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THE honor roll of American women
and girls, decorated for great deeds
of heroism, steadily grows, the Gov
ernment to date having thus honored 11
and the Carnegie hero fund commission
17. Should these National heroes unite In
a medal of honor legion all their own.
here would be a. woman's society of dis
tinction. Its badge standing for a much
us any Insignia that adorns the Tankee
maid or matron.
One woman In this list haa received the
coveted military medal of honor, con
ferred only for distinguished conduct in
military action, and this heroine is none
other than the noted drees reformer and
woman suffragist. Dr. Mary Walker, who
since her services m the civil war has
persisted In wearing trousers. In which
she did a man's .service In the Army.
When the Civil w4r broke out she left
her medlcaj- practice and went to the
front, where she often spent her own
money in caring for the wounded and
even where shot and shell were flying
thick and fast upon the battlefield she
was seen at the side of the wounded sol
diers. She is said to have been the first
woman In the world to have done such
war service in a capacity higher than that
of nurse, she having the rank of assistant
surgeon. While thus engaged she wore
an oflloer'a uniform, but after the war
continued to wear the "American re
form costume," which she had adopted
some years previously, the upper part of
this costume being feminine in Its make
up, although supplemented by trousers.
Eventually, however, she adopted full
male attire, which she haa since worn.
She Is still living at her birthplace, Os
wego, N. T.
Rescued Thirteen. From Drown In jr.
Our next most noted heroine, wearing
a United States Government decoration.
Is Mrs. Ma Lewis-Wilson, who, for res
cuing from drowning at least IS persons,
from time to time, haa received the gold
life-saving medal of honor, long con
ferred by Secretaries of the Treasury
upon persons who have manifested great
personal courage In rescuing victims from
the water. Her father was keeper of the
I J me Rock lighthouse upon an Island tn
the harbor of Newport, R. I., where she
was born In 1S41, and In early youth she
became a skilled swimmer and oarsman,
spending so much of her time In a row
boat, the only means of communication
between the lighthouse and shore, that
she was as much at home upon the water
In storm as in calm. When 18 she res
cued from the sea four men whose boat
had capsized, and since then she haa
saved at least nine other lives. Including
those of two soldiers, who broke through
the harbor ice. Her father becoming
paralytic, she was appointed to succeed
him. and has since served as keeper of
the lighthouse, and for her rescues she
received medals also from the State of
Rhode Island, the Massachusetts Humane
Society and the New Tork Llfe-Savlng
Association. In the Newport customs
house, before hundreds of people. General
Grant presented her with the lifeboat
Rescue, as a gift from the people of New
port, and for this craft James FIsk, Jr.,
built her a boathouse. She was given also
the Sorosis brooch. Inscribed "To Ida
Lewis, the Heroine." and the two soldiers
whom she rescued from the ice gave her
a gold watch, while officers and men of
the nearby fort gave her a silver teapot
worth 1150- Although still popularly
known by her maiden name. Ida Lewis,
she married William H. Wilson In 1870.
A" few months ago a new society com
posed of life-saving medalists decorated
her with the "American Cross of Honor"
and the board of governors has an
nounced that ' In their estimation Ida
Lewls-WUson has rendered more valiant
service In saving life than have any
Americans of her sex.
The first American woman to receive
the llfesavlng medal of honor was
Edith Morgan, of Hamlin. Mich., who
in the Spring of 1878 rescued two fish
ermen whose boat had capsized near
Grande Point au Sable. Mich., and who
the next year helped rescue the crew
of the wrecked steamer City oX Toledo,
of the same point. This rescue was
mada In the rreat storm of that year.
It was snowing hard and the "hip was
transformed Into an Iceberg. Miss Mor
gan helped convey a rope from shore
to the vessel and to rescue 1 men, ail
on board. Because the medal awarded
tar was of silver instead of gold she
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refused it. believing that she deserved
that of the higher grade.
' Early Child Heroines. .
The first child heroine decorated by
the Government was Marie TX Parsons,
of Fireplace Point, Long Island, who
in 1883, when only 10 years old, risked
her life to rescue a man and little
girl from drowning at that point. She
was given a silver medal. One of gold
was presented to Edith Clarke, who,
three years later, while a pupil of a
convent at Oakland. Cal., bravely res
cued a schoolmate who was drowning
In Lake Chabot.
