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New-York tribune., 1918-10-13
From Suicides to
Second Stories"

Not in the least" she answered. My
first patient was a man who had been
caught in the act Of burglarizing a shop
and who had received fractured skull
and terrible cash on his face from the
irate proprietor, who arrived in She nick
of time. 1t is against our rules to as
sist the surgeons except when it is alb
solutely necessary, but in cases where we
are called upon to do it we help with
the bandages, and / helped to bind up
this second story gentleman's wounds.
You see, we have all taken a course iii
first aid, and Dr. Howell has also ex-
tended to us the privilege of the operat-
ing room in the accident ward, which
will be wonderful help.
I'VE have had all kinds of patients
she went on. "There was a baby born
in one of the ambulances. We wanted to
call it Bell after the general-thas
would have done for either boy or girl,
you see-but the mother preferred to do
her own naming, and she called it
'Amanda-poor little thing.
II had a man with delirium tremens
who screamed and swore most horribly
and who threatened to come through the
front of the ambulance every minute.
There was a boy who had lost a leg by
being run over by an electric car. and :.
would-be suicide who cut one-half his
throat and then lost his courage and
shrieked for help.
Altogether it has been real test for
US, and | must say that not one of our
women has hinched at anything; they
have come up to every emergency ike
real sports. think that the officers or
the corps rather wondered how we would
get along, for Major Meuser spent u
whole night supervising the work Wit,
Nus, and Captain Richards has been fire.,
quent visitor; but am quite sure that
they were satisfied
| was quite sure, too, for I had Maio.
Meuser's word for it that she was de-
lighted with the way in which the women
went to work, and especially proud of
the dignity with which they conducted
themselves
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13

terms of the highest praise. In fact, DR..
Howell confessed to me that it required
q great deal of moral courage for him
to continue in his search for permanent
ambulance drivers while he WAS being
given SO much better service than he
could possibly hope to obtain by the
women who had stepped into the breach.
They are far more careful in their
driving" he told me, "and more con-
scientious in every way, and they are
always on the job They never leave
their post, and when an emergency call
comes they are at the steering wheel be-
fore the telephone receiver is back on
its hook. They have absolutely spoiled
me for any other drivers"
1t seemed a sort of mutual admiration
society at the hospital, for the motor
girls had nothing but praise for the con-
sideration which they had received from
the hospital staff.
"Whas a pity that you didn't come a
half hour earlier" one of the girls said
to me when happened in on them late
one very rainy night. Owe might have
invited you to supper. We have our own
table at the end of the doctors dining
room, and we eat all our meals there, but
we like our midnight supper best Of all"
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13
Checkers and Spooks
For the Night Watches

Doesn't the night seem frightfully
long when calls are few" I asked.
"Not a Bit We play checkers, or if
we like we can go up to the directors
room and curl up on one of the leather
couches and take forty winks' between
calls. We aren't very keen about that,
however, for it's a big, spooky place at
night, all heavy leather furniture and
portraits of celebrated physicians and
the weirdest light'
Who says that donning a uniform
makes woman lose her femininity?
Here was girl who could watch surgeon
as he bandagcd the stump where a finger
had been cut off, and could help him if
need be without finching, yet who balked
at sleeping in room that felt "spooky"
[ called the young woman's attention
to this inconsistency, and inquired wheth-
er or not she didn't feel a bit sQueamish
when she encountered some OF the ac-
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13
MARY ALDEN HOPKINS

M HETHEE YOU have motor or
w no. now are the days-and
pccially the Sundays-to let
'if .e be your motor power. Why
HHi Nope at the wallpaper on
D4a daF. when Gods world, all
aa4 green and russell rcd, waits
Tor yoo aa hours distance from New
lors C'.e
enc boar spont IN transit you must
Hep good stiff tram fare YOU must
naf. o1f lit tae ticket window But Sun
a whole day long and Saturday
fh. pay tune. The fresh air of the
ap.a tbe hash of the countryside and
"f ies fui nrecuucss Of woodlands are
~"'e'F worth as much as IN orchestra
sra' lf fhr ihcl4e.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13
Not the Horseless
Age Yet

