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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORE. SUNDAY. AUGUST 30. Helen Scott Hay Heads Nurses On Red Cross Relief Ship Princess Mary of England Paris Hats This Winter In nitp nt thp war 6 Miss Marguerite Kreuger, a Only American Born rvUrSCS times In a crisis the calmest people become the most excitable, and lose tllcir heads.

It is not their fault; they realize that we could not have everything just as we had it in times at peace. There was no raising of prices, sucb as we bad beard had been don here; in fact, all the shopkeepers tried to make everything as easy for the people as possible. The dealers over here might learn a lesson of patriotism ii Jtmmi mini riwiaffiisVwSM PRINCESS ARY l'l 10 liO JllSS llay aS 10 Have Organized a Training School for Nurses in Bulgaria First Experience in War Hopes Nurses Will Be Able to Do Organization Work. x-w IN Saturday, September a I I gallant ship will set sail HWIIIL" from the port of New York, liSH'iU a ship which will convey from a sister nation to the war-torn nations across the sea a message of sympathy and helpfulness in this their deepest sorrow Probably there is nothing that will convey to these warring people the assurance of American neutrality and desire to be of assistance as this action of the American Bed Cross Society in sending a relief ship, for it will not go merely to one country to aid one people, but to every country and to where its assistance is needed. There will be thirty surgeons In charge of Major Patterson, and one hundred and twenty nurses in charge of Miss Helen Scott Hay on board the ship, and these, will be left In units of ten or twelve in whatever country they are needed.

Miss Hay told an Eagle reporter recently that all the nurses who were going were obliged to be native born. Only American-Born Nurses to Go. "We thoupht first of sending nurses of foreign nationalities who could speak the languages, hut after consideration this plan was abandoned. It was absolutely necessary that this expedition be entirely neutral, and tnough in all probability th'j nurse? we sent would have maintained their MISS mrrmvmnvi MISS Intelligent and able women for which and added with boyish earnestness of eight years, "but all the same, it would be a good thing if I could turn the Job over to Mary. She Is so clever, you see." The princess Is now 17 years of age, and is shown In this picture with her hair done In a grown up fashion for the first time.

She seems to have taken on the seriousness and responsibilities of womanhood, and, according to all reports she shows every Indication of developing into one of the remarkably Milliner of This Borough, Tells Her Experience During the First Days of Mobilization in Paris. Americans More Excited Than the French Thinks Work of Designers Will Continue in Spite of Troublous Times. ANT women have been bewailing the fact that there would be no Paris fashions this winter, but they have had all their pains for noth ing, according to the statement made recently to an Eagle reporter by Miss Marguerite Krueger, who has a millinery shop on Bedford avenue and who has just returned from Europe on the Chicago, with a supply of models and materials. Paris Fashions Will Come In Short Time. "I think that In a short time things will be running along in their usual normal course," she said.

"We will be able to get the Paris fashions that we need. Of course, it won't be so easy to get them over here, but most of the work is done by womon, and as they have to live and must have something to do, I think the factories will be kept open. Some of those that closed down at first have been opened again and the same might be said of the shops and designers' establishments. Of course, It may take some time for the things to get here, but the ships are running pretty regularly from Paris, and when all this panic and excitement is over, the lmporta tlon of hats and gowns will go on Just as usual. To tell the truth, a great deal of the money is made by the French people in this country on account of the styles, and it would be a terrible disaster if the trade was stopped." Trouble in France May Develop American Designer.

Miss Krueger was asked if she thought that in the event of the closing of the French factories and ports the Americans would produce goods to equal the Parisian manufactures. "That I can't say," she replied; "they haven't done so, so far, whether because they can't or because they don't try, I don't know; but up to now Paris fashions load the world, no matter what anyone says. One who is accustomed to handle French goods can tell in a moment whether or not It Is, imported. There is a certain fineness, a certain originality about them that one finds nowhere else, and no One can equal the French for color sense. They can take two or three of the most Impossible looking colors and combine them In such a way as to produce a work of art.

