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diff --git a/46865-h/46865-h.htm b/46865-h/46865-h.htm index b927478..ca5d552 100644 --- a/46865-h/46865-h.htm +++ b/46865-h/46865-h.htm @@ -1,18 +1,14 @@ -<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> - -<!DOCTYPE html - PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" - "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd" > - -<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en"> +<!DOCTYPE html> +<html lang="en"> <head> + <meta charset="utf-8"> <title> - War Days in Brittany, by Elsie Deming Jarves + War Days in Brittany | Project Gutenberg </title> - <link rel="coverpage" href="images/cover.jpg" /> - <style type="text/css" xml:space="preserve"> + <link rel="coverpage" href="images/cover.jpg" > + <style> - body { margin:5%; background:#faebd0; text-align:justify} + body { margin:5%; text-align:justify} P { text-indent: 1em; margin-top: .25em; margin-bottom: .25em; } H1,H2,H3,H4,H5,H6 { text-align: center; margin-left: 15%; margin-right: 15%; } hr { width: 50%; text-align: center;} @@ -50,7 +46,7 @@ <div style="height: 8em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br ><br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h1> WAR DAYS IN BRITTANY @@ -62,26 +58,26 @@ Saturday Night Press, Inc. Detroit, Michigan 1920 </h5> <p> - <br /> + <br > </p> <div class="fig" style="width:45%;"> - <img src="images/0003m.jpg" alt="0003m " width="100%" /><br /> + <img src="images/0003m.jpg" alt="0003m " style="width: 100%"><br > </div> <h5> <a href="images/0003.jpg"><i>Original</i></a> </h5> <h4> - Mrs. Deming Jarves Officier de l'Académie + Mrs. Deming Jarves Officier de l'Académie </h4> <p> - <br /> + <br > </p> <h4> - MEDAL OF THE RECONNAISSANCE FRANÇAISE + MEDAL OF THE RECONNAISSANCE FRANÇAISE </h4> <p> By decree of the President of the Republic, the silver medal of the - Reconnaissance Française was conferred on Mrs. Elsie Deming Jarves for the + Reconnaissance Française was conferred on Mrs. Elsie Deming Jarves for the devotion she showed since the beginning of the war to our wounded. </p> <p> @@ -101,7 +97,7 @@ daily paper published in Bonnes, the capital of Brittany. </p> <p> - <br /> <br /> + <br > <br > </p> <h3> JUL 26 1920 @@ -124,24 +120,24 @@ Madame: </p> <p> - Vous avez véçu dans notre pays ces années de terrible guerre; vous vous - êtes interressée à tout ce que nous avons véçu de misères, à tout ce qu'on - souffert nos enfants. Vous m'avez demandé combien des miens étaient mort; - J'avais quatre petits neveux, trois sont tombés au Champ d'Honneur; un - reste qui était aviateur en Russie et qui a obtenu trois citations à - l'ordre de l'armée, cela, c'est le cas habituel des familles Bourgoises; - je ne me plaine pas, ne m'eu vaute: Aucun des enfants, n'était marié, - aucun n'a laissé d'enfants; mais les morts sont nombreux ailleur et leurs + Vous avez véçu dans notre pays ces années de terrible guerre; vous vous + êtes interressée à tout ce que nous avons véçu de misères, à tout ce qu'on + souffert nos enfants. Vous m'avez demandé combien des miens étaient mort; + J'avais quatre petits neveux, trois sont tombés au Champ d'Honneur; un + reste qui était aviateur en Russie et qui a obtenu trois citations à + l'ordre de l'armée, cela, c'est le cas habituel des familles Bourgoises; + je ne me plaine pas, ne m'eu vaute: Aucun des enfants, n'était marié, + aucun n'a laissé d'enfants; mais les morts sont nombreux ailleur et leurs veuves et leurs petits enfants vivent. Il faut qu'ils vivent; ne serait ce que pour opposer encore leurs poitrines aux Barbares quand ils reviendront - sur nous pour engager la Suprême bataille. Deux millions de Français sont - mort sauver la liberté du monde. Ils ont donné aux autres le temps de - venir, mais le temps comme, ils l'ont payé! + sur nous pour engager la Suprême bataille. Deux millions de Français sont + mort sauver la liberté du monde. Ils ont donné aux autres le temps de + venir, mais le temps comme, ils l'ont payé! </p> <p> - Si l'Amérique veut aider leurs enfants à s'instruire, et à se former aux - bonnes études nous l'accepterons; ceux qui sont mort sont mort pour Elle - comme ils sont mort pour la France. Veuillex agréer Madame l'hommage de + Si l'Amérique veut aider leurs enfants à s'instruire, et à se former aux + bonnes