Some persons may have thought that
with so many motor transports in the
lighting equipment of the great modern
army, with the tank and the motor truck,
the horse would play no important part
in present day warfare. But statistics
show that there are more horses in this
war than in any previous one.
Horses and mules carry forward
equipment and food for the men in the
front line trenches; they haul the ma
chine guns for the fighting men; to
their sturdy strength is lntrusted the
transportation of big shells and ma
chine gun cartridges for artillery action
1t is said that the Germans on the
Western front have lost hundreds of
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13
Red Star Shines for the War Horse

had been bought by the Allies and ship
ped to Europe before the United States
went into the war. 1t is said that there
arc now 100000 horses engaged in
this war rand thatsthe losses on the West
ern front have averaged $4,000 horses
d month.
What work, specifically, do they do?
What happens if they arc wounded? Are
they left to die or arc their wounds
dressed and cared for? Are these silent
heroes of the war as we'll served by the
Red Star as soldier heroes arc by the
Rcd Cross?
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13
Bv ELENE FOSTER

rHERE WAS nothing in the cNi
I PRECISION on the face Of The
ID young woman in khaki who was
.a:.iiiy the big gray ambulance through
=, crowded street to indicate that it
uss not lust as thrilling an experience
- &c conveying an old lady with in
,annlatory rheumatism to city hos
hero from his transport "at an, Atlantic
wort" to the big base hospital in The
Bronx. 1t WAS all work for the war, aud
thcrcforo it was her job
She was a member Of the Woman's
Motor Corps of the National League for
Womcn's Sorvice~-thc original woman's
motor corps-and she had only recently
returned from week in the training
camp at For, Tottcn, where her corps
had been ordered by General Bell This
was the first time in all our history that
a company of women had been admitted
to a military camp. Ii was the first
intimation that the motor corps had re
ecivod that they might some time hope
10 become the nucleus OF q woman's
auxiliary army corps, like the cele-
brated "Waacs' in England. 1t meant
that the War Department recognized
The Importance Of the work they were
dong and had plans for their future
50 what did it matter, rheumatic old
lady or wounded hero. it was all in
,he days work..
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13

4 MERICANS who have visited any
a of the army cantonments and
have seen the hundreds of horses
AND mulos at work in camp service,
munc.ue their oats after hard days
ork. or tethcrel for the night in long
ne must realize that the horse can
rot be overlooked as "A powerful factor
he national campaign to win the war.
Every lover of horses in America knows
ihs because 10 fewer than 100000 of
'he fines, horses bred in this country
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13
'te Pedestrian Learns
"a Track From the Burglar

'''N 'ares cannot quote because
aanp every tmc take my eyes of
- '''kei seller and fbe iomp ls always
a'. inn Tunes vary more rapidly
}eH iaan usual Ia be safe YOU
80 time 'ablc or call up the in
n'''''n o5'co 60 6nl out when you can
" ''en eut ~ tine morning. Don't
onto iHai train TIL you have Informed
e'1sell about train back from the end
- 'ne nike A practical burglar always
''"'eS a Wa OF retreat open A practi-
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American Tommy Waacs on Wheels

are daily brought TO the emergency and
accident departments. Dr. Thomas
howell the physician in charge at the
hospital, was at his wits end until he
remembered having heard of q WON
ans Motor Corps. He sent hurried
y to the National League for
Women's Service. The cali was urgent.
At any minute there might be u serious
accident in the district that required am
oulancc service, and ambulance service
there was none
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13
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New-York tribune., 1918-10-13
The "Active Desk"
Gets Action

There is an "activc desk" at the motor
corps headquarters, presided over by a
very energetic little person. Lieutenant
Helen STREET. who proceeded to demon
strate that the title was no misnomcr.
She got action" immediately, and in
less than twenty minutes two ambu-
lances. driven by young women in the
Khaki uniform OF the National Leagues
Motor Corps, were rolling down Fifth
Avenue toward Fifteenth Street. IN
side each OF these vehicles another khaki
clad young woman worked like a beaver
folding away all but one of the military
stretchers, putting up the long leather
seat along one side and otherwise trans
forming what had been completely
equipped military ambulance into one
suitable for civilian use.
Not one call was lost by the hospital;
the emergency service went on quito as
usual, except that two brand new gray
ambulances bearing on their sides the
insignia OF the motor corps replaced the
electric vehicles Of the hospitals and
smalt female figures in khaki occupied
the seat behind the steering wheel.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13
And They
Deserve 1t!

