The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-02-24
By Rev. Newell Dwight Hills
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Tho nervous breakdown. tho mental
COLLAPSE and suicide Of two young wo-
men upon the eve Of their returning
Lonl" 20 Now York, has SET all people
talking about the wisdom of sending
DUNG women across the seas for Sociai
service These sisters lrrr" 4 Hupl"
rlm": had wealth. social position. chl-
tur", and there WAS nothing !" when
.hry could not look forward. Having
lived sheltered lives and h""n sale
guarded from excitement at huin" thc%
won't 10 France AMI suddenly found
themselves In the uttrrpost Of cnniu-
sion, excitement. nnis" and hurry, sur
rounded BY wounded men. and nuJllatcc
crippleS, 81 day and night they u.s.
tened Ia cruesome tales. and watched
the ambulanccs and wagons carrying
out dead bodies until the whole scene
became lurid Inferno. For months
cur girls in France liv" upon their
nerves Finally the exalted mood h''-
comes depression. nervous hys:"ril fol-
lows: the belief that the world is
runaway orb oh$csscs tn" mind: AMI
sometimes the brain gives WAY. Ar
rcrics su ioug EorE-h with blood lose
ithr power 10 contract At night. ana
sleep becomes li'iposS:hi'H l.!''fiui%
hundreds upon hundreds or EnShsh'
French and American girls broke down
nrrvously through "v"rwork. during INC
clamor Of the past war AND many. many
months and years must com" ana /"
before their recovery VIII Il" ""Iiipl''t".
II, WAS not an unexpected result. som"
Soldicrs-whc;h"r men or WuIr''n--i"S"
their arms. and SON" ih"ir m'h'h'
polse. Both represent IN" n"hirst mar
tyrdom.
These Women to Be Ranked With
Fallen Heroes.
All sane and hr"admind"d n"n AMI
women look upon ihcS" hr'n"n &'r'S.
just as hey look up"n IL" hrHv" sol
dicrs fallen upon IN" t,trii"ir'ld Officers
min tho Cruix d. Gu.rr" upon the
wounded hero VIII" has lost his arm ar
leg. and in the same way ihrs" broken
women have earned and '!'s"rr" IA"
highest hUnnrS and d"''"rI;i"ns. II -
lust as noble for "a y"unG woman y"
| KIN herself lv nv-crwUrk III Curing Ter
wounded mon Il; II s for S"Id"r* ~
the from, trenches - CIV" Themselves
iup - ti"r.uan bullets nave. IA! SOL.
sccn soldier boys in n" hospitals ami
dressing stations nf I:"lElunl and Franz"
>urcrIn:; from she'll shuck. "r ,r"mhIIf;
between liz" and death from loss -
blood. who were 50 weak that II VAS
an open question whether they would
live another day. Half UNCONSCIOUS.
these young soldiers. sick unto death
murrurtd The namc Of mother. sweet
heart or wife. Tho StiuUlhD'S If IN"
physician had don. all that. AID II"
done, what tho boy needed was Ill" -
enforcement Of his heart and Of his
Will In that moment a nurs". /. NJ.
iC. A. woman. comes along. Once |
heard an officer say that IN" v"Ty rust"
nr the nurses dress. brought his wii" :
-,rrscncc from across the sou. ana. rs
:, were recovered him Ia 4 fresh SiruC-
slc and a new hope. anL solemn re-
solve that ne would not dc. In, iha'
nc would tisht on and So" has WIFE
AMIN. Thr=S- women have accom-
plish"d n industry ;ha; can newer t"'
measured. They hrT" don" young sol
dicrs good and not evil every hour If
every day and night I!ur. 'h' - has
hrcn Al rrrnt cost Of u"rE" and hr'Iih.
Yet. Won ,'anrot win Il va" wi'h"Ht los
ing rncn'S Iivcs. and %"u cannot ran
ho.pItalS and iclntrnn"nlS without
Young women. Thor ""rr>i"n:I break
down Is not Z thing :" l." w"rd"r''i -.
Young mon and young w"rm''n 'f'hN
r"rvous,y: some dying sc W"Un"S. ami
at h"r& "f nervous "Hnd mental "F"'N'hi'.
. ru, in r!.hnr rvrn'. wlmn III 'nr ''"'"'~.
~. ran writ" tbs" words "i''r ih"'r
u1n,"+. '"rhry ,-ountoh l.f" mot dear
unto thcu@civ"r" "TN..r i".ti'e rest
in peace. hut :hri- natt'''.s -'iaIi h'"
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