The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-22
Observation-Disclosures Observation-Disclosures

lea" to be printed and distributed among
the public schools of New York, saying. Il
believe everyone should know that hymn
and sing 1t. If he knows no other. / would
like the children to sing it into their souls
until 1t becomes a part OF them
Spain that her patriotism shone forth most
brightly. She responded to the call to arms
by the only way in which she then thought
check for 100000 to the government Then
she took an active hand in furthering the
Red Cross plans and was a useful member
But in both these societies she was rather
as a rich member than a personal worker,
and this did not satisfy her. When the sick
island there she was in the midst of them.
Then her eyes opened to see the work
There was no time for formality or red
tape; the men needed oney. care, comforts,
cooks and servtors, and telegraphed Mrs.
Walworth, the head of the Womans War
Relief Association, to draw upon her TO the
extent of $4,000 for necessaries needed at
Montauk, while she herself stayed at Camp
Wikon. All at once II seemed TO her as
sociates, the executive ability of this quiet
slim little woman had flashed out. and she
was indeed her fathers daughter When
the camp was to be broken up 1t was Miss
Gould who arranged for the care of con-
valescents and her home at beautiful I.ynd-
hurst was literally strewn with sewing being
made ready for needy soldiers. Instead OF
home 1t looked like "sweatshop, one
OF the visitors comcaly remarked, but 1t
all showed the reality of the work and the
absolute sinking of all other considerations
in the one great present fact.
AT Camp Wikoff Miss Gould went among
the hospital wards with what an eyewit-
ness called ''mOtherly air. and questioned
each sick soldier as to his wants and his
Woes There was an utter lack of affecta-
ton and sham; She looked upon sights
such would cause many a SO-called
womanly woman" to cringe and faint-for
there are scenes in a sick camp which it is
not we'll that a woman should look upon
a
that was how Miss Gould beheld them;
A man who met and talked with her often
and who came home filled with reverence
for her personality, said to the writer:
Helen Gould is not the woman one would
pick out in crowd. Her features are plain.
face is Illuminated. She is of medium
height, quite slim, and her clothes, though
of costly material, are made with rigid sim
only thing of that kind I ever saw upon
her was a plain gold band ring. Her hair
is dark brown, brushed back perfectly
plain Her eyes are of nondescript
color, the hazel shade predominating. She
has what would call thin complexion
that of recuse who cared little for out
of-door life. Her voice is low and musical,
and she has the sweetest smile ever saw.
1t lights UP all her countenance, and her
very practical. To her a spade is spade,
a pick a pick, and black is black. She is
in whatever she IS saying. There is none
of that idle, foolish talk which so many
women seem to think that men ike, and
which men pretend to, though they don t.
She is we'll read, especially in current events
and the sciences. Any scientific work of
worth is sure to have her interest, and no
newspaper is too obscure to be disregarded
by her if it contains anything of real value.
She is a great lover of the masses, and be-
lieves in practically helping them. That is.
she advocates better tenements, clean
streets and surroundings. To her mind a
bath, a clean room and pleasant outlook
will do more to Chritanize a poor child
than ali the preaching and psalm-singing on
| the streets. She is a worker in true chari-
table ways, but she does not go stunning,
neither does she do what is often called
| reform work. No, she does not look very
| young, and | shouldn't be surprised If she
| never marries. She doesn't somehow, look
| that kind, and l believe she is striving to
make her dead fathers name represent to
the world all that it always did to her. Her
presence is most dignified, but her speech
| Is democratic. BY that l mean that her
| good morning to the colored bell boys in
| the hotel was precisely the same as her
salutation to any Of her aristocratic
| friends
This is a glowing word picture of the
| American woman-patriot whose name may
| go down in history alongside that of Flor
4 ence Nightingale, and who has shared her
! fortune with her country, not only as a
| matter of duty, but of inclination and de-
| light.