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MISS LILLY HILL WRITES OF
WAR TIMES IN EUROPE.
Miss Lily Hill of Paris, formerly of
Augusta and Orovetown, writes most
Interestingly to Mrs. George J. Bald
win, of Savannah, of the French and
Belgian refugees who aro being cared
for in Paris and of the splendid work
that is being done by the American
Red Cross nurses and hospital work
ers. Friends of Miss Hill will remem
ber that she has a school for American
girls in Paris and she -with Miss Leila
Holl were In Switzerland when the
war broke out. Miss Louise Mays and
Miss Eleanor Hill were with them
but they returned home, and Miss Hill
went back to Paris in order that she
might do what she could In helping the
Belgian refugees and wounded soldiers
who are being brought In from the
front. She is at present working in the
bandage room of the American Hospi
tal.
Miss Hill writes:
"I have taken several afternoons off
from the hospital work to look Into
the refugee matter. First, I went to a
large music hall, in which there are
about 300 refugees. I found the con
ditions quite good. The place was
beautifully clean, quite well lighted
and heated, a general air of peace. I
talked to the head man, who took me
through the building ht-> self. The
men and women all sleep in the same
great hall, the women on one side, the
men on the other the children be
tween The babies have a separate
room, and they are under the 'are of
two Red Cross nurses who are helped
by the most Intelligent mothers.
Society
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“I saw a charming baby girl, 18
months old. with a bullet hole through
its foot. During the bombardment of
the town (have forgotten where; the
mother of the baby. In whose arms the
child was held, was instantly killed, as
well as a little girl who stood clinging
to the mother’s skirts. These people
are all given three fairly good meals a
day, are clothed as far as It Is possible
to rlo so, and are helped to find work.
They seemed to have a large supply of
women's clothes. In the vestibule I
counted about thirty men and women
waiting their turn to he given warmer
clothes and perhaps the hops of find
ing work. They were all very silent
and very sad.
"From there I went to St. Sulplce,
and In the old seminary I found 425
refugees. The conditions there are far
sadder. The building is very old, very
dark, very cold, very forbidding. But
everything possible Is being done to
at least give these people a bed and
food There, too, they need men's and
boys’ clothes. The families are each
given a separate cell, and they all eat
in the big dining hall. There are 225
children among the 400.
"Then I went to a small hall where
the very young babies are kept. Their
condition Is good, hut they need warm
blankets etc. In all these places I
found attractive French women giving
(heir entire time to the care of these
refugees. Mad Peltier a charming
young woman, lives in St Sulplce with
the refugees and really J can scarcely
h more utterly unselfish and
finer sacrifice. Rome of us Americans
are giving an afternoon tea party, or
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Wither
Thanksgiving Day, to these St. Sulplce
refugees. I talked to many of the wo
men and found that most of them had
arrived in Paris from their bombarded
town on foot, with their children cling
ing to their skirts, or in their arms.
"Another afternoon I visited a soup
kitchen where soup is given every day
to 2,000 people. The lady in charge,
who not only gives all her time, but
helps with the actual cooking, told me
that among the people who came regu
larly for soup are several people of
evident refinement.
"I also visited the Belgian consul,
and asked him what he thought of the
suggestion to transplant some Belgian
refugees to America. He seemed very
interested and said he had heard noth
ing of It, and told me to go to the
fom I te-Franco-Beige, 4 Rue Edward
VII. Said he was sure that many
families would be glad to accept. There
are dozens of other places to visit,
which I h ope to do later on. In the
meantime, Gelett Burgess and his
bride called on me with a letter of In
troduction from the new manager of
the Century Magazine, Mr. Doty, and
1 find that they are eager to be put
into the way of writing interesting
war articles. 1 have promised to take
them around to all the refugees’ places
and also to go with them to see the
ruins of Seulis. In addition to the
refugee places I've already visited,
there are at least a dozen more. Mrs.
Burgess writes under her own name
of Loomis She Is to appear In the
century In December, I think, In an
article written during the first few
days of the war.
"Dr. Gros, one of the heads of the
Ambulance American Hospital, told
me that he would take me in his car
some time to visit a hospital at Font*
eney-sous- Bols The conditions there
are very bad. The men are obliged to
return to the front with their uniforms
over their naked bodies. At first It hap
pened often, but now I believe condi
tions are better.
"One splendid thing to do Is to give
THE AUGUSTA HERALD., AUGUSTA. GA.
wooden legs to the French soldiers.
The English government gives every
man who has lost a leg, some sort of
a leg. The French government gives
nothing. A good leg can be got for
300 francs. I can buy a complete un
derclothes outfit for one Belgian hoy
and one Belgian man for SO. The
French women, or many of them, are
doing their part, hut (he things to he
done are rn ore thnn I can take time to
write about. Trains passing by, filled
lo the utmost with wounded men
going south, are to be met; the men
j fed, rebandaged, cheered up and sent
| on. The widows and orphans of Bel
gian soldiers are to he looked after.
1 At 168 rue de la Tour, not far from
me, a house is full of these poor crea
tures, They need everything. When
the refugees arrive by wagon or train
they mUHt be met at the station itself
j with hot coffee and bread. They ar-
Irive famished and exhausted. The
wounded are coming Into Baris faster
than ever. One hospital one day re
ceived 750.
"This Is the coldest November I
have ever spent In Barts. The men in
the trenches are suffering torture.
"I see Mrs. H. Bayne Whitney In
and about the hospital every day. She
| is simplicity Itself. She dresses just as
we all do, in uniform, and she Is prac
tical, sensible and devoted. She and
her fifteen nurses are making all their
bandages, compresses, etc., to take
with them. They are planning to leave
Paris at the end of this week to go to
Roisson. which Is the farthest point to
which they are allowed to go for the
present.
