The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-13

(From the Washington Post.)
The American Florence Nightingale
Mrs. Ella X. Trader. OF this city, is III
at her home, lilo Thirteenth street
| Northwest
She was the pioneer nurse of the
Confederate Army in the Civil War.
She went to the front with the inspl.
ration of Florence Nightingale to guide
her. Her heroic action involved a
heavy sacrifice on her part. for she
broke down the barriers OF convention
and went contrary to all the accepted
ideals of the womanhood OF her day.
Several days ago Mrs. Trader was
knocked down by a horse and wagon
and badly injured. Her condition Is
now serious.
For years Mrs. Trader has LIVED in
Washington, and SO quiet and unob.
trusiye has been her life that few resi-
dents knew OF her or Of her exploits,
She has lived here in modest man
Those VINO annually honor the valor
OF the Blue and tho Gray scarcely
knew OF her existence,
poused tho cause OF the Confcderacy,
being q native Southern. woman, and
Of those who fell in battle. she hau
not received the training OF a profes.
sional nurse; she had nothing but he'
undaunted Southern blood, and the az
ample of Florence Nightingale In the
Crimean War.
II will go TO the front" she de-
clared 10 her friends and her family.
a aaf none 'ou'a s~e'se n'F ue''fn''
Less than ten years before the story
Of the heroism OF Florence Nightin-
gale had echoed around the world. TIM
hp~1H t,ss1t " 9t,ryO iSn
fields of war In Turkey, and IN Russla.
and ACCOMPLISHED such wonderful work
IN organizing hospital service that
her name was on every tongue. In
nss ses ne sa to co ri nt' with S's'
When the Civil War started. Mrs.
Trader was one OF q group Ct South.
crn women bold enough to follow In
seiorees 2he had adj lost her hasSaRd ash she
had wealth, youth, energy and social
prestige to give to tho cause. She was
the daughter OF Mississippi Baptist
minlslter, and was The widow Of $
From the text of a paber on Life
of tho Confederate Nurse, Mrs. Ella *.
Trader, the FLORENCE Nightingale Of
the Southern Army" the following
lish heroine Is made;
Ut may be Interesting to institute
a brief comparison between tho two
heroine Nlghungales, MISS FlOrence
and Miss Ella, Tho notable feature
Of both Nightingales Is the highly en-
dowed moral feature Of each. This
considering the humane mission Sc
lected by each, was essentially iunda-
mental. Strong faith In God and love
Tor Him; love for suffering and dis.
tress in humankind on tho field o,
conflict; allaviation, OF pain and SIN
cere sympathy for beings IN Distress
these constituted the foundation on
which the whole Superstructure rested
A Both kindled IN their patients the
most intense admiration and RETAINED
It tenaciously as Ions as tho patients
lived.
and manage a corps Of workers, and
to- inspire them individually witt, tha
sans devotion and zeal which they
themselves felt. s
Each lahored from the standpoint
gof entire conservation and devotion To
the work In hand. taking no account
% the LAPSE Of time OF snconvenisnca
both counted financial means OF no
consa sequence except az those means
Injured to the we'll cling OF the untor-
tunate sufferers. ~. s9l
D 0Roth endured bodily infrmittes pa
Nently and uninterruptedly, and In
this manner they became succasS1ul