études nous l'accepterons; ceux qui sont mort sont mort pour Elle + comme ils sont mort pour la France. Veuillex agréer Madame l'hommage de mes sentiments respectueux. </p> <p> @@ -151,17 +147,17 @@ December 12, 1918. </p> <div class="fig" style="width:45%;"> - <img src="images/0012m.jpg" alt="0012m " width="100%" /><br /> + <img src="images/0012m.jpg" alt="0012m " style="width: 100%"><br > </div> <h5> <a href="images/0012.jpg"><i>Original</i></a> </h5> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> <p> <b>CONTENTS</b> @@ -218,14 +214,14 @@ <a href="#link2H_4_0017"> VICTORIOUS BELLS OF FRANCE </a> </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2H_4_0001" id="link2H_4_0001"> </a> + <a id="link2H_4_0001"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> IN BRITTANY @@ -252,7 +248,7 @@ Beat high on the coast of Brittany! </p> <p> - <br /> + <br > </p> <h3> II @@ -276,7 +272,7 @@ Through age-long silence, in Brittany. </p> <p> - <br /> + <br > </p> <h3> III @@ -300,7 +296,7 @@ Floats the thin, blue smoke of Brittany. </p> <p> - <br /> + <br > </p> <h3> IV @@ -324,7 +320,7 @@ The wife spins her flax in Brittany. </p> <p> - <br /> + <br > </p> <h3> V @@ -348,7 +344,7 @@ Upon the land of Brittany. </p> <p> - <br /> + <br > </p> <h3> VI @@ -372,7 +368,7 @@ Guarding the faith in Brittany. </p> <p> - <br /> + <br > </p> <h3> VII @@ -396,7 +392,7 @@ The peasants still pray in Brittany! </p> <p> - <br /> + <br > </p> <h3> VIII @@ -420,33 +416,33 @@ The peasants still pray in Brittany! </p> <p> - <br /> + <br > </p> <p> —Elsie Deming Jarves. </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2H_4_0002" id="link2H_4_0002"> </a> + <a id="link2H_4_0002"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> THE TRAIN OF THE WOUNDED </h2> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="linkimage-0001" id="linkimage-0001"> </a> + <a id="linkimage-0001"> </a> </p> <div class="fig" style="width:45%;"> - <img src="images/0032m.jpg" alt="0032m " width="100%" /><br /> + <img src="images/0032m.jpg" alt="0032m " style="width: 100%"><br > </div> <h5> <a href="images/0032.jpg"><i>Original</i></a> @@ -574,34 +570,34 @@ weary heads. One boy said to me, as we finally got him in bed: "Madam, one goes gladly to fight for la France, but now, I must rest awhile. With such kind ladies to aid me, I know I shall soon gain strength enough to return - to show those Boches." What la Jeunesse Française is willing to bear for + to show those Boches." What la Jeunesse Française is willing to bear for France! </p> <p> October, 1914 </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2H_4_0003" id="link2H_4_0003"> </a> + <a id="link2H_4_0003"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> DINARD DAY BY DAY </h2> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="linkimage-0002" id="linkimage-0002"> </a> + <a id="linkimage-0002"> </a> </p> <div class="fig" style="width:45%;"> - <img src="images/0042m.jpg" alt="0042m " width="100%" /><br /> + <img src="images/0042m.jpg" alt="0042m " style="width: 100%"><br > </div> <h5> <a href="images/0042.jpg"><i>Original</i></a> @@ -768,14 +764,14 @@ Dinard, November, 1914. </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2H_4_0004" id="link2H_4_0004"> </a> + <a id="link2H_4_0004"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> DINARD ACTUALITIES @@ -897,14 +893,14 @@ own. </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="linkimage-0003" id="linkimage-0003"> </a> + <a id="linkimage-0003"> </a> </p> <div class="fig" style="width:45%;"> - <img src="images/0055m.jpg" alt="0055m " width="100%" /><br /> + <img src="images/0055m.jpg" alt="0055m " style="width: 100%"><br > </div> <h5> <a href="images/0055.jpg"><i>Original</i></a> @@ -1007,7 +1003,7 @@ Who can tell? </p> <p> - <br /> + <br > </p> <p class="indent20"> Letter Written to Dr. Livingston Seaman, @@ -1019,20 +1015,20 @@ July, 1915. </p> <p> - <br /> <br /><br /> + <br > <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2H_4_0005" id="link2H_4_0005"> </a> + <a id="link2H_4_0005"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> TO A DYING BOY </h2> <p> - <br /> + <br > </p> <p class="indent15"> Poor little soldier, lying there weak and wounded, @@ -1059,7 +1055,7 @@ Must we tomorrow count you with the dead? </p> <p> - <br /> + <br > </p> <p