The American Red Star aims to do
for horses and mules the same humani-
tartan work that the Red Cross does for
human beings. 1t was organized under
the auspices of the American Humane
Association at the special request of
Secretary of War Newton D. Baker.
The director general is DR.. w. 0. Still
man, and the headquarters are in AL
bany, N. Y. Mrs. James Speyer is chair
man of the New York branch.
Already the American Red Star has
sent two ambulances to General Pershing.
Others will be forwarded as the War De-
peditionary forces. Plans are being
made to send skilled veterinarians to
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13
Union Hours-Twenty-
Four Of Them

From that time until few days ago,
"hen they were finally relieved by men,
these women have driven every ambu-
lance that has left the New York Hos
pital on an emergency call. They have
worked in two shifts, one from half
after eight in the morning until half
after eight at night, and the other from
half after eight at night until the same
hour in the morning. And with all this
thcy never Ter day neglected their regu-
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13
The War Horse
Has His Poet

No one has more toucningly told tho
story of the war horse than Lieutenant;
Fleming of the British army, now fallen.
In one of his poems sent to the Amer.
lean Red Star is this verse:
There are eros big an small
But the biggest of them all
Is the 'orsc wot lays adying on tho
ground,
e doesn't cause no wars
An 'e's only fighting yours
An e gives is life for YOU widout a
sound,
+ doesn't get no pay.
Just some oats and perhaps some hay:
1t 'e's killed no one thinks bit of i'm.
E's Just as brave and good
AS any man wOt ever stood
But there's mighty little thought or elm
for i'm.
From the ra3hdity with which tbs
ranks of the Red Star are being recruit
ed, it is evident that the American pub
lie III its outpouring of patriotic effort
intends to give much thought and help
to the war horses that are toilng and
suffering and dying along with men to
win Americas battles
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13

field and machine guns because they
lacked horses to carry them along in re-
treat The man who has heretofore
thought that horses were needed only as
cavalry mounts should remember the
humble tasks which the army mule and
the army horse are called on to per-
form and remember, also that at any
time these. tasks, carried on as they are
Oh the field Of military operations, may
bring the animals in range Of enemy fire.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13

the Hook Mountains. The Turkey Noun
Boonton the canal runs alongside the
Rockaway River, which is, like the Pomp-
ton, branch of the Passac
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13
Trained 20 Meet
Emergencies

That Wee6 al Fort Tottcn was not
caiv aa education to these women; it was
sn Inspiration as we'll. 1t made them
teeuer than ever before to prove that
ihey deserved the governments rccog-
N.toa; furthermore. it made them long
fer some really difficult task which would
prove tAeir efficiency, and their oppor-
laai.y came sooner than they had
dreamed
J, was q pretty serious plight in
which the New York Hospital found it.
yoIf one morning few weeks ago. The
ambulance drivers. for one reason or
aao.hcr all deserted at once, and the
hospital authorities suddenly found
nclNcs bcrcft of any means of Trans
er tae scores Of patients who
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13

sional fisherman whips the water. Ducks
and geese waddle down the bank. Birds
chatter in the shrubbery. But never
canalboat goes by.
The waterway has not been used for
years, although it is kept in some degree
of repair. At Mountain View it crosses
the Pompton River. Do you know how
canal crosses river? On bridge, just
the way you do. The water runs along
in an open box, with a path alongside
for you and me and the mules One of
the old locks, a distance further on, is
propped with logs to keep it from falling
at two levels
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13

so that we were ready for anything.'
"l think we all appreciate more and
more how valuable that training was to
us" said her companion. "It taught us
4 great deal besides military drill, and
much of it has come in very nicely in
this work. You can't imagine what an
experience that week in camp was" she
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13

