Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-25
L. 5. SOCIETY GIRL WAR NURSE
WEEDS OFFICER SHE SAVED FROM DEATH
BY NiXola GreeleY->mlll.

\ society girl Who served several
months as a Red Cross nurse i'll HE
lhck af lhe fighting IN France has
returned Ia His country and written
a book about her experiences =olle II
lhe mos simple and Hel touehine and
convincing documents lhe War hts
produced 81 far
This oirl Il Adele Blenean or ralh-
er Hal is HE nane she rhoosee II
Use for lhe public. I'll American girl
lhr daughter of Il physician of French
descent sir Was aiming lIr llfsl Wom
I'll Ia Volunteer for service in France
and becallse Of skill acquired Ill ller
fathers Office she Wis Instantly ae=
eepled While ii lhe Front size fell
in love Will IN English officer Whom
size nursed bach from lhe point of
death after he hal been desperately
wounded in halle. Today slle Is mar
RED IL him and l. no0 III HE neigh
Ihorhood Of New York OIlN awaiting
j lhe birth If a child
She will mol give her real name for
ipnbleation, bni ihe storN she Tells Is
IabsoInlely authentic Nhra talked
With hel. The other DAY she aid.
"n my book, The Nurses story
/ have tried II shoW HE Woman's side
of HE war have dedicated II to The
/ Red Cross nurses of the Wofld-lhe
1silent herolnes Who bear lh cross, but
mot lie crown Of Glory II HE fl2fll.
Il WIS nurse myself, attached IN Field
Hospital X Al HE French front l an
i forbidden Ia say Wllere. Men lave
iheen shoI before my ~. have
been under fire repeatedly myself and
i / mlsl Tell You lhal HE mo9l amazing
ihna about lhe death and destruction
Of His var is hal II Is 81 ereai, so
terrible. thai yon do nol really feel IL
after a while
When YOU see one wounded man
you almost fanl Will pity md horror.
When You have seen 1000 il Is all
isl about Of HE day Wofk. You
arp drlgged with death. .lnpehed by
l6e pain Of others. mnsi SAY.
though. never quite eot accustomed
Ia ihr wounds made by shells, Tor
lhev tear whole limbs MAY. They
are mol intended 81 much tor HE de
,Irurlion Of men H. of fortified build
mes. trenches. elr. Nlrapnel Is ioi
human beings and Is mrlaI raer coll
laning dozens of bullets packed III
lily ldllt which tdlIl'9 - 'l'i - : =
plosives timed IL hnrSi When Il reaches
lis destination. Riff fire al short
RANGE i The mosl mfdefou~ III all
Every wound handled vi. poisoned
When SAW my rirsi Wounds filled
with earth and fragments III rlothlne
| could mol seq hoW any nj HE men
could live have been under fire 81
often HAL today il seems no more Ia
me than going oul in lhr rain. Bnl
lhe worst experience had was Ia
discover thai ole If my fellow nurses
attached Ia Field Hospital was a
German spy We called her Nurse
Elizabeth. One morning | caught her
al he bedside Of dying English Of
ricer plying him with questions about
the disposition of troops. lie had
asked her for glass of Wafer, and
although The doctor had forbidden any
liau1d for 81 hours she WIS about In
give il 10 him Bul first size tried
Ia bargain with The feHered man fol
information The Walef WI. 10 be tic
price, Al the critical momenl | dash he'd
into the room and knocked The glass
from her hand ! had la report her
land il was proven beyond doubt thai
she was in the pay Of the 9efhahs
and was shot"