The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-11-12
Those Who Live In Europe Are
Sacrificing Everything for
the Cause Of Humanity.
MANY ENLIST IN RED CROSS
Others Have Turned Over Their Cas-.
ties and City Homes for hospitals
|. - Wealthy Ladies Washing
Dishes - Anna Gould's
Broad Charity.

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does not exist in Europe today. There
are no balls, no dinners. no splendid
receptions. The ONE who led in
the pleasure OF other days have mos,
Of them donned a nurses cap and
gown or even accepted a mental 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.
AFhey have done more than work them.
selves-they have proved themselves
leaders.
In recounting the faithful lives of
service American women are leading
today IL is hard 10 know where to be.
gin. for the work goes on In every
capital, London. Paris, Vienna. Berlin:
and In no way is the unfortunate char.
acter OF the great conflict better illus
trated than by the presence on both
sides OF these noble American women.
some laboring for the Germans and
the Austrians and others 70 be seen
at their posts OF duty on tho side OF
the allies.
Famous estates owned by Americans
In Europe have been placed at the serv.
tice OF tho combatants. Countess Jo.
names o Siersdorff, the former Miss
Knowlton OF Brooklyn, turned over her
castle In Silesia 10 the kaiserin for
the use OF the Red Cross. Then she
herself went 70 Berlin and entered
the ranks OF a hospital nurse corps
there Her husband Is in the German
army. In happier times they once
spent $780, 900 10 entertain the kaiser
at a single days shooting on the es~
tate now given for the use OF the Ger.
man wounded.
Another German Red Cross nurse
IL the beautiful duchess Of Croy. who
was Nancy Leishman. The duke ia a
lieutenant in the guard corps and his
German castles and estates are re.
ceiving wounded soldiers. while his
Hungarian chateau has been offered
10 tho Archduke Frederick. Austrian
commander In chief. for a hospital.
American Women In Berlin.
Tho women OF the American colony
In Berlin are working like beavers.
The American church Is now a 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
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hospitals.
in Budapest the Countess Ias,lo
S~techenyi. onco Gladys Vanderbilt,
and n Countess Sigray, nee DAILY,
are leading In Red Cross work while
their husbands are at the front. Count
Sigray Is reported a prisoner OF tho
Russians. Instead OF living In a RITZ
hotel. his present quarters are the
military prison in Odessa.
The palace OF the Countess szech.
enyt Is m OF tho most magnificent in
Hungary. But Il was ruthlessly 70.
modelled for a barracks In the course
OF mobilization and now Il has
changed Its character again. sheltering
several hundred victims OF Russian
bullets. The countess herself. clad in
the modest garments OF tho nurse.
goes about among the beds cheering
the guests war has brought her.
Curioueiy enough, the countess
cousin. tho duchess OF Marlborough,
who was Consuelo Vanderbilt. is do.
Ing much 10 help the Hungarians' foes.
She IL the most active spirit In Lon.
don relief work. Besides making Sun.
derland house, her London home, a
center OF activities. she has been In
huentlal In directing tho work OF other |
Anglo-Americans. II was largely
through her that Paris Singer was led
10 give his palatial country house near
Torguay for the wounded men under |
the care OF the American Red Cross.
What the Astors Are Doing.
Waldorf Aston, Jr,. is also very nc.
\ tive. In the purse OF n letter to n
friend In Richmond. Va. Mrs. Astor.
who was Miss Mamie Langhorne OF
Virginia. writes:
"We have come hero (Yelver.on,
South Devon) and taken this little
house, nine miles from Plymouth. II
IN just on the moor, We took Il so
that the children could got mooriand
air and we could work In Plymouth
most OF the day.
I'VE have had 100 OF tho wounded
at Plymouth for the last fortnight.
They were wounded ut Mons those
first three days. A great many OF
them saw the horrors OF German bru.
tality and the stories they tell are al.
most unbelievable, only they tell them
quite simply and told them to me the
first day they arrived before they had
seen or heard OF n newspaper, One
poor creature wal absolutely shat