scy. The educated women eagerly read It be;
tween stitches. The more ignorant men anq
yyS Smsp read wadd the w title ns and toS one TO 9" MrI Isiast about fslS;
comfortable, but what's the use OF tellin' it
All work and no play began to tell upon our
nervously ORGANIZED women. Some OF item
were home. to reunions called. from the ab-
senco OF any refreshment save coid water
10 these came tho young officers. who
d ;.a as Gayly as though there Tere , mo re e.
Th"re were charades' private thentricals. and
tnblonux. Ono lovely young woman. who has
nowH. persnnatcd a marble Niobe embracing
antiquity have lett us no more beautiful statue.
The hospital. nurses were largely women,
and mostly ladies.
What they 40 is recorded in the book Of
loving service amid The horrors Of .mistnry
hosnitals near the bnttionclds. The food Vas
s ssn sf Sr."d prs .IraSs By Syo%. EG,iy" tS families "uneo. Il ds sIo
precious real tea and coffee, were. daily
taken in baskets. and tho, soothing voices OF
the nurses could u" heard whispering homes
Ing texts from tho ss,!p,nrGs. while the SUI,
tho dressing Of their w"nads.
! wisl, 1t wore possible to give tho names
wounded. soothcd tho living. and received
til" little tokens lnd last messages for their
absent families. Tho list would be too long
every Southern homeland when shall their
How can Justice DO rendered to the wives OF
tho ommon. sulii"rs? On these women foil
tho burden OF deprivation ,nhenrd OF In al.
and tended their childrcn. buried them Wien
they sank under want and exposure. Or them
selves lay I,own IN solitude md died.
1t. was the exception when tho men In tho
subjected: The women were vocal In hope.
soldiers labored and ,sorrowed without tho ex-
pectnttono OF earthly honor or. tclat. For IL tho
mon Of their household n%erishei in bsttI. It
army. for their cause, not for themselves: q
namelres grave their share.
nigh and every heart, was cast down. tho
women were the most cheerful.
wcro summoned. to man tho trenches there
were no tears and repining!, such preparn-
tions as were practicable orthe comfort Of tho
nude. and the mon werS despatched with MS
much cheer MS trembling lips could summon.
must bc withdrawn from before the over
whelmin2 fore. Of the enemy. no sent an ON
sss to w !n.C dsIi2 Nj; 3f IN Is Of ra snS 's Shar9 Hn sa mHs:
morning service. where the President had
gone to pray for his people.
The congregation OWNED the purport OF the
despatch. and. though they expected. Ms the
outcome OF It. that their homes would be
burned and the city laid waste, there was no
gathered about Mr.. Davis and said: "Lcnve
us to our fate IL you can save the country.
Perhaps some time you may win Richmond
back: but IL not. We know you have done your
best. and you must not grieve over us"
In this spirit our women met defent, starva-
ton labor. humiliation, and all tho heart
rending conditions OF reconstruction"
The placid. Gray-hnirel matrons OF to-day
that dread %strteric' hut thew are no less ~
veteran con1ucrOrs in n mortal conflict in
which evory noble aspiration and human cf-
fort was called forth AMI with a
cheerful Gdsma ~ V. IEFFERSoN DAVIS.
BEAUvoIR HoUsE. Mississippi.