The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-06-24


ticipation In 1t OF several of the charita-
BILE institutions. including the Day
Nursery. City Hospital. Wheeling Hos
pital. Altcnheim and others. In their
booths Of the committee OF ladies' repre-
senting the several organizations will
serve refreshments. consisting OF sand
witches. cakes. lemonade. ice cream,
coffee. gingerbread buttcrmll1. pea
nuts md a hundred and one other deli:
cacles for the refreshment OF the thou
sands OF visitors at the fair. y.
The City Hospital committee has also
decided to have an emergency" booth,
FURNISHED with cots and nurses from the
training school. who will be on hand
daily to minister to the wants OF those
1eeling, III. or to take care OF any tired
children whose parents care to leave
them there to rest while they continue
the rounds OF sightseeing. This booth
win be In charge OF Mrs. William F.
Butler. and among her assistants Will
be Mrs. John Frew, Mrs. T. C. Aloffat,
Mrs. G. l.. Cranmer. Mrs. Joseph A.
Metcalf and Mrs. Jacob w. Grub.
Other ladies to be found at the City
Hospitals booth will be the following:
: Mrs. w. A. Tiernan. Mrs. James Cum
minis. Mrs. Joseph Speidel, Miss Jennie
Bailey. Miss NJ. C. Wilson. Mrs. Julius
Pollock. Mrs. Charles Kilmycr, Mrs. ].
F. Merriman, Mrs. Howard Hazlett,
Miss Mary Vance. Miss Lucy Kyle, Mrs.
r.. H. List, Mrs. Robert Dalzell, Miss
Martha Hare.
In connection with the hospital and
Red Cross associations. thus humanely
thoughtful, Will be found interesting the
appended beautiful response Of Clara
Barton. to the toast, THE Women who
went TO the Field" 1t was delivered in
Washington City at Wizards Hotel,
Friday evening. November IS, 1892, at a
farewell banquet and reception by the
LLnd!ea OF the Potomac Corps. Because
OF the late home coming of our I'm
nupcs," and It's prophetic application to
the woiaea who bravery went to the
font, durlng the Spanish American
war, lsr!s Goably interesting:
:! wca:en who went TO the field you say,
i:c' w0r:en who went to the field. and,
wha.scd. they 70 for?-jrst to he in tho
-'scy'd not k::ow the difference betwlxt
wer.. ard Play:
4 ana Nlias G!d they know about war, any,
What. ccpld they do-of what use could
ilC?. Re?
They wcLid scream, at The sight OF a gun,
Cen; you see?
Just :.Tcy th.rI round where the burle
sHd the lorg roll is bidding US on to the
tray.
iGlE.ne their skirts, 'monE artillery
wheels,
Ard watch for their iiu,,er rs they flee
cross the fields
When the charge is ranned home and the
fire bclches hot.
They never Will wait for the answering
They would fam; nj the first drop of blood
in their sight.
What, fun for US boys (e-c we enter the
iighD.
They might pick some lint and tear lin
some sheets
And make US some je!les and send on
their sweets.
And knit some soft socks for Uncle SAINTS
shoes.
and write US some letters and tell US the
news.
And thus 1t was settled by common con.
sent.
That husbands, or brothers. or whoever
went.
That the place for the women was in their
There to patiently wait Until victory
comes.
But later It cfanced-Just how. no one
knew
That the lines slipped bit. and some gan
to crowd through
And they went--where did they go?-Ah
where did they not?
Show us the bnttlc-;he-f!eld or the snot
Where the groans OF the wounded rang out
on the air
Tint her ear caught II not, and her hand
was not there.
Who wiped the death sweat from the cold
clammy brow,
And sent home the message-"'TIs we'll
with him now
Who watched In the tents whilst tho fever
fires burned.
and the pain-pEessinS limbs In agony
turned.
And We. he rarehed tongue, Gained de-
er. Ny Wife,"
And who were they all?-They were many,
my men,
Their records were kept by no tabular pcn.
They exist IN traditions from father 10 son
Who recalls In dim memory. now here and
there one,
4 few names were WRIT, ard By chance
live to-day
But perish!nE record fast fading away
or those we recall there are scarcely n
score,
Dix, Dame. Bickcr6yke, Edison. Hnryo,.
and Moore.
Fales, Wlitemeyer. Gibson, Stafford and
And poor Gutter dead In the sands OF tho
sea-
And Frances D. Gage. our "Aun, Farny,.
of old.
Whose voice range for freedom when free
dom was sold.
And Husband and Etherllrc. and Harlan
L!vermore. Alco;t. Hancock and Chase
Hall. '''''
M. II, q, ,b Ms' g grows apaco as they como
gun? "
VIII some soldier tell US Of one he saw
run?
WIN he glance at the boats on tho gre,.
western food.
At Pittsburgh and Shiloh did they faint n.
the blood?
with them then.
ANA her calm. stately presence gave
strength TO hts men.
And Marie OF Logan she wen; with them,
too. '''
a bride. scarcely more than n swee,ho,r,
us true.
Her young check grows pale when the bold
troopers ride. -
Wher n; TN "Elac &, Eagle" scars. she ia
She s;nuilcheF hts blood. cools the fever.
burnt breath.
OF Death. no
She nurses him back, and reg.ores o,ro
again
To both army and state the grea, lender
OF men.