The L'Anse sentinel., 1906-10-06

Which is the, braver-man or
woman?
This is question that nobody can
answer, for the simple reason that 1t
Is impossible to tell to what degree
or heroism either will go when occa-
sion demands. A little girl of five,
who under ordinary conditions would
scream at the sight of tiny flame,
will dash through conflagration to
save the life of baby brother who
has fallen into the blaze.
A young woman daintily clad and
afraid In her normal mood to go into
the water without holding to the life
line, WILL forgetting self entirely,
plunge into the stormy flood to rescue
a drowning person as quickly as the
trained life-saver.
Compared individually with mem
bers Of the opposite sex; women to-
day stand forth ahead, says the New
York World For instance, the sum-
mer girl and the summer man, classed
together in ordinary affairs, are far
apart when 1t comes to matters of
heroism. 1t Is the summer girl who
shows "the real stuff" when 1t comes
to pinch.
All summer long there have been
young women who have performed
deeds Of splendid daring. Many Of
them have not been reported in public
print.
This attribute of bravery on the part
of our women is not new. This sum-
mer's exhibitions of 1t are only new.
And it is only meet that the story of
some of them should be told again.
When young Earl Buckley fell from
the pier into the sea at Island Heights,
N. j., only Mrs. v. Floyd Campbell
heard his cry She screamed for help.
Then, as she saw the lad rise and
sink out of sight again, she plunged
into the water. She was fully clothed
and swan with difficulty. There was
still enough life in the boy when she
reached him and enough of desperate
terror to make him very dangerous.
He grabbed Mrs. Campbell, and with
arms around her neck and legs twined
about her body, clung with a death
grip.
Frantic Struggle for Life.
Then came a frantic struggle for
life. She struck the boy in the face
and tried to choke him. His weight
and her heavy clothing bore them far
under the surface. When they rose
again she put forth all her strength
to drag their weight nearer the shore,
where the shadows would give her a
foothold. Her efforts were successful
and thus she brought the boy to land,
and together they fell on the beach,
exhausted.
At Lake Hopatcong Miss Edna Hart
man saved the lives of four drowning
persons on as many occasions. Miss
Hartman is only Is years old, very
pretty and a splendid swimmer. An
other heroine of Lake Hopatcong Is
Miss Effie Field, of Rutherford, N. j.,
who plunged into the water In her
Sunday finery and rescued Walter
Hutchinson, a 12-year-old boy, in the
nick Of time.
Mrs. Frederick G. Ware has just
added another rescue to the IA she
has made in the nine years that she
has lived near the canal at Ansonia,
Conn. She has saved six boys, four
girls, three women and two men from
drowning. Her latest rescue, and one
of the most difficult, was that of Mrs.
Charles Cahill, who fell into the canal
where the water is IL feet deep. Mrs.
Ware leaped In after her, fully
dressed, and after hard struggle In
the presence of several men. who
were too frightened to give aid.
brought the unconscious woman to
shore.
Saved Two from Death.
Then there was the brave rescue
by Mrs. Frederick E. Crane, of Brook