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as he could stand no moro tb,, 4.
tie came back to us ana wa 80,
MN with special care. along vith ~
othcr slNty-nine patients. When e
dressed him he never moaned "
groaned, and always gave ne HE nU
derful smile. Then an order can,o W.. ~,
all patients to GO to the statiop Npso
time went on a stretcher with ~.
rest. After spending twelve bou.s @
without food or attention II, ~,
draughty place. some or them .ssa'
back 70 us, hut not "Ragtime." Tbs
lady doctor and !. who attenopn b,r.
searched every hospital and nsS,
every inquiry, with no result.
After three days a pitirul little ro,.
came from 'RaEtimc," saying he va,
in huge military hospital and bs,'
giuG me to visit him. Catholic sistsr,
were In charge. and tho rules uor,
strict; finally VIC saw him and other,
who had been dumped there. He rrisS
aud implorCd me not 70 leave Rim
lie said his wounds had not hs.n
dressed for three days. Think Of hi
When we dressed him II was two.
hourly. and 1t was most necessary
Tho reason for the neglect was tnat
nuns were not allowed, so / was told
10 attend to men patients below IA,
waist,
Got Him Back
The lady doctor went round and
pleaded with them to let us have him
back, but no. they would not. So |
was determined. Mademoiselle and
went round and asked FOR tho General
lie was i'm charge OF this great hospi.
tai, told him the history Of the case.
cried and protested with real Belgian
emotion. and finally the dear old gen.
cral began to think that here was
really romance. lie let me have Rag.
time Tho lady doctor sent her car
and we got him back.
Later on we left him in a hospital
i'm Ghcut. Months artcrward we had
an orderly. an cX-professOr from a
college. Wishing to join his family
at Ghcnt he retuiped under the Ger.
mans. / sent by him a letter to Rag.
time" After many weeks letter was
smugglcd through to me in Flemish.
telling hsw the orderly had traced
him TO a certain hospital and he was
living unconscious. This made me feel
that he was dying. But after another
long lapse Of time another man turned
np who said that "RaGtme' had just
been operated on FOR his kidney and
had been under Chloroform. A year
later one Of our medical students me,
his father i'm London hospital
wounded soldier. lie said that Rag
time" was at Liege, convalescent
After the war I shall make it my task
TO trace "Ragtime" in Belgium and
find out if he is alive.
CONTINUED MONDAYJ
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on they came with set faces, looking
as though they would tear down am"
crush all before them, determination
written on every countenancc
Upon entering one Of the great
squares uf Antwerp the citizens stop
ped rs. brought out wine ana sand
wiches and insisted upon pushing our
cars themselves, shouting with dc.
light The English have come"
\ Charming Hostess
On the Boulevard LcouoId a fine
building had been placed Mt our dis
posll: formerly il was - Dukes pal
acc. aud recently grammar school.
Quickly We installed ourselves aud
for the next three days our hands were
fun uUpaCkinE crates and getting an
into working order. Scarcely had We
finished WHOM perfect avalanche o,
wounded arrived. l7o i'm an, more than
we had beds for We nurses turned
out of our bedroom, but even then
we had to M tho large landings with
beds and strctChers. Every patient
VIC received was seriously, II not
dangerously, wounded; the operating
theatre was going all night; our nine
nurses were scarcely able to keen
abreast Of the work nor to direct the
jealous but often dangerous, cner-
gieS of the body OF lay-helpcrs VINO
swarmed i'm from the ncighburhoud
At 3 a. IN. we had most OF the patients
wounds dressed and their poor man
gled bodies resting in something Ike
comfort.
Among the Belgian ladies who Of
rercd their services was a charming
little MadCmuiscllc R. Seeing rs,
were without any resting place. she
called her father aud he insisted on
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taking my friend and me to their
house. Never can repay those kind
people for their hospitality. For nearly
.iN weeks we stayed in their beautiful
nome as members Of the family After
a while the other nurses were ar
ranged for. but many had no sleep that
night, for there was only . garnet
filled with desks and blaCkboards.
Each night old NJ. II or one OF his
sons came to escort us home. We sat
in n coy sitting room with the family,
while the three sons told rs al t'I-
latest news and rumors. These LAOS
were in the Garde Civipue. 50 knew
all what was going ON durIn" the
cNCitcmcnt and anxiety Of the follow
ing wcclls How these five weeks
passed is just a vague impression Of
constant work conflicting rumors,
rush and wcarincs7, | remember moth
ing cOnsccutiycl,.
