The Washington times., 1917-10-21

put belleVe 1 wrote you that De-
fore.
Three Assistants
Are Also Popular.
General McLsehlan has no less than
three assistants. chief among them
being Lieut.. Col, A c. Murray, d. s.
O., his longtime friend and eomTade,
Who came over with him. Colonel
Murray is a former NJ p. and a man
of much distinction and charm of
manner. Lieut. Col Campbell Stuart
and that handsome young chap, Cap
tain Kingman, who are also listed sA
assistant military attaches, are both
Canadians.
Perhaps Pm way behind the times,
but I've only just learned that Ar
thur Willert for many years the
Washington representative OF the
London Times, is now connected with
the British war mission as second in
command to Lord Northcliffe. His
place in the Washington bureau of
The Thunderer" Is being filled by
Henry Hail, long time one Of the Now
York Worlds star men, who is now
established In Washington "for the
duration OF the war"
Mrs. Willert, by the way: has been
III almost ever since her return from
Illinois. where she visited Mrs. Medill
Mccormick on her farm near Chicago.
she-AFs. WilIeFt--had her tonsils
out and is now convalescent.
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Women DO Great Work
In War Service.
With the dispstehing of two units
of women doctors for Europe, the
American Women'z Hospitals, organ
lied by the War Service Committee
of the Medical Women's National As
sociation, inaugurated a work which
should be written into the history of
the great war as will the remarkable
work OF the women doctors Of Great
Britain.
The tale of what women have done
In this war cannot be written yet,
there is no time for anything but
work; but the men who come from
over yonder and letters from the other
side sing the praises OF the medical
women OF England, particularly those
doctors who are connected with the
Scottish Women's Hospitals, upon
which organization the American
Women's Hospitals is modelling its
work.
OAI NOHlCH arc puN phI
from the Nallber OF the women who
are giving up everything to under
take this great work and the earnest
ness with which they are approach.
ing their task great things may be
expected. DR.. Rosalie Slaughter Nor
ton Is chairman of the War Service
Committee, Mrs. John Hays Hammond.
chairman OF the National Auxiliary
Branch, and Mrs. Charlotte NJ. Conger
has given up her home In Washington
and gone TO New York to serve as
executive secretary.
VIII you have the names OF some OF
the doctors who have already gone
abroad7 Well, there's DR.. Clair, Of
Pittsburgh, resident in charge of the
ChiIdfen's Hospital at Staten Island.
and for sixteen years in charge Of
the women's wards of the Dixmount
Hospital for the Insane. She was re-
Gently attached to the stan OF the
Carnegie Institute Of Technology.
There are two little ouakers from
DR.. Florence Child and
DR.. Dorothy Child, both of whom have
had q great deal OF medical expert
once and who are specialists in child
hygiene and child welfare work. DR..
who goes from New York, has
two sons IN the ambulance corps. DR..
Ethel Lynde Hurd. wife of DR.. Allen
@. Hurd, Of Galveston, Tex, is a grad
uate OF several medical schools and
hospitals and for the past seven years
has been in charge OF the patholog
icaI laboratory OF the John Sealy Hos
pital. the Teachers Hospital OF the
OF Texas, from which she |
resigned in 1915 to go into private
practice,
Cornell Graduate Goes
to Aid the French.
Dr.. Esther Parker is a graduate of
Cornell and was examining physician |