class="indent15"> All life before you; glad and useful hours @@ -1086,7 +1082,7 @@ Shall soon recall your transient, earthly days. </p> <p> - <br /> + <br > </p> <p class="indent15"> In vain our aid. Our utmost skill and patience @@ -1113,20 +1109,20 @@ Faded away—you gave your life, dear lad! </p> <p> - <br /> + <br > </p> <p class="indent20"> Dinard, 1915 </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2H_4_0006" id="link2H_4_0006"> </a> + <a id="link2H_4_0006"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> THE SUBSTITUTE MOTHER @@ -1228,7 +1224,7 @@ her, had come a great illumination! From these big children, the rough "poilus," soldiers she nursed so tenderly, she learned instinctively! They opened their hearts to her, they showed her their anguish and suffering! - They called her "La Petite Mère," turning to her in all hours for + They called her "La Petite Mère," turning to her in all hours for consolation and help. So when the "Demoiselle" went home after 12 hours' work for these wounded ones, her heart was filled with a great rejoicing; a warmth and satisfaction such as she had never known stole through her @@ -1274,14 +1270,14 @@ Dinard, June, 1915. </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="linkimage-0004" id="linkimage-0004"> </a> + <a id="linkimage-0004"> </a> </p> <div class="fig" style="width:45%;"> - <img src="images/0076m.jpg" alt="0076m " width="100%" /><br /> + <img src="images/0076m.jpg" alt="0076m " style="width: 100%"><br > </div> <h5> <a href="images/0076.jpg"><i>Original</i></a> @@ -1719,7 +1715,7 @@ hobble about, the Red Cross nurses, and some of Petit's personal friends. It was to decorate him for conspicuous bravery under fire. The bugle shrilled loudly, an adjutant read the official announcement, the general - stepped up and pinned on Petit's breast the <i>Médaillé Militaire</i> and + stepped up and pinned on Petit's breast the <i>Médaillé Militaire</i> and the <i>Croix de Guerre</i>. Thus France recognizes and rewards her valiant soldiers. </p> @@ -1727,14 +1723,14 @@ October, 1915. </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2H_4_0007" id="link2H_4_0007"> </a> + <a id="link2H_4_0007"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> HAIL TO THE DEAD! @@ -1764,7 +1760,7 @@ last twelve months, how much of talent, art, intellect and science has been ruthlessly destroyed when these promising men died, does it seem strange that the whole nation has gone forth to honor their dead? How many - young fellows, just leaving the Lycée thoroughly prepared by years of hard + young fellows, just leaving the Lycée thoroughly prepared by years of hard study to accomplish great things in their chosen profession, have been wounded, or killed, or maimed? What humanity has lost will never be known, but that the loss is stupendous is acknowledged by everyone. @@ -1805,14 +1801,14 @@ uniforms and black caps. </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="linkimage-0005" id="linkimage-0005"> </a> + <a id="linkimage-0005"> </a> </p> <div class="fig" style="width:45%;"> - <img src="images/0096m.jpg" alt="0096m " width="100%" /><br /> + <img src="images/0096m.jpg" alt="0096m " style="width: 100%"><br > </div> <h5> <a href="images/0096.jpg"><i>Original</i></a> @@ -1844,7 +1840,7 @@ placed lovingly and regretfully on the mounds. But to how many, even this last service is denied, for the northern battlefields hide many unknown graves. Only in spirit can these afflicted ones visit the last - resting-place of father, husband, son, or fiancé. But who shall say that + resting-place of father, husband, son, or fiancé. But who shall say that the great army of heroic souls, so lately passed over, are not present, consoling and comforting by their spiritual presence, their grieving people? The French have often been considered a frivolous race, but no one @@ -1867,7 +1863,7 @@ artillery, who amidst apalling losses and the heaviest bombardment, stick to their posts, regulating their fire and working their guns, taking every risk without a moment's hesitation. The infantry, that backbone of the - army with their "élan" carry forward the banner of France or die + army with their "élan" carry forward the banner of France or die heroically in no-man's land. </p> <p> @@ -1911,7 +1907,7 @@ cause him to despair. To