Notable Events
My friend and | had large nst
containing fourteen wards, with seven.
ty patients to attend to. We had no
ordcrlies i'm those days: our only nelp
WAS too shiftlcSs charwomcn, who
talked Flemish only. All the patients
were grlvcly wounded: they usually
required two dressings a day and
some much Oftencr. The meals alone
were a perfect nightmare to get served
as scarcely any patient could feed him.
self: the food consisted Of stews and
soups i'm big bowls with coarse brown
bread. 70 add to the labor the great
landing and two flights Of circular
stairs at either end were white mar
bic. For the first two weeks there
were only two OF us to do everything
The Belgian Il. A. NJ. c. officers
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upon a couch i'm the corner OF the room.
She tried to get up, but could not. She
heard the voices Of tho officers in the
room as from a great distance. aud then
Il woman came and two men carried her
upstairs and put her to bed, She rculizcd
that she vas talking mCOhcrcntly OF
cyril. Of tho yellow Dove. They gave
her something to drink and her nerves
grew mystcrously quiet, She seemed TO
he sailing smoothly through the air
higher highcr--CyrjIs fingers were
pointing upward. She was tipping the
wheel toward her-cVer toward her. and
they rose higher, They had reached the
region OF continuous and perfect day,
cyril turned his head and looked at her,
and then he smiled.
II was broad daylight when she
awoke for the sunshine was streaming
In at the window. \ woman sat near
her, knitting. She wa an old woman
Of many wrinkles kindly wrinkles, which
seemed to vie with one another to eN-
press placidity. As Doris rose IN her
bed the old woman rose too. and came
forward brisl,ly, speaking in French.
"Ah. madamoiselle is awake. Bon.
She is feeling bettcr?'
YES. bettcr-but little tired" And
then, as she realized where she was,
Gould you tell me- General French
French--cpuld | sec him.
sNll ~ Nflls llldhflll'lEtll'f monsieur
lc Gcncral-hc is not here now. But he
viii be back after a while lie will sec
you, then. but FIRST II is proper that
you have breakfast and a bath Made
moiselle needs a bath think"
Doris glanced .at her hand, which lay
upon the white covcrlid. II was black
Yes, ] win bathe. But first will you
tell md
The old woman smiled as she inter.
rupted 81 was TO tel you that Monsieur
| yonder Is better. That is what Made,
moisclle wished 10 know, is II not?"
Doris sank back upon her pillow I'm a
/ silence which gave tho fun measure OF
| her JOY. Cyril would recover, She had
been sure Of Il. She had told them lasI
! night God was good
! The news gave her strength, and the
| coffee and eggs that were brought re.
| NlNed her. rapidly. Her nerves still
| rembled IN memory Of what they haC
passed through. but when she was
bathed and dressed in clean linen gar
| ments, much too large for her. a surgeon
| brought her medicine, and what wa,
better than medicine, news that Cyri
was conscious and was asking for her,
| but they would not let her go TO him
| Tomorrow perhaps. Meanwhile In,
doctor would be glad to take a message
| Doris colored gently. The message tina
she would have liked 10 send was no
to be transmitted by this means
mat | am well-and that I will Sc,
| MN when | have permission to do so. .
The officer smiled, gave some direc
lions TO The old woman and went out,
u was not until late In the afternoon
when diessed In her own garments
which mad been carefully cleansed ant
brushed tI her nurse, that she VA
ladmitted TO Qle Office Of the Field Mar
shal She Was shown into his room
eHd he greeted her with unmistakabl,
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stream upon whose banks in t'rcc
states there are now "A dozen -hipya a.
with 1f6 separate yhipwars completed
or under construction employing m an
about e. O00 mon For we have come t.
calculate that $1,000 vorkmen represent
the wagc-earnuE power for a popula'
ton Of about 100000.
Philadelphia. TOO miles from the sos.
the greatest industrial center along the
Atlantic coast. csnho, well afford TO
fan behind Baltimore. Neither snould
it fan behind Norfolk. which Is looking
UP as Baltimore is looking up, and which
has an equal depth of water The
channel At Boston. being closer to the
sea than that leading to Philadelphia,
is already deeper than the Philadel-
phia channel and a spirited agitation
Is on for a forty-fOot depth, New York
has forty feet from the sea through
the Ambrose channel but more sgnif-
cant. as far as Philadelphia is con-
ccrned, is the successful fight made by
the New York members this week to
provide by law for a forty-foot channel
in the Fast River through Hell Gate tc
Long THand Sound.