shocked animal can be carried to the
hospital, his wounds dressed and his life
saved there will be one more horse on
this side that need not be shipped across.
And this saving of life among the
horses means not only saving of trans
portation space, but it means also, in the
aggregate, vast economy. The life
saving work for horses in the English
army is estimated to have saved the
British government s30,00o,0Oo in horse
flesh. The work in England has been
done by a private organization, similar
to those existing in France, Italy and
other Allied countries
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13

heels, by the way, are low ones, of course,
or no heels at all The section between
Little Falls and Boonton winds through
gently rolling country, ducking under
quaint bridges, edging by oldfashioned
farmhouses and keeping a respectful dis
tance from noisy motor roads. An occa-
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13

cal hiker finds her way back before she
starts out. But don't buy return ticket,
even if it is cheaper. You may want to
return another way.
The Morris Canal towpath is one of
the most charming bits of walking q
pedestrian ever set heel upon. Those
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13

placed merely by money, because the
best horses have already been pressed
into the service and their places cam
not be adequately filled when they fall
out. Six thousand horses have died in
transit and $4,000 died on this side
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13
Twelve Miles a
Good Days Walk

From Little Falls to Boonton is about
twelve miles, at a slight upgrade. 1t
makes a good days walk. Starting from
Mountain View shortens it by about three
miles at the beginning. At any of the
stations, including Boonton, one can get
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13
OF on a ~ to "A hour shift-ready for
anything

France, and veterinary supplies and
equipment Of all kinds. Eleven motor
cycles have been supplied to American
veterinarians attached to the canton
mcnts.
When horse dies he cannot be re-
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13
Where the Canal
"Just Stops"

Suddenly the canal stops at the foot
of a hill. Just stops. A great numbering
car, running on tracks and moved by
cable, is waiting to take the canal boats
up over the hill and down to the canal
on the other side. When you look closely
you'll find the water hurrying around tho
hill in fussy little brook At Montvillc
two of these planes occur, one right after
the other. 1t really is a wonder that the
water can find it's way round to join the
canal on the other side
One of the nice characteristics of this
walk is that you have smooth dry
path, whatever the wea athcr I've tramped
along the raised towpath in the early
spring when the adjacent meadows were
bogs 1t must be a charming rainy day
jaunt Have you ever tried walking on
rainy day? Be sure your skirt is very
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13

while awaiting transportation These
figures seem to indicate the need for
Red Star activities on this side as we'll
as over in I9rancc.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13

cident cases which she was bound to
come across in her work
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13

lar work-the transporting of sick or
disabled soldiers and sailors. The cpl
demic of influenza more than doubled the
calls for cars and ambulances, and it
was by no means unusual for girl to
work all night at the hospital and re-
port at headquarters in the morning
ready for the days work
How ever do you manage to keep wide
awake enough to drive an ambulance ali
night?' asked one extremely pretty
young woman, whose rosy checks be-
tokcned the fact that she was not in the
habit Of ncglcctng her beauty sleep
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13

II didn't think of sleep at all, the
work was SO interesting" she replied,
land l think our weeks training at Fort
Tottcn helped to put us in fighting trim,
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13

tI>nERE was nothing in the cx-
precision on the face Of the
N Young woman in khaki who was
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Letters from Soldiers
Written to the Home Folks From This Side and the
Other Side of the Water

