The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-09
Luck With Him.

After passing through an even dozen
hospitals he finally was located in a
French hospital. 1t was here that his
luck really began, though he insists that
he has been lucky throughout the war,
When he regained consciousness a Red
Cross nurse addressed some remark to
him in French. They started CONVEX
sation, and he asked her to write a let
ter for him to Miss Sophie Alexander,
his sisteT-in-law, in Paris. When the
young woman went home she told her
sister about the letter. The sister was
former schoolmate Of Miss Alexander.
The result was that he was showered
with attention. Nothing that could be
done for him was left undone, and some
of the things that were done for his
pleasure and comfort might better have
been left undone without marring his
progress to recovery But, he says, it
was a great experience to be wheeled
through the magnificent old chateaus
and splendid estates and sample the win
rouge for which the French cellars are
famous.
Then Miss Sophie Alexander got hold
of him Through her deXterity and the
confidence of the French officials had
remove Lieut.. Quinn to Red Cross hos
pital No. in Paris, where she gave him
her personal attention.
Miss Alexander is one of the most
capable women in war work. She was
educated at Berkeley, Cal, Oxford and
Cambridge, England and in Paris. She
is truly cosmopolitan, "a citizen of the
world equally at home in any of the
countries, speaking all the languages
and familiar with their customs. The
hospital in Paris where she is sta
toned Is the old Art Students club. a
splendid institution, magnificently
equipped and doing great and lasting
work 1t is supported by Mrs. White
Never mind about me-" said Lieut..
Quinn, in answer to question about
some of his exploits as he strolled
through Overton park Sunday morning.
Say something about the work the
splendid women are doing, something
about their heroism and sacrifice. How
is the world going to show its appreci-
alton for what they have done for suf-
fering humanity? | have seen some OF
the so-called courage on the battlefield,
but during the four months | was in
hospitals | Witnessed among those pa
tient, quiet women the equal of any
man that ever walked into the cannon's 8
mouth or stroled nonchalently across
No Mans Land in the face of machine
gun fire.
II don't know how many men have
told me that they attributed their re-
covery to the attention Of Miss AleXan-
der. She is one of many The heroic
work of these splendid women accounts
for the return of so many wounded and
MANNED who otherwise would not have
come back at all"
He talked about the British and the
French You ask me what we thought
of the British soldier" he said. THE
world is not Teutonic today, is it? Well,
the British soldier Is the reason. That
is what ! think of him. As for the
French, we can never honor them
enough. The way they fought, suffered
and stood up against overwhelming odds
was A revelation to me. No American
soldier will deny them the glory that is
theirs"
Lieut.. Quinn was the sensation of his
regiment. He was picked to take a Sc
curity company in advance of the other
units and clean up machine gun nests
If was while engaged in this work
near Scissors that he received his
wounds in the shoulder and arm His
company was mopping up the nests
and finally started for fort In an
open field. At that time he had only
II men. They took the fort and
spared only four Germans. who were
used to bring back the three remainS
ing American wounded. For this eX&
ploit he received the distinguished
service cross, He has four citations for
bravery and letter Of commendation
from, Gen. Buck.