his weeping parents he said: "Don't weep, dearest mother, I shall recover, I shall get well, I shall go home with you, to be your little boy again," and in panting voice he went on to praise the - skill of the doctors, the tenderness of the infirmière, saying, "Yes, she + skill of the doctors, the tenderness of the infirmière, saying, "Yes, she hurts me terribly at times, so I must cry out, but she is so good, so kind, I forgive her when the dressing is over." </p> @@ -1937,7 +1933,7 @@ what happened to him on the battlefield, accepts with gentle politeness the cakes and chocolates offered to him. Seeing a large letter on his bed, I asked if he had news from home. "No, madame, it is from the government - announcing that I am decorated with the <i>Médaillé Militaire</i> and the + announcing that I am decorated with the <i>Médaillé Militaire</i> and the <i>Croix de Guerre</i>. Please read it to me." </p> <p> @@ -1973,14 +1969,14 @@ Dinard, November 1st, 1916. </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2H_4_0008" id="link2H_4_0008"> </a> + <a id="link2H_4_0008"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> A RED CROSS HOSPITAL IN BRITTANY @@ -2019,7 +2015,7 @@ To that small crimson cross afloat in peaceful skies. </p> <p> - <br /> + <br > </p> <h3> II @@ -2058,7 +2054,7 @@ These gallant men who for their country fell. </p> <p> - <br /> + <br > </p> <h3> III @@ -2094,33 +2090,33 @@ Remain forever holy in our eyes. </p> <p> - <br /> + <br > </p> <p> August, 1916. </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2H_4_0009" id="link2H_4_0009"> </a> + <a id="link2H_4_0009"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> THE CASTLE OF COMBOURG </h2> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="linkimage-0006" id="linkimage-0006"> </a> + <a id="linkimage-0006"> </a> </p> <div class="fig" style="width:45%;"> - <img src="images/0110m.jpg" alt="0110m " width="100%" /><br /> + <img src="images/0110m.jpg" alt="0110m " style="width: 100%"><br > </div> <h5> <a href="images/0110.jpg"><i>Original</i></a> @@ -2184,7 +2180,7 @@ <p> For two and one-half years these walls have sheltered wounded from the battlefields of Picardie and Lorraine, nursed back to health by the - Comtesse who, as "infirmière Majeure," does all the dressing of wounds + Comtesse who, as "infirmière Majeure," does all the dressing of wounds herself—<i>50 beds in all</i>. She has three assistant nurses and a doctor, but all the expense of this private hospital is borne by the Comte and Comtesse de Durfort. No small item, when everything has doubled in @@ -2197,14 +2193,14 @@ casements. </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="linkimage-0007" id="linkimage-0007"> </a> + <a id="linkimage-0007"> </a> </p> <div class="fig" style="width:45%;"> - <img src="images/0113m.jpg" alt="0113m " width="100%" /><br /> + <img src="images/0113m.jpg" alt="0113m " style="width: 100%"><br > </div> <h5> <a href="images/0113.jpg"><i>Original</i></a> @@ -2273,7 +2269,7 @@ to "la Victoire," and to the intimacy of France and the United States. </p> <p> - The Comte and his beautiful wife, surrounded by their "blessés," bade us + The Comte and his beautiful wife, surrounded by their "blessés," bade us farewell at the foot of the "escalier d'honneur;" the castle behind them looming gray and forbidding against the evening sky. The sun, gilding the crests of the chestnuts and oaks and glinting on the tricolor, the Red @@ -2292,27 +2288,27 @@ September, 1916. </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2H_4_0010" id="link2H_4_0010"> </a> + <a id="link2H_4_0010"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> A BELGIAN ROMANCE </h2> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="linkimage-0008" id="linkimage-0008"> </a> + <a id="linkimage-0008"> </a> </p> <div class="fig" style="width:45%;"> - <img src="images/0122m.jpg" alt="0122m " width="100%" /><br /> + <img src="images/0122m.jpg" alt="0122m " style="width: 100%"><br > </div> <h5> <a href="images/0122.jpg"><i>Original</i></a> @@ -2378,14 +2374,14 @@ *Note. She seemed to feel this more bitterly than anything else. </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="linkimage-0009" id="linkimage-0009"> </a> + <a id="linkimage-0009"> </a> </p> <div class="fig" style="width:45%;"> - <img