The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-02

Than in our own. In the present war,
tbouph the exigencies of the country
are not such as would be supposed to
call this feeling into full play, it has
been exhibited to remarkable extent.
y Among the most notable recent ex-
amples of society women devoting them
selves to the services of their country
are Miss Helen Long, daughter of Sec
retary of the Navy John d. Long, and
Mrs. John Addison Porter, wife Of the
presidents private secretary. Miss Long
i now serving as a volunteer nurse in
y The naval hospital in Flushing avenue,
4 BROOKLYN. With her are three friends,
Miss Mabel Reid Miss Mabel Austin
and Miss Dorothy Simis. Miss Reid and
Miss Simis are Brooklyn girls and Miss
Austin is a daughter of Ex-Governor
Austin of Minnesota All three have
had experience as nurses, having come
Alirect from Johns Hopkins hospital i'll
Baltimore, one of the best training
schools for nurses in the country. They
all serve without pay and equally with
the paid nurses of the hospital are SUBJ
jeCt to all its rules and expected to per-
mall the duties devolving upon them.
Miss Long disclaims any credit for
! her meritorious action. eff we had not
come" said she, there are many 9TH
ers who would have been glad to get
the opportunity. We are glad to do
what little we can for the men who are
fighting for our country, and you must
remember, too, that this is all valuable
experience for US, experience that per-
\ haps we could not get in any other way.
: We gain much more than we give"
The sphere of voluntary duty assumed
BY Mrs. Porter involves still more ardu-
GUS labors and is surrounded by much
greater dangers. She joined the Red
Gross association and recently left with
Miss Clara Barton, president of that as
! sociation, to assist her in her work in
cuba or wherever her services may be
required.
Mrs. Porter was born in New York
city and is the daughter of Colonel
george f. Belts, who commanded a
New York regiment in the civil war.
her grandfather, Judge Belts, was a
well known authority in admiralty law.
sne has two children, both young, and
~ leave them for scenes Of danger and
serious risk of life makes her self sacri
nee sui more praiseworthy.
but this G NOT thn G,,ek k.,~.o "A
mrs Porter has displayed her sympathy
WIN human suffering and her patriot.
nm' When her father was a trustee OF
,ne oid Five Points mission in New
iork, she was much interested in the
' MOrk carried on there and gave her serv.
.ses ana money to relieve the suffering
s suu 10 elevate the degraded. For some
nne previous to her removing to Wash.
'ns'on she made her home in Hartford
4 suu was largely instrumental in i'm
roVihg the sanitary condition of the
Ivy, one is o member of the Society oil
~. lo daughters of the American Revolu
s sOn ana Is very popular in official anc
~. ,OOiai circles in Washington. Mr.. Por
;o;u was at first opposed to his wife,
yu,ning the Red Cross association as
we, %M nurse, but her earnestness and per
sa;',eney finally prevailed upon him :,
yield bis consent.
among the other socially prominen
wa wal nurses of the Red Cross association
TIe Miss Adele Gardener, Mrs. Malcolm
-n %a and Miss Chanler.
,,.t tne ladies mentioned above are not ,
. N.ue OF the number of wealthy and dis
nsuished women who throughout th,
o country are active in the efforts to helr
as.,, soldiers and sailors in their fighI
IT, . us. the enemies of their country
soo S most ardent join the Red Cross as
sna ,a'lon or become nurses in militar,
t tDa naval hospitals, or il thwarted il
w;s Wis .ney try to identify themselye
mo-. . 81 organizations designed {,
diss les ~ .ne present emergency. Those la
the .na' leave their homes and eschev
me- me- pleasures of society SO that the,
thu . serve their country Of course maxi
~ ~e greatest sacrifices and are entitle.
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