Two Charleston girls, Edna Maude
King and Mary Whltely, were together
given- the silver medal for rescuing
three men whose yawl was capsized In
the harbor of Charleston, S. C In 1888.
during a great gale of wind. These
two plucky girls on finding two of the
victims clinging to a wharf and the
third hanging to the upturned yawl,
bravely lowered a boat from the wharf
and at great risk to themselves rescued
all three. A silver medal was given
also to Mabel Mason, who in 1S90, at
the peril of her life, rescued a map who
by the wash of a passing steamer had
been thrown from his boat Into the
Detroit River, near the Mamajuda light
station. -
The next year Bertie O. Burr, of
Lincoln. Neb., while bathing in Blue
River with two young women, rescued
them "with heroic bravery" and 're
ceived the gold medal, which was
awarded also to Mrs. Martha White,
who In mid-Winter the year following
(1892) plunged intov the icy breakers
and "at the Imminent peril of her life,"
as the official report states, rescued
three sailors" from the British bark
Ferndale. which had been wrecked on
the coast of Washington state.
Strange to relate, in spite of the re
cent advent of the "athletic girl" among
us. no American women have In the
past 16 years displayed sufficient cour
age in making rescues from the water
to warrant, in the estimation of - the
Treasury authorities, even a silver
medal of this category.
Eighteen Recently Decorated.
But another National heroine was
lately found and given the hew medal
of honor which Congress recently au
thorized as a reward for the saving of
life upon our railways. The recipient
of this is Miss Mary Gulnan. of Mid
dletown, N. T., who recently. Jumped
Into a narrow space between two rail
way tracks and saved the life of an
aged man whom, while sharing his per
il, she held in safety while two trains
simultaneously whlzsed by them, one
on either side, and in opposite direc
tions. President Roosevelt, when pro
posing this new National decoration,
recomended that It be awarded for
"conspicuous bravery and self-sacrifice
In the saving of life In private em
ployments," and although Congress
limited It to heroes and heroines of
the rail. Andrew Carnegie at about
the same time transfered to a com
mission a fund of 85,000.000 to be ex
pended In medals, annuities and other
financial assistance for American he
roes and heroines displaying signal
courage while "following peaceful vo
cations." this last clause excluding acts
of courage In war, which the great
ironmaster regards as a relic of bar
barism. The "Carnegie medal." hand
somely stamped on silver and bronze,
is conferred only for acts of courage
performed since April 14. 1904. I am
Indebted to F. M. Wilmot, manager of
the fund, for a compilation of the acts
performed by the 17 heroines decorated
and. aided since that time.
Dived Under a Float.
A girl 17 years old was the first femi
nine recipient of this new order of merit.
This was Ernestine F. Atwood, a stu
dent of Melrose, Mass.. who was given
the silver medal the higher degree for
saving a coachman from ' drowning In
Boston harbor In the Summer of 1004.
From a rowboat 209 feet from shore she
dived under a float where the. drowning
man was caught, and brought him safely
to shore. In addition to the medal she
was also given 8500 for educational pur
poses. The following December Lavlnla
Steele, a cataloguer, of Des Moines, was
skating on the Iowa River, when a young
law student - fell through the ice in the
middle of the stream. The ice was thin
and although .others of lighter weight re
fused to venture upon it she skated to
the drowning man and with a short pole
pulled him out upon the loe, at great risk
of her own, life. She received the bronze
medal.
A 18-year-old girl. Maude A. Tttus. of
Newark, N. J., was the next recipient,
and she received the silver medal for
saving a woman from drowning at Tar
mouth, Me., in July, 1904. They had
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been thrown from a boat Into Caaco Bay,
and Instead of swimming to the over
turned craft, as two others did, young
Miss Titus forgot her own safety and In
a choppy sea supported the drowning
woman, who could not swim, until both
were rescued. The highest grant yet al
lowed to a heroine by the commission
JL'oO for educational purposes w3 given
tb this courageous girl.
