Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-11-09
llRS. GIBBONS GIVES VIVID
MESSAGE OF HIGH SERVICE
Relates Experiences "Gndcr Fire"
as Relief Worker in Asia
Minor and France.
SPEAKS TO woMAN's CLUB
Tells Of Really Unsclfish Spirit
That Possesses Ono When Help
ing Other People i'm Great Dan.
ger or Distress.
BY BRENT WITT.

Out of the book Of her own won
n aeriul experiences rs woman IN
der Fire Mrs. Helen Davenport Glib
bons. wife OF Herbert Gibbons. his
3 torian, magazine writer and war cor
respondent. erough, real and vivid
message 10 the members Of III.
YESTERDAY afternoon l; WAS new
definition OF happiness. great in
tolerance of people who are wasting
Of people in the world-thcse who
are Christians and those Who are not.
The whole message of the lecturer
was that OF the genuine soul OF Il
woman. who met life in all the ire
! mcndous. pulsating meaning or the
word. with it's big decisions and it's
opportunities for service everywhere.
The little explains the large and the
large explains the litilc," quoted Mrs.
Gibbons.
Must Thiull OF Others.
Tho very first thing that ! learned
that YOU cannot Consistently keep
Your mind on danger to yourself.
when going through great and daa-
argue with me. either, about the mi
racles OF God. because j have seen
them happen literally before my
Book is 10 live it"
She gave thrilling and fascna,-
abroad from 1909. when she and her
husband lived through the massa-
ores by the Turks, in Asia Minor, or
wretched, refugees fleeing before the
face OF their mcrciless enemies. THE
people OF this country are so prone
TO read about the terrible nassacrcs
ana eSclaim that il could not pos
sihiy be as bad rs it is painted. But
1T Is p;.iful when you are out. there
MIS-. Gibbons. And those Who are
on the outside looking in have a
grave responsibility for these peo-
II IT have no illusions about the
Turk" declared the speaker Young
Turk or old Turk, he is still a Moslcn.
the. Christian. lie believes that the
throats cut Of eleven Christians will!
transport him to his heaven and.
therefore, he is never to be trusted"
Gives Details OF Experiences.
Mrs. Gibbons sketched with fascin-
atinE detail her life and cXpericn ses
IN Messina,, in Bulgaria and Constan-
ynople. and her leaving OF that city
during the first Balkan war and thea
the later scene In France. where she
was with her husband and four chill
iren at the time of the call to arms In
1914. Il WAS because she had been a
refugee herself, because the great.
woman heart of her throbbcd with
love and UNDERESTIMATE Ing for the moth
ers and their baby burdens. that she
organized and made possible the re-
liet work among the babies and moth
Trs OF france. serving in that ca
| over IN 1917. She stated quite simply
mat u was n deb; She owed TO life,
,hat that was wha; enabled her 10
Ecep ner nerve. because she had SUI
lcEcd ana endured and won through
dreadful experiences with her man
tar from her side and her children
~ and suffering IN the GAGE %! over
whe!n!nE danger. which threatened
from every side There was hu-
NhH AZ ana paihos in he tale ;ha;
there was emphasis on the biz.
fundamental things OF liic--thc things
tnat count, the ideals that go 10 make
EtS~ hish ana true and noble in The
fullest sense.
She said that she. had changed. that
,nained a thing OF arrested develop
inent. Above all she had learned a
great intolerance OF pcopi. who are
Wasting their time. People can; AZ
~ TOO mnch 70 he done. and tn. old
nE1nn, Work for the Night Is COM
ing; Was never iruer than today she
said that she had found out too. Thar
E ;Ta,, camt sing lead .Esndly Light"
m means can. TOO much: v nsM dennition.
danger that she had endured. to the
speaker meant only 10 be able to get
AWAKE In the morninc after a good
sleep and know ina; her husband and
haoies were awake and hungry and
all there, She said that she didn',
ask anything better OF life.
Courage l. Normal Thing.
Mrs. Gibbons said that sh. had also
discovered that her function In lifn
IS 10 create normal atmosphcrc
under abnormal condition. thai rour.
age is :; normal thing. that nobodv
breaks down under stress. also nm,
home is not rocking chair and tho
nest CHINA, IL Is an intangible some
thing-your husband and children
and Knowing where they were ard
that they were safe, nothing els.
matters. And the most precious les
son that one learns is 10 live the love
that Is the real thing that is VIVA,
comes OF vision OF life. when one
reels the iuturc is only five minutes
long And you want to be ,he. kind
OF Christian that never has TO saw a
word. bur breaches every day in thn
way you live.
Mrs. Gibbons is n brilliant, ,aeci.
mating speaker, but she is . r.,I
woman. with all The great burning
loving heart and sympathies o. !,
mother who has gone through mo
fiame and come out pure gold. Sh.
is u native Of Philadelphia, q grad
uate OF Eryn Mawr College and hnr
services abroad are recountcd for
, better in the hearts ana memories Of
Z the mothers and babies ana bows tha,
she aided. than ever could be chron-
icled on the pages OF a printed book
GOVERNOR AND MRS. DAVIS
WILL ENTERTAIN TEAcHERc