New Britain herald., 1915-09-08
50O,0OO Women Soldiers
 Held Chinese City for Five Years
Nanlin, 65 Years ago Recalls the Fact That Sex ht As Well as Nurse Wounded d- American
 n Doing Great Work in European War.

neigh boring states. IT a poy was
 born it was either killed or sent to
 his father The girls had their right breasts burned off that they might , better draw the DOW.
 With the Amazons, fighting was 1 more or less a pastime. With tEe l women of today, fighting on the field
 Of battle would by accentuated by a
 higher ideal. The civilized woman would fight for her home, her coun- trv. So while there can be little com- parison between the fighting propen- I sities of women today and those of yesterday, this much can be said: | Whether women go to war or not, 1 they suffer the brunt of all battles l fought. Some poet has we'll said: "IIe who goes to battle is indeed brave; but she who stays at home is bray er." x '2a In the present colossal struggle be- tween the great powers of Europe the women of the entire world are talk ing hand. Women in every nation, are giving their mite to stay the ter rible hand of war. With the wonder full organization of the Red Cross this work goes on in a quiet, system attic manner, without any of the frills and furbelows that generally dis tinguishes such efforts. Hardly a city, town, or hamlet in the entire United States but can show several women who are interested in the great European war in a purely hu- ma anitarian way, favoring neither one side nor the other. '.#. Y. * Have Deeper Interest.
 Then there are the women in this country who have a deeper interest in the fray. They are the ones who have | relatives on the firing line. All these women have banded themselves into one great silent organization and are working toward the same end-thc alleviation of suffering.
 American women married to men Of foreign birth and American wom- en who are abroad and cannot get home are also doing great work in organizing societies for Various and sundry objects, but all with the same end in view-relief. The wife of the German Ambassador, the Countess Von Bernstorft, who was in Europe when the war broke out, refused to return to this country with her hus- band,- saying that she was needed more in Germany. She has devoted herself to taking care of the wound
 
 French Ambassadors Mme. Bakhme- Jeff and Mime. Jusserand, respective 1y, have devoted themselves to ras- ing money to be used by the coun- tries represented by their husbands. Mme Bakhmeteff, wife of the Rus sian Am mbassador, is a native Wash ingtonian and on account of her ex- tensive list of wealthy acquaintances. has succeeded already in collecting d goodly sum. Mime. Iusserand, wife of the French ambassador, is also a native born Am- erican, Boston being her birthplace, and through her many social connec- tions all over the country she has had remarka ble success. But it is not money alone that Mme. Jusserand is collecting. A French seamstress in l New York sent her piece of needle work to be used for some French suf- l ferer. The sea1nstress offered her ser vices in making any articles of cloth ! ing which would be necessary for the
 French wounded. From this idea Mme 1 Jusse-and devised a system by which
 nearly 1000 seamstresses in this coun-
 try are making garments for the ! French.
 Mime. Havenith Active.
 While the wives of the Russian
 French and German ambassadors art
 seeing that their husbands people
 abroad are being taken care of, the
 wife of the Belgian ambassador, Mime
 Havenith, is sparing neither time no1
 money in looking after the people O.
 Belgium, who perhaps suffered great . CT than any ether people affected b, the war.
 Mime. Havenith is also an Americal girl, daughter of MT. and Mrs Charles M. Ffculke, and upon the oc casion of her debut in society, wa
 considered ono of the handsomes belles of the season. She but recent , ly returned to the legation and Ina , already mapped out several differen
 schemes for the allevation of suffer ing among the Belgian peasantry
 The devotion of the women is on
 of the redeemlng features of any wa
 The following beautiful story show n the devotion of the women of Veins t berg:
 n In 1840 battle was fought be = tween the Emperor Konrad III an u Welf. brother of Heinrich the Prout - at the foot Of Weinsberg, a hi u crowned With castle on the banl e of the Neckar. Konrad was victo = and he beseiged the castle until thos l- within surrendered '- All the men were to be made pri oners; but the women were to 2
 away in peace, with as much of the u treasure as each could carry.
 The entire army of Konrad ws -. drawn up so Us to leave the ladies pal
 without hindrance the emperor \, :, the head of his troops, when such ,A wonderful procession came down tI \ hill that the warriors were amaze ' Each woman carried on her back ht - rr..n., fnct t,.o.a nd fa