Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-02
IWOMANHOOD DEVELOPED
by STORMS OF WAR
How One Girl Was Rescued From
Drawing-RoomT waddlc Inter-
cstingly Described.
FOUND SHE WAS a BORN NURSE
Englishwoman Cast Dccadcnt Muck
Aside 10 Carry Her Share of Bur-
dens Under Which for -Four Years
ss8 Humanity Staggered.
BY LIEUTENANr }. II. MORTON.

b what people all movements" From
81 the books she scattered about her
Z rooms and from the people She enter
4 tanned one could follow the phases
Il through which she passed; each phase
X was the outcome OF the rcstlessncss
B and craving for excitement and nov
s city that seized hold of women not SO
There was the period When her
rights Of women. Woman must win
her independence" and so on. There
a polished mahogany table in the dark,
hand touching hand, waiting for de-
nonstrations from the spirit world ;
fashion; the days when they talked
eyes. of aesthetic beauty. and ate veg
+ ctables: tho days when the wall paper
vas all black: and high art carried
poetry, and affected prose, and dis
cordant music.
WELTERING IN FUTURISM
WHEN WARS STORM BROKE
IS When the war came she was weller
ing in futurism. and her walls were
hung ~! With pit,urss in which which , she saw
eSes Was IN S0 nsep nor Gsa
that her cousin. an outspoken young
mar, , found n her one evening in Az
BY to her before going TO France. lie
found her among black and yellow
What's ali Ills nonsense?" he said
What nonsense" she answered. She
felt as II some one had smacked her
why all this decadcnt muck. What
are you reis ca on; my nat! French
poae f nse 5Ias,s ab Ss s ,ba,
ness. You're behind the times. There's
s,bit Of a war on, YOU know. That's
realize that there are things in life
HAckNEfED rREAsE pID
That was favorite phrase with her.
but somehow 4 didn't sound adequate
,,S Ssn-S ,hsn; She tumhed With her
We. Vel. In II. off, he said.
ing 10 be a tough job: This i'. fight. what hat
are, you going TO do?'
Y? What could ! do
Nurse or something like that only
your patients head With ali II , HsS ,wads
ole aS0 dea the m neidn of odsH ife
can't bear the sight OF blood. Acct
dents aen's, h quite oi nnneEve me must Try
I've hardly e thought n asau do something,
hing tha, Ynm , she al frs, s,sp-rsal
HAD NEVER HAPPENED
IN HER SET BEFORE
When her. cousin left the house she
sat very, still thinking. 1t seemed so
shosid be n she SO VEL
pened in her set be tor "' s seeef ru nae
said before he left: The Trouble bic ' is."
he had said. tina, civilization has made
Never been T Teas eq kpoW youEe
really tired. really frightened. Your
en ,inl are all DOLLHOUSE growth,
thing has ever actually moved you
n,s She felt .,,s the truth Of i, all, She had
was an opportunity 10 take II seri-
ousiy. she found herself inadeouatciy
Then one day she read particuia 'r
4 graphic description OF a battle. IL
brought death and suffering before her
in her: She knew men who had been
in that fight, One Of them was wound
how" she said I'm S young som and
strong"
THE DAYS OF HER
+'LlEG!SN1NG STRENUOUS
Perhsps'- nobody knows VIVA, she
ginnings. She did things that hitherto pt
servants had done before she woke.
Sas s a,e I gene G bar her Sn
K cleaned CRATES. She. who had been the
queen OF small kingdom. found her
she began to be prouder of the slavery
than she had ever been of the queen
n ship. For she knew she was making
a character for herself. She realized
the value of continually doing what
she ioathed TO do. Every hour of the
day vas victory over her wors, en-
envy herself, and all the time she knew
that her companion. were ahead OF
her, that still she was, Of very little
That thought kept her consta SIr:
hghting to overtake the others. and
the habits OF many years held her back.
Thick, cups were repulsive to her and
the agony OF cold mornings made her
waver more than once. There were
times too, when she saw wounded
Eroan, and IT was manv weeks before
she gould bring herself TO look at a
sun Sere s,;r face: when she did, SO. TO
ness and disgust. a great pity. and an
2 envy OF those women whose clever
hands could relieve the suffering
THEN SHE LEARNED
1s SHE WAS a BORN NURSE.
y Her moment of triumph was nearer
= than she thought. They discovered as
soon as She had passed the period OF
X lived before. ' Sne had never
. saw her her some weeks ago. She and
& wounded. had dinner together, She
Y herself was on leave. and had just
(. been decorated for the part she PLAYED
4 in bombing raid In France rowards
X the end Of dinner her cousin lcant over
q to her.
How about lilies and yellow flowers
4 and things uow?' he asked jokirglv
Bit she was looking AZ his head, and
& paid no 'ttertion 20 his question
THAT bandage is slipping q biz
s. she said. "
8Hf Never mind about that Tell mo
about the latest movement"
Well. she said. The Pail Mall SAYS
i9 She said II so seriously that We both
a laughed. Even then she didn, So. ~ q
81 Joke. She solemnlv passed over Inc
& evening paner ard noin'ad to the lar~n
s. headline.-Copyr!ght 1912
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IS mindful OF Mr. Hoover may 49,
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