A bronze medal was soon afterward
granted to Anne M. Cunnigham. a
trained nurse of Savannah. Ga., who,
from a point 125 feet from the shore,
swam 25 feet out Into the ocean against
the tide In 'a heroic attempt to save a
man drowning off Tybee Island, Ga. She
reached him and assisted In taking hlra
toward shore, but upon being carried un
der water the third time by the high
waves her hold on him was broken and
when they were both pulled ashore she
was exhausted and he was drowned.
Sucked Venom "From Snakebite.
A peculiar deed of courage was that
for which Lucy E. Ernst, a Philadelphia
girl, has been .more lately deoorated.
When a boy was bitten by a rattlesnake
at Porter's. Lake, Pa.,; In July. 1905, she,
although having on her lip an open fever
blister. Into which she might have ab
sorbed the poison, repeatedly sucked this
venom from the lad's arm and thus
saved his life. ,
A 13 -year-old heroine, who in addition
to the bronze medal has been awarded ,
82000 for educational purposes, is Therese
S. McNally, of Waterbury; Conn., who;
in June, 1904, swam 30 feet and 'rescued
a" 4-year-old child who was drowning in
eight feet of water. Only two years old
er was Elsie C. Plontz-, of Appleton. Wis.;
when, in January. 1905, she bravely ven
tured out upon the thin ice of Fox river
to rescue from drowning two girls who
had fallen In. For this deed she received
the silver medal, as did Mrs. Mary Q.
Black, of Marshfleld, Or., who, in' 1904,
although Incumbered by four skirts,
waded Into a creek and after pulling one
child out of a hole eight feet deep swam
into it a second time and, while asslst-
THE old Roman wedding ring was
usually of Iron, symbolic of the
enduring bond, which perhaps explains
the supposition of some authorities
that it, in olden times, indicated the
submission of the wearer, as did the
iron ring worn about the neck and
ankle.
There are many tales, romantic,
quaint and amusing associated with
marriage rings of all nations and all
ages. Those interchanged between Mar
tin Luther and Catherine von Bora
were of sliver gilt, with a figure of
Christ upon the crose. And it has
been stated that a certain Lady Cath
cart, on marrying her fourth husband,
had inscribed upon her wedding ring:
"If I survive
I will have five."
Among Hebrews the wedding ring is
sometimes ornamented by an elabor
ately carved temple fixed , on a hinge,
and when opened discloses a tiny rep
resentation of the Ark of the Coven
ant. Very Interesting, too. Is the lore of
the angasrsment rlnz. now aanerally
Romance of a Marriage Ring
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worn after marriage on the third fin
ger of the left hand as a guard to
the plaun golden wedding ring of mod
ern preference. r
A pretty fancy, not common, though
not new, is to have this ring? set with
stones, the initial letters of which will
spell the name of the wearer or the
giver. The keeper given to our present
Queen by the then Prince of Wales on
their marriage Is set with precious
stones, the Initials of the names of
which stand for the royal husband's
pet family cognomen, "Bertie" a beryl,
emerald, ruby, turquole, Jacinth and a'i
emerald again. '
The custom of giving ' mottoes to en
gagement rings possibly originated
with the Romans. ' "Good luck to Vou"
is Roman, and perhaps "Love me. and I
will love you" la Roman also. The trite
"When this you see remember me,"
that may be found In the autograph al
bums of almost every-school girl, was
used for thla sort of motto more fhan
200 years ago and Is declared to have
been not original even then.
The modern engagement ring mus"
be of gold, of any shape except that of
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ing another childrbecame exhausted. By
the aid of her dog. however; who had
followed her In, she succeeded In com
pleting the Tescue.
The heroic rescue of a child on a street
cflr track In Washington, In July. 1905,
haa resulted In the decoration of Miss Jes
sie K. Melson, of that city, with, the
bronze medal. With one foot on" the
track. Mies Melson grasped" the child and
threw him over her right shoulder to safe
ty. But before she could escape the car
struck her, knocking her from the track
.and fracturing her nose.
A Arick dared by few other than pro
fessional life-savers has brought' the sil
ver medal to Mrs. Rosa P.' Sch'aller, of
'ew York City, who, when she saw a
girl of 17 drowning off North Beach In
i305, swam 100 feet Jo her side, knocked
the wedding circlet, and may be set
with any stone other than an opal or
emerald, the opal ring being regarded
as unlucky, and the emerald not favored
for some like superstitious fancy.
