The evening world., 1916-06-07

pitai suggested that we take the des-
perately wounded men and let them
lie all day with their wounds exposed
to the suns rays. We kept the wounds
clean. but that was all. And wounds
healed under three weeks Of that
treatment that were three months in
closing under ordinary hospital care
Perhaps, though" the Comte.se
de Perisny suggested, my first work
was the most interesting Of all. This
was in Paris, at Val de Grace once a
convent founded by Louis NV. and
anne or Austria, to-day a hospitsl
The Germans were within eleven
miles OF Paris"
Eleven miles" repeated incredu.
lousy.
Certainly" the Countess replied
matter-of-fa -factly: they got a great
deal nearer Paris than has ever been
admitted officially. They we're SO
near we could hear the bombardment.
why. we got our men ready to move.
each bed ready to slide onto a truck
and with a blanket underneath the
spring 30 1t could be wrapped around
! the wounded man In half a minute,
| The commandant OF the hospital
| called the nurses before him. There
we're forty-tUo Of US. He said: The
Germans are eleven miles away. They
will probably take the city. IL they
| do. there is everything to fear. Let
out from :he line Not u nurse
moved. ! am proud OF you. my chill
dren.' he said. That was all. Then
Paris was saved-sared by 5000 sail
ors brought the day before from
Toulon."
Il thought it was Gen. Galllenrs
taAicab army of 100000 that saved
| Paris" objected.
Nine. de Pergny shrugged her
American shoulders very gallically.
''Those territorials were good for po-
licing Paris, that was all" she said.
| 1T was those 5000 sailors showed al
once to the front that turned the tide
against the Germans. 1t was those
| sailors that set fire to the Forest OF
Compiegne and burned the Germans
out"
HER coACHMAN exEMPLIFies
SPIRIT OF FRANCE.
There was n brief pause. Nine. de
| Perigny thrust a slender right hand.
punctuated with a great pearl,
through her russet hair. II could
talk and talk and talk and talk. and
not make America understand the
wonderful spirit Of France" she said.
II have kept all my servants since
the war began-that Is, ! have paid
them when at the front. and | said to
them when they went away: II you
are wounded, your home is always
open to you. Come back My coach
man had his thigh torn open with
shrapnel. He came home with a
three months, leave, but at the end of
three weeks he returned. NY com =
rades die at the 'front.' he told me.
Can | stay here. idle and safe7' so
ne returned. Six months later his
feet were frozen. He was 'reforme;
he came back 10 me. But to-day he
takes my carriage and goes to the
hospitals to ask the wounded to 80
for a drive. He carries them tobacco
yet.
, added. "She had five sons at the
front. Three of them have been
killed. She has not shed a tear. i
gave my sons to France she says.
; "No woman Wecps in France. Every
eight months trains pass through the
stations with 'permissionnaires. men
going home sin days on permission
, given them. 1t is worth while going
10 the stations Just to see these trains
! even II you have no loved one. nc
friend on them. The trains coming
: from the front are filled with sorrow
rul detected, disCourag god men. The
trains going back are thronRed with
men laughing. singing. That il the
, work - the women OF France. The
mothC. the wife, the swe"thcar'
! makes hcrEelf gay, sh" hakes 4 cake
she invites q party Of friends 10 cole
T hrate the return Of her loved ono. Sh,
laughs with him, amuses him, takes
7 him To the cinema. She does not tail
OF her hardshi ps, her griefs. Al The
end OF hts permission he goes bacl
to the front new soldier for France
He calls out words Of sncourdgemen
!, 20 the comrades az he comes bach
; from the front.
= our women give or themselves
: they give UP their husbands and thei
% sons have no son, put | have giveI
% my husband and myself ! serVe6
seventeen months Then my healti
I broke down. My ayes failed ! spen
$ a month in dark room, "A month II
I twilight. | am here with my mothe
= 10 recover NV strength. But ! au
= soing back IN July" the Confess
v ended