Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-01


often inclined To take il for granted
hat courage and self-sacrifice are no
,nGer attributes of the human race
nat only In history can such narratives
I. found-that the spirit Of chivairy ana
hieh,bood no longer stalks abroad in
ne land.
Hut such is not the case. There is
5 much courage. as much chivalry. as
1uch sheer love of bold deeds III the
orld today as there ever was. 1t YOU
,ubt this z ance over the appended &C
mt of a few--only Il few. mind you
of the bold deeds performed by brave
,arts the past year. You will find
nat old 19lO-peace to its 'ashes as II
eparts-leaves behind it as glorious
fcord of heroes and heroines as nave
ny twelve months of the past.
The only difference is that many OF
hose of the noble heart in the centuries
one by whose names are emblazoned Tor
" time on the scroll of histOry-per-
srmed their feats of iravery under cir
instances exceedingly spectacular at
he time and even more SO when viewed
retrospect. All around us. in the de-
PARTING year of 1870 have men and wom-
III proven themselves of the stuff OF
p hich heroes are made.
All of them are honored among their
Jxn friends and by those who witnessed
tAeir lie eds Some of them. no doubt.
viii be honOred by the Carnegie hero
commission with hero medals. but most
IL them will live and die "unwept. I'M
honored and unsung'-Save by those
nose eternal gratitude they have won.
There was a trained nurse, Miss Mary
Brown. tor instance. WHO fought and sue
Gumbed to death in the simple perform
i.er duty. She was nursing a typhoid
tever patient in Washington about
The lightning of the old year. Entering
his room one night in her ministrauons.
Sc found him delirious and raging In
is hand he held revolver and without
Warming he shot her through the breast.
She fell. and he passed on like demon
toward the kitchen, where the other MEM
bers of the household happened to be
assembled. Though weak and stunned
The alarm. The kitchen door was
Slammed to in the madman's face by
nanservan, who held it 50 with his full
strength.
Tie faithful nurse had staggered after
ssr patient She flung herself upon him
door which he was pounding. and strove
o pilion his arms behind him. But the
"ver-wrecked man. possessed of more
- an normal strength even though ill.
eat her off and again raised his pistol to
IRE. With certain death staring her in
The face Miss Brown summoned her
waning strength and managed to slip I'M
Ter his appraised arm.
Three times she srappled with the mad
- tfVvanc Cl no
At last she succeeded in seiZing him from
behind and pinioning his arms to his side.
Slowly she managed to work her hand
DOWN to the revolver, though 1t seemed
she could hold on scarce a second longer
the desperate struggle. At last she
son. With her hand on the revolver she
managed to twist the fingers that held it,
IND the deadly weapon fell to the floor.
She kicked it to one corner OF the room,
lurled the patient from her and called
or help-for the first time in all her
erriole struggle. The crazed man was
'Xhausta I'd and sank in a heap as the
.ianservant and other members of the
smily rushed in. Then the brave nurse
ierself collapsed: She was taken to a
spital. but died in a few days. Before
Itath she expressed nothing but satisfac-
Ion tina; she had performed what she
20 usidered her duty and had saved her
'atients little children and family from
ni.a- fate.
equal to this in spirit, but under condi-
ions more spectacular and frightful, was
deed OF an officer of the Japanese
.avy. Lieut. Tsutoma Sakuma, who. last
April. in a sunken submarine. penned
Eessage to his emperor asking forgive
less COR the loss of the boat. The dan
erous little craft. while maneuvering In
hiroshima bay. sank with all on board.
hen raised from the oceans bed many
eurs afterward the message of the brave
tcer. written in the throes Of slow,