The Washington times., 1915-10-10
Jean Eliot S:
Letter

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real rest and IL playing golf assidu-
ously but win return to his desk as
soon as his duties call him. <drs. Gar
rtson plans to remain through October.
Numbers of festas and other enter
tairiments have been given this sum-
mer all over the country for the bene.
At of the italian soldiers. and those
amone the italian people who are
destitute, and there probably will be
many similar affairs given here dur
ing the winter. Wherefore 1t be-
hooyes Us to know something Of the
thines that are most needed. 1t 10
difficult to realize that sunny 1taly
10 really Arctic Italy In winter. at
least In tho region where the fighting
is going on: but signora Bastianelli'
wife Of the distinguished Roman
physician DR.. Giuseppe Bastianelii.
writes that the ono thing most needed
is warm clothing. :"
Furs are almost impossible to OBJ
tain in Italy, as the fur trade was
controlled by Germany. Moreover all
the European nations feel the same
needs. and as the Italians are the last
In the field the difficulty in obtaining
supplies is creator In their case than
in any other. Fur or leather caps. fur
or fleece lined gloves. fur sleeping
bags, arctics, old OF new motor coats.
preferably of wool. and wool for knit
ting, the thicker the better. Sisnora
Bastianelli cites as particularly in de-
mand.
It VIII be remembered that Dr.
Bastianelli was summoned to attend
the late J. Pierpont Morgan in Cairo
in the beginning of tho illness which
was his last. His wife Is an American
woman. She was Miss Marian Rawle.
of Phi!adelphia. but at tho time Of
her marriage to tho distinguished
Italian physician was q widow. Mrs.
Patton. Their courtship was romantic.
for she went to italy with broken
health, and hrst consulted him in Q
professional capacity. Friendship fol-
lowed. and later romance which
eliminated in tho happiest sort OF
marriage. The signora seems to have
fully identified herself with her
adopted country.
saw Caliie Hoks Smith shortly be-
fore her departure for Atlanta. and abe
was just bubbling over with enthusiasm
for Lucy's new home at Annapolis.
She motored down one day last week.
with Senator and Mrs. Smith. and spent
the night with the Simpsons. This is
the first time that Lucy has had
home of her own since her marriage.
and shc is finding 1t the pleasantest
sort of a new toy. Callie says the
house II charming, and that all Lucy's
wedding presents and pretty things
Innly hntr hos tn hat
irgs. Since Aston Simpson had to
leave Washington. isn't 1t nice that
he should be assigned to luty 10 near
by?
Senator Smith will stay in Atlanta as
long as he can be away from his desk,
while Callie and her mother will not
return until early December. They will
visit Mary Brent Smith--Nrs. Ronald
and will also be the guest Of the
Marion Smiths.
Pretty Roberta Morgan is married.
DIR. Harry Bishop Is the lucky man
and the wedding took place at Fort
Wright at the home of Capt. and Mrs.
Glenn Jones. The Morgan girls are
such dears. They were left orphans
when they were still youngsters. and
Bessie. Mrs. Jones. the eldest, turned
to. studied nursing. and began to look
after her younger sisters when she was
about fifteen. The other girls followed
In her footsteps. and I understand they
We're unusually successful in their pro-
iessioE. Furthermore. both Bessie and
Hoberta married doctors Captain
Jones Is in the Medical Corps Of the
army; Jane Morgan. the other sister.
and Mrs: Jones were the attendants at
the wedding. with little Roberta Jones.
named Tor her aunt. and Master Thom-
a. as Terdine ;ta me as train bearers; Dr. Bishop
Bishop; whose Washington home Is at
i450 Rhode Island avenue. They also
nave Ia an attractive summer home at
make their home with DR.. and Mrs.
Bishop for the present.
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Ever since DR.. Kenneth Taylor. for
merly of the University OF Minnesota.
became attached to the American Hos.
pital III Paris he has been making ex-
periments on guinea pigs with a vaccine
or serum OF his own devising, with the
nope OF developing a cure for gangrene.
the most infectious, rapid and fatal
OF all the diseases of the European bat
tiehelds. Recently he became convinced
that he had hit upon the right thing.
but he hesitated to innoculate any of
.he cases that came to him from the
trenches.
Miss Mary Davies. the daughter of
the governor general of one of the
provinces Of India. was his laboratory
assistant. She had studied bacteriologv
III the Pasteur Institute before the war
ana was no amateur nurse. She had
seen more than 200 soldiers die of gam
Grene and she believed in DR.. Taylor's
discovery. Therefore. without telling
amy one, she injected culture Of gam
creme into her thigh taxing az gyar., :,
doses. Then she told the doctor,
lie began injections OF his new pre-
paration at once, and did not leave the
girls bedside for twenty-four hours:
but the serum conquered the disease to
such an extent that II never reached its
climax. Miss Davies faith was justi-
fled, and the serum Is now being adj
ministered to wounded soldiers.
suppose this has been done MANY
times before. you hear sometimes Of
doctors taking frightful risks for the
sake OF humanity, but whoever does II
and wherever 1t Is done 1t is heroism
of the truest kind. Hats OFF, say /.
Yours faithfully,
sunday. JEAN ELIOT.