El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-25
Three u. S. Boys In French
Hospital Side By Side Wear
heFrench Crosses OfHonor

small and insignificant TO our Ameri-
can soldiers. yet they have to be done
to keep wars machinery moving
Radiant. Good Spirits.
Among all the sick and wounded
men visited in several hospitals
have seen most amazing optimism
and radiant good spirits
The wonderful pOise and fine pear
ing Of our American soldiers IS most
striking Gen. Pershing hlmseI
Cwhom it was my good fortune 10
meet and talk with personality has
no more military carriage and no
finer department than the majority
Of these American boys or ours
A Splendid showing.
No other one Of the allied nations
can make such a showing OF so many
splendid young fellows. OF so II seems
to me In the American hospital
where our cross OF honor boys are
convalescinE. there are 4 number o.
German prisoners who are given all
sorts Of work to dO-cleaning, re-
pairing and cementing. and other du-
ties connected with the Transforming
OF an old school building into mod
ern hospital with every convenience
These prisoners are given the same
food and comforts which the otner
hospital attendants enjoy. All the
boys are, as a rule, fond OF Smokei
it helps them through the hours in
the hospital. as smoking had helped
battled against the smoking habit
in times Of peace and tried to lead
our boys away from it cannot be-
grudge them this small Indulgence
in their present situation
A Hint to Women Smoker
It seems. therefore, a sad common
tary on the thoughtIessness OF Amer
lean women that their own indul-
gence in this habit is making 10 dlt-
ficult for the soldiers TO obtain the
arlaaHH nn . r
giving up all kinds Of luXuries in
the way Of dress and pleasure, and
who are working In every other way
10 help the allied soldiers. are Still
taking from them this one solace-
One young man showed me with
/ great pleasure a box Of cigarets which
Z the Y " c. A. chaplain had given
| him. the first he had had in five days.
But I had seen bevy OF American
women putting away every day OF
I Tat five That is the only sign Of
j selfishness ] have observed IN Amerl-
Z can women over here
Just what our country IS doing Tor
war riddled Europe now, Just Whaf
/ il has done in one year, is almost
] unbelievable One has TO be in the
midst Of It to grasp the immensely
and the Importance Of 1t all On rs
] depends now the result which viii
I be victory for the human race With
out us. that victory could not be.
III VIII De. ana IL Is near
Let every man and woman In
America who has given money or
| taxes for war purposes rejoice that
[ they have been permitted TO do their
part in this world salvation. To their
/ descendants to the fourth and fifth
! generation and still beyond shall the
] benefits go down
There is a French hospital here
where a charming American woman
I is an important factor She is next
I to the chief nurse Each morning
I she leaves her home at to be in
! attendance at the hospital. She is
I Mrs. Charlotte Walsh. and her hus-
band is an American officer Of Eng
I lish birth She has been in war work
| ever since the beginning OF the war.
/ She finds great need here in France
I for the assistance Of American wo-
men in the hospitals because the
I French women have been so cOntin-
ually in the work
SO everywhere one turns today the
American women are to be found sac
rificinE pleasure and comfort for the
sake Of suffering humanity.
The spirit of self sacrifice and
work are in the air. One breathes
them in