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UGUS TIMESWOMAN’S MOBILEHOSPITAL UNITBacked by National Woman’s Suffrage Associaticn.MW ?I0W IN FRANCEHip unit Is now practically prepared and Is hoi (I inf: Itself ready to depart upon receipt of a telegram.The hospital will bfc stationed behind the lines In one of the most devastated nreas In France. While it will be at the call of the french war department for the enre of the military wounded, Its direct objective Is to build up the broken down women and children who hare suffered from lack of care during the occupation of thetr towns by war, forces.The four woman doctors in charge of this unit are: Dr. Caroline Finley,Dr. Alice Gregory, Dr. Neary Edwards and Dr. Anna von Sholly.Hospltrl, Equipped With Every Mod- j ern Appliance and Staffed Entirely I by Women, Even to Electricians, Mechanics and Laboratory Technicians, Will Be Stationed in Devastated Areas of France.TOMMY IS FORCED TO MANE FRITZ PRISONERDr.. Caroline Finley Is now “over there.” She hns safely landed in France, is the welcome news which has reached the headquarters of the National American Woman Suffrage association. The vanguard of theGerman Sheds Tears Fearing That He Would Not Be Taken Captive.rounded by clay.“’Go away, can't you sec I’m busy,' I said.“‘I am your prisoner,’ he repeated plaintively.“ ‘You’re n liar,’ I raid severely. 'You run uwny and be some one else's prisoner. You’re not the sort of pris-Dr. Caroline Finley.woman’s mobile hospital unit Is therefore stationed In that “somewhere” which has recently been called “the1' largest l ow’n In France.As soon as possible, Doctor Finley win cnb’.e for her stuff. In the meanwhile Dr. Alice Gregory is acting director over here until the unit rejoins Its Ibrfef in the field.This Is tlio unit accredited to the New’ York Infirmary for Womyn and Children, which wn.s founded b.v'Tt\ Elizabeth Blackwell, pioneer woman physician nnd pioneer suffragist. It Ishacked by the National American IVomnn SufTfngr association, and was formally accepted by the French government In July, after having been offered to the United States, which re-luetuutly declined It, n* women n.re not eligible to the United States medical reserve corps.Found the Plumber.The hospltul Is to have 100 beds, and, in ndditlon, small flying auxiliary units whose work will bo directed from the base by means of ambulances. The hospital, equipped with every modernoner that appeals to me.Anywa not Going to have prisoners thrust upon me. Get your legs out of that wire.’“For a moment he looked nonplussed. Then he dived Into u pocket and produced a cheap Swiss watch.“ ‘Fo'r you,’. he beamed. Tin your prisoner.’‘‘The man’s perslstenee worried me. It was then I threw I lie pork and benns can at l»lm. But he only burst Into tears.“I told him I couldn’t help his troubles. If he chose to be born on the wrong side of n War like this he must take the consequences. And If he kept on weeping on the wire, It might causo a short circuit.“The innn’s persistence finally wore me down. So I marched him off to the nearest dressing station.“That was niy first and last prisoner.” ,The British sergeant wiped the foam from his mustache and set the glass on the bar.“I see Haig tool; more prisoners to- I day. Bonstly bore, they are. I took ) one once myself—In flfoict, he inflicted i ]-himself upon me. J j,“He was not a prisoner to be proud of,” the sergeant continued. “When ho adopted me I was busy repairing a telephone wire. The boys had Just gone over the top nnd I was struggling with a hulfynrd of adhesive tape nnd a pair of pliers when something tripped over the wire nnd said: ’Mercy, I am your prisoner. I submit. I desire to be removed from here.’“I whirled around and looked It full In the spectacles—It^whs a very unhappy. stmll-slzed I rft^cutlrcly sur-LIVES ON ARMY PAYDr. Alice GregCry.appliance, will he staffed entirely by women even to Its electricians, mechanics. laboratory technicians—yes, and plumbers. But np to recent date no one of the woman plumbers of the vicinity had been free to go. At hend-quarters, la New York.’ where the 41 nurses and nurses' assistants are now being rapidly equipped to be ready for Doctor Finley's hurry eoU, secretaries reported that there were plenty of woman plumbers, but none available for France.Multi-Millionaire Sergeant Gives Wife $30 and Lives on Rest.Marshal Field III, grandson of the famous Chicago millionaire, la trying to live on his army pay. The young multi-millionaire Is giving more thought to the nickels and dimes he spends now thhn he did to the hundred dollar bills he formerly spent.Young Field, as a sergenWt, tecelves $38 a month. He 1ms instructed the paymaster to send $30 of this amount to his wife. Field recently received his second pay, with the $30 deducted, leaving only $8. He already owed $4 ut the battery canteen for cigarettes and candy, Ills only dissipation, so had only $4 left to luAt a month.Sergeant Field hns made an excellent soldier, and hns been advanced from private to corporal and then to sergcnut. Ho volunteered c« a private early In-the war “trreflruswTlie government may need a few privates.SNAKE OF RARE BEAUTYHead Bright as Copper and Body Finely Spotted.While returning home with an auto party recently when near Bronson, Ky., Will Bradley discovered a large copperhead suake crossing the road in front of his machine.Steering the machine accordingly, he ran over the snake, wldch somewhat Impeded Its progress. He then alighted and killed the snake, which proved to be one of the prettiest specimens of the copper head family ever seen in this part of the state.Being a female, its head was as bright ns burnished copper, while the underneath portion of its body was almost equally bright. Its back and sides were covered with the most beautiful spots, aud Its fungs, with which It delivered its bite, were extraordinarily long.GIRL GETS TEN RABBIYSBrought Them Down in the Course
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Cattaraugus, New York, US
Fri, Jan 04, 1918
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