May be this trouble will bring about the latent possibilities In the American designers. If so, so much the better." Amerlenns In Purls More Kxcited Than French. Miss Krueger had some Interesting experiences during the last few days she was In France. "We go to Europe every summer," she said, "and this year we went first to Italy, and then up t'irough Switzerland to Paris, where we Intended to stay a few weeks nnd then go on to Germany to visit relatives, and sail from there on the Imperator. However, we weren't In Paris more than two or three days before the war broke out and the mobilization commenced.

Of course, there was a great deal of excitement the first few days, but not nearly so much an the pnpers here reported. In fact, the most excited people were the Ameri- tourists, who thought they couldn't go home. The French were, for the most part, brave and self-controlled, and while we were there we saw no evidence of the wild riots that have been described In some of our papers. In the slums, of course, there was considerable excitement, snd the windows of several shops that bore German names were broken, hut we heard nothing of people being killed or trampled on. There were great crowds In the streets at first, but the police handled them -ery efficiently.

and we saw no disorder at all. Of course, here wna a lot or weeping and sorrow. Women whose husbands or sons were going to wsr came out to sen them go, snd Americans and other foreigners waiting to get their pass ports made most of the crowd. There were soldiers every ere. It seems funny now to look out on the street and not see their red legs marching by.

Women Do Men's Work. "In a few days there wns hardly an hie-hod led man left In Paris, she sail. We were staying at the Continental Hotel, and I know that on one day over half the help In our hotel were called, and It was the same every where. Before we left we saw women driving wagons and running taxlcab In the streets. In fact, tbsy were dolns; all sorts of men's work.

Tbey bad to: there was no one else to do It. How ever, we at least did not bave trouble getting things to eat or a plnce to sleep. The Continental Hotel kept open nil the while we were there, snd though our meals were simple they were enough, and we bad sense enough to Reduce Cost of Living By Reading Daily Wallabout Quotations Reader cat find market reports ea tbs Financial Pa(s si Th Esgls. Do not permit jour dealers Is in tbs war as aa ticnts fsr srer- cbarfiaf. September the Month for Jelly and Preserve Mahing don't know what they are doing for tne time being.

That is the reason for panics and cowardly conduct in time of danger, I believe. However, people whose profession requires con stant self-control In all emergencies are not likely to lose their heads. In very dangerous operations nurses are so busy and have so much to do they haven't time to become panic stricken, and I think it will be much the same thing when we get to Europe. We will be so busy that we won't even hear the cannon when they are firing around us." First Experience As War Nurso. "Have jiou had any experience as a war nurse?" she was asked.

"No, this is my first experience In any-thing of the kind. At the time the Spanish-American War broke out was living down in the southern end of California, and I volunteered to go but they didn't take the nurses from 'way out there. Most of them came from the East, New York and Chicago. This will be a wonderfully Interesting experience, even if it may not be entirely a pleasant one. I think all women hate war and would prevent It if they could, but failing that, they do the next best thing by repairing the damages that war has done and relieving the suffering and comforting the sorrow of those who have been made the victims of war.

Work Will Depend on Attitude Of Foreign Ofliclals. Miss Hay was asked just what work the nurses Intended to do when they arrived in Europe. "That will depend entirely upon the country they are in and the attitude of those in charge," she replied. "Some may have one thing to do, others another. We are sending the most efficient and experienced nurses we can find, and I think they will be most useful in organizing and directing corps of workers, but, of course, that will depend upon the knowledge and confidence that the foreign doctots have In the American nurses.

If they do mere nursing, ten or twelve of them in each country won't mean very much help. However, I think an efficient, helpful woman always finds a wav when sho sens a need, and even if they do not get a very warm welcome at first, I am sure these countries will be grateful for them In the end. "I do hope they will not be treated as they were In the KusMan-Japanese war," she added with a laugh. "All the nurses who went to Japan at that time tell amusing stories nf how pt. Iltely they were received snd how ef fectuully they were kept from doing any real work.

