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mated fashion plates. They would get
all mussed up!
At once. too. 1 realized the monu-
mental untruth of the fashionable war
nurse story already referred to, in
which "a New York surgeon who was
for a time connected with the Amer
lean ambulance" is quoted to corrobo-
rate the existence of "a corps Of help
ers ten times in excess Of similar STATS
of established institutions"-and all Of
them volunteers of the American col
ony." THE wounded in the surgical
division" he admits, were handled
with the utmost efficiency; but it does
not prevent going on to picture the
wounded as ''smothered with affection
and unskilled attention" with a result
of Cruel wrong done to wounded SOL
diers. who are used as playthings by
society butterflies"
You may have read 1t. Do not be-
lieve it. 1t supposes ignorance of one
of the glories of the Ambulance Hos
pital-that it is a hospital of bad
cases only. The French pay US that
compliment from experience.
OF course. I did not mention the i'm
polite subject at any time, even when
l learned from Laurence Benet himself
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PARIS. January Il. 1916.
E6HE famous afternoon tearoom
of the American Ambulance
III Hospital looks on the fiowery
interior court from the ground
floor. To reach it, you pass. by de-
vious corridors. to the foot of the
monumental back stairs. down which.
al pm. come trooping nurses. order
lies and socially envied "auxiliaries."
They say that there are Americans in
Paris, of excellent standing. who just
crave vainly to participate in these
teas. Does it astonish you? War hos
pital teas as a social ambition? Ru-
mors have spread abroad of their ex-
elusive charm; and. conscious of true
vocation 10 be handed cake by Mrs. w.
X. Vanderbilt and asked how many
Jumps by Mrs. George Munroe. there
are many. il is said, who murmur that
rich. idle women of the colony monop-
ollie the hospital"
You may come to hear ii. i have
looked and not found it.
The New York newspapers have
spread the story of celebrated New
York surgeon who quit the hospital.
and he has not disavowed the inspira
tion Of a fun page illustrated by the
photograph of himself and his dogs
among the wounded). where IL is told
how ne could not stand the consta mt
intrusion of society nurses. Animal
ed fashion plates and unframed help
ers"
Now this is interesting. The ambu-
tablishment. Our hearts leap at it's
mention. 1t represents the time. money
and social sacrifices of $50 American
men and women. who are now in their
second year Of working for the
So / went to see the fashion plates
at pm.
Mr.. Harry L4ehr was passing cake. 1t
was his wife's day. who was DrexeL
An elderly lady of the auxiliaries. who
is neither rich nor fashionable. said ::
why, yes, Mr.. Lehr. how did you
guess? brought exactly fourteen
dozen congresses this morning" She
beamed on me, if TO say. You see"
then turned and whispered: ITS the
Princess E.ulaiia of Spain. over there.
helping them TO entertain. and, just be =
fore she sailed. they had Rodman Wan
amaker's daughter refer to Mrs.
Mum. II you had been here yesterday,
you'd have seen the ambassadress.
Monday is embassy tea. Mrs. Percival
Dodge, wife of the attache, aids Mrs.
and Miss Sharp to do the honors."
was not listening. remembered
Mrs. Dodge at Lausanne, in the days
when the war was young. completely
occupied with stranded Americans I'm
need of cash and transportation. and
Belgian refugees in need of clothes. l
remembered Ambassador Sharp, the
courageous man. mounting to the pull
pit Of the Rue de Berri Church in Paris
last Thanksgiving and delivering a
keart-to-heart address on church spires
in France, church bells in Ohio. and
our Father over all.
Orderlies in white, ambulance men In
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that up to a certain report period,
they had cared for 4.737 wounded SOL
diers All war hospitals like to keep
filled and useful, SO it seemed to me
moderate number. in view of the dis
gruntled New York surgeons asser-
ton that the Americans. by high social
influence. got more than their share OF
wounded"
So 1 just said: 'It is moderate" not
expecting what was coming.
ut seems moderate" said Mr.. Benet.
ut is because they give us the worst
cases. Those terribly complicated frac-
lures of the thigh, for instance. or when
half the leg is blown off, are very long.
If you want to save the limb. You can
cut, and turn him out in six weeks, but
to save his leg, it may take six months.
Those horrible jaw cases are very
tedious, but the man who would be
monstrosity to himself and his family.
we turn him out a self-respecting, pre-
sentable member of society again.
Do you hear? God knows, there are
wounded enough. Every great hotel of
the Champs Elysees is a hospital; the
Grand Palais. where they held the sa-
Ions; Val de Grace. the Lycee Button.
the region of the Pasteur Institute.
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Onniv0r0uS.

