The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-11
NINE. DEPAGE HAD
MANY FRIENDS HERE
Wife Of King Albert's Physi'
elan Sought Red Cross Aid
for Hospital.
HAD RAISED LARGE FUND

Confirmation Of the report that Nine.
Marie DeraEe was among those VINO
lost their lives when the Lusitania was
torpedoed has greatly shocked her many
friends in this city. Those who had
entertained her here and who had been
entertained by Prof Depage and his
wife at their home in Brussels had come
to know her as charming woman.
whose indefatigable courage had been OF
inestlmable value to her country In It's
darkest hour.
Prof. Antoine Depsge IL surgical ad-
wiser to King Albert. and is one OF the
foremost surgeons in Europe. He was
president OF the last international Sur.
sical Congress. composed Of the leading
medical men OF the world. and presided
at the triennial meeting held in this
city year ago last month. Previous
to that he had been secretary-Eeneral
OF the congress. The first three meet
ings OF the congress were held in Brus-
sells. and II was during that time that
Mime Depsge came to be known to the
physicians of many countries as de-
lightful hostess. Prof. and Nine Depage
at that time entertained nearly
the entire delegation from the United
States.
purirg the Balkan war Prof DepaEe
took his wife with him to Constantine
pie, where he was to assume charge OF
a large hospital He found 1t indescrib-
ably UNIT for the purposes 10 which II
was TO be devoted. Mime. Depage sci
herself to the task OF making the hos
pital worthy OF the name. Acting as AT
auxiliary nurse. she directed the equip
ment OF the place, and within yer,
short ;ime had turned the building into
one OF the best military hospitals In
Europe.
Great Red Cross worker.
The outbreak Of the European wal
found her much interested in the ~ori
/ OF the Red Cross. OF which her husba nc
was the head in Belgium. She aided II
I the establishment OF a large number o.
military hospitals not only In Brussels
/ hut also I'm o,her Belgian cities. Whei
| Brussels fell the Germans seized he
/ hospitals and devoted them TO their owl
/ uses.
/ The taking OF BRUSSELS presented
4 rnASt NllUCult ipi hci NVNhNis
men, The national headquarters OF tn
Red Cross were there and the admins
/ trative heads OF The organization wer
cut or from the army. which was slowl!
retiring toward the French border. Prof
/ pcpage stayed with the King while hi
! wife remained in the stricken city q
! do what she could TO relieve the suner
ing Finally she received word iron
| her husband that she was needed az tn
| front She made her way TO Holland
thence by steamer to England, an
eventually arrived at Calais. She foun'
| her husband there In charge OF tn
Jeanre Id Arc Ambulance.
Prof pepage requested her to go q
La Panne and to select there a site 70
1 a military hospital. saying that he woul
/ follow her as soon as possiblS. Mime
I Depage found summer hotel whlc|
/ she though, would serve her purpos,
! Then she drafted men from the street
and put them To work fitting out tn
place for hospital purposes. She accom-
/ plished this almost unaided. There wer
| between 200 and 800 beds there whel
! Prof. Depage arrived from Calais L
| take charge. Now there are nearly 100
/ beds and he has a large corps OF as
! s!stants,