The Washington herald., 1918-08-25

Ae4 tIoSt tnc{ mao SHARED tIt Lit<s-
ednezs Of the nation that hath no
annals And nov look ~ thsmi The
frst american women 70 win the
croix de Guerre.
Speaking Of hospitals and crolx
de Gusrre. and things like that.
there is one woman right here In
Washington Just out Of q hospital
whose family feels sure that she
deserves . crolx de guerre-thcush
they admit sniiingly that she has
no chance Of getting II. And that 10
Madame Caideron. wife Of the Boily-
Ian minister. II will probably be
news 70 many Of her friends that
she 10 out Of a hospital. II happen
ed this way.
Some three or four weeks afo, abe
was in q motor smashups-I forget
whether IL was q truck or q trolley
that did the smashing. but Nine.
Calderon was pretty badly shaken
up She did not At the time realize
that it was anything more than q
bad shaking up that she had suf-
fered. II seemed wise for her 70
rest for q few days, and give her
self time 70 recover from the shock
But she didn't seem TO recover. She
was In considerable pain which
there seemed no reasonable way OF
accounting for. So after q few days
Senior Calderon decided that she
needed q hospital and x-rays TO fnd
out just what was wrong.-and they
disclosed a quite unsuspeeted brok-
en- rib-very much the worse for
having been overlooked.
Nine. Calderon II a good patient
She knows the necessity Of obeyine
orders, for she herself formerly con.
Quoted a very successful little hos
pitaI. She II an American woman
formerly a Miss Ainley. Of New Yort
who during the early years OF her
husbands service here cared devoted
ly for q former Nine. Caideron until
her death. Senior Calderon Is the
third eldest Of the diplomatic circle
in point OF service. He presented hi,
credentials in May. 1904, about two
years later than viscount d.Alte. the
Portuguese minister. and q year Later
than Ambassador Jusserand, the dear
Of the diplomatic corps. since as an
ambassador he ranks d'Alte, who {,
only q minister.
To return 10 Nine. Calderon-all
through that very hot weather, when
others were In the mountains or n
the shore, or at least motoring through
the parks in the cool OF the evening
one can always be cool in a motor
she was in the hospital done Up
in plaster. waiting for her rib 20
heal. Early iu the week she wa.
able to be removed TO the Bolivian
legation and expects now TO be able
to get away before long.
And there is one group OF patriotic
women to whom would award some
sort Of a cross, and that is the Eve
members of the Senate Red Cross
Society who have met regularly iT
the large chamber OF the Senate office
building all through the severe heal
OF the summer. They formed them
selves into a little hot-weatber club
having luncheon in the Senate cafe
together as a break in their really
hard days work.
Mrs. James A. Reed. of Missouri
Mrs. A. A Jones, OF New Mexico
Mrs. Wesley Jones and Mrs. Miles
Poindexter, of the State OF Washing.
NOils anu SOLil -NCNAoLs VI
have spent the whole Of each day
except Sunday-since the recess be
gan. in sewing and knitting at the
Capitol. Mrs. Reed has cut out and
assisted the other Senators wives in
making nineteen pairs Of pajsmas
thirteen shirts and fifteen work
aprons in the past two weeks
In addition 20 this, Miss Dorothy
Brown, of Kansas City, who is the
guest Of Senator and Mrs. Reed al
their home in Biltmore street hat
become 90 proficient in the use Of the
knitting machine that she can turn
out a perfectly knitted pair Of socks
every twenty minutes. Her skill add
ed thirteen pairs Of hose to the other
list of garments turned out by the
small body OF women in sthe Senate
workrooms in the past two weeks.
Mrs. Atlee Pomerene. who has de-
voted almost her entire time to this
work, has returned to Washington
after an absence of a few weeks. and
will Immediately combine her forces
with the five women already engaged
there.
The Arion Club Of the Signal Corps
and Air Service has also kept right
on the job Of staging entertainments
for soldiers and war workers. At the
motion picture show which II will
give Wednesday night in the stadium
of the Central High School. the girls
from Camp Columbia will be the
special guests.
On this occasion the performance
will be free to the public. An official
war flY11 inst relea sea will he shourn
and the program will also include
Ibsen's "A Dolls House" with Elsie
Ferguson as the star. A band con-
tainment, and refreshments will be
served.
Last week 81 soldiers were guests
OF the Arion Club at the picture show
on Wednesday evening. which was
one OF its series OF entertainments
being given in connection with the
organizations social activities at Gen.
tral High School. Dancing, swimming,
basketball and other sports are pro-
vided for a small admission fee.
From all the resorts where Wash
ingtonians are gathered comes word
Of various war and relief activities.
In Newport yesterday they had q
Belgian day for which the Belgian
Minister. Mr.. E. de Cartier de Mar
chienne, went on. Prince Henri de
Ligne. who IS listed as temporarily
attached to the Belgian Legation.
but who apparently prefers a long
distance attachment, has made his
headquarters first New York and lat
terly in Newport rather than in