said, in New York:
Ford wanted to do too much. He
was omnivorous generously, like tho
seInshly omnivorous farmer. you know:
"A farmer at Florida hotel said to
his waiter:
what's these here two spoons for
the big one and the little one"
DE big un am TO- soup. boss said
the waiter, an de little un am To- pud-
din
"'Well. take the little one away said
the farmer. and bring me another big
one to replace her. I got just as big
a mouth for puddin' as fer soup, young
fellow, and don't you forget it..
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Albanian offshoot and are In no real
sense the descendants of the ancient
Greeks. Grecian identity and nation
ality, in their view, have remained in
the Ionian and Aegean islands and in
Asia Minor. This too, notwithstand-
ing the loss of customs. dress and Ian
guage of the conquered. having been
absorbed in all those respects by the
Turkish conquerors. and retaining only
their religion as the significant mark
of their racial identity.
The ill advised war of 1897 against
Turkey was an effort to realize the
national aspiration for re-establishlng
the ancient Greek race throughout the
bounds of the former Grecian empire
The disastrous defeat at the hands or
Turkey would have caused the entire
loss of national life had not the be.
nevolent powers, in the furtherance OF
their selfish interests. interfered and
deprived Turkey of the legitimate ter
ritorial booty of war.
The Grecian aspirations were not
stif1ed by these disasters. After brief
period they gained fresh vigor and
Greece awaited her opportunity. This
came during Italy's war on Turkey
for the ACQUISITION OF African terri
tory.
During this period. when Turkey was
on the defensive. Greece managed to
absorb several of the islands in the
Aegean. the majority of whose people
were of Grecian nationality.
Then came the coalition with Serbia
and Bulgaria, and the swift blow at
helpless Turkey. This gave Greece
more of the ancient empire. The quar-
rel over the division of the spoils by
the Balkan states. the successful war
of Serbia and Greece on Bulgaria. and
Bulgaria's humiliating defeat added
more land Macedonia thereby became
Grecian territory with the valuable
port of Salonki, and it looked as
though Greece had future at last.
When the world war began, the hope
of the Greeks, as given voice at the
time, was to come out with nothing
lost and something gained. How this
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BY CHARLES M. PEPPER.

0S Greece to suffer the harsh fate
of other small nations? Such ma
tional life as she has had came
q not from the grace but from the
self-interest of the great powers which
are engaged in war. Now both sets
of belligerents question her right to
live her own national life.
The allies. commanding the three
sides fronting the sea. can easily stiie
her maritime existence by the mildest
sort of a blockade. Corfu and other
islands are occupied by them. The
central powers on the landward side
threaten her from that direction.
The question will constantly recur
whether this is the beginning of the
end of the aspirations and ambitions
Of the Greek people for the restored
Hellenic empire.
The evolution of present-day Greece
has been the process of century.
When the interest of England caused
some recognition to be given the
Greeks in their revolt from Turkish
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Recently, We had the visit of Justice
GODDARD, under secretary of state in
charge of hospitals. GODDARD spent a
long time in the Ambulance Hospital
with the technical officers. and went
over every service with the utmost
thoroughness. Just before he was
leaving. and after having paid us many
compliments, he turned and said:
What impresses me here. even more
than the wonderful institution itself
(for l have seen and heard of things
like 1t. but not better or equaD, what
impresses and touches me. here. is the
devotion of the Americans toward our
people, 1t struck him. 1t has struck
every one who has been here"
1t struck one French butterfly.
I will tell you. and then quit. She
was a French butterfly. not American.
a very real one, fashionable to her
finger tips. quite selfish. hating the
sight of suffering and blood.
She kept away from all war hospi-
tails. She scarce read the papers
Well. the French butterfly, one day.
by idleness and boredom, began help
ing an elderly American woman
friend make congresses, at home. for
the Ambulance Hospital. Becoming
drawn in. she visited the festivities OF
guaranteed that she should see no
blood or sorrow.
Five days later. a big box came from
the dressmaker.
What. more gowns?" her old friend
asked.
Yes. but very simple" was the an
swer. They are just white cotton
things for the hospital. i enter Val de
Grace next week as auxiliary.
STERLING HELLO.
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RUINS OF THE ACRoPOLIs.

