The evening world., 1918-05-21

v nurse.
Now che Is known by thousands
OF French. italian and British SOL
dlers as Sister" Chick, by which
she prefers to be called. This is no
time for titles. she says. because
wal and our duty are supreme:
everything else is trivial.
Sister" Chick bears upon her
breast the coveted medal OF the Le-
zion d'Honneur. for which she was
aited by Eve French Generals, one
OF whom is Gen. Claudon, now in the
United States with the French Mil
ltary Mission. This occurred Nov.
IS, 1914. She had been decorated by
the Italian Government for conspic-
uous bravery under FIRE. She came
to America and pawned her famous
collection OF jewels to purchase
Red Cross supplies for her wounded
men.
She has not seen her husband for
two years: he is still In Rheims
War Is the supreme sacrament:
love follows It. Now she has moth
ing but an indomitable courage and
devotion TO sick. wounded and
dying. .
This war nurse has been proposed
for a commission In the Italian
Army, a rare distinction. and has
been placed in charge OF twenty
seven emergency hospitals at Lati'
sana, In the ridder province of
Udine.
Her description OF conditions dur
ing the nrst days OF the war. when
there was nothing with which to
care for them, cannot but help
arouse In Americans a serious deter
mlnation TO give TO our Owl Red
Cross. There Is hardly a family
here that has not some member In
the war, or is not directly inter
ested, and the thought that an
ayoidable death OF Disagreement
might have been eliminated should
spur them on.
when the German hordes came
marching on Paris" said Sister"
Chick. describing the conditions as
they first existed in the Red Cross,
I'VE had nothing: bandages. ether.
iodine, surgical instruments. We
had no ambulances. the hospitals AT
Rheims were all on fire, the Cathe-
dral was a mass OF flames. In the
first line OF trenches the few nurses
We had were Inadequate TO cope with
he number OF wounded and dying.
"The Germans we're Smelling the
city continuously and punctually.
Their outposts we're in the remote
parts OF Rheims, and m day |
saw an enemy ambulance driving
through the street. / knew that Il
contained priceless bandages"
But then the French anne un.
driving the Germans from every
corner. The ambulance started 10
follow, but Sister" Chick. with a
cleaning automatic. stepped on the
running board. Pointing It at the
drivers head, she commanded him
10 drive back, and he must have
seen a gllpI NJ determination IN her
clear, blue eyes. for he obeyed.
That ambulance netted me 10 900
b~sndages." she said, continuing. "a
quantity OF iodine and peroxide OF
hydrogen. With this lives were
saved.
IL stayed for eight months on the
French front, and when Italy entered
the war | enlisted in the Third Ital
ian Army under orders from Gen
Lombardi. 1t was toward the end
Of 1915.
I'VE had 40 X-ray machines. NJ
operating tables. no hot water bot
ties, no isb bags. SO | told Counties,
Minervi, wife OF the Deputy OF Par
lament and head Of the hospitals II
Italy, that this must be remedied.
"Do you expect me TO work IKE
thisT I said 7 have been ,hrougt
eight months OF II at Rheims
In three days I was on my way Z
America. The t1rst day in Boston Q
tea marty got seven "a aes ~ in