Forty Foot Claimants Win
The New York members we're fought
by the Rivers and Harbors Committee
on the ground that the war necessity
for the Fast Isivcr Improvement was
not imperative and because Of the Eroal
cost Of cutting through the rock al
Hell Gate But the forty-foot project
won out and shortly after the vote was
recorded Charleston. $. C., bobbpd M
with forty-foot project leading up thu
Cooper River TO the navy yard And
that amendment carried. Then came
Key West with n new channel proiec
and it broke through the COMMITTEES
lines So the waterways spirit is aliv,
along the coast, and no great city car
1 afford to fan back IN the race for wa
utility or commercial supremacy. A,
at present constituted Congress Is IN
| clined TO favor South Atlantic projects
and the present bill, carrying only $40,
| 900 900 I'm the aggregate, was consldere,
| too small. Hence, when New York sue
eeeded In jumping the traces and gettinl
away with the East River forty-foo
| project. It was a foregone conclusio,
that Charleston and Key West woul'
/ fall In close behind.
The problem for Philadelphia, how
ever. is to keep busy on that thirty five
| foot channel and to prepare TO meet tn
| competition that may be expected fror
| New York and Boston, Baltimore an
| Norfolk with their completed channels
| What one city secures other cities vii
| doubtless strive for and the recent con
| gestion at New York has given othe
cities reason TO believe that they vii
share in an equitable distribution OF tn
| traffic.
And some Of them are going after i
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NAMES. AIR LICENSE BOARD

Washington, April l3'--Alno4
ment Of the personnel OF the lolht ht.snls. s,
and navy board on aeronauuc ~ ~ eor
ance. to which sviators must sppg N
license to ny over the United staltss,on.
territorial waters, insular posso'ihss 49,
and the Panama Canal Zone mas
made The members Of the board - -,
Colonel II, II. Arnold, slghal ss,o. .y
Lieutenant Colonel Claude r. n,ls
coast artillery. National Army, ~.
War Department; Captain n t.
Captain r, n. Y. Blakely, Captain :.
Clark for the Navy Major ~, Ssa
George o. Sduier. chief signal oluo'
the army. was designated chairman
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CHAPTER I.
ANTWERP.

WHEN war was declared August
" I, 1914, the great upheaval sent
It's waves OF excitement beating
against every shore till it touched tho
whole world
Away in the Northern Midlands or
England there is a county hospital.
Enrolled among its nurses were sew
erul who belonged to the Territorials.
Scarcely had war been declared when
their marching orders came. Proudly
they went away, clad in military uni
form, while those left behind envied
them with an almost bitter envy.
Speaking for myself TO want a thing
badly means 10 get tiff possible.
When the Serbians started | went to
the matron and asked permission to be
released to offer my services. Her
answer was: Wait a little your own
country may need you" Meanwhile
she got permission for me TO 60. But
permission to go and zeal to serve
ones country are but the rreliminarles
TO active service AT the front Not
only women but men constantly meet
with bitter disappointment and many
obstacles put by wise government
as tests TO temper, discipline or some
inscrutable reason which like another
great Power moves in a mysterious
way its wonders to perform" To
make a long story short. after having
nlled up many forms stating whether
there was any insanity I'm or near the
family, and what the victims great
grandmother died Of and how many
foreign languages she could speak
finally I was told by the Red Cross
ST, Johns Ambulance. the Military
Nursing Reserve and auxiliary bodies
of many varieties that my services
were not required. as they had about
10000 nurses on their lists; in fact
about one nurse to each soldier
Ten Nurses Wanted"
Two weeks dragged by when the
post brought a correspondence card
from one Of our doctors with this sim.
pie legend posted thereon: Ten nurses
wanted at once for Antwerp: must
be voluntary Quickly I sent a wire
ofsring my services, then waited two
more interminable weeks. Having
given up hope. one evening a wire
was handed me, BE ready to start
Tomorrow"
A lawyer came that night and
helped me make wll--in case of
accidents. Meanwhile my friend got
two days leave TO come UP with me
and next morning we were off &c
London.