walked about four Ailometers TO the
next city. where l bought American
cigars. matches. soap, etc. and while
there. near French hospital Witnessed
a French soldiers funeral md III
hard q understand them in conx ersa-
ton, but can talk the language rather
well my self and Keep up the study.
Have visited Langres near here. situ-
atcd ait the source Of the Mouse and
Name rivers Wonderfully old ana his
toric, built on q small mountain $500
feet high surrounded by old Roman
walls or ramparts. the city containing
many buildings Of the 18th and 10Th
centuries and many art treasures and
masterpieces The views from the ram
parts for miles along the valley were
beautiful I could not describe this
interesting place wil send a printed
sulde book with description. \ few
nights ago ! sat out near the roadway
and counted some 500 French motor
trucks didn't know where they were
going nor what was up very dust laden
and the drivers with their steel blue
helmets They were from the front and
were after troops somewhere All day
and night trucks thunder by with IT, s
soldiers, food. ammunition and sup
plies
Also we see passing continual, motor
despatch riders. ambulances generals
autos field medical laboratory autos
etc. Marvellous army system too vast
g comprehend. our ammunition supply
is unlimited and Liberty motor planes
are arriving rapidly The l. S army
has built a railroad ward near certain
city that IS positively the greatest one in
the world. and actually our own ex-
press trans are travelling the rails of
France The Red Cross trains are mag
nlfcent Pullmans for use Of the wound
cd L. s soldiers The medical depart
ment is surely saving thousands through
its efficiency I 80 in often and watch
the wounds being dressed. such peculiar
ones. and nearly all wounded and gassed
patients recover. This hospital contains
over 500 and I learn many interesting
experiences. Gee just think Of the
number OF boys over here. but many I
never hope to see I gain much infor-
nation Of movements for can travel
about in the car and see activity and
believe me we are giving it to them.
II is said We send over just ten times
as many gas and nigh explosive shells
a. we receive from The enemy
At mess I eat splendid beef from the
States. comes packed In ice so hardened
It is difficult for the cooks to carve also
canned goods from Y. s. 50 YOU see how
necessary 70 have ships to carry food to
feed one and a half million men. We
have splendid eats. well cooked and my
friends very generously provided me
with fresh fruit during my illness I
have collected some war relics. Any
thing you folks receive let me know. I
haven't gotten mail from YOU for a
month-last letter written June IS from
mother. yours later, but keep on writing
for letters from home mean so much
With much love and affection to you
all Your loving brother
WARREN.
Lieut. Warren Peaubien
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From Lieut.. D. A. Towle, Jr.

July So 1918
Am able - raise ZIP a little in bed
and can write a letter so I'm going
to try to catch up with my correspon-
dence. In the first place viii tell
YOU all about our little mix-up with
Fritz on July Is. when got mine.
We went over the top at 435 a M
with no artillery preparation whatever
simply a creeping barrage was ia
the first wave For about two kiIo-
meters We met with very little oppo-
sition as the Boche was taken by sur
prise. We having had no preceding bar
rage. Then they caught US in ter
rihle counter barrage and We were
obliged to cease advancing.
vas trying TO reform our lines
and consolidate our position when I
got mine. Lieut. Brewster was killed
almost beside me and I was trying to
reform his platoon with mine l had
Just finished putting first aid bandage
on one OF my sergeants who was shot
through the hip when caught it, A
high explosive shell landed within 10
feet of me and ] knew nothing for
for over five hours Two Of ms men
tried TO carry me into a German dug
out. which under the circumstances.
was an unvise thing to do as the
Roche knew its location and had its
exact range and they made the most
of it, reclaimed consciousness about
- noon. ana shortly afterward the
Boche scored = direct hit on the dug
out. A II. L. shell compietelv wrecked
it. killing I'VE men and wounding sew
eral others. 7 have confused mem
ory or crawling over dead bodies and
the LOGS OF the dcg-out and getting
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lapse, due 70 Social enVlronncnt-the deTnan
Our women victims of civilization.
Nature is rebelling the abuse heaped upon her
and her crys for help manifested by that
tired, out feeling many women expert
ence- if in the actual development of disease
in some of ics many forms.
Thousands upon thousands of our mothers
wives, sisters suffering. In their weakened
enervated condition, they have fallen easy victims
10 that most common and at the same time that
most insidious of diseases catarrh Catarrh is
not confined to the nose and throat where its
NANTES tatons familiar 97To of the people
Catarrhal Inflammation and congestion may at
tack the mucous lining in any part OF the body,
in any organ. 1t is no respector of persons-the
social moth. the business woman, the household
drudge, all may be subject TO attack
For years mothers of families have been fight
ing the steaithy entertainments of this health
destroying monster. With what success had
best be told IN the words of Of them,