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Americans Cannot Realize the Enormous
Sacrifices That French Women Are Making
Their Courageous Acceptance of Hardship Is
Only Equalled by the Cheerfulness of the
Wounded Soldiers, Says an American Girl
Who Served in American Ambulance in
1916 and 1917 and Now Returns to France
as a Red Cross Nurse
It is the women who stay at home
them the upper floor while she occu-
and by their indefatigable efforts make
pied a room on the ground floor next
the work of the Red Cross and the
to the stalls of the one remaining
Y, M. C. A. possible in Europe who
horse and cow. She raised rabbits and
are doing the biggest part in this
pigeons and for a whole year sheltered
war, in the opinion of Miss Saráh
and fed the twelve whom she had
Burrowes, who during 1916 and 1917
taken in.
was a trained nurse in the American
After talking with her," she ex-
Ambulance Hospital in France and is
claimed, "my own small sacrifices
now returning to do relief work under
seemed less than nothing. How many
the auspices of the Red Cross. 'For,'
American women would feel that they
she explains, "in France we have ever
could assume the care and support of
with us the inspiration of those won-
twelve refugees even for one month?
derful men and we see "on every side
Miss Burrowes is a graduate of
the tremendous need of effort, while
Wellesley and one of the unit which
here the women work without that
that college is sending to France. Tall,
great incentive. Yet unless we had
with dark hair and eyes and a charm-
them back of us we could accomplish
ing, vivacious manner, she might
nothing.
easily pass as a French woman. She
But the sacrifice of the French
wears, however, the big tortoise-
women make those of the rest of us
rimmed glasses which the French sol-
seem infinitesimal by comparison, she
diers consider typically American;
said to the reporter who saw her at
these won for her the sobriquet of
35 East Thirty-second street.
'Mademoiselle Lunette." In discuss-
'I shall never forget the story of an
ing her work in the American Ambu-
old French peasant woman, she
lance Hospital she said:
said, "whom I met` one summer day
"People usually think of hbspitals
on the way to the Forest of Fontaine-
as fearfully gloomy, tragic places; in-
bleau, After a nurse has been on
stead it is amazing how cheerful they
night duty," she explained. "she is
frequently are, for the French are en-
given two days holiday in which to
dowed with a wit that nothing seems
rest up and readjust herself, and on
able to destroy or dim and they have
one of those occasions Mrs: Louis Hall
an endless number of jokes among
and I decided that we would go to the
themselves.
famous forest-for one gets sick for
'Of course each of them is longing
the quiet and peace of the country.
to get back to the front as soon as
But after trying to find a conveyance
possible and impatient of delay. I re-
to take us there we learned that there
member an aviator who came to us
was none to be obtained. Near Moret,
with a badly injured foot. After he
however, we overtook this old peasant
recovered he found that his foot would
woman jogging along in a dilapidated
always be stiff and that he would be
wagon drawn by a forlorn and ancient
obliged to use a crutch. This of course
horse and persuaded her to take us
debarred him from ever flying again.
along.
Instead of submitting tamely to his
"This woman, who lived on a small
fate, however, he went to a French
Miss Sarah Burrowes, Who Has Seen Much Service in France
farm near Moret, had a husband and
surgeon as soon as he left the hos-
three sons in the army. She had
uital and had his foot removed, and
cuss the enemy at all, though of course
"In looking back upon those days
given all of her horses except this one
then with an artificial foot, which he
they have their jokes. One was that
in the hospital it is hard to single out
forlorn old thing to the French Gov-
could use perfectly, he went back into
even a dog knew better than to touch
any one or two men as being especi-
ernment, also all but one of her cows.
aviation. The sacrifice of a foot
anything sent by the Kaiser. One of
ally brave they were all so game; but
All this she did as a matter of course,
seemed to him a little thing to attain
the men who had a dog used to offer
I often think of one young fellow wh
a sacrifice not worthy of being men-
that end.
him a plece of cake and then just as
had not heard from his wife and ch
tioned. Then when the refugees
"It Is astonishing how they manage
ne was about to devour it would say,
dren since the beginning of the wall
poured into this part of the country
to look on the bright side of things,"
TTAT was sent to you by the Kaiser,
when the town. which they lived
and the people threw open their homes
she went on. And I have yet to hear
and immediately the dog would turn
was invaded and destroyed. He clung
to them she offered to take twelve
one malign the enemy; they leave that
contemptuously away. It really was
to the hope that when it was all over
into her small cottage, giving up to
for us to do, They simply don't dis-
very amusing.
he would find them again, and was
generally cheerful and ncomplain-
ing. but on the day once a week when
we alwanswrotalettershome
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