khaki, nurses and auxiliaries in white
and pale blue filled the long room. with
cup in hand. or overlooked to the mon
umental back stairs. Dishwashers work
ed at side table. Coming and going,
there must have been 200 served. Who
pays for it?'' l asked The ladies who
have taken days. from their own pock-
ct. said the lady. The cakes and
sandwiches come from Columbin's"'
Laughter and chatter. like school at
Lehr. you remembered that l love
doughnuts." And another: From the
cliffs, at Lake Mohonk. where they had
the peace conference, you can see six
sylvania, Vermont. Massachusetts and
Connecticut" And then a reply: why,
l am from Vermont"
Who's that" I asked. "Oh. nobody,
Just one of u.s." the lady answered
What celebrities have you tomorrow
l asked. "Oh. tomorrow is just Mrs.
George Munroe's day. and Friday Mrs
Benet's." Suddenly, 1 realized the sit
uation. The Paris bankers wife. the
Hotchkiss directors wife. are no longer
celebrities to those who work beside
them. Equally popular is the tea OF
Nine. Jonas, who has evolved those
wonderful stuffed footrests for broken
legged soldiers. I looked round me.
Only four were in street dress-the
Lehrs. the princess and myself So: on
embassy afternoon. the Sharps and MRS.
Dodge come in furs and mats. IL as
tinguishes them at once. There are no
other outside entertainers. Or guests
either, for that matter.
So ! had to seek the animated fash
templates beneath the caps and aprons
SHOW me society nurse. j said.
The lady looked upon me blankly.
There's a nurse" she indicated. bob
ture of the shoulder. shes from Bos-
ton. and that tall ones from Maine.
Just arrived. The three talking to-
gether are returning next week to
Philadelphia. They have served year.
and without pay, as everybody does
here Only when they've served a year
are nurses paid small salaries. 1t Is
their business. yet they volunteer for
board and lodging. You don't seem to
understand. They are trained nurses
with diplomas"
She spoke to very pretty girl from
San Francisco. trained at the Roose-
welt Hospital In New York.
II am looking for society nurses" |
insinuated. in a low tone. Il suppose
they must be in charge of wards?"
She smiled gravely.
I'm in charge Of my wards" she
said
Later. I was forced to question Mrs.
Benet. whom I suppose you would call
a society woman, Laurence Benet being
rich New Yorker. Yale graduate,
one of the organizers of the American
Chamber of Commerce in Paris, long in
charge of the Hotchkiss interests and
benefactor of the Ambulance Hospital
from the start. With him, for constant
presence and responsibility. you can
put ex-Consul General Mason and l.. v.
TwyeffOrt, Paris chief of a great Amer
lean commission house, and pillar of
the chamber of commerce. Both Mrs.
Mason and Mrs. Twyeffort interest
themselves in the Ladies' Sewing So
ci@ty of the Rue de Berri Church.
sA9w many nurses l asked
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The Vanishing Dream of Restored Grecia

Bgens
w Her National LReoraion Of Greece the
Considered Only Whirlpool War Results
With
OtheC
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VISTA OF ATHENS.