The Japanese physicians would how very low and tell thern how honored they were to re. reive their assistance, but thnt Is about ii a far nyi It went. However, the nnese had an excellent Hed Cross of their own, and there Is a wide rac ial difference between them and the people of the Western world, and they did it quite trust us. (if course you rnn't blame them, for they knew very little However, It would be a traged, wouldn't It, If we wi'te to go over there, only to be told that our heln waa not neded or desired. However, I do not think that will he the case, for already appeals have been sent to the American Ited Cross from several of the warring countries, and from the account that rernh here I think there will be phniy of work for all of us to do.

We have tried to pick out the ablest nnd most efficient nurses we tould if womn of wide experience who have held Important eiecutlve positions In Institutions over here, and I think when these foreign doctors realise that they will be only too glnd to atxept our blip." Many Kplondld lied Cross AmoHhIIoii Abroad. "llowecr, many of the Kurope.i i nations have splendidly orgnnle( (e. i rons iis.hoi -Hit ions. I know this I tru alut Germany, and I shouldn't be nt all surprised If It were true In the other countries. Put there la a rret deal of work to be dona; In fart, I don't think we over bera can concelv and unselfishness from the French." Big Shops Reopening.

"Were many of the shops closed oa account of tho war?" she was asked. "At first some of the larger ones were, because so many of the clerks had been called away, but they were) beginning to fill the vacant places with women and open up before we left, and now I think they will go right on wltb business In the usual way. Even in war time people need things, and the, shopkeepers need money, so I see no reason why they should close unless there is a siege." No Warning Of War. "Did you think from what you bean a week or so before that there would be a war?" she was asked. "No.

When we were in Northern Italy we did hear some rumors of trouble, and again In Switzerland a man sitting near us at the table waa talking about it, but it seemed very remote and we did not think it was go lng to affect us at all. A few days after we got into Paris, however, the, storm broke, and I think everyone waa surprised and shocked." Mrs. Krueger JJjJJ-In Germany in 1870. "Were you alarmed?" she was asked. "We would have been more so if it were not for my mother, who went with us this year.

She was in Germany, at the time the war broke out In 1870. It was Just after she was married and my father was obliged to go and fight. So after it was over my father and mother came to this country on their honeymoon and they stayed here evef since. So you see she had been through it all before and she knew just what to do. She was the least excited of us all." Ordered to Get Passports.

"We were told the first day that wj would have to get passports or be ar rested as spies. So we went first to the American Ambassador and got one paper, and then to the police station and got another. We were five days getting those papers, and then In the end we never used them. We had to wait In line all day In the raip. We were each given a number, and we had to wait In order till our turn came.

I think this frightened the Americans more than anything. However, ths police were very nice to us and they laughed when I told them I wpuld de-sign a hat like their caps. They tooK an accurate description of each one of us, tho color of our eyes and hair, the shape of our nose and mouth, the shape of our faces, whether we wers tall or small, stout or thin. It all tool! so long that we were afraid that wt would lose our boat. We were able to get steerage room on the Chicago, and we were mighty glad to get that, too.

I can tell you. I was obliged to leave) some of my baggage behind in Paris, but It came soon after we left, and some of It came over on the boat with us. We lay In the harbor at Havre for five days, waiting until It waa safe to go out, and though we toog longer than usual to come over, we were glad to get here at all, so we didn't kick about that. We slept on mattresses In the salon. We simply couldn't sleep In the steerage, but we, ate In the regular dining room.

Ths meals were not elaborate, but they were wholesome and enough. I bear that reople have complained about the ship since they got back, but I don't think they had anything to complain about. The officers were very considerate, and did the best tbey could wltli the few people they had. I think tbey deserve a good deal of credit. In fact, this whole affair bas Increased my admiration for the French people very much." Statue of Liberty Welcome Sight.

"However," she continued, "we wers mighty glad to see the Status of Liberty as we sailed up tbe hay. It certainly made us feel good. It was good, too, to see the American flag at Tbs Eagle Duroau lit Paris. Times like these make Americans appreciate their own country." A MOTHER'S FIGHT TO HOLD ON TO HER SON lu the September Woman's Horns Companion, Anne Hryan McCall, writing one of her "Tower Boom" talks, quotes tbe following letter from ths mother of an only son: "If I could begin to tell you bow bard It Is to keep my bands off bis life. I want him to need me.

