The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-04-15

nulllers Start Romances Be-
tween Soldiers and Maids.
Quaint Replies Received Do Mlssives
eneloood In Articles Ssnt By
College clrls % Wounded
In Hespitals.


New York.-International romances
have been interviewer with the leg
warmers and mumers knit by the
maids h the dining room Of Whittier
hall. Teachers' college Of Columbia
university. and every mail that comss
from the other side brings warm mis-
sives from the soldiers convalescing
In the hospitals Of England and Scot
land.
No sooner had the needs Of the SOL
diers In the field become known in
this country last autumn than Mrs.
Marie Seger, who Is in charge OF the
dining services at Whittier hall, de-
vised . scheme to improve the few
leisure minutes the Mattresses had
and also to assist the warriors. With
generous contributions Of money made
by the young woman students, MIS-
Seger bought large quantity Of gray
wool and knitting needles. She gave
a quantity to each of the Mattresses,
limiting that when they had nothing
to do-which frequently occurs when
some of the girls miss their meals
| or come late to them-they might knit
leg-warmers or muffiers. The wait
resses heartily fell in with. the idea
and the quantity turned out was an
! excellent tribute to their nimble handi-
work and the fine spirit with which
they accepted the suggestion.
When the goods were being packed
| for shipment, someone loosely re
i marked that they might send along
/ a note or two to cheer up the soldiers.
Mrs. Seger saw no objection to this
and half a dozen of the mattresses
penned brief notes ito whom our
presents are given" enclosing their
names. 1t was around Christmas that
the first shipment was made. Now
the thanks OF the wounded are com
ing in with both serious and f1ippani
replies to the notes of the girls. Some
of the letters from the soldiers are
written in Glasgow, some in Edinburg
but most of them are from st. An
drew's hospital, Dundee. Most of the
knit goods containing the letters were
distributed there, hence the interest
ing notes. One of them read:
Dear Fannie - 4: Your not
came just in time to make me chang
my mind. When / got shot on tn
Aisne l was reported dead. My oil
: girl. hearing of this, up and marrie'
; lad that was not man enough to g
) to war First l wanted to eat BIZ
enough bullet to make me croak. The
got mad because / thought IL sh
, didn't care for any more Of ma
than she married she must hav
thought I was a fine smoker, too
So now, l want to write to you
|, lot. Send me your picture when 20
: write again. JOHN -.
e Another read:
S Dear Maggie -: From you
/ name l think you are Irish. FroI
your wit l know you are. From you
tone know you are a nice girl. l al
Irish and l am married, but l al
going to hunt upsa nice Irish lad fc
e you and make him write. And wi
r make him tell the truth, too.
+ PATRICK -"
y Still another, brief but explicit, ran
. Dear Jennie -: / would like
e marry you, but have two Scotch la
r sizes and three ladies in their kilt
$ awaiting me home. What's NOR
$ there's a wee wife, and then som
times / drink too much Scotch, an
nice girls like you can't beat me iii
my wife can SANDY -.
No engagement rings have been r
ceived as yet, but then all sorts
romances are woven around Whitti'
hall, and the maids now are talkiI
= of trips abroad to hunt up their sc