The Washington times., 1919-10-23
.SAUT-|N SOBS
FROM Joy At !
LOVING GIFTS
Brave Wife Of Aged Invalid Owe
wheImed BY Kindness &
Sympathetic City. 6


Those who called at the home =
David stsyton and his wife. So5,
Canal street northwest. yesterday an
today, found the little woman In tea
and barely able TO reply TO the vor,i
OF sympathy and offers Of help fro-
her visitora
the lives of the old couple. II A
doubtless IL anything like II evr,
was pictured in their dreams. Tw.
days ago. they seemed without hope
There was little food in the home
Old David, upstairs on q sick bed
was suffering from want Of medice
attention and proper nourishmer
4rs. Stsyton. tired out from her e..
forts to care for the sick man an.
do her own work. was nearly an a.
valid herself.
Miracle HappenA
Then the miracle began to happen
Tuesday evening a big limousirs
drew up at the door. loaded vii.
baskets OF food. No sooner had
left. than two women. carrying bag
containing sundry groceries am
fruits. walked to the house and ief
them Yesterday morning. q stea6s
stream CT visitors arrived. bearfnf
with them food enough to last ths
couple for several weeks. Today. ths
kitchen IL piled with timed stuffs
bread. meat. vegetables and fruit
For the first time in many years. tn
postman found himself with letter.
to deliver to Mr.. David stayton. 3oS.
Canal street northwest. and the let
ters contained money.
Tive Dse4ers Give Afs.
Two doctors came during ths
course of the day. and not osI,
brought medicine. but volunteered
their aid Yesterday afternoon
called at the home. Mrs.. 8tayton va
being treated by . physician: Mr.
stayton lay propped mp on pillow
In a freshened bed. supplied wfti
clean linen: and downstairs. . kind,
Retghbor was receiving viaitors aH
putting away the food.
Earlier IN the day. q police patrc
wagon arrived at the house The Of
fcers had come TO see whether &
were not best for Mr.. Stayton to g.
to a hospital and Mrs. stayton-t<
the poor house" They were In
formed by the neishbors. who vers
interested spec4te9 ~ such wa
p9svi.ioS. pDs sS b. sss isss.s Gss =, %. o.
the news that Mrs. stsyton had -
ceived money to pay her rent twt
months in advance, reassured the OF
ncers. and they left
Has HsA ReukSxkabse Life.
AS for Mrs Stayton-it wiz taht
her some time to recover from th<
windfall of blessings that hAvs
showered upon her. The doctors pee
terday said she must have rest so<
quiet And today she is getting "a
1t developed yesterday. When .
neighbor who had known Mrs star
ton since her girlhood told something
of the life of that little wornan- tnC
she has a rather remarkable htstcsy
For she is one of the very few NO.
men. now living, who was a witness
to the battle Of Bull Run. in the
Civil War.
She was originally Annie May wise
of New York. Her father. a Masof
by the way. and her brother. went q
war with the Union forces. And sh'
went, too. as a nurse. She serves
with the army for more than year
and when the battle of Bull Run wa
fought she was not far behind ths
lines, helping at the dressing sta
tons. IL was after the war. wher
she came to Washington. that shs
met her present husband.
Fears to BE Thought BeGGsr.
The courage which led her 10 20 IL
war and serve when a father ans
brother were killed. hasn't desertet
her. And yesterday. when the gift
were being left AZ her door. she kepi
repeating. half aloud: They'll al
think I'm a beggar."
No, those who visited the litth
house yesterday don't think she>e Q
beggsr. But one could not help won
dering what will happen when the
provisions there now are exhausted
when the emotion which prompted ths
giving is gone. And the patrol wag.
on which called yesterday--in th<
name Of charity-seemed q symbol