Why' pearls the emblem of tears
have never thus been tabooed remains
to be explained. "A few years since
fashion attempted to bring Into use for
betrothal circles these interdicted gems
but with small success.
Among the ancients 'all rings had
some significance. In Greece and Rome
only freemen were allowed to wear
them; and as the more wealthy had a
different one for each season. It may be
inferred that there was some fanciful
meaning attached to each month and
each finger, and that from them came
the pretty whimsical Idea of a later
century that there is a certain gem
that has an auspicious association with
each month of the Vear, and that to
bring good luck or avert evil one ought
to wear that which represents the birth
months. London Ally Sloper..
Loren's Query.
Little Loren had watched the rain
pour down all day. Finally, when the
clouds began to break away, he said:
"Mamma, do you suppose those clouds
will ever be fit to use again?" The
Delineator.
her unconscious after a struggle fend
then supported her In the water until
other assistance arrived.
Salvation Army Runaway Heroine.
Her brave rescue of a child from a
runaway team has brought the silver
medal also . to Mrs.- Caroline Stanyon," of
Mount Vernon. N. T., a brigadier in the
Salvation Army. Although rescuing the
little one from the path of the mad
team, she was herself struck and knocked
down, sustaining Injuries for the medi
cal expenses of which the commlttion
has alfbwed her $500.
A brave attempt to save a suicide has
brought the silver medal and $1000 to
Florence Hoose, of Chelsea, Mass. The
suicide was a man 24 yeai of age,
delhrious from typhoid, and when she
Fruits Are the
H
ERE are the prescriptions of a' cele
brated physician: Eat fruit for
breakfast, for dinner, for supper. . Shun
hot rolls, hot biscuits and buttered toast.
Eat whole-wheat bread. Refuse rloe
pudding. Decline pjfratoes if- they are
served more than once a day. Do not
drink too much coffee or tea and very
little beer and whisky. Walk several
miles each day. Take a bath every day
In Summer and every other day In Win
ter. Brush the teeth and wash the face
in warm water every night Just Defore
retiring. Sleep eight hours Here are
the fruits to be eaten: Apples, grapes
and bananas at any time, day or night,
but not too many at a time. These are
the three healthiest' fruits and the
habitual eater will require no medicine.
Peaches are godd for the clearing of a
muddy complexion. Pears are healthy
raw, but better when cooked. Straw
berries are good for rheumatism.
Oranges are good for dyspepsia, but pine
apples are evert better. Lemons are a
fine fruit tonic and a few drops squeezed
Into half a wineglass of water each morn
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trled to prevent his deed he choked her
and threatened her with desth. .She
then pursued him, and, although he
again molested her, she- continued to
follow him through, the house, and
made a heroic though futile effort to
prevent hie plunging from a window.
Two Fire' Heroines.
One of two fire heroines recently dec
orated is Mrs. Thelma McNee Guittand,
of Dayton, Ohio, who, in 1905. when
only 17 years of age. and shortly before
her marriage, bravely saved two- small
children from -an. apartment-house fire
In Boston. While the -Ijuildlng was
burning flrecely she made her way to
the roof and thence to the apartment
where the children were locked In a
room. After seizing them, she brought
them safely down, through the dense
smoke, to the street.
Two posthumous decorations have re
ce ntly been conferred upon heroines by
the commission. The first of these was
conferred in memory of Mrs. Sadie b.
Crabbe, of Avalon, Va., who. In Febru
ary, 1905, while attempting to pull a
colored youth from a hole in the Ice,
herself broke through the treacherous
crust and lost her life. The other post
humous medal has been conferred in
memory of Miss" Jewel H. Reed, aged 17
years, of St. Louis. Mo., who. In Jan-
uary, 19"0tt died while bravely trying
to save two elderly women from burn
ing. Through fire and smoke she as
cended a stairway to the second floor
to reach the twi victims, but was cut
off from escape and burned with them.
Decorated This Summer".
