Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-10-04
EXTRACTS FROM The AUTO.
BIOGRAPHY OF
JANE GREY SWISSHFIM
Ftrst Newspaper Woman o.
Minnesota.
a Remarkable Woman Of ANTI.
beljum 0ayo-1o16-1oo6
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| anu IN strength was more like q patient
than a nurse; but while I waited FOR :
G;lefnkshtp. met some ladies interested
One Of these, Mrs. rhaver. had on
ambulance at her command. and TOOK
me for days visiting among the forts
e on da y when V;et It was known that GU,
the enem m '3 TSa ra.G were engaged with
two good horses used their best enorts
ike thtet rem 2bat place to Place TEL!
re at the front. and US with it. or on
our knees pleading for the men whose
breasts were a living wall between us
deadly foes.
The men in the forts had no special
9 nee tS or u.s. and their thanks
an impulse to strike them square in the
face, but Mrs. Thayer was happy In he,
YORK YORK: and thought me uncivil to hel
We reached the last fort on our round
before I saw anything tnterestinR: and
mere ne ca sorroWfui woman drew me aside
s s0 oel1 iii; me OF OF the two weeks she had
stage Of camp-fever. and Of her f fruit ut
less Les en- emorts to get sufhcient straw fo1
t ms Ded' Wh11e the bones were cutting
OF his cot. She wrung her hands in :
stlra a9; suppressed agony, and exclaim-
G 6dn, on 6h!,d II they had only let me take
|
stay" A0' '"e
verified her statement of her hus.
from observation without COMPROMISING
her. and spoke to the surgeon, who 90.
litely regretted the scarcity Of Straw
I ret%rned 70 the Sem su a9Ga; who was
from New Hampshire, and a very in
teligent man; and after talking with
tho commander Of that fort and nd p nj
some powder and a lighted match to
his ear: but first consulted Mrs. Thay.
e1.o VINO no begged De me to take no notice
to visit. the fort. She had introduced
me to two fashionably dressed ladies'
officers, wives, residents there: and
this man, lest 1 should destroy Mrs
Thayer's opportunity for doing good, j
included we had discovered a new var
! ! " OF savage, and came away thinking
l gould do something in the city
=, Next morning I stated the case to
Miss Dix. who was neither shocked nor
but her tall, angular person, very red
face, and totally unsympathetic man
n rS, chilled me. The best ambulance in
her use, and I thought she would sure.
ly go or send a bed to that man before
noon; but she proposed to do nothing of
ne a Kind. had engagements fol. the day,
v h1ch seemed to me Of small import
c impaired to that Of placing that man
on a comfortable bed; but she could do
9nat a dag by Of these
ed to no business: We spoke Of the
Ef agdtre battle then in and
ular appointment, would want no pay,
could not work long; but might be of
use in an emergency. Emergencies
ception. Everything in her world NOV
ed by rule, and her arrangements were
complete. She had sent eight nurses to
me front and more could only be in
I inquired about hospital supplies,
ana she ne grew almost enthusiastic in
asnd hs snS naH a
nished everything that could possibly
be vented: The Sanitary and Chris
so sa &id all deuan
sent to, her for which there was no
Use: and she hoped would use my in
supplies.
From here I went direct to the SAM
tary Commission, and found large
this was not their storehouse.
Here again I stated the case Of the
neither surprised nor shocked. Every
Of that nature. and by and by. I, too,
| : do not remember whether it was
Saturday engagements. or Sunday sane
tity: or lack Of Jurisdiction. which
ence: but think they must wait until
the fort surgeon sent requisition.
e ass ay meney %heS
save that Of Inducing the public to hur-
Mss x fan opn aoa Piles Sd
and they agreed that 1t was quite use
less, to send anything to her, since she
used nothing she received, and would
| Late in the next week Mrs. Thayer
came, In great tribulation, to know how
| ever could havedone SO foolish and
Biz Rf Dear FeeSS or D taa
| Miss Dix had gone to the fort on
about TIL That BED, gave me as her auth Sse
ity. and for me Mrs. Thayer was re-
sponsible, and would be excluded from
There was snoaher o. standns quar-
rel between the directress of nurses
and the, surgeons: The bitterness en-
gendered would all be visited upon the
think I had been so imprudent.
Her distress was 80 real. and she
that felt myself quite culprit, espec.
tally as the man got no bed. and died
on his Stats.
I was so lectured and warned about
the sin OF this. my first offense. in tel:
afraid to 60 to another, lest I SHOULD
get some one into trouble; so stayed a
home while the Washington hospitals
were being filled with wounded from the
battle Of Chancellorville. I think Il
was the afternoon Of the second Sab
bath that I went with Mrs. Kelsey tt
visit Campbell, to get material for {
letter. and rendered my services, but
their arrrangeme a,ts were complete Iat
seem as If nothing was wanting.
AS matter of form, I asked James
Bride Of Wisconsin,, if there was any
J ting I could do for him, was surprised
to see him hesitate, and astounded tt
have him answer:
well, nothing. particular, unless
he stopped and picked at the coyerlid-
quench thirst"
Something to quench thirst? Why
have been told you have everything
you can possibly require!"
"Well, they are very good to us. ant
do all they can; but 1T gets very hot II
here in the afternoons, we cannot e
out into the shade, and get SO thirsty
and if we had something a little sour!
But would they let mo bring yo'
20 ye:i I 500 ladies bring things ev
"Then shall Be GLAD to bring yo'
something tomorrow"
Hendrlckson.0rlnde.
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