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does not exist in Europe today. There
are no balls, no dinners, no splendid
receptions. The women who led in
the pleasure of other days have most
of them donned q nurses cap and
gown or even accepted = menial task
in order to alleviate the distress of
poor and wounded. In this work the
American women who have married
foreigners or who for some other rea-
son find themselves residents of Eu.
rope have been notably prominent
They have done more than work them
selves-they have proved themselves
leaders.
In resountins the faithful lives Of
service American women are leaAiAS
today It 10 hard to know where to -
gin. for the work soes On h svssy
capital. London. Paris. Vienna. Bseiin:
and In NO way 10 the unfortunate char
setsr Of the great conflict bsttsr Nus
trated than BY the presence On both
siAss Of thess soble American ve0sa.
some laboring for the Germans aAl
the Austrians and othees to - $3.50
At their posts Of lnty On ths si1e q
tAs allies. -
FSmous estates owned By AAesioans
In Europe have bssa placed et - eerv.
Ice Of the eo0bataats. Countess 10
hannss voa sisssdseR. tAs former lliss
Knoviton Of Brookly1. turned over Ass
ths uss Of ths Red Csses. MA ~
Asrsslf went to Bsriin and catered
tAs rsaks of Q bssDetal nafss COTS
tAsrs. Her hssoAn1 = b thS 0sFnan
army. In haDssss 00ss tAsy oees
spent $4,000 to satsrtain tAs kaiser
1t . single days shooting o. the -
tate now given for tho use Of tAs Ger
man wounded.
Another German Red Cross nurss
b the beautiful duchess q Csuy. who
vas Nancy LeisAnaR. fAo 1Uks b Q
lieutenant In The guarl esrDs md his
German castles end estates are r.
.ceiviAg wounded soldiers. vAIls Ais
Hungarian cAsteau has bssa olRsFeA
to the Archduke Frederick. Austrian
commander In chief. for hospital.
American Women IN Berlin.
The women Of the American colony
In Berlin are working IKE beavers.
The American church fs now . hospi-
tai. while the American Woman's club
has offered for use It's beautiful build.
ing also. The American women are
attending Red Cross lectures and have
gone so far as to offer to receive
wounded men in their own homes
should there be an overflow from the
hospitals.
In Budapest the Countess Lasxlo
Szechenyi, once Gladys Vanderbilt,
and the Countess Sigray. nee DAILY,
are leading In Red Cross work while
their husbands are at the front. Count
Sisray 10 reported 4 prisoner Of the
Russians. Instead of living in . Ritz
hotel. his present quarters are tie
military prison in Odessa. --
The palsce Of the Coo.tsss 0sesA-
enyf b one Of the most nagninceut In
Hungary. But It was ruthlessly ~
modelled for . barracks In the course
Of mobilization and now II has
changed It's character again. shsltefing
several hundred victims Of Russlan
builsts. The countess heroelf, eloA N
The modest garments Of the nurss.
goes about among the beds cheering
the suests var has brought her.
Curioasly enough. the coupteos'
cousin. the duchess Of ,Marlborough.
Who was Consuelo Vanderbilt, u -
ing much to help the Hunearians' Soes.
She b sAs most active spirit In Los-
don relief work. Besides making San
dsriand house. her Lundoa home, Q
center Of activities. she has hsea h
hosntiai IN directing the 1sek ol oeAsr
AnSio-Americans. 1t was LARGELY
through her that Parts Singer was lsd
to give his palatial country house near
TorEuay for the wounded men undee
Tie care Of the American Red Croes,
Whist Ne Aseers An bsIns.
Waldorf AstoF. Jr, - also very &C
tive. In the course Of . letter to .
friend In Richmond. Va, Mrs. Astor,
who was Miss Mamie Langhorne of
Virginia, writes:
I'VE have come here (Yelverton,
South Devon) and taken this little
house. nine miles from Plymouth. It
II Just on the moor. We took II 20
that the children could get mooriand
air and we could work in Plymouth
most OF the day.
I'VE have had 100 Of the wounded
at Plymouth for the last fortnight.
They were wounded At Mons those
nrst three days. A great many Of
them saw the horrors OF German bfu-
tality and the stories they tell are al
| most unbelievable, only they tell item
0aits simply and told them to ne the
1rst day they arrived behDfe they, had
esso q heard Of 4 nswspaper. One
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