The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-17

more than eighteen, and dressed In ,
clean calico gown.
~ could stand no longer she OK
planned
AS 1 made room for her observe,
mat she had delicate features ant
large eyes. Hor hair and dress wer.
neat. As she raised her hand to re.
move her sunbonnet and use IL for n
fan, her loose calico sleeve alIpped ar
ana revealed tho mere skeleton Of mn
arm. She perceived my expression n,
! looked at 1t and hastily pulled down
her sleeve with a short laugh.
That is all that's left of moi aha
SAID. 1t seems real funny. don't ~,
evidently she had been a pretty
s s,ls dressmaker's apprentice, j
Juased from her chafcd forefinger and
a oertaln skill In the lines OF her
gown. was encouraged to ask.
What is 1t? Is there some celia.
bration?' 'oiiie eeio-
49,. There Isl said tho girl. solemnly.
we celebrate our right to live. va
are starving. AS soon as enough ~
us get together we are going to III.
pakeries and each of us Will taleo n
ioaI or bread. That is little enough
ior the government to give us after
u mas taken all our men,
siti turned 10 me with "a wan
,sle' ana az she rose to Join the
was moving, she said simply:
Good-by! am goInr To POI
something to eat. e''
~, ana devoutly hope you'll get II.
anu plenty of It, I told her. !
inc crowd now rapidly Increased
an no numbered, am sure. moro than
i.Voo women and children. 1t grew
ana grew until 1t reached the dignity
Oh mob--a bread riot.
hInrcli of Famishcd Women.
Ihey impressed all tho light cart,
they mot. and marched along silently
and In order They marched through
Cary Street and Main, visiting tho
stores of the spectators and empty.
Ing them OF their contents.
Governor Letcher sent the Mayor to
read the riot act. and as this had
no eject he threatened to fire on the
crowd Tho City Battalion Game up.
The women fell back with fright,
ened eyes. but did not obey the order I
to dispense
The President then appeared. az.
'ended a dray and addressed them. II
% taid that he was received at first |
Win misses from the boys. but after
he spoke some little time with great |
sindness and sympathy the women |
luietly moved on, taking their food
With them.
General Elzey and General wlnder
Wished to call troops from tho camps
o suppress the women but Mr.. Sed-
Ion. wise man. declined to issue the
rder. While I write. women and chill.
rem are still standing in the streets
emandins food, and the government
Issuing ratlons Of rice to them"
And the war endured two years
onger. For all the suffering at home
ihich made more poignant the new,
the privations and loss of their
len In the field. these were the wo.
len whose spirit, throughout ths
ruel ordeal. served to hearten the
oldiers of the South until the last
ope OF conquering had been de.
.royed. T
In the North, with hardshtps that
ere real II less acute than theirs, &
nd with sorrows that were the same
ie women OF the loyal Union more c
leir needs and anxieties with com.
aints as small. They, many OF
lem. were the ones who TILED thu
Ids that the men who fought might /,
i've food. =
These bellies of North and South. !,
whom the happy years of peace h
cant pleasures and vanities. gave y
oot or the greater souls within them /,
ID needed only the summons to 4
owe them At mates for the grin, 2