Show AMERICAN HEROINE MEETS DEATH LIKE SOLDIER Unafraid When German Aviators Attack Hospital Hospital Hospital Hos Hos- pital in Paris ROCKVILLE CE CENTER TER L L. I. I April 7 Miss Miss lIss Winona Caroline Carolina Martin of ot this city who was as killed in a Paris hospital durin during an air raid recently was as tho the first American woman to give her hor life In the tho war for tor democracy MI Miss s Martin had gone to Franco France to serve ene inthe in inthe the tho canteen work worl of the Y r. M. M I. I C. C AIt A. A If It I had to swim to get there I tho the soldiers soldiers soldiers sol sol- sol sol- would 50 go o to France Franco to servo sero diers she sho sail said before sailing to Mrs Sarah Brown a friend and neighbor I would go So Just lust tho same Barno If It I new the tho boat I went on would be torpe torpe- deed Miss lIss Martin contracted bronchitis on the voa voyage e and was a a. patient in aP aParis a aParis P Paris hospital There she had passed safely through one air raid which she sho described In a n. letter to a friend at home Above o tho the red brCk wall which Is all 11 I see of or the worlds world's most beautiful city thero rises a n. patch of ot sky and a athe as ashe the he light began to fade on my first night In tho the hospital I noticed somo some stars of ot marvelous brilliancy Suddenly Suddenly Sud- Sud denly they the began bes-an to move about In the weirdest manner which I thought due to o the tho fact that I was slightly light- light headed leaded My Iy nurse came to mo me present present- ly 1 y and explained they French aeroplanes on guard She said tho time boches were expected any moment be because because be- be cause causo it was moonlight ht FRIGHTFUL SCENE Tho The following night I was waa watching watch- watch InS InS' ng them again when suddenly I boom of Then heard tho the cannons came ame heard the tho call of the tho sirens sirens not not so unlike unlike un- un like ko our own town fire alarm which alarm which warns Paris that lint a 0 raid Is on Then followed such a scene n as I hope never ne to witness again All lights were extinguished and the tho women wom- wom en n in the ward across tho the hall awakened awak- awak ened and commenced to call can on the time saints and the tho Virgin for tor protection further down I heard babies crying The ho nurses walked up and down lOwn wringing their hands yet yot trying to prevent a a. panic panic- For half haIr and hour tho firing continued con- con tinned sometimes directly above our heads leads sometimes becoming more dis- dis tan ant t. t the tho whole battle battlo Meanwhile was visible from my window The aeroplane nero nero- plane mere streaks of or light lIs-ht darted hither and thither and sometimes there hero was a blaze as 33 of ot a 3 falling star I when one was hit FInan Finally the firing ceased eased Sirens blew blow the recall which meant mant that tho the were driven back jack And to my nw Immense surprise the ho whole hospital instantly calmed down own turned over on Its pillows and went ent peacefully to sleep Such however how- how ever ver Is the tho French temp temperament As Asfor Asor Astor for tor or me mt It was as m my first experience under under un un- der real fire I must have behaved reasonably well for I heard the nurses telling one another the American was waa not ot at all afraid That explains Itself easily said one Does she not cometo cometo come como to o us directly from the submarines DIES IN RAID It waS was vas in a following air raid and not ot long lono after that Miss Martin met mether mether her ier death Her only brother Captain Arthur Chalmers Martin Is In the medical corps of oC the United States army and has las charge of two base hospitals In Manchester En England Miss Martin about 28 years cars old was a librarian at Center Children adored her herfor herfor heror for or the time tales she told them She published pub- pub the King Arthur stories for youngsters Sho She wrote verses and md two wo lines In her sonnet to tho the First Rose lose of Summer might serve as her epitaph Though soon floon to pass forever to thy doom Thou hast liast the wealth of summer In thine heart |