~ The lady who was the organizer
OF our hospital had not, ! should
judge, any previous experience oi
hospitals or their management We
I'D
quite prepared at an early date. tc
fall into the hands OF the Germans
so, as precaution, we nurses each
provided ourselves with tube OF
nofpl1ia tablets to take in any emer-.
gency. (They came in useful later
for others, .ss you will see, given
in smaller doses than we contemplated
taklng) We were TO live in tents and
nurse the wounded therein. But, what.
ever may have been lacking in the
medical arrangements, our directres'
chad certainly secured the names ol
some OF the most prominent and in
afiuential people in Europe.
Influential Patrons
Our patroness was no less a per,
sonage that her Majesty Queen Eliza
beth OF the Belgians, and the Duchess
de Vendome was associated with her
Oitr chairman for some time was Lore
Northclifte, and afterward Lord sgd
enham. while many great names fig
ured on the committee. our heau sur
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ONT" A WAR NURSES DIARY, SHOWS WHAT OUz

The SuDreme Hope With Which the BeLgiou,
Looked UDOn the Coming of the Britisb
During the Early Days of the War Can Be
COmDared to the Enthusiasm With Which
the Allies Haze Welcomed Uncle Sam,
Fi1tters Into the Thick of Battle
TOlUns and Villages That Figure AneU in tho
NetOs of the TeutOns' Latest Desperate A.
tempts to Break Through the Allied Line
Are Intimate Places to the BrdUe Youno
Girl Who Left the Security of England on
Her Mission of Mercy
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il was said that the British had U.s..
sued an ultimatum 70 Holland that the
Scheldt was to be open for six hours
to allow British men-of.war to sail up
and fire across the mud banks at the
Germans!
The tale Of our marines has yet to
he told one thing I know that every
one NJ them was a hero They fought
as Eritony should-aud died. That OK
petition was much criticized and as
cussed. Such things arc not in q
nurses province. but VIC met some OF
the men, marines and TumnieS, ana
their courage and endurance amid
overwhelming dimculties mako one
proud 10 nc British. Twice during
those weeks all our wounded were
hastily removed to tho one great sta.
tion. while an tho many hospitals
were empticd: but after waiting scv.
cral hours the poor fellows we're
brought back AGAIN on their stretch.
crs, cold hungry and suffering Nat
wally if several thousand wounded
from dozens Of hospitals arc removed
hastily. II means Of necessity a gen.
oral miN.up Of patients. Our dear boys.
in whom we had personal interest,
found themselves in 4 strange hospi'
tai. while VIC had many Of whose mod
ical history and treatment we knew
nothing.
"RagtimP"
That reminds me Of "EaEtime.'
must tell YOU about him His real
name was dc RasquinCt, but, when
written hastily on a chart. II looked
like ragtimC and was easier 10 pro-
nounce. People who do not like med
ical details had better skip the next
few lines,r but | want people to un
derstand how "Ragtimc' suffered
He was twcuty-thrCe years old and
had wonderful brown eyes that spoke
his gratitude when he was too III &c
utter words. lie came in with his
arm broken in several places anc
bleeding; i'm his abdomen we're two
large wounds which had pierced the In
testinc in several places. lie also had
Il great wound in the back which had
smashed up one kidney st first III
was too collapsed to operate upon
Such was the nature of his wounds
that his dressing and the whole of hi,
bed had TO nc changed at least every
two hours. Imagine rolling man ir
that condition from side to side. We
had very little wool we had no mack
intOsh sheets; brown paper was al
VIC lad to put under him; we just hac
to manage with rags which the neigh
boys supplied.
Pet Patient Lost
"Ragtime" was operated on; theS
cut out several feet of pierced in
tcstine. joined it together and CLOSED
mp the two wounds in his abdomen
The wound in the back was untouched
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"A British War Nurse, Whose Name Is With
held by the British Censor, Tells in Vivid
Terms the Difference BetWeen "CiUilidn"
hospital and the Mass of Human Wreckage
Literally Dumped Upon the OUerUOrked
STATS of the War Stations
Shrdpnet Wounds, LOng-Range Guns, Mutt
lated Bodies and ARTILLERY DuelS Are, After
All, but Names for Things That Are
Scarcely Understood by the Average Aneri-
can Far From the Field of Actual Battle in
Devastated Europe
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visited the wards each morning to
send on all who could travel then
they an had to be suitably clad, and
the melee OF muddy, disrcputable uni
forms sorted out and returned 70 ,np
proper owners.