I And myself hurt when bis friendships and interests are opart from mine. Yuti see, his father died when be was a lit tle baby. He has been so dependent on me. Now he Is a grown man, and I must learn to let blm live bis own life. It Isn't easyl Tou will understand better If I tell you tbs 'heart' of tbe trouble, as you would say; Tbs 'other woman' has corns Into bis life.

Ths woman, I mean, whom hs Is going to lovs better than he loves me, I bave nn reason to feel aa I do, I ought to be thankful, on my knees, that bs baa chosen a fine, unselfish girl. But my thought wxs not of thankfulness for hi happiness, but of misery for my loss. Please don't think I am going to stay saltish like this. I'm suing tn fight this thing every day. I've always been selfish and It Is a bard Dint." HOW TO SHARPEN SCISSORS In tbs September Woman's Horns Companion appears a department, so-titled "Tbe Exchange," In which contributors give practical Housekeeping suggestion.

A New Jersey woman tell a follows, how to sharpen scissor: "To sharpen scissors, tak a bottle and cut wltb tbs scissors, aa If you had to cut th neck oS tbs bolUs, Tbls Is effectlv." By LIDA AMES WILLIS. Delicious Combinations. For a long time the carefully guarded process of making many choice jam combinations was the despair of the rminnlKuinr nnd lover nf ilaintv fruit sweetmeats. Most of tho choice Jamjfour pounds of red raspberries. Bruise the HELEN ii.m bw 'hi nil il nllj HELZN SCOTT HAY ff The little Princess Mary of England is the only daughter of the King and Queen of England, but she.

sharos with her brothers, the Trlnce of Wales, Prince John and Prince Albert, the love for masculine sports and pursuits and probably envies the older ones' ability to fight in the defense of her country. According to on anecdote, the Prince of Wales upon being asked if he liked the prospect of one day being king, answered frankly, "Yes," the Immensity of the war that Is going on and the loss of life and tho suffering that will result. To me It secmj like one huge, useless, terrible murder. Not one of these countries will really benefit by this slaughter, for Imagine the number of young and able-bodied iiin who will he killed or maimed for life and the years that It will take these countries to recover from this disaster. However, the mischief has been done, and now the women's ork of healing and comforting and making the best of a had situation, have Just recently returned from a trip around the world, nnd I remember howl Germany Impressed me as a well-1 ordered household, where thrift and I niatness and careful attention to detail were the rule.

The C.erman villages were so clean and peaceful and contented, and to think now that all of that has been destroyed, and not In Germany alone but In every one of those countries. I went down from Japan to the little German city that Is being bombarded by the Japanese, and It was Just like a little section of Germany put down in that remote corner of the world. Tho streets were clean nnd the well made, and the people were all so Industrious and happy. From what I hear there are no Germans left In the city at all, only a few Chinese who were unable to get away. That Is Ihe wey It will be all over, nnd the sufferings of the wounded will not be the only work we will have to do.

There arw thousands nnd thousands of helpless women nnd children whose homes have been destroyed and whose means of livelihood has been taken away, and If tho war wit to stop tomorrow It would inxe a long time to relieve their suffering Ship Not to Bo A Hospital. Mis Hay was asked If the ship that the nurses were going on would Im fitted up as a Ited Cross hospital ship. "No, I think not; It Is to serve merely as a transport for the physicians snd nurse and the necessary supplies. Two of the lenuan steamship lines have of. fered services of their ships, and 1 believe they will simply convey the doctors and nurses to their destinations and return." "Will more nurses he sent later?" "That I con't say," she replied.