src="images/0125m.jpg" alt="0125m " width="100%" /><br /> + <img src="images/0125m.jpg" alt="0125m " style="width: 100%"><br > </div> <h5> <a href="images/0125.jpg"><i>Original</i></a> @@ -2551,7 +2547,7 @@ corner. Suddenly a door opened and Yolande appeared. What she said to the monster or how she appeased him I don't know, but after a while he went grumbling and growling back to his room. The other soldiers said, "<i>Vous - l'avez échappé belle c'est un mauvais caractère</i>." (You got off easily, + l'avez échappé belle c'est un mauvais caractère</i>." (You got off easily, he has a nasty character.) </p> <p> @@ -2581,14 +2577,14 @@ December, 1917. </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2H_4_0011" id="link2H_4_0011"> </a> + <a id="link2H_4_0011"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> THE VOW @@ -2603,16 +2599,16 @@ Madame: </p> <p> - J'ai lu et hautement apprécié la belle traduction que vous avez faite de - mon poème et je vous remercie de votre pensée de la faire connaître dans + J'ai lu et hautement apprécié la belle traduction que vous avez faite de + mon poème et je vous remercie de votre pensée de la faire connaître dans votre pays. </p> <p> - Autant d'Américains fraternels partagent notre indignation française et - qui s'unis si réellement â la cause de la justice et du droit. + Autant d'Américains fraternels partagent notre indignation française et + qui s'unis si réellement â la cause de la justice et du droit. </p> <p> - Daigniez agréer, Madame, avec tous mes remerciements, mes hommages + Daigniez agréer, Madame, avec tous mes remerciements, mes hommages respectueux. </p> <p> @@ -2649,7 +2645,7 @@ Upon my mind and soul, Forever, Now. </p> <p> - <br /> + <br > </p> <h3> II @@ -2679,7 +2675,7 @@ Shout forth this message to my valiant dead. </p> <p> - <br /> + <br > </p> <h3> III @@ -2715,27 +2711,27 @@ 1917, Translated by Elsie Deming Jarves. </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2H_4_0012" id="link2H_4_0012"> </a> + <a id="link2H_4_0012"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> WHAT FRENCHWOMEN ARE DOING IN WAR TIME </h2> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="linkimage-0010" id="linkimage-0010"> </a> + <a id="linkimage-0010"> </a> </p> <div class="fig" style="width:45%;"> - <img src="images/0142m.jpg" alt="0142m " width="100%" /><br /> + <img src="images/0142m.jpg" alt="0142m " style="width: 100%"><br > </div> <h5> <a href="images/0142.jpg"><i>Original</i></a> @@ -2841,14 +2837,14 @@ (We'll get 'em)—the latest song from the trenches. </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="linkimage-0011" id="linkimage-0011"> </a> + <a id="linkimage-0011"> </a> </p> <div class="fig" style="width:45%;"> - <img src="images/0148m.jpg" alt="0148m " width="100%" /><br /> + <img src="images/0148m.jpg" alt="0148m " style="width: 100%"><br > </div> <h5> <a href="images/0148.jpg"><i>Original</i></a> @@ -2858,7 +2854,7 @@ duties. They have their homes and children to look after, or old people or invalids dependent on them, or also they must tend the shops in their husbands' absence, or run the auberge or hotel, or work in the factories, - but each one does something on the side for the "Union sacrée." It may not + but each one does something on the side for the "Union sacrée." It may not be more than a pair of knitted socks sent weekly to the trenches, or a cushion made of snipped-up cotton rags, cut fine and close, or a package of tobacco bought by carefully saved sous. From this universal wish have @@ -2870,7 +2866,7 @@ 1. <i>Oeuvre des Blesses au Travail</i> (work of wounded soldiers). </p> <p> - 2. <i>Oeuvre du Soldat dans la Tranchée</i> (fund for the soldier in the + 2. <i>Oeuvre du Soldat dans la Tranchée</i> (fund for the soldier in the trenches—send warm clothing). </p> <p> @@ -2902,7 +2898,7 @@ lie wounded in their beds. These articles consist chiefly of baskets of finely plaited straw, some artistically colored and of charming designs; others made by clumsier hands, crude but interesting—lace mats of - plaited ribbon; string bags of macramé work; penholders and pencils, + plaited ribbon; string bags of macramé work; penholders and pencils, fashioned from spent cartridges. Rings made from the aluminum tips of exploded German shells picked up in the French trenches—these are very