Americans like Rodman Wanamaker,
James Hazen Hyde and James Stillman
have turned over to the French their
Paris mansions, and all over residential
houses are marked Auxiliary Hospital,
No. So-and-So." They fill and empty
with the flood and ebb of battle. i do
not even mention the American-owned
chateaux outside of Paris given over
for the convalescents.
They fill and empty with the food
and ebb of battle; but what do you
think of a New York surgeon. in the
midst of the glorious spectacle, who
finds nothing better than to represent
the American ambulances. by their
aggressive attitude and muscular
corps" continuing to gather more than
their share of wounded" If he means
anything, he means that they rough
house the sanitary trains, because he
pictures fine American college athletes
among the young physicians being
asked to help get some wounded"
Now, it is my happiness to give you
some statistics on the very subject.
They came to me in the conversation,
accidentally.
At the moment mentioned, when our
Ambulance Hospital had itself cared for
4.737 wounded soldiers, how many do
you suppose it had transported to the
other hospitals of Paris?
l will tell you-95,000!
Our ambulances are one of the big
distribution elements of Paris said
Mr.. Benet. They are called to every
train OF wounded. and the wounded are
given to us to distribute to all the hos
pitfalls of Paris and environs. When
not distributing, we are evacuating.
The French government counts on US.
as city counts on its fire department
Heavy arrival comes the message.
Send everything on wheels you have.
We send not only our ambulances. but
quantities of stretcher- bearers. because
they count on US for it,
Why, it was the American Ambulance
Hospital which invented and gave, by
its workers and friends. at a cost of
$3.50 apiece. the 100 merciful operating
and dressing cars, one Of which is now
attached to each incoming railroad
train OF wounded!
When they see our men, the wounded
bless their name.
1t is important.
ITO my mind" said Mr.. Benet, the
material part of our work-the splen-
did pulling of men through-is not all.
The great thing is that, in the present
situation-the United States being a
neutral country. damned on many sides
and fully approved on none-the Amer
lean ambulances bring home to France
real American sympathy and gratitude.
1t is not limited to the wounded in
their beds, for each of them has four
or five relatives who come to see him.
They go home and tell what America
is doing for their father, husband or
cousin. And each of the $4,000 moved
by our ambulances brings the name of
America to ten of his family and
who are bearing heavy burdens at this
moment know that the United States
has helped them personally"
A man high in the American Chamber
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10,000-ton vessel, in commission. The
consort of the Constantine Queen So
phia, of similar tonnage. also was to
be placed in the transatlantic service
dream of new Greece after the Mace
DOMAIN territory was acquired. An
American company was supplying the
material for what was known as the
junction line from Papapouli to Top
sin. This was about sixty miles in
length, and was to link Greece with
her new northern provinces and place
the peninsula in direct touch with
western Europe. 1t was even thought
that this route might be taken for the
of the Brindisi route. No one now ex-
poets to live to see English mails car
ried through Germany and Austria and
Greece to be transshipped at Grecian
ports for India.
The foreign commerce of old Greece
in 1914 was approximately 5000, 900.
with imports of s34,O00,O0 and exports
Of $22,000,000. In the succeeding year
this increased by one million dollars.
During the early period of the war the
area of belligerency had not extended
SO as to interfere materially with it.
territory had not become normalized,
but it meant the addition of several
million dollars, chiefly In the way of
exports.
England. before the opening of hos
tilities, was doing a very profitab BILE
business. Greece importing nearly
100000 of goods from the United
Kingdom. and exporting $4,000, 600 to
it. The commerce with Germany
amounted approximately to $4,000, 900.
the imports and exports nearly bal
ancing. With Austria Hungary there
was a trade of 100000, of which
100000 was imports and $4,000. 900
exports With France the total varied
from 100000 to 100000, the ex-
ports sometimes exceeding the imports
by 100000. With Italy the trade
ranged in the neighborhood of $1,000
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"Eighty-tWo.' said Mrs. Benet. who
has charge of the statistics.
How many of them are professional
nurses"
.'Eighty-two." repeated Mrs. Benet.
1t kind of upset me. but / had an in
spiration.
How many auxiliaries?" I asked.
"Sixty-seVen on ward work" she said
"and eight in other services"
I reflected on the monotonous labor
of the bandage room. where, under Miss
Grace Gassette, the portrait painter,
they have become real experts in the
fabrication of congresses. fun balls.
applicators and what not They carry
home the work at night. to the thou
sands of dozens. Sterilized, in glazed
paper bags. they are supplied to forty
smaller. poor French hospitals.
! reflected on the storerooms. Here
is a mere side issue. One day / came
on four society butterflies struggling
with great bundles Of clothing, on
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Whatever the Greece may be that
energies from the world war, the coun-
try will be like the rest of Europe in
having added to her national debt. A
part of this debt was contracted dur
ing the war with Turkey in 1897 and
was under the control of an interna-
tional financial commission. This
commission administered the govern
ment monopoly of salt, petroleum, to-
bacco, matches and other commodities
and controlled customhouses. 1t ap-
piled a certain part of the receipts to
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TYPICAL CHILDREN OF CORFU.

900. the exports some years being
double the imports
The trade with the United States
ranged from $13.oOo.O0o upward. tho
bulk of it being exports Of drugs. in
Guiding opium and chemicals, currants.
figs. olives, olive oil. ores. tobacco.
wines and liquors. The United States
was sending to Greece upward of
100000 of manufactured products.
The trade was a promising one, and
American chambers Of commerce had
been established at Athens, Patras and
Saloniki.
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of Commerce happened to be standing
by. He confirmed this sentiment. and
developed it.
Il have seen the French" he said. "in
Paris. Lyon, Nantes. Limoges, Orleans
and near the front as Chalons. They
look on the official attitude of the Unit
ed States (Which I do not at all criti-
cise) difficult to understand. Their
difficulty is to comprehend how the
United States can hold that strictly
neutral attitude when they are battling
to defend their homes and land. On the
other hand, thanks to the ambulance.
the clearing house and other beautiful
works, they are coming to draw a dis
tinction between the official attitude of
the United States (Which they are just
beginning to understand) and the real
feeling of the people of the United
States"
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revolution, the sacrifice would not have
afforded her better prospects Of an ex-
banded national life.
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PARIS. January II, 1916.
ESIHE famous afternoon tearoom
of the American Ambulance
III Hospital looks on the fiowery
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Areitaa. a. 2lpril 1916.

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btr Worft par fort. gute Wilhtii6s
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