The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-29

Correspondence.) = f o + IN G
Nightingales spirit, with, per-
Rhj haps some additions, lives again
in another plucky, resourceful
ard talented Englishwoman who probably
has seen more of war and its grimness
than any other of her sex living, and who
recently has been going through exper-
fences as thrilling as any that have been
chronicled since the present struggle
broke out.
She is Mrs. st Clair Stobart who, be-
sides being an authoress and playwright
of talent and a sportswoman of renown, Is
known far and wide as possessing per-
feet genius for the organization of nurs-
ing in wartime (although, unlike Florence
nightingale she isn't nurse herselD,
and at the present writing she is only re-
Gently back from Ostend, whence, with
the members of the volunteer nursing
s'unit' of which she is the head, she fed
from Antwerp after playing the part OF
veritable heroine and angel of mercy dur
ing the bombardment of the city on the
Scheldt.
Mrs. stobart went to Antwerp, more-
over, in spite of recent experiences in
Brussels that might well have deferred
her from ever again venturing within loo
miles of ''war zone," and yet upper
turbed by having been imprisoned and suf-
fering many indlgnities at the hands OF
the Germans narrowly escaping being
shot as spy, and, later, being exposed
for hours to literal rain of shells. she
Is now planning oleave for the continent
again-this time at the invitation of the
French Red Cross-and takes up nursing
work there In a few days. Meanwhile she
is down in the country where, I believe.
she finally has realized the long cherished
ambition of sleeping otherwise than fully
dressed, and where she intends to luxu-
rate in bed for as many days as her In
domitable' energy will submit to before
saving farewell again to comfortable liv-
ing and starting off to risk her life few
more times.
This by the way, is far from being Mrs.
stohart's first experience of actual war.
She II was, you may remember, who took
a complete hospital staff. composed en-
tirelv of women. out to the balkans. set
I'm q hospital near Kirk Killisse. and did
: really wonderful work there, previous
e. which time, and ever since. she has
hAen hamn1er,ng away in the hone OF driv-
ing home to the minds of the British war
price and British nublic her contention
that nursing in war is work that women
can do indenendentIv of men ana tnat
huge force Of pronerlv trained and d'sci-
rIined women shop,d he a permanent mart
~ the Territorial forces in these islands
She - a rather handsome and INTENSELY
''capahle" looking woman. the dau"hter
Of a Leicestershire baronet. and. before
her MARRIAGE. was one IF the best tennis
players in the British Isles. and one OF
the best golfers. Later on. as the wire
of keen SPORTSMAN. she fished in she de-
clares. almost everv river in Europe
! and also lived for several years on the
African veldt. where she seems to have
played the part of sort of general ar
bitrator and counsellor to the natives for
niles about her husbands "kraal. But
ris Is getting long way from our story.
Having accepted the urgent invitation
Of the Belgian Croix Rouge authorities to
demonstrate once more. ~ she says. that