cunningly made and are often very handsome in design and execution. @@ -2918,10 +2914,10 @@ ladies of the committee, who guarantee the genuineness of each object. </p> <p> - Then there is the "Journée," or a day is chosen with the approval of the + Then there is the "Journée," or a day is chosen with the approval of the government, committees are formed in all the cities, towns, and villages of France. Bands of young girls and children start out early to sell flags - or boutonnierés or rosettes, on the steps of the churches, at the railroad + or boutonnierés or rosettes, on the steps of the churches, at the railroad station, in the public squares and streets, holding their little pincushions stuck with flags, or scraps of ribbon, with a sealed tin box for coins. Thus, enormous sums are collected for the various war works, @@ -2938,12 +2934,12 @@ factories, in the government postoffice and telegraph service, as tramway conductors, as metro ticket collectors—places they never dreamed of filling before the war, for the Frenchwoman is essentially a home-body, - her "intérieur" (home) being dearer to her than all else; to take these + her "intérieur" (home) being dearer to her than all else; to take these masculine occupations is especially hard. </p> <p> The great dressmakers of the Rue de la Paix, the Rue de Rivoli, and the - Place Vendôme are doing their share, too. One floor is usually devoted to + Place Vendôme are doing their share, too. One floor is usually devoted to some charitable purpose, either an "Ouvroir," or a convalescent home, etc.; and that the little "midinette" (apprentice) may feel that she, too, is working for France, a work has been started called "la marraine" (the @@ -2959,14 +2955,14 @@ bullets. </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2H_4_0013" id="link2H_4_0013"> </a> + <a id="link2H_4_0013"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> PRISONERS AND AMBULANCES @@ -2980,7 +2976,7 @@ <p> Let me first tell the story of an American girl of whom we are all very proud—a girl whose courage and devotion has won her the <i>Croix de - Guerre</i> and the <i>Médaille d'or des Epidemes</i>. + Guerre</i> and the <i>Médaille d'or des Epidemes</i>. </p> <p> The Vicontesse de la Mettrie, daughter of the late Comte Amedee de Gasquet—James @@ -3195,14 +3191,14 @@ peccadillo. They need no comment. </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="linkimage-0012" id="linkimage-0012"> </a> + <a id="linkimage-0012"> </a> </p> <div class="fig" style="width:45%;"> - <img src="images/0163m.jpg" alt="0163m " width="100%" /><br /> + <img src="images/0163m.jpg" alt="0163m " style="width: 100%"><br > </div> <h5> <a href="images/0163.jpg"><i>Original</i></a> @@ -3242,7 +3238,7 @@ "F. F. </h3> <p> - "Interne Français. + "Interne Français. </p> <p> "Hotel du Chamessaire, Leysin, Suisse." @@ -3350,11 +3346,11 @@ </p> <p> They paid for their food in French money, and left a note for the - Sous-Préfet of Saint-Malo. Imagine that official's chagrin, on opening it, + Sous-Préfet of Saint-Malo. Imagine that official's chagrin, on opening it, to find the following: </p> <p> - "Monsieur le Sous-Préfet—We had an excellent lunch and wish to state + "Monsieur le Sous-Préfet—We had an excellent lunch and wish to state that we perceive you still eat well in France. </p> <p> @@ -3367,20 +3363,20 @@ "U-boat off Brittany, March, 1918." </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2H_4_0014" id="link2H_4_0014"> </a> + <a id="link2H_4_0014"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> TO A POILU </h2> <p> - <br /> + <br > </p> <p class="indent15"> Hail to you, Poilu! Before the world you stand @@ -3395,7 +3391,7 @@ That held the line 'gainst bombs, and shells, and flame. </p> <p> - <br /> + <br > </p> <p class="indent15"> Through tragic months of winter cold and rain, @@ -3410,7 +3406,7 @@ Oh! little soldier of the war-tried French. </p> <p> - <br /> + <br > </p> <p class="indent15"> From peasant hut, from wealthy, well-stocked farm, @@ -3425,7 +3421,7 @@ Gladly you rushed to play your noble part. </p> <p> - <br /> + <br > </p> <p class="indent15"> Oh, Sons of France! How quickly you forgot @@ -3440,7 +3436,7 @@ There is no room for friction or for strife. </p> <p> - <br /> + <br > </p> <p class="indent15"> Beneath the August