The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-16

famous family whose nnembeFs appear again and again through the pages of Spanish history U s
 Mrs Garrisoi h. who has her young son. Robert Harold Garrison a stu dent of Cambridge, with her, arrived. from London on one of the last trips of the Mauretania- She is friend of Mrs Ella Wheeler Wilcox. and Of Mariei CorelIi both of whom have visited at her London home and is a member of most of the Important so- cieties of the great metropolis, among them being the Atlantic Union, from which she had the great honor of con veying letter to President Mckinley just before his death. This society, which was founded by Sir Walter Be- sant, aims to promote a better feeling Of understanding and friendship be- tween the two great EngHsh-spe eaking countries on either side of the Allan tic. Included in the membership of this Union are statesmens clergymen, men of science, art, and literature. journalists artists actors, architects professors, lecturers, teachers and all professional people. together with commerce.
 Is Herself an Author
 She is also member of the Incor- porated Authors Society a, cornpanion of the .s0rder Of. White Rose T. v. L. C., and other Legitinist Societies. and is a member of the Lyceum Club, one Of the most important womenss clubs In London.
 Mrs Garrison has travelled exten- siveIy Throughout Asia, and Europe, and has written about her travels and Is also author of some short stories. She spent four years chg the leg ends of the Holy Grail.
 When the war broke out she was on the continent and she speaks French huentiy, offered her services as an inter rpreter between the Allies. The sights which She witnessed were so Horrible that she could not talk about them when int ervi evzed the terrible for print. Among the lesser ones which she has witnessed were those of little Belgian girl of 12, with both hands cut off and of a man with his eyes cut out.
 Rank and Posftdon Effaced.
 ssThe var said Mrs Garrison, ssIs the greatest thing that ever happened good feeling so effectively have rank and position been efraced, All are working together for the common good. There is no question of posi- ton and all meet as brothers. All the forces formerly opposed to tlae who caused 50 much 4troubIe before ttthe war, have qui eted down. and ap- parently been submerged in the one great cause. There is not even the rlstIfng of the rose leaves of gossip in society a thing perhaps never be- fore paralIeled-
 .sThe war came on so suddenly that at first people didn't realize what 1t meant and they took 1t rathe CT as a great picnic or fete. There were Red Gross parties and every one wore the tiny rosette of Belgian colors through the sale of which one woman whom know, earned TOO pounds. The whole thing was taken in the spirit of lark.
 ..It must be said that the English lean women in England. in their en- thusiasm and work for the war suf- ferers.
 Care of Belgians
 "A number of charities have been revived among them is the Cologne Guild, which was started during the Beer war and which has grown to be very large This guild supplies cologne to sooth the wounded sol
 diers and lessen the strong odors about the hospitals.
 .sThe open hearted reception which England accorded the Belgian refu- gees was really remarkable. re- Inember one case in particlla in
 which family of Is, who. were of the middle class in Belgium but had lost everything in the war, were given large house and established as com fOrtabIy as they had ever been in. peaceful times in their own coIln- try. This is but an illustration of many instances. The refugees are all happy in the thought that they are to be repatriated as the English have determined.
 ssIt is wonderful how popular the Queen has made herself during this inf7Z 1f.1f1 were unpopular before have now com mended her. r
 Mrs. Garrison. is herself, much in terested in the Belgian relief work and this is one of her reasons for coming to America at this stime..s.- War for Uniting People Within a short time an Anglo nected with the royal family of Bel. giunL will come to Bridgeport. to make an appeal for small coins such as nfckles for the relief fund.
 This is the greatest war for unit ing people that ever was,a continued Mrs Garrison. @and it Is to do a great good for humanity. It is strength ening religion. Tn fact, 1t is bring ing the whole world to it's knees. Peo- pie are beginning to realize that war means something more than 16 inch guns While was in France at the l beginning of the war, saw the churches crowded. to the sidewalks with men, BeforA the war, only the women and children used to go to church and there were always many
 unoccupied seats. belong to the peace society but can readily see where this war had to be.'' Cambridge Students in War. l Cambridge, where MT. Garrison is
 student. is closed and 1000 of its
 students are among the wounded. AL ready six of his own classmates are lost, one of them, his churn, who lwent as despatch rider, was decapi-
 tated while taking his first message MT. Garrison is not an Englishman
 as his father was an American .citi-
 zen.
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