Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-17
G,FsDla''eG fSsulas Yes,sfdsy assds 1902
TUESDAY. DECEMBER IL, 1915.
They Heal Wounds and Sorrow.

They Heal Wounds ana SofrON.
War has brought us countless thou
sands Of illustrations of the uplifting out
come of the chastening influences OF the
battlefield, and every now and then we
are thrilled at the exalted ideal OF some
brave soldier boy as he goes unafraid INTO
the valley Of death And. too, the beauti-
fully manifested love and sympathy and
tenderness of those who 90 almost TO the
portals of the great beyond with those
yalorors souls strangely move MS, and IN
such incidents we can discern that the
richest, nobleSt loftiest growth or deves-
oprnent that comes TO mankind Is at
tanned In his cNrcmIty--in the dangers OF
battle. when, after facing what appears
must cvcntuate in death. he learns TO
know tho Infinite. Then he goes TO the
end unshrinking, rs in the casec OF Private
William Jones, entrlIsting TO one who
noblv wore the Red Gross, his final words.
Tell mother not to worry
War. strange as it may seem, terrible
as Il is. has been 4 wonderful developer
of those sterling. thoughtful unseitlsh
qualities we all admire IN man. and, too, 1t
has brought into brilliant. glowing focus
.be Red Cross nurse, and today, the
whole world stands. hat in hand, IN
alteration OF woman and her glorious part
n the camps. literally in the trenches, on
the field of battle and in the hospitals
Wherever she might serve mankind.
Americans he'd always appreciated and
acclaimed the splendid capacity and the
uatehless initiative OF our women, but
probably no one, prior TO the world war,
could have foreseen the tremendous part
they could assume in the stress of such
emergency.
Truly. the Ped Cross nurses have
loon,ed in real Importance almost over
the shoulders OF the commanding officers.
not less vital is war factor than the
guns. shells. powde- and bullets.
Young frier.a acre lad-UIiting
10 his mother ~ INC daN alter
. lonc voyage u. owded. poorly pro-
,9Sioned boat had handed him tired home
sjck and heartsick in q French town. said :
The Red Cross women here arc indeed
wonderful: hey make one forget his home
sickness. his r-oor quarters. and thar he Is
here to kill or he killed They sell YOU
splendid home things 10 eat at little
cost. or give them TO you free if you are
withou. money. God bless thelnl
rom ever town or battlefield CONES
lie echo. God bless them Sec how
tcnderiv this one fulfilled her promise, and
in q letter 70 4 desd soldiers mother,
SAID: Il am sending YOU q leaf from kis
grave. Beng woman with woman S
heart. know what even a tiny leaf NAV
moan 10 vou ! wish that you might have
stood with me beside hIS grave here and
seen how peaceful It was ! have seen
more than one brave soldier carried INTO
TIN, little cemetery. wrapped m the Stars
and Stripee have seen the firing squad
stand Al attention and heard the bugler
sound the last call know no soldier
falling In foreign land IN defense Of the
worlds freedom could b. accorded a
burial more soIcmnly grand. nor lac IN 3
more peaceful sta;e than these we'll
loved hoys 81 our,
y woman with woman hcart
truly Size j. VINO painted 20 the ssddencd
mother, IN such touchmg colors, The peace
fl.l duict pastoral view where hcr son Was
ls,d II res; and where tributes nf flowers
-, ,ffcrcd daily by grateful people
Onr through these lncidenfs through
thc,,. OCCASIONAL revcahnes, d. wc get
tn, measure Of the supreme usefulness Of
m, devoted Red Gross nurse, VIC read
of them and know that under hre they
lose thought 81 self, all fear OF danger 10
the splendid work Of binding up wounds
~ the injured or taking down the last
love messages Of The dthg When hos
pitals we're attacked ~ dcmoniacal air
raiders and bombs hurled INTO 'ho houses
Of the SICK and injured, not an instance
was recorded wherein Woarcr II the
Rcd Gross uniform budgcd from her post
of duty or cAprc. scd Z thought u Tear.
except for her helpless terrified patient.
Their frs, and only mindful thought va
for those who were dependent upon them
70 bc brought back to health There was
never thought 81 self not moments
faltering 90 the hnc of duty, no matter
how near 20 them the deadly charge had
fallen
Hun murderers of the sea they we're
equally throughtful Of other always
forgetting sef-thcir very eaampl, =
tower OF strength 20 Others, even 70 the
soldiers. In the quieter work Of the hos
p,tals, these consecratcd women toiled
steadily, tirelcssly as only can those who,
like the Florence Nightingale Of earlier
dayr, were given the strength 10 meet