sun, two years ago, @@ -3455,7 +3451,7 @@ Of love for France, and for her precious fame. </p> <p> - <br /> + <br > </p> <p class="indent15"> 'Midst rye and wheat of cultivated fields, @@ -3470,7 +3466,7 @@ You—unknown hero in your nameless grave. </p> <p> - <br /> + <br > </p> <p class="indent15"> Afar, 'perhaps, some woman mourns your end, @@ -3485,7 +3481,7 @@ Your humble tomb beneath the Argonne skies. </p> <p> - <br /> + <br > </p> <p class="indent15"> No flowers shall fade upon your lowly mound, @@ -3500,7 +3496,7 @@ An altar and a pledge to Victory. </p> <p> - <br /> + <br > </p> <p class="indent15"> Hail to you, Poilu! In all the years to come, @@ -3515,7 +3511,7 @@ Are clarion notes which thrill, inspire, entrance. </p> <p> - <br /> + <br > </p> <p class="indent15"> That rolling down the misty vales of Time @@ -3530,20 +3526,20 @@ The World salutes you! Hail to you, Poilu! </p> <p> - <br /> + <br > </p> <p> Dinard, 1918. </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2H_4_0015" id="link2H_4_0015"> </a> + <a id="link2H_4_0015"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> OUR WAR WORK @@ -3552,14 +3548,14 @@ Deming Jarves August 14, 1918 </h3> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="linkimage-0013" id="linkimage-0013"> </a> + <a id="linkimage-0013"> </a> </p> <div class="fig" style="width:45%;"> - <img src="images/0176m.jpg" alt="0176m " width="100%" /><br /> + <img src="images/0176m.jpg" alt="0176m " style="width: 100%"><br > </div> <h5> <a href="images/0176.jpg"><i>Original</i></a> @@ -3567,7 +3563,7 @@ <p class="pfirst"> <span class="dropcap" style="font-size: 4.00em">S</span>ince the following article, "Our War Work," was written, Mr. Deming Jarves has been decorated - by the French government with the cross of the Chevalier de la Légion + by the French government with the cross of the Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur. </p> <p> @@ -3627,7 +3623,7 @@ Dinard. </p> <p> - From St. Malo, St. Servan, Paramé, St. Briac, St. Lunaire, all within + From St. Malo, St. Servan, Paramé, St. Briac, St. Lunaire, all within walking distance of Dinard, came urgent calls for help. </p> <p> @@ -3835,7 +3831,7 @@ <p> Thousands of Belgians sought refuge in Brittany. Baronne Raymond de Saint-Gilles, at Le Fretay, has over 4,000 dependent on her for - assistance, and Abbé Destroopers at Avranches, and Mlle. Powis de + assistance, and Abbé Destroopers at Avranches, and Mlle. Powis de Tenbossche at Rennes, both of whom have over 3,000 Belgians on their refuge lists, all have been supplied with great quantities of garments. </p> @@ -3909,35 +3905,35 @@ </p> <p> On July 8,1915, Mr. and Mrs. Deming Jarves were notified by M. Julliard, - the Préfet of Ille-et-Vilaine, that he would call on them on July 11, at - three o'clock, accompanied by M. Lacouloumére, Sous-Préfet of Redon; M. - Revilliot, Sous-Préfet of Saint-Malo; General Grillot, commanding the + the Préfet of Ille-et-Vilaine, that he would call on them on July 11, at + three o'clock, accompanied by M. Lacouloumére, Sous-Préfet of Redon; M. + Revilliot, Sous-Préfet of Saint-Malo; General Grillot, commanding the district; M. Crolard, Mayor of Dinard, "en grande tenue," to thank them in the name of France for their generous help in the great crisis of this war. </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="linkimage-0014" id="linkimage-0014"> </a> + <a id="linkimage-0014"> </a> </p> <div class="fig" style="width:45%;"> - <img src="images/0186m.jpg" alt="0186m " width="100%" /><br /> + <img src="images/0186m.jpg" alt="0186m " style="width: 100%"><br > </div> <h5> <a href="images/0186.jpg"><i>Original</i></a> </h5> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2H_4_0016" id="link2H_4_0016"> </a> + <a id="link2H_4_0016"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> AMERICANS IN BRITTANY @@ -4085,7 +4081,7 @@ After all these different invasions—Belgian, French, wounded, children—you can imagine we looked with some misgiving on a Yankee one. The American Y. M. C. A. opened in August, 1,200 men in Dinard, 2,000 - across the bay at St. Malo and Paramé; but now, after three months, I can + across the bay at St. Malo and Paramé; but now, after three months, I can frankly say they are welcome everywhere. </p> <p> @@ -4108,11 +4104,11 @@ much impressed