"If we find that more are needed we will send word, and In nil probability combinations may be traced to Southern France, where the good housewives of Provence and the part adjacent to Har-lc-Duc, which la famous for Its choice preserves, very reluctantly Impart the secrets of their art. The chief element of success is combining two fruit flavors by long boiling, which must be at Just the proper temperature. These very choice marmalades are as yet but littlo known here, except by the few who can afford to pay extravagantly for such dainties. One must go to Franco and enjoy the hospitality of the dames of these provinces In order to realize what a homo Industry exists, and what a variety of combinations are made! Haet) old dame has her special favorite, which Is offered the favored guest with the Information that thus hns It the royal family of England Is fa mous. Just at present the war cloud Is hanging over her fair country and she Is sharing- with others In England the pain nnd anxiety that war always brings.

Hut the women of the Royal family are setting a brave example of courage for their subjects, for they are forgetting their personal anxieties and 'cmi-s In relieving the suffering of others. up once, remove nt once from the fire and put Into hot sterilized glasses and seal up at once. Raspberry and Currant nur-lo-I)uc. Allow a pound of currants to every currants and strnin off the lulce To each pound of Juice add three-iunrb-rs of a pound of sugar, also including the weight of the whole berries. Holl for ill) minutes, skimming clear; then add the whole raspberries and cook gently for 21) minutes longer, until the syrup will Jelly when a little Is dropped on a chilled plate.

He-move from the fire and put up while tint, and seal. Gooseberries nnd IToney Bnr-lo-Dup. Select perfect gooseberries and remove blossom and stem. With a quill remove Ihe seeds, from the stem end. or with tiny sharp scissors cut a slit at one side and remove seeds with sharp fine darning needle, one lit a time.

If you wish to preserve the Shane of the nerry, ns In the line Imported prodii't. Welch the fruit, nnd take Its weight In strained honey. Heat the honey the same ns sugar syrups, then add the fruit nnd simmer thre or four minutes. Skim the fruit out carefully, ns not to crush It, and let the syrup consistency desiren. and pour over the fruit In smnll Jars or glasses.

Heal Tn9 Wlc-duc should be I stiff as tellv A Delirious Jam Combination. Allow to each quart of cut rhubarb six oranges, or three oranges nnd gently to a thick, smooth marmalade. A I unions Klnrkherry Jam. Take two trillions of blackberries, freshly picked; look over carefully and wash well nnd quickly In cold water. Put them In a preserving ket.

tie nnd sdd a quart nf water. Cook them soft, hut wntch thnt they do not burn. Htlr them frequently with a wooden spoon to break up the fruit, ltemove from the fire and press through a sieve Into a large earthenware or stone Jar, Htlr up the pulp thoroughly. Take one quart nnd put Into a kettle, nnd hen It bolls add a qtinrt of granulated rugnr previously huiti'd In the oven Hung to boll; let continue for fifteen minutes, slinking the kettle from time to time to prevent sticking to the bottom. When It begins to Jelly It Is done.

Test It lIKe you CIO Jelly. Thi Kansas housewife, from long famll larltv In milking this Jam, ran tell by the peculiar sound nf the bubbles as they break wnen tne jam is none. Never rook more then a quart at time If von want to have It just right IT'pare the fruit the dny before; set the Jir In a rool place until tne ioi luw lug morning. llnrlH-rry and Halsln Preserve. 'so Hie Ist raisins, seiilcd.

Cover i ho barlieri lis with water snd Iml Mr.iln thl'oilirh rlii se- loth, allowing both iiiiln nnd lull" to so through. Add a gxneroii quantity of sugnr nd the rulslns. and rook until It nn a inn more than reached the lnllng point In not conk too long or it will liecmne candled, deal In glasses or stuns jars been nn'ie by tho mother of gently until reduced to the generations of her people. fe i. As few stay-at-home Americans have tasted but one variety of the coniniiiHiion Known ns Har-le-imc, puriiai i ist oi tne romiiitmt omh known tu a l-rench housewife are here glv together with recipes for those which are best known on this side: Cherry pound of tine seeded raisins, snd one nnd raspberry, red currant nnd rasp-: nnd a half pounds of granulated su-beiry, white currant and gooseberry, svir.

