Evening star., 1916-03-19
Nine. Grouitch Begins Tour OF
Principal Cities of
America.
TELLS STORY OF WORK
ACCOMPLISHED IN NISH
Gives Account of How Miss Eliza
beth Shelley of Washington Has
Helped Ravished Country.


whereby funds are to be raised for the
relief work being conducted at the
Mabel Grouitch Hospital at Nish. Ser
bia, Nine. Slavko Grouitch, who is now
in Washington, and who will push the
campaign with lecture tour through
all the principal cities of the United
States, yesterday told a representative
of The Star the story of the work
which is being done by Miss Eliza
beth Shelley of this city. who. during
the most exhausting period of the con-
flict which has ravished Serbia, has had
charge of the hospital. The campaign
ABOUT to be launched has been neces-
STATED by the fact that the hospital
staff. originally provided with ample
stores to tide them through the present
crisis. have shared their substance with
the starving natives and are at pres
ent practically without any supplies
at all.
lures how far $40 will go in the work
of saving the destitute women and
children of her country. She urges that
subscriptions be sent either through
the Red Cross marked for the Mabel
Grouitch Baby Hospital fund or to Otto
Barnard. New York Trust CompanJ.
New York city. Mr.. Barnard is treas
urer of the fund.
What Miss Shelley Has Done.
The story of Miss Shelley places her
in the foremost ranks of American
women who have been doing relief
work in the war zone. Nine. Grouitch
says: She has shown spirit of per-
sonal service and entire devotion that
cannot fail to win the admiration of all
thos. to whom works of mercy per-
formed by individual Americans are
The greatest plea for Americas con-
tinued neutrality, If there We're no
other"
Miss Shelley. who prior to her present
Undertaking was a clerk in the Agri-
cultural Department. has just been
granted another years absence on
leave to continue her work in Serbia.
This is Nine. Grouitch's story:
Miss Shelley is the sister of Capt
James Shelley of the American army.
From the beginning of the war she felt
a strong call to devote herself to relief
work of some kind.
How She Prepared Herself.
Not being a trained nurse, she-w at
q loss how to begin or where to offer
herself. until in March of last year
Nine. Slavko Grouitch visited Wash
ington in the interests of the Serbian
Red Cross.
The result of a conversation between
the two was that Miss Shelley applied
to be received into Jefferson Hospital
in Philadelphia. where for three months
she not only devoted herself energetic
ally to learning all that could be
known about babies in that space of
time. but also did extra work in learn
ing how to bandage and assist in oper-
ations. saying apologetically in her
letters to Nine. Grouitch: zone never
can tell; perhaps after all shall still
get an opportunity to take care of
wounded soldiers. which is primarily
the thing j should like most to do, al
though babies are dear things and l
shall be very glad to care for them in
every way
With other important matters off her
hands Mime. Grouitch set about raising
funds for the proposed hospital. She
sent post card TO all her personal
friends. stating that she was leaving
America to return to Serbia. and would
like to take with her the staff sand
equipment for a baby hospital of some
forty beds. including equipment, food.
clothing and medicines for free dis
pensary to poor women and children
in connection with the hospital.