by their intelligence and manliness. My friend, the Countess de Durfort, receives 200 every Friday at her feudal Castle of Combourg, and often tells me what pleasure it gives her to entertain "ces - braves Américains." + braves Américains." </p> <p> - La Baronne de Charette, née Miss Antoinette Polk, of Tennessee, - great-niece of President Polk, and widow of Général de Charette, the + La Baronne de Charette, née Miss Antoinette Polk, of Tennessee, + great-niece of President Polk, and widow of Général de Charette, the famous leader of the Papal Zouaves in the war of 1870, has opened her old Chateau every Wednesday to 200 Yankees. </p> @@ -4142,7 +4138,7 @@ foreigners. So every Wednesday her doors are opened to 200 Yanks. </p> <p> - They find an excellent "goûter," a charming hostess, surrounded by the + They find an excellent "goûter," a charming hostess, surrounded by the ladies of the nobility from the neighborhood, who put themselves out to amuse the "doughboys." </p> @@ -4188,27 +4184,27 @@ October, 1918. </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="linkimage-0015" id="linkimage-0015"> </a> + <a id="linkimage-0015"> </a> </p> <div class="fig" style="width:45%;"> - <img src="images/0201m.jpg" alt="0201m " width="100%" /><br /> + <img src="images/0201m.jpg" alt="0201m " style="width: 100%"><br > </div> <h5> <a href="images/0201.jpg"><i>Original</i></a> </h5> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2H_4_0017" id="link2H_4_0017"> </a> + <a id="link2H_4_0017"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> VICTORIOUS BELLS OF FRANCE @@ -4296,14 +4292,14 @@ dreadful menace hanging over them. The world is safe for them. </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="linkimage-0016" id="linkimage-0016"> </a> + <a id="linkimage-0016"> </a> </p> <div class="fig" style="width:45%;"> - <img src="images/0205m.jpg" alt="0205m " width="100%" /><br /> + <img src="images/0205m.jpg" alt="0205m " style="width: 100%"><br > </div> <h5> <a href="images/0205.jpg"><i>Original</i></a> @@ -4340,7 +4336,7 @@ heads of the shouting men. </p> <p> - The procession swept on, catching up bystanders; infirmières had flags + The procession swept on, catching up bystanders; infirmières had flags thrust at them, and joined the ranks, their white veils and dresses gleaming ahead; some of the Americans picked up the tiny children, carrying them shoulder high, the kiddies clutching them in a stranglehold, @@ -4351,7 +4347,7 @@ The crowd swings on to visit the hospitals, to salute their wounded comrades, to the <i>mairie</i>, to the <i>commandant de place</i>, singing "Over There," the "Star-Spangled Banner," the "Marseillaise," and "la - Brabançonne." There was no bed that day for the wounded, operation or no + Brabançonne." There was no bed that day for the wounded, operation or no operation they hung out of the windows and balconies, to the horror of their nurses, waving handkerchiefs, towels, pillow-slips, slippers—anything that came to hand. One boy, with the <i>Croix de Guerre</i> and four other @@ -4365,7 +4361,7 @@ <p> All the afternoon, little bands marched up and down, a group of Belgians with an accordion, the player with an arm in a sling clutching it somehow, - playing the "Brabançonne." Yanks decked out in paper caps and tricolor + playing the "Brabançonne." Yanks decked out in paper caps and tricolor ribbons, arm in arm with singing girls, sky-larking about the town. All the week, festivities have been in full swing, in the cafes, the hotels, the American Y.M.C.A.—entertainments, flags, cheering, songs, music, @@ -4444,7 +4440,7 @@ "Adrien Mithouard, President. </p> <p> - "Chausse, Chassaigne-Goyon, Adolphe Chérioux, Henri Rouselle, + "Chausse, Chassaigne-Goyon, Adolphe Chérioux, Henri Rouselle, Vice-Presidents; </p> <p> @@ -4471,20 +4467,20 @@ "Dinard, November 11th, 1918" </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="linkimage-0017" id="linkimage-0017"> </a> + <a id="linkimage-0017"> </a> </p> <div class="fig" style="width:45%;"> - <img src="images/0217m.jpg" alt="0217m " width="100%" /><br /> + <img src="images/0217m.jpg" alt="0217m " style="width: 100%"><br > </div> <h5> <a href="images/0217.jpg"><i>Original</i></a> </h5> <div style="height: 6em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br ><br ><br > </div> |