"I am sending a copy of the Figaro
with Maeterlinck's article on Flanders.
America Is doing magnificently. We
all realize it and are proud of it. Italy
and Spain seem to be doing nothing.
The Americans In Baris are working
like mad. Business men who for the
i'me being are forced to stop their or
/-• ary work, are nursing in the wards,
doing the most menial service.
"Every day and every hour I nee
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devoted workers, French, American,
English, Swiss and Dutch. Every
body talks to everybody. For the mo
ment there is no class distinction, rich
and poor work side by side, each one
giving all he or she can. I spoke to a
sad little woman today on the street.
She said her husband was a prisoner
in Germany, but that was all that she
heard for seven weeks Mile. Rogler
has not yet heard a word from Lise In
Lille. A man was brought to the hos
pital yesterday. They counted 100
wounds and then stopped. It's hard
to believe that human flesh could stand
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HOME OF YoUr^bUsTnESS
When a man or woman asks me an
impM tlnent question, he or she Is very
noor annihilation, says Barbara Lee In
(ti New York Press. If I were a rave
lady, the awful thing would happen at
the question mark; but With the ages
of civilization at my hack and a veneer
I all over me 1 am obliged lo look rriy po
lite, surprised scorn. Need I aav that
i 1 do not answer?’’ alie. asked, and then
| goes on to say:
i “I object to tiny one's asking me why
! I spend my time with such and such a
I man. Now. there must tie a vie’y good
j reason why I rlo It, and my time and
• Its disposition are strictly my own nf
i fairs. I am not threatening to break up
j happy homes or hopeful heart* or the
social scheme In general. But the truth
ts Incontrovertible that per sons appeal
! differently to other beings Because a
j well-meaning, candid questioner cannot
see anything worth while In one of my
1 friends Is no excuse for an Impertinent
j protest. possibly another questioning
one asks the same explanation about my
I objector. The trouble with this brand
' of thfrst for knowledge Is the the ques
j tlon Is a thin form of voicing dlsap
-1 proval. The remonstrating friend is not
111 a receptive mood. Be is not open
'minded arid willing to he convinced.
"Why do you spend your time on that
man?" Is another way of saying, 'You
are a fool and I am dslappolnted In
you for liking one whom I dislike.'
"When some one asks me which of
three men I love 1 am tempted to biff
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ill in whatever that ts. It Is such a
wicked, scheming, malicious question.
The unsuspecting Innocent might reply
tYankly, truthfully—and then what a
toad world, my master! I hive never
known a reply to on Impertinent ques
tion of this kind to treat Itself kindly.
Before the sponsor can tie sorry, the
'admission,' the public confession, tile
free offer of a heart, are on the way.
Ira me Gossip putting the lever to the
highest notch. ‘A lie travels a league
whhe truth Is putting on his boots,’ soys
the old copybook adage. I would like
to throw one of the books after the
questioner.
“lias any one ever risked you why
you have never married? I have heard
that propounded again and again. I
have seen the blush of embarrassment
on ono woman s face equaled only by the
blush on the listener’s cheek when she
said truthfully that no one had ever
asked her. I remember one Impertinent
woman who asked and was floured by
the reply: ‘Your husband Is the end to
whom I owe my freedom.’ Embarrassing
for all of us.
’’Generally, a woman turn* coward
when asked about her blessed sing e
uess. Hhe smiles and lies. The subject
of Ideals of marriage is too big to be
explained to the small mind of a ques
tioner who Is generally married, by the
way, and who pities all who are In the
frying pan. I wonder If she ever know*
how often she turns the knife In the
woupd? So many reasons exist for a
woman’s remaining unmarried, and so
Intimate are they, that I wim-e when
I heal’ a woman asked the tactless. Im
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“When any one pries Into my hank
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to myself. If I have been provident,
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money Is mine. There Is a dead line in
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”Hlmllariy*do I refuse to answer ques
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more thin you suppose or greater than I
am worth, then I am clever to hoodwink
Hie business world. if they are less
than I am worth, I will keep the fact
that I am a fool of the first water to
myself. If I earn what I deserve, that
Is my concern.
’’Many women ask others about their
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age. Now. I don't care a flicker of my
eyeiash about that, question. But It Is
an Intimate one and most women ars
foolishly sensitive about It. They have
an Inalienable right to keep It to them
selves. The withholding of the Infor
mation harms no one.
■’To he equally rude with impertinent
quest loners you should say clearly, forc
ibly, yet politely, ‘None of your busi
ness, Miss Blank.’ The sentence Is a
little frazzled grammatically, but It la
the retort courteous, the biff polite, tha
sugar-coated conge that Is unanswer
able.
"It has been used for ages by humsn
beings of all ages. It Is equally clinch
ing In the schoolyard, the college or the
forum of the world. Be sure you ars
right, then give the only answer that
crude, crass questioners deserve.’’
Roads Blown Up
By Turk General
Petrograd. The correspondent of
the Bourse Gazette in Tiflis states
General Handers l’asha, German mil
itary officer In command of Turkish
troops, on arriving at Erzerum, order
ed the German engineers to blow up
ill roads and mountain paths leading
from Hassan Haiti to Erzerum. ’Has
nan Hula lies on the direct line of tha
Russian movement against Erzerum.
It is elghtee. miles east of that city
nnd twelve miles west of the main
I Russian position at Keprlkel.
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It will pay to say "I saw it
in The Herald.”