An American Nurse’s WWI France Letter From Miss Maxwell
Esther Maxwell, an anaesthetist with the Red Cross in France, writes of the St. Etienne children's hospital opening, daily surgeries, and her fond notes on patients. She details staff, local life, charity visits, experiences with French and American helpers, and social events with ribbon manufacturers and a multi millionaire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Maxwell
Red Cross
France
Mary Maxwell
R. Maxwell
W. A. Cook
Children’s Hospital
Eteinne
St. Freiine
Jack Horner
Lear Ning
Lyon
New York
Omaha
H. B
Training Little Children Suggestions by Mothers
United States Bureau of Education and National Kindergarten Association publish advice for mothers on home education. It urges practical activities during daily chores, storytelling with everyday objects, holiday crafts, simple homemade gifts, and parent involvement to foster nature appreciation, emotion, intellect, and will in children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Bureau of Education
Washington, PD. C
National Kindergarten Association
West Fortieth St
New York
Sara Cone Bryant
Perry Pictures
Perry
Perry Picture Co
Malden
Mass
War orphans Adopted Through Kooking Klub Reach Forty Six
Mrs. R E Dougherty reports three more French war orphans adopted via the Kooking Klub bringing total adoptions to 46 and county contributions to 1799 dollars. The Good Times Club is among supporters sending a year’s aid to a French child via Mrs Claude Rhodebeck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Dougherty
Kooking Klub
Kathryn Montgomery
Wilson Dougherty
Claude Rhodebeck
Pythian Circle
Chas, Benz
Blake
J. M. Speer
Jeffrey
Naval Club
Frank Neatly
A. E. Putnam
Women form Roosevelt Memorial in New York House plan
The Woman's Roosevelt Memorial Association announced a permanent memorial at Roosevelt's birthplace and the adjoining property at 28 and 26 East Twentieth Street in New York City. The project will restore the birth site and interior, turning Roosevelt House into a civic center promoting youth citizenship and public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Roosevelt Memorial Association
Colonel Roosevelt
Women of America
EE. Twentieth Street
New York City
Roosevelt
America
Roosevelt House
A Barton Hepburn
N. Y. Trust Company
East 57Th Street
If I Were Hanged on the Highest Hill Poem Fragment
A brief fragment of a poem addressing a mother with repeated lines about love and loss. The speaker imagines extreme fates and asserts that their mother’s love and prayers would follow or sustain them. The piece centers on maternal bond and solace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother O
Mother
Red Cross Sets Public Health Scholarship Fund Drive
The American Red Cross allocates 100000 dollars to Public Health Scholarship Funds to help about 6000 public health nurses and to recruit the 20000 graduate nurses soon released from the Army into public health nursing nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross
United States
Red Cross
Social Calendar Highlights Week of March 18 to 25
Local congregations and clubs announce meetings and social events. Dinners and afternoon gatherings fill Second United Presbyterian church and homes of community members including the Bethany Girls, Navajo club, West Chester Ladies Aid, Busy club, and several Fort nightly club sections. Activities span Wednesday through Saturday with additional ten cent social at Methodist church and multiple hostesses named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second United Presbyterian Church
Ethel Davis
Edith Hemmings
Bethany
Davis
Winfield Smouse
Golda Jackson
Kolah Club
J. Lb. Brookhart
Navajo Club
Rev. Druse
West Chester Ladies’ Aid Society
Parsonage
J. P. Jackson
Frank Ross
Ladies Aid Society of
The
Methodist Church
Glenn Laffer
Nineteenth Century Club
Red Cross Public Health Scholarship Fund Details
The Navy Nurse Corps will offer eight or four month Public Health nursing training to meet future personnel needs. The Red Cross Public Health Scholarship Fund will be administered by the Red Cross Department of Nursing. Maximum awards are $600 for eight months and $300 for four months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Nurse Corps
Red Cross Public Health
Red Cross Department of Nursing
Dr Cora Smeltzer Allen Decorated for Duty in France
Dr Cora Smeltzer Allen of Heron Lake Minnesota and Dr EvaRead of New York City received the French medal of Honor in silver for extraordinary devotion to duty at French Military Hospital No 31 Sens during two grippe epidemics. Allen served six months with the Children's Bureau in the dispensary of the 19th Arrondissement before departing for home via England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Bulletin
Paris
Cora Smeltzer Allen
John Smeltzer
Eva Smeltzer
Juzeler
Cora 8. Allen
Heron Lake
Minn
Eva C. Read
New York City
England
No. 31
Sens
Grippe
France
Allen
Children’s Bureau
19Th Arrondissement
Fortnightly Club Programttes March 24
Fortnightly club programs for March 24 include afternoon talks at 2 30 with topics on Grandmother of the Russian Revolution Finland of the Fins Slavic Nations and a review of The Mad Monk of Russia and a evening session at 7 30 featuring Franco Prussian War Alsace Lorraine Since 1870 Restoration and Reconstruction and Leading Men of France hosted by Mrs F L Wilson Mrs Campbell Miss Woodford Mrs Winter Mrs Miller and others invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Rf. Miller
F. J. Wilson
A. R. Miller
Simons
Russia
Tung
Cook
Finland
Gibson
Hollinger
F. L. Wilson
Campbell
Alsace-Lorraine
Woodford
Winter
France
Society Notes at East Main Street Home
Mr and Mrs John Swisher entertained a small group of friends last evening at their pretty East Main Street home Music on the Brunswick instrument and a Hearts game provided entertainment Light refreshments were served later in the evening by the hostess aided by her daughter Mrs Asa Jones
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Swisher
East Main Street
Asa Jones
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St. Eteinne
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St. Louis
Georgia
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Lenore R. Ranus
Uncle Sam
Cravillon
Volney
Marcel Naud
Cravallian
Camaret
Vanchise
Frances Stewart
Ralph Smith
Association
Fast 17Th Street
Leonard Wood
William Curtis Demorest
Joseph H. Choate
Whitelaw Reid
Thomas Preston
Robert Bacon
James Roosevelt
William Bayard Cutting
Eiihu Root
Louisa Lee Schuyler
Robert Winthrop
James T. Leavitt
Henry A. Alexander
John Henry Hammond
Henry A. Wise Wool
Charles A. Bryan
A. Barton Hepburn
Sonny
Kaynee
Klein Klothing Ko
Public Health
Civics
Frank L. Wilson
Royal Neighbors
Will Wallace
Herman Tuers
Raw Lemley
J. H. Richardson
Ch. G. Vincent
DR. Allen
Mre. Miller
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