The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-14
WILL NvRse SICK SOLDIERS.
Msrgarst Astor Chsnier Ready To Serv
Her c. untry Ia Cuba.

Margaret Astor ChanIer Ready To Serve
Her c. untry In Cuba.
A observation-disclosures of the
original John Jacob Aston has an
her Intention of going to Cuba
as assistant nurse in a Red Cross hos
pital ward. should United States troops
be sent to invade that island. Her
name is Margaret Aston Chanler. I'm
whose veins flows the blood OF the
Brevoorts. the Winthrops. the Ruther-
fords, the Stuyvesants and the Liv-
ingstons. In the M spital she Will be
known as Sister Margaret. aiss Chan
ler's fortune is large even In New York
city. where enormously wealthy wo-
men are numerous. A co~nseiT alive es-
innate places her income at $1,000 a
year. She owns a gray stone mansion
Of original design. 81 West 18th street.
in hat favored locality near Riverside
drive. and commanding a sweeping
view Of the Hudson. Her are
spent at Rokeby. the beautiful ances-
trail county seat, e Barrytown. NJ.
Y. But 1t is her close ties with famil-
les famous for their wealth. their
beauty. or their genius of which she
has the most reason to be proud.
John Jacob Aston was her great
reat-grandfather. william B.. Astor
her great-grandfather. Samuel Ward,
jr., bon vivant and wit. welded Miss
Emily Aston. and their daughter. Mar
garet Aston Ward. became the wife of
John Winthrop Chanler, and the moth
er of the brave. self-sacrificing girl of
whom this is written. The blood of
General Armstrong of revolutionary
renown flows in her veins. 1t may be
to that fact she largely owes her burn
ing patriotism. a rather unusual at
tribute for her class.
Marion Langdon, the famous beauty,
Is a cousin Of hers. Mrs. Haig. once
Mrs. Coleman Drayton. bears to her
the same relationship. There is no
dearth of literary talent among the
relatives of this richly lowered young
woman. Marion Crawford. the novel;
list, Is of the number. and Julia Ward
Howe. the poet of parriotism-again
the suggestion of atavIsm in love of
country-and Maud Howe Elliot.
The nurses at the hospital at 233
West Tooth street, New York. are en-
thusiastic i'm their praise of this socie-
ty recruits remarkable fortitude and
composure under the most trying cir
cumstances. She has been attending
the course of lectures and witnessing
the operations which constitute the
preparation the young women must
make before their departure for the
scene of active service. No one has
been more regular In her attendance
nor more conscientious In her prepara
ton for them. One day the young wo-
men witnessed an operation performed
by the in chief. DR.. A.. Monae
Lesser.
1T is a very ~nauseating operation to
the inexperienced" he explained. but
1t Is UGH a one as you will be forced
to see after many a battle"
One of the young society women
tainted Several were forced to cave
the room. 1t was Miss Chanler alone
who stood her ground and established
herself in a distinctive niche for the
admiration of the experienced nurses
who witnessed her heroism. At the
Chanler mansion. near riverside park,
two of the volunteer nurses are guests
while they await orders for departure.
They are Miss Pennington and Miss
Cronleim of New Haven, and daily as
ISOLATION with John Jacob Astor's
granddaughter has made them not
only love but evere her.