Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-16
Lower Pyrenees, Pau, July /.

PyreneeS, Fau., July l..
In my last letter I told you Of tn
women's part in the war as l see !
just now - Of the English ouvrio
where we served for the wounded ant
of the convent one where we worked
for those in the invaded districts o
northern France, the Lille and Roubai,
region which has more than two hun.
dred fifty thousand inhabitants suffer.
ing under the Germans. To go on will
the same theme:
The English ouvrior is closed fol
the summer as the weather in thi.
winter resort Is now in July behaving
in true American fashion and all who
can nave fled to the Hautes Pyrenees
high up to the mountain villages anC
mountain air.
The n or two available English
women left in Pau and the ten or more
French danes who had come to the
rescue, finished all the work planned
for the winter, allowed themselves to
be "%kodaked" for your benefit and said
"au ~revoir." although we hope the wa
will be over before time to reopen for
another winters work.
One of the last things we did was to
make soft white outing flannel shirts,
put a pocket on each and a handker-
chief in each pocket, with a handker-
chief guard; a long piece of tape with
a small safety pin in n end n a
small bone ring in the other to fasten
the handkerchief to the bed or pillow.
tied will. red, white and blue ribbon
and as these were specially for the
officers. l am sure they will not mind
being in hospital when they see this
dainty outfit. When the days are dark.
the frigftful boom Of the Boches' heavy
artillery striking Just a little terror to
our dauntless hearts as has happened
just now by the Italians having been
forced back-then is the time to call
up reserves of best stories TO our res
cue and the directress, Mrs. Spencer
Ledyard, launched this precious bit
which she, herself heard in a London
hospital.
/ am sure you will see in it much
more than a good story: you will see
the quality of the raw material of
which K~itchener's great army is made.
The convalescents were discussing the
Belgian atrocities, when a young Bel
sian asked.
. VI l Sou idlt lie IluIS " VIAL
they did in my country?'
mo, don't ate EN-" says Tommy,
kills 'em."
But" persists the Belgian, how can
YOU. help hating them. when you knox
so well OF the cruelties TO helpless wom-
en- and children?'
Don't ate en-" reiterates Tommy.
just kills EN- for all the women and
little childer in the world"
Then a deep voice rolled out from
the depth of an armchair:
Don't do TO ate EN-. spaals Yer aim"
American Famity's Sacrifice.
: There is still the. owen ouvroir
to go to each Tuesday and Friday ono
to Fashionable resorts for these
devoted sisters). but last Friday thru
kindness of the Mother Superior l
was doing quite a different thing. Be-
hold me marching in a Catholic pro-
=
Once, upon a time, before a certain
Hun in spite of MS witnered. arm
had succeeded as he proudly admits.
in sharpening the weapon" which has
of Europe a shambles. an Amer
lean gentleman, Mr.. Ridgway by name,
lived in Pau in an enchanting, II not
stone palace cleaning
white and stately among the dark
green of the pines and luxuriant shrubs
and flowers Of spacious and beautiful
grounds. Here lived the happy family
Of father, mother and two sons in this
Paradise of the PPyrenees as Pau is
called.
Close by. in Morlaas Alice. a broad
tree bordered avenue, the father as
of the hounds led the meet for
the hunt-that, in the glorious ante
beIlum days-now there is no sound of
horn or hounds in the land. only empty
stables. all horses as well as men sWal-
BY the war god. Into his Eden
the Angel of Death and o the
master-then came the war god and
took the older son. and then came the
Angel of Mercy to that house and she
not go away again, but dwelt there
and turned it into a refuge for sick
and wounded soldiers.
/ had a great desire to get into that
as I passed it in walks and
had wondered how it could be man
aged as these hospitals are under strict
rules and no one is allowed to
enter except to visit some special pa
lent and hen with a permit. So this
decidedly picturesque and charming
way was to be opened thru the Moth