New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-05
SOME WAYS OF THE WORLD.
OF HOW MUCH REAL USE ARE WOMEN IN
TINES OF WAR?

"REMINISCENCES OF PEOPLE NOW EAGERLY
SOUGHT BY ERsTwHILE INATTENT1vE
YOUNG PEOPLE.
The eagerness of women to be of real use at such
q time as the present one IN the country hs'o's
and their difficulty In finding anything tha' IL 10
noss,bIe for them 10 10 are almost pathetic.
.I would give worlds TO TO the front as
.ola,er -" exclaimed a hgh-sprited young woman
"and as the next best thing l joined an auAia's'
and wha; do you think was the WORK ,nes ea'e
me 70 do? Making ridiculous little bags they
called housewives to hold sewing things! why
mother has often told me how. even when thelr
hearts ached they used to scrape lint ana Nh''
impossbly shaped stockings for the soioiers III "et
day and the only difference now seems 10 no 'ha'
we have learned that lint IS unhealthy ior wou"u''
and that woven stockings are more comfor'aoie
than knit ones. But far as women are cohcerheu'
,hex are as unnecessary ever. II taxes wal 10
chow ia what supernumeraries we really are III any
really great movement. Our day can oliS o
when brute force becomes an extinct FACTOR l"
national disputes and all questions are se''e1 o'
arbitration If there is any talking TO De ooho "e
can hold our own with any one! 1t was the o"'0i
States Sanitary Commission in mothers day. ana
4. Is the Red Cross now that offers the Only ouuo'
FOR our energies. Pray Heaven thal me A'U
nerable societies that are being ORGANIZER n" o'.i
the country may not have the training thi oe'e'@
the country! . $780,.
".you NAV laugh at your housewife my dear
.aid an old lady 10 me the other day when
made fun Of the wo.x we were doirg' out mann
God on YOUR knees II Il Is all you are given
to do! " .,.
The latest opening for woman IN cohheouo"
with the war is mother to regimen out d"
tho incumbent of the position must be DID, ugly
and able to stand any amount OF faueue' Is nv
likely that there will be many applicants ior '"'
post. ,,
ora lool after her hundreds OF boys with as much
t,sviduo1 attention as possible. 1t VIII easily 10
seen what a comfort such an ADDITION 10 les'-
ment would be- and there Will douotIess ne num-
berless openings in this direction LOT Pa''o''N
women. 1T, -.
fuuv gs she listened 10 a discussion between her
moher and some Of her friends about needs anu
euonlies in the early sixties. The mother unuer-
stood the childish longing and that evening ,o ex
n,se U,agon with a white tcnt-cover, on when
She printed the once familiar letters 80, ,bs
United states Sanitary Commission-anu sen, ' ~,
child out the next morning on an expeuiIy.on W
succor mamed or sueIns aronsed 70 observa-
lion how many things the little one iound anu
how the good work spread snnsry HeT cSommson
wagons multiplied into ,b soG raal paT pledged
the Children 70 w yssc P and nurse suffering e
the msgsed d eats from and u sqs SUCH snd small
knows
beginnings that the societies which protect our am
mals started in the FIRST place!
RECoILECTIONs OF THE CIVIL WAR
Men and women with good memories and thrilling
experiences are much TO the fore IN these war
aovs ard much 10 their own surprise too. 1t Is a
novel sensation to he listened to with eagerness oy
a younger generation that usually ATTENDS WIN
obviously forced poteness to the "reminiscences OF
,..r ,eo,,e Now however their stories are
begged for continually. .
"Speaking of batteries and bombs. said we'll
nreserved woman Of fifty, the other day there IS
nothing that looks more peaceful and lazy tnan
bomb bursting in air on bright summer oa!'
sazss against the deep intense blue of the sky
soft round white cloud, while a Few SECONDS Iate!
semeS se in the least with the white cloud
let which drifts lazily away. ana ~ dlsperseu III
t ths Sue rerospectvey. seamng down the Po
tonac when child on revenue cutter o VITA une
face lighting up with interest as MT Stanton sud
denly pointed 10 Tiny whi,e cloud.e,, sucn a.
'"e The rebel batteries, somebody exclaimed. as
one white cloud was followed by another ana sur
another until three or four had hoated away when
the enemy recognizing the futility o: wasting am
muntion ceased firing.
If they realized the value Of this cargo they
yvorle lombard us some one remarked, while the
captain explained that we were beyond their range
and il was not likely the chief ENecutive OF the
less II made sensational paragraph for the news:
papers the next day Happily IN those GAYS %, OF
oY The century development in sensational jour
nalism."
THE NANNY TREE"
There are not many things that are really new,
but the following idea seems actually novel
A woman who has a beautifully wooded country
place. has selected wide-spreading oak, which
the children have christened the NANNY tree. :"
and turned IL into the most delightful playhouse
that could possibly. be imagined Strong pianks
have been securely fastened together on the sturdy
branches IN three different places. making plat
forms OF different Sizes which each pro-
tecteA hy "A rope railing like those steamboats,
held I'm place by iron grders. These platforms are
connected by flights OF steps. similarly protected
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