ltemove the seeds snd white inubarb nnd orango, rhulwirn nnd rind of the orange, but use the yellow bliu currant, apple nnd black cur- peel nnd the sliced pulp. Put the cut tant, green gams and lemon, apple rhubarb and sugar Into a preserving snd lemon, apple and uulnce, sin I-1 kettle, then the orange snd boll down neutrality, there was a possibility of misunderstanding on the other side. So now only women will go I Hunk tins Is hi st, only I hope those nf us who cannot i-pcak the Innt ilHtrK will fail In with a parly nf reservists, people who kept fruit or delicatessen shop over here and can talk the Hngllsh langUHee so that they will be able to act as Interpreters." MM Hay flli lent I In OrEiinUatlon Work. Miss llay Is a ulender little person with Kllghily graying hair and fine dellmte fiaturrs and brlxht, keenly Intelligent eyes, Just Ihe sort of person one could Imagine handling a big grave situation with rftVlcncy. When sh was asked to talis charge of the Ked Cross ship she was In New York waiting for an opportunity to sail for KulcHria, where Mie bud been asked go to organize a training school for nurses along American lines, r'he has had considerable experience In work of this sort and wns In charge of the Illinois Training School for Nurses, the first training school for nurses In Chicago, for some time.

When the Queen of HulKHrla wrote to the American Hed Cross ark trig for an MlH Ient woman who would he able to organize a training school for nurses in that country, Miss Hay was Immediately asked to take the poslllon. As Bulgaria was not In a financial position to pay her salary, the American Ited Cross had volunteered to pay It while she wus there. "However. I was not nble to get there." Miss llay remarked, "snd I don't know If I ever shall. if course.

It all depends upon how long this war will last. I may be able to go soon after I ft over there. It will all da-end upon how things turn out." Not Nervous About (tiling. Miss Hay was asked If she felt nervous about going to Kurope In such troublous time. "Why, no; I inn't say that I replied.

"At presi tit I feel perfi rtly I "lllld" lit ilt'd olllllge.ilis, but of I ours" I fHIlt tell how I Will fee Whin I hear bullet willHtm by. I told my friend to wish me ell the strength they could, for one never knows what will do In sn rmergency, gome- second detachment will be sent over. 1 liquid: and iS can't nay either how long we will he to then add an equal qnan-gone-maybe for only a month; mnybe! tllv of red or white currant ide, for over a year, nnd maybe for ever. If grained clear. Hull to a Jellv.

Then cot snd plum Very choice preserves which Are excellent Imitations of the French product, may be made by carefully follow, lug certain rule, tine must remember that the provincial clame r-iiltl- 1 gathered In the right' time most perfect condition. 1 hose experienced In preserving know that there Is great difference between Jams nnd Jel. lies made from fresh picked fruits and those purchased In the markets. Hur-le-Duc No. 1.

Put two cups of sugar nnd three 4 1... II io ii iiiiii 'i io.i ii I of large red or white currants. led with a quill or large darning needle, or opened with a shnrp silver knife blade and seeds scraped nut, Let the whole boll up once and pour Into Jars or Jam pots, and allow them to stand for a week, covered with cheesecloth or glass to keep out dust; then seal up. Hdr-le-DiK? No. 3.

This I made from large rherry currants. The seed removed from the stem, snd with II quill. To three pounds of seedi-d riirrattt allow four and a half pounds of sonar iiml a half pint of water. Iloll the sugar and water to svrnp. stirring until the nugfir 1 then let the svruo boll until It will form a soft bell, when tiled In li water.

Add the currant and let the syrup trail we should happen to strike a she concluded with a laugh. DAILY MENU MONPAT IIUKAKI'AST. Trull. Oresl Cream. fn-lirel.

SlIrM P', If ir-'jnl t.l''llf. l.rNi'lltMV. Hani, hllril bta. f'M-h rnhMer. ee4 tea.

PINNER. FrIM rhlr-kn. rrem grvj, Kw Staines. Stuff tomatoes. IitiK Mla4.

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