The Washington times., 1915-02-15
WOMAN'S WORK TOLD
BY CROWN PRINCESS
Says They Are Doing Their
Duty, Caring Off the Sick and
the Wounded.
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brunette. and rather OF the 'internation-
al type" than German. Her mother
was Russian grand duchess, and she
is a relative Of the Car. She speaks
German, French. English and Russian.
Presented to her by Captain Jachman,
she said: ~ understand that you were
with my husband at s., and that
you were able to enter the forward
trenches. That must have been inter-
esting.'
The crown princess passed on into the
large festival hall and lecture room.
which has now been transformed into
hospital. The first cot she stopped at
was occupied by a soldier whose shoul-
der had been shattered with shrapnel.
AS she skillfully drew from the wound
ed man the story Of his ordeal. he
pinne above his cot on the fever
chart" The crown 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 a keepsake.
Chats With Injured Men.
The majority of the soldiers in the
ward were serious cases. and -he crown
princess. accompanied by Frau Excel
lenz Won Alvensleben and followed by
an attendant carrying great basket
filled with flowers. passed on from cot
to cot. At the bedside of tho new
comers sh ewould 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.
about the role of the German women In
this war;" said the crown princess.
when she had finally completed her visi-
tations. Our women are playing big
tarily mobiiized for the FatherIand. and.
as unselfshingly and heroically as the
men. they are playing their part. The
men fight. the women minister and
work
with the Red Cross they console and
help widows, care for the wounded, work
in the gardens. and in the field and any
where where pair OF hands are need
ed. Even the women In the kitchen are
playing an important role and proving
a big factor in this war With the talk
OF attempts to starve US out. who can
say what the hausfrau In the kitchen
may not contribute to Germany's sue
Cess by new. rigid, and systematic
economy In food; by planting. raising.
, canning and preserving large quantities 8
Of vegetables and fruits?
The German women are heroically
giving their all--father. husband. broth
er-their own strength. work and SER
vices. all for the Fatherland. But in
the privacy Of their own room they
sometimes weep
Women Did Not Want War.
In your opinion. your highness. are
the German women favorable to the
war;"
Il do not believe that any true Ger
man mother or wife was for the war
or can be. Yet there comes a time when
war Is sunavoidable-whena an unwelcome
war Is forced upon nation. and Ger
man women are mothers OF sons who
are or who have been soldiers. They
knew and realized as perhaps the wom-
en- Of no other country knew and real
tied, with the possible exception of
France, what war really meant to them
before it came That they gave freely
| of their sons to the F'atherland. when
II was in danger has been shown. and
is being shown daily. But. that they
wanted war-ask any German mother or
German wife.
As touched upon the attempts being
made to engender hatred between the
people of the warning nations. the
crown princess remarked: Isn't love
OF Fatherland a great enough motive
for hShtpg, dying II needs be. work
ing or ministering for that Fathe rland
Why add hatred to II? Love OF coun-
try does not need hate to stimulate pa
| triotism or to, create spirit OF self
sacrifice"
The crown princess praised the gen.
erosity and kindness of America to the
women and children Of all the nations
at war. and especially expressed ap-
precia ton over the Christmas gifts sent
TO Germany.
II hope they never may be. but ! am
certain that II your country should be
plunged into war. the American women
whom | found so vivacious. charming.
and beautiful. and Of whose interest
and work for public welfare l have
heard much. will prove as noble. self
sacrificing. and heroic as have been our
German women" she added
She declared that her babies have not
seen their father since the war began.
1.-The children miss him." she said.
but he has not been back here in
Berlin since the war began. He be-
lieves that his place Is with his army"