Two events stand out above the
daily rush. The first was II visit to
Malnes. In that ,desolatcd town we
had drcssnE.statiOn, where "A small
party Of our doctors and students went
GailN to render tirst-aid by the
trenches. Never shall | forget that
Journey
Network Of Derenscs
n wa+ said that Antwerp was i'm
pucguablc I was told that the city
had three lines of defense; the outer
commenced thirty miles away co. -
circle Of fortified towns; TcrmuudC
and WoeyrC st. CatharinC were two
OF them. Then about twelve mites
away were another series Of towns
and villages of which Malincs was
one. The two former towns had fallen
after fierce battles, the results of
which poured into Antwerp I'm am
balances. bleeding. broken and man
gled for us to deal with. Malines VIC
saw, the cathedral was still standing,
badly damaged but grand and mag.
nficent Pieces Of stained glass win
dows many centuries old. lay on the
ground.
From Malines TO Antwerp was one
vast network Of defenscs. Every
where were reserve trenches, miles
OF barbed-wire entanglements all wait
ing to be electrified to eleCtrocutc the
enemy great pitfalls covered will
branches of trees contained Sharr
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ChurChill's Marines

The other event TO he ClrOniclcd was
'uc coming Of Winston Churchill and
his marines. Ahtwcrp was beginning
tp fear: the city was packed with the
constant stream Of refugees carrying
their bundles. all swarmiug i'm from
ruined towns and villages while the
distant boom Of guns Crcpt nearer
and nearer, and Tumors grew wilder
and more terrifying At the street
corners little girls sold newspapers,
and the CHEEKY "Mctropole,' was
shouted. but. while under the leading
column announcing the situation ~ We
were assured that everything was Sc.
rene, beautiful, splendid. Then llcw
from mouth to mouth the news that
Winston Churchill had come. The
English had come, The marines, part
Of England'S splendid navy, were here:
Now all was we'll, Poor little Ger.
maus. We could even pity them as we
rested secure in the power Of our navy;
they would be crushed like flies and
swept back to their proper place, while
we had a hit at Cologne and Berlin.
II was pitiful how the Belgians
trusted the English; to them they
were invincible. the protectors Of the
veal. @Hd fallen wild rumorS sprcad
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stakes to piniou the cavalry as they
advanced: fields of pointed stakes lay
lt intervals 10 impede the horses. I'm.
mcdiately outside tho walls Of Antwerp
were broad moats. aternatod by high
@rssa.covercd earth fortresscs. brist.
ling with guns. Every road into
Antwerp led over bridge; each
bridge had been mined and by touch.
ing an electric button the whole thing
would blow up: great Eatcs pierced the
walls, where sentries stood at attcn-
tiOn.
But none Of these preparations was
Of any use; no one had rcclloned upon
the siege guns and louG.distaucc how.
itzCrg The city fcll in flames and
ruins while tho enemy were still eight
miles OF more distant. But Of that
anon.
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Pet Patient Lost
"Ragtime" was operated on. they
cut out several feet of pierced in
tcstine. joined it together and closed
mp the two wounds in his abdomen.
The wound in the back was untouched
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-16

with the movement Nor are they
alone in recognising It's importance.
A few weeks ago more than two score
Of college presidents, directors of
technical schools and university pro-
gathered to plan q scientific
course for our educational Institutions.
That phase Of the educational prob
lem 10 well under way and soon safety
engineering will take its place with the
older and better professions.
If safety was entirely an engineer
Ing problem the task Of preventing
accidents would be simple. Mechanic
al safeguards are excellent things, but
no piece OF mechanism has ever been
fool proof"
Safety implies education ana the
acquisition Of safe practicestand SAFE
ty thinking by the workman 10 as inn
portapt asgsound. business Judgment.
on nails, dropping things on their
feet, falling from ladders, stumbling
and other similar happenings. When
you hear a plant representative say
his organization has touched 50 per
cent Improvement in safety condi-
lions. then you know the educational
safety factor is working among his
men. When rs per cent A. reached his
employees are thinking safety.
,"And safety, as preached by the
national safety council, approaches
very closely to applied Christianity. II
standing between employer and en-
ploye. which is doing much to in
creas u Industrial efficiency and
to maintain the enormous volume OF
production necessary for the adequate
support OF u army and navy"