The most recent decorations have
gone to the youngest of all these hero
ines two little girls, aged respective
ly and 11 years, and hailing from dif
ferent states. Each was awarded tlis
highest honor the silver medal by
the commission at its last meeting a
few weeks ago. The first of these. Miss
Marce Y. Trevor, of Marlon, III., on De
cember 30, 1906. when only 9 years of
age, saved a little boy of 7, who had
fallen from a bridge crossing a creek,
running 'high and swift. This brave
little girl, although she could not
swim, jumped from the bridge into the
creek, and after seizing her imperiled
playmate, caught hold of the bridge,
and, with great danger to herself, held
on until both were lifted out.
The other littln heroine decorated
this Summer is Miss Marjorie E. Coast,
of Iowa City, who, in June of last
year, when only 7 years of age, saved
from drowning another little girl, aged
10 years, who had fallen Into the Iowa
River. Marjorie, also unable to swim.
Jumped from the dock, and after seiz
ing her helpless companion, managed
to get her to a floating plank. Then
by paddling she reached It herself.
Washington. D. C, August 8.
A Hunch for
Langdon
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enough: but as long as he could keep on
his pins he kept liopln' to get in just one
on me; so I finally has to drop him with
a stiff one behind the ear.
Course, if we'd,had ring gloves on he'd
looked like he'd been on the clioppln'
block; but with the pillows you can't
get hurt bad. Inside or 10 minutes I has
him all washed off and up in a chair,
lookin' not much worse than before, ex
cept for the eye swellin's. And what do
you guess is the first thing he does?.
"Say. McC'abe." says he. shovin' q.ut his
paw. "you're all right, you are."
"So?" saya I. "If I thought you was
any judge that might carry weight."
"I know." says he. "Nobody likes- me."
"Oil. well," says I, "I atnt ruhbln' It
in. I guess there's white spots in you,
after all; even if you do keep 'em cov- t
ered."
He pricks up his ears at that, and
wants to know how and why. ' Almost be
fore I knows it we've drifted into a heart
to heart talk that a half hour before I
would have said couldn't have happened.
Langdon aint turned cherub: but he's a
whole lot milder, and he takes In what
I've got to say as if it was a bulletin
from headquarters.
"That's all so." says he. "But I've got
to do something. Do you know what I d
like best?" i
I couldn't guess.
"I'd like to be In the navy and handle f
one of those blfr 13-lnoh guns," says he. v
"Why not. then?" says I.
"I don't know how to get in," says he.
"I'd go tn a'minute, if I did."
"You're as good as tfiere now, then,"
says I. "There's a re-rultln' office around
on Sixth avenue, not five blocks from
here, and the Sergeant's sorfiethln' of a
friend of mine. Is It a go?" ,
"It is," says Langdon.
"Hanged if he didn't mean it too, and
before he can change his mind we've had,
the papers air made out.
In the mornin' I 'phones Pembroke
and he comes around te lug me up
while he breaks the news to maw, for
he says she'll need a lot at calmin'
down. I was lookin' for nothln' les
than eat fits, too. But say, she didn't
even turn on the sprayer.
"The navy," says she. "Why. how
sweet! Oh I'm so glad Won't Lang
don make ,a lovely officer?"
I don't know how's It's goln' to work
out; but there's one sure thing. It'll be
some time before Langdon'll be pes
tered any more by the traffic cops.
And, now that the stateroom's en
gaged, you ought to see how well Pem
broke Is standln' the blow.
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Best of Medicine
ing or night will act more beneficially oh
the system than purgative pills or salts.
' Perhaps. ' .
Oh. perhaps you think th city doesn't hve
a welcome sound
When one comes back frdm the country,
very rested ut and browned; -And
perhaps you think Jhe subway and the
trolley and. the "I."
Don't appeal to one who's been away from
old New Tork a spall.
Oh, perhaps the erowd of people and the
music and the lights
Don't look" great to one who's gone to bed
at 7:30 nights.
And "the bustle and the tumult and the
highway's melody
Oh, perhaps you think that doesn't make an
awful hit with roe.
Haply, maybe, peradventure, it may chaneej
and eke perhaps 1
Ton opine that one Is sorry when one haa
to leave the yaps I
Oh, peVhaps ySu think one wishes one mlghs
travel back tonight. j
And perhaps, O gentle reader, you have
guessed exactly right.
Mew Tork Evening XaiV