The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-05-06
THE sERVIAN JOAN OF ARC
rov,L PRINCESS ACTING TRAIN
III NURSE IN BALKAN WAR.
,,,-,,,en of Servia Are Doing Their
pant in Struggle and Rendering
Ala IN soldiers on the Field.

Part in Struggle anu
Aid 10 Soldiers on the Field.
1uT.GRADE.--All the world has
.. 6lled lately with admiration for
.ao vaIor, endurance and military
~, If the Servian soldiers, qualities
,io1 have earned for the army an
during place in the annals of Eu-
40 Servians themselves think
Nth pride of their soldiers, not only
agb+ing and defeating the Turks,
and passing from Rumanovo to Us
r.,,b and from Uskub to Monastir,
-. ,f the men who, not resting from
.boir Tolls, climbed mountains, waded
-;rsrs and passed through deep snow,
s-,oqing horses and cannon along
t,ocrs where no road existed till they
ra,chad the Adriatic-the longed-for
coal. OF all this the world is aware.
What Servina Women Do.
NJ what Servian women have done
,,,.. 70 heard. Yet Nervian women
have never shown so much activity,
,ocri6ce and energy az, during this
pa,kan war. They have proved their
ovtraordinary tenacity, great interest
ia Dublic affairs, as we'll as deep pa
,r;otism and love towards those who
have so heroically fought for their
country.
M Seryian man who considers
-,bat the women of his country are
5oine at the present moment but
mpsr be filled with admiration for
choir achievements. The Servian wo-
mon are not only working in Bel
Grade but in the remotest towns and
VILLAGES of the country, as well as in
-bose Dlaces in Austria inhabited by
saryiaps. It is felt by every Servian
uomaD Of every class throughout the
,ourfrv that it is her sacred duty to
holm her nation when in need. Some
even have played a soldiers part in
the conflict.
Their Joan of Arc.
The Servians may we'll be proud of
+he courage of Sofie Yovanoyics, who
fought as a comitaji in several bat
-es dressed as a soldier. Her father
AN his death bed dedicated her in his
Mace to the service Of her country.
She is the Servian Joan of Arc of the
twentieth century and the pride of
rhp Seryian women.
When the conflict with the Turks
began Princess Pavlovha, who lately
married a Russian prince, came at
once from st. Petersburg to Bel
grade. bringing with her experienced
surgeons. trained nurses and all ma
.erials for q hospital, herself sharing
in the nursing. She has visited the
different hospitals, consoling the
wounded with kind words and gifts
such as cigarettes, sweets, etc.
Even Peasants Help.
Many women who are earning their
livelihood as schoolmistresses, clerks,
dressmakers, etc, have sacrificed
their salaries to help in this noble
work. The peasant women are also
helping the Red Cross Society by
sending linen, knitted socks, towels
Of their own weaving, and so forth.
Among the various societies that
Of the Servian Sisterhood has pre-
eminently contributed funds for the
war and the relief of the wounded.
The chief aim of one of the sections
Of this society is to fit women of all
classes by means of lectures, demon
STATIONS and practical training to be
nurses and every nurse who has gone
"a through such a course is under the
Obligation to enroll herself as a vol
nteer nurse in hospitals in war
time.