Evening journal., 1915-02-16
Says German Mothers
Hearts Ache Over Cruel
ties of War
ALL EUROPE
A VAST HOSPITAL
BY KARL II. Won wIEGAND.

sufferers in war Theirs is the
Suspense. theirs the dread of the
casualty list, theirs the alternating
hope, fear and despair II father hus-
band or brother is among the miss
ing. The future TO them may hold
gloom and poverty. Theirs never
can be the glory
II was Crown Princess Cecilic.
future Empress of Germany. who was
talking. In the Cocilon House. the
beautiful 100000 building of the
Fatherland's Womcn's Association in
Charlottenburg / met her. She was
occupied. as she has been every day
since the war. acting as an angel o.
mercy. comforting the wounded and
aiding their women and children
Europe is ono vast hospital" she
continued Isn't IL pity-such
pity. How happy your American wo-
men should be. Happy mothers:
! happy wives: happy sisters. Theirs is
none of the heartachcs and miscrics
of war They have none of The
suspense that is ours. Yet to them
also Is denied the lesson of self
sacrifice. the unselhsh and loving
niinistrations 10 the wounded whether
our own or the enemy the doing of
something for the Fathcrland Our
German women have arisen nohly"
In the CcciliCn House arc central
| lied ten departments Of sociological
work, including feeding "A large num-
/ Der of poor children, furnishing pure
milk Tor the children of the poor
| giving practical courses in house
keeping TO women and girls, conduct
ing kitchens where the poor can get
food at nominal prices. dopots for
visiting nurses and the like. Here
the Crown Princess has centralized
her activities. Especially does she
take an interest in the great hospital
wards
The Crown Princess was simply
/ dressed. She is tall. graceful of move
ment. of the tyne that is best described
as chic" and "dressy" There is
neither pose. stiffness nor condescen-
sion OF manner Her big brown eyes
dance with animation and vivacity.
She is a brunette and rather of the
international type" Her mother was
a Russian grand duchess and she Is q
relative of the Car. She speaks Ger
man, French. English and Russian.
| Presented 10 her by Captain Jachman
she said II understand that you were
with my husband al S-( and that
you were able to enter the forward
trenches. That must have been in
terosiing."
The Crown Princess passed on into
the large festival hail and lecture
room which has now been transforms
ed into a hospital. Tho first cot she
stopped at was occupied by soldier
whose shoulder had been shattered
with shrapnel As she skillfully drew
from the wounded man the story of his
ordeal he glanced with pride at his
Iron Cross pinned above his cot on
the "fever chart"
The Grown Princess inquired about
his family and learning that he had a
wife and three children gave him a
bouquet of flowers and a picture of
herself and her children as keep
sake.
The majority OF the soldiers in the
war we're serious cases and the Crown
Princess, accompanied by Frau Ex-
ceilenz Won Alvensleben. and followed
by an attendant. carrying a great bas-
ket filled with flowers passed on from
cot to cot. At the bedside OF the new
comers she would sit down and chat.
Her easy manner bespoke compassion
and her big brown eyes beamed with
unaffected sympathy To the badly
wounded she gave flowers and photo
graphs. To the cOnvalescent she gave
cigarettes.
"Nou would like TO know somcthin.
about the role of the German women 1t
this war" said the Grown Princess wher
she had finally completed her visitations
l"Our women are playing big and i'm
lportant role. They are voluntarily mo
lbilized for the Fathcrland, and as m
lselfshly and hcroically as the men. the,
are playing their part. The men fight
the women minister and work With tn,
Red Cross they console and help widows
care for the wounded work in the gar
ldens and in the field and anywher,
where a pair Of hands are needed. Ever
the women in the kitchen are plavin.
an important role aud proving a biz fac
tor in this war. With the talk of at
tempts to starvc us out who can saA
what the hausfrau in the Kitchen maA
mot contribute TO Germany's success b,
new, rigid and systematic economy il
food; by planting, raising. canning an,
preserving large quantities of vegetable
and fruitsg
"Thc German women are hcroicall,
giving their all father, husband. broth
/ er their own strength. work and ser
Vices. all for the fatherland But i'm th
privacy OF their own room they some
. times weep"
/ "ln your own opinion, Your Highness
ARE the German women favorable TO Tia
IwRr%
II do not believe that any true Ger
: man mother or wife was for the war o
can be. Yet there comes a time whc
e war is UNAVOIDABLE an unwclcom
war is forced upon a nation and Germa
women are mothers OF sons who are a
e who have been soldiers. They kre'
}, and realized as perhaps the women q
T. no other country knew and realize,
}, with the possible exception of Franc
f, what war really meant to them before
/ came. That they gave freely of the
4 SONS to the Fathcrland when il was
danger has been shown and is bein
!. shown daily. But. that they wanted WI
r ask any German mother OF Germa
wife"
: AS / touched upon the attempts be
= ing made TO engender hatred betwee
p, the people of the warning nations. IN
Grown Princess remarked. "Isn
love Of fatherland a great enough me
tive for fighting. dying. If need b.
working or ministering for that faith
orland? Why add hatred TO il? Low
of country does not need hate {
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