Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-10-29

This soldier was wcunass tasrs anu
told me this himself"
Mrs. Astor has assisted in the con.
valescence Of men at Plymouth by
taking them in large numbers for au-
tomcbile trips over the moors.
Washing Dishes In Hospital.
Perhaps Paris has seen more OF the
benevolent ministrations Of American
women than any other city. 1t Is re-
lated that visitor to the improvised
American hospital at Neuilly found
Mrs. Herman Harjes. wife Of the part
ner in the Morgan Paris banking
house: Mrs. w. X. Vanderbilt and her
friend, Mrs. Munroe, all washing
dishes in the kitchen. They had re-
ported at eight o'clock every morning,
declaring they were ready for any
kind of useful work, from scrubbing
floors to assisting in the operating
chambers.
The American hospital at Neuilly.
near Paris, was established In 1905
through resident Americans and Am.
bassador Henry White. 1t has IS beds
and is one of the finest hospitals on
the continent. But these IS beds were
not enough for Americans to give
when war broke out. The American
ambulance committee obtained from
the government the use of the new
Pasteur high school at Neuilly and I'M
provised hospital here. Here are
accommodations for wounded to the
number OF thousand. The staff Is
led by the distinguished DR.. Joseph A.
Blake of New York, DR.. Charles Po'
land, former United States army
surgeon and DIR. George d. Hayes.
This hospital is specializing In the
most serious cases because there are
few places in France where such splen'
did talent and appliances are avail
able.
Has Motor Ambulance Service.
The American committee Is also op'
Grating a motor ambulance service and
brought some of it's own patients from
the battlefield Of Meaux, the engage.
ment fought nearest to Paris.
September 9. consisting Of fair English
boys, brown Turcos from Algiers and
black men from Senegal. Fifteen
American surgeons living In Paris and
twenty more as a relay were ready to
treat them. Doctor Blake sent call
to New York for volunteer surgeons
and a party Of six soon left. among
them Dr. Richard Derby, who married
Ethel Roosevelt. Mrs. Derby left
behind in America her six-months-old
baby son In order to 60 with her hus.
band in the capacity Of nurse.
The four million dollar marble pal
ace of the former Anna Gould. now the
+ duchess Of Tallyrand, Is today filled
with French wounded. The duke drives
one Of her motor cars in the service
of France. while all the rest Of her
cars have been turned over to the gov
eminent also. The duke carries mes
sages between Paris and Bordeaux or
between Paris and the battlefield.
The duchess had her heart touched
by the plight Of the large class of
women In Paris who live faithfully
with men to whom they are not legal
~ married Their men have now gone
60 war and they and their children
were without friends, 1t seemed. Anna
Gould, with her all-inclusive charity,
came to their relief. She opened
workshop and employs the women at
sewing They receive three meals
day and are paid small amount be,
sides. The duchess had promised her.
self visit to her old home in New
York this winter, but she has given 1t
up in order to continue to supervise
her work Of mercy.
Mrs. Peter Cooper Hewitt Of the "a
nous New York family has sewing
women in her Bots de Boulogne man.
sion. There shirts and bandages are
turned out In large quantities. Mrs.
Vanderbilt and Mrs. Edith Wharton
are also keeping many seamstresses
employed.