Chicago.—Miss Gladys M. Spencer of Highland Park, Ill., told 150 girls, ranging from seventeen years of age, her experiences as a Red Cross worker in France, and girls everywhere will be thrilled over her talk.
"Once while I was very close to the front lines with my ambulance," she said, "I was put in charge of several other machines and ordered to return the wounded to the base hospitals. It was then that I had my first real good opportunity to observe the wonderful spirit of the French soldiers. They remain quiet no matter how much pain they are in, and there is very little grumbling. Always you can find smile. And they are going to win the war!"
It is difficult to realize that a tenderly reared American girl handled herself with so much poise in a shell-shattered area. The group of girls she was addressing were preparing themselves to face the same dangers, and thousands of other American girls and women as nurses are more than doing their bits.
"On another occasion," she continued, "I drove my ambulance to a freight house to remove some large boxes. Only old men were left to lift the boxes, or men convalescing from wounds. The boxes were too heavy for them, so three other women and myself pitched in and loaded the cars. The men smiled sadly and wistfully.
"The spirit of the entire French people is sunny. They are delighted over America, and they firmly believe that with our help the Germans will be a thing of the past in a very short time."
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