Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-23
WOMEN FIGHTERS
BAPTISM OF BLOOD
Sang the "Marseillaise" as
They Started on Way
to War
m MADNESS IN VEIN S"
Famous Body That Braved Invader
Inspired by Thought of Saw.
ing Russia
MADNESS IN VEIN S"
BY EVA ZAlNTZ
Eva Sai11ts


are mad Inconsistencies In Us; in our
, patriotism, which il IIueduaIed &, our
{ kindliness ub,cb 10 o,u,,tu... -.
ho,a...., -. ''' '"'
'e' anu CLASS rl'alrles' winch are cruel.
only from daughters of our blood could
| the Battalion OF Death have beep fo-,,,od
/ eor ,,s.o
,,,ho. 'slaoe' am oeWcSs' My
| ,,a,.,,S..,,, ''y "',til'theI were
cordirr 80 ,ha ir'',,.u. 80 wy. W. ~.
ms, ,attao ,,, . ~. ..''S. w ouT racc, it'
,n ,r,,a O.. 90 'nei.u.. .,sS ny reNersioil
t,,.o,',, ivy s,"iui sI "l'''I was ior
ir. ~, '.i,,;,a', " ,'uaa'a" Ho"',er, .aN-
,r,o ~" "'o',vn n,' ''o.l u,e hanu OF
a.,, ,l,,,.,,t W. us u, - n,u was noLl u
w ~ 80. "'',ns we
:, p,.,.'a oi,. ~, ,,'. ''o''' .',
-, H., W, icy hol
t,id ot 80, .,s n's unot,e'
h., u ne' "''' anu Was o'''''uo" III ne
'I''il. as.
""n nNe NY hla''cra..r.' .r Hno az
way" Saiu thVre was i"r'ar o'oou III
ouI Neils' ne Whs IL giant anu a
soloier whose skill ana prowesS gained
| MN dlstlnction among other soldiers
OF the day OF Napoleon, the invader.
My lather' VINO sun lIVes: - small
feat and more 40 strong ne ,rv man
My nose is straight and short. my
check bones high and my hair yellow
| have thought for myself. always
II was inevitable that tho education of
tile eymnasium. Forbidden 70 mos, of nv
r,ce sbould in,nIant Ia n,,, hroos, ~ :,
impulse of revolt against anything,
o,arv.bipo ro, pry.ia,. ,,l,o u..,a
a social non,ocrat sls,iIsd IN ,bo the.
nr,, os tbo ,,,oI.a,,o.,,, ,,bi,,' ,,.ir sa,.o
Russia, when I was seventeen. Today
a,, ,,,an,,.' ,a,,r TIL, ,,s,,, 49,,
-, -, - 80
- an II, 80. -, -, .,s
:, ~. "n o''',H' nus '''a''" WIN '''e
'"'''''''' Vi ''''
THE CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS.
vbo, ,..a .,o coll ,,ano, ,,,., ,,o
rau,a NJ ,Jma pa,ch,,,t,vn ,,-i,,tnd 4,
.hc uevsnnnsrs M Taganro, no c,,..'
,;r , newspapers Oh lagantog. no Iues-
w" "''Sc III VI! ,nii'o' IL was mes
saSe 10 "'e uS oiret1 as ictter WIN
my name iva IalhtE, written upon
.'e 'HNe,"Pf' - 'o'u my parents
hoidins the newspaper before me in our
speak but my mother wCpt. All our
I suffering FROM cold and hunger and
sorro" tor the deau had not made her
Weep But she did not speak. Nor did
my rather. ON" OF the wounded SOL
] u'NiH w .'hl H'bSN Nfpl, Ntdkly, Win
my mother.
Russia has come to this.' he said,
Her women must die because the blood
of her men has turned to water" '''''
Every Russian must die for Russia
IL need be-" | said, THE soldiers VIC
are uutaught and misled will return m 70
iigh; for Russia II they see women dyina
. to set them an example"
Ny father spoke to ny mother to COM
fort her. Still weeping, she was looking
out of the window through whicS For
three years we had seen only suffering
and want and sorrow. instead of hap.
piness and content which rad always
been in Taganrog before.
~ am tit TO so and | am willing to
CO." ] said Il have more reason to go
than any one. ! can show that a Jewess
il ready to die for Russia. My example
VIII be for our people as well as for the
ignorant soldiers who are deserting."
Neither my mother nor my father
spoke against my going They helped
me to make ready. The wounded soldier
who had wept gave me an 'ilsona," and
the other soldiers wEo We're being cared
for in our house s sSke words Of praise
~ were n man.