The sun., 1915-11-07

inc Siege or Paris. This lasted for
more than four months. but finally, on
January 2s, Paris capitulated, though
peace was not declared until May 10.
With the victorious pr,,esiar
legicNs Clara Barton entered paris
afoot and alone except for her faith
ful friend Anna Zimmerman. Her
name was now n household word
among the Germans and she was given
everywhere the right of way. But she
could not well ride, as al. the horses In
the envlrons had long since been eaten
by the starving citizens.
II saw Paris" wrote Miss Barton
when the Commune fell and the army
of Versailles shot down it's victims on
the streets by the ghastly glare of
b.azing palaces. and ! thanked God
| That there was never anything in
America with which they could he
compared"
The foundation of the Red Cross in
America WAS accomplished by Miss
Barton during the winter Of ISS0-Sl.
The Spanish American war saw
e ara Barton IN the thick of the tight.
though by that time she was no longer
"a roung woman.
dict. full of heart breaking memories.
II gave the first opportunity To- test
7 the cooperation between the Govern
meat and it's supplemental hand
maiden, the Red Cross. Through all
our discoura gements the steady hand
and calm approval Of our great head
Of the army aud navy was our solnce
and our strength. And when at length
! II was all over, his hand could trace
for his message to his people u crate
! full testimonial. what need had ore
even to remember past discourage
mente. however great" II was os If
tho hand of the martyr had set it's
undying seal upon the brow of the
American Red Cross. Whai greater
/ justification could il have? What
greater riches could it crave?"
II is interesting to know what this
remarkable woman looked like:
''ln form Miss Barton is about me-
dunn height "a brunette in complexion.
with dark but expressive eyes and q
form and figure which though w'il
rounded Indicate great powers of en-
durancc. She is not technically bedu-
| uful hut her features have much eX-
| preston and she possesses uncun-
sciously that magnetic power which
| attracts others to her and makes
them ready to do her bidding.
! Even to close observers Clara Bar
ton did not grow od-a fact well rN-
emplified by II reporters description Of
| her in her eighty-fifth year aS "a midi
die aged woman. When she WAS over
! 20 another wrote: Clara Barton is
"A woman of 80 or thereabuutS. whose
face corresponds with the ideal that
/ one might form of her character. IIrr
| hair is that rare thing in nature
artists sometimes call Il an Impossible
! thing-ravcn black. II is thick. heavy
! hair "a burden to the comb. and she
wears it after the simple fashion of
our mothers and grdndmothers drawn
in satiny waves over the ears and
pinned up in loose Cur,s behind. Her
eyes are like her hair very dark and
very bright. Her features are regular.
but one hardly notices them FOR the
rare beam of good will that shines out
from the soul through the counte-
| nance"
Perhaps the nearest Miss Barton
came 10 a statement IN words of her
4
Judge ~ W. Terrell of Austin. TcX.
| written from Glen Echo April . 1914
only a year before her death.
Il suppose | ann not what the worl,,
denominates church woman. | iay
no claim TO ii. | was born 80 liberal
views, and have lived a liberal creed
firmly believe in the divinity Of Jcs Is
Christ, the Jesus Of Nazareth. in
His life and death of suffering to save
the world from sin. 80 far as i'm His
power to do. But it would he dinicult
for me To stop there and believe that