| Show MISS CLARA CLAKA BARTON the natural inclination in men and women destined to take a leading part V in the affairs of the worl I 1 is nearly always seen in some form or another very early in the life ot of the be child those whose duty it Is to watch over the little ones need not feel undue ani anxiety flety it if they discover peculiarities in the character these if only cor erectly guided will often prove the beginning of a life of usefulness in a particular direction the story of mies clara barton who at present is in constantinople directing the distribution of aid among armenians Armen ians is an illustration of that truth it is said that she as a little girl never oared cared to have a doll like her play sisters but from her earliest years year it if she be heard board of a sick blob cata oat a lame ame fios doll or a chicken with a broken leg or log she be sought to get the abe suffering buffering ant ani mall male under her bet care and protection she petted them and administered to them as aa she thought best befit stories of war and adventure had great attraction for her and she was never happier than when she I roam over the country on horseback she had bad it w will III be seen all the inclinations that after their development made her most useful in the great haur of need of the nation a dispenser of blessings anaid amid the u unspeakable r curses of war A biographical sketch of miss mies bar ton written by one of her sis bisters terp Is in te resting reading it that much of her life was spent by he sick it naturally became her duty to take care of suffering nufler ing humanity and when the war in the united states broke out she ehe was among the first to volunteer to go to the battlefields battle fields and offer help to the wounded and dying the poor sufferers blessed ler as an angel ol of mercy wherever she appeared when tie the war was over she was broken down in health during a to switzerland erland arland liter she met some so lie officers of the red bed cross society on their road to the scene of the french german war they asked her to go with them and alth although rugh she was physically weak she went and in Stra esburg and paris at the hosp hospitals itaW as well as on the fields of battle she again labored as she had done in her own country after this she bent her energy towards the establishment ot of a red bed cross society in the united states owing to which association war has been deprived of some of its heartrending barbarities when the question arose of finding a ani suitable table person to direct the distribution of aid among the starving armenian armenians Armen ians miss mien barton was appealed to and at once responded according to her own statements the turkish government has baa received her with marked favor and given her assistants assistant every facility asked for to reach the sufferers in asia minor at the close of her career miss barton who as a child gave the sympathy L ot of her tender heart to the dumb animals that were sick will be able to look back upon a life spent in the service ot of suffering humanity la in three different continents of the globe she has acquired fame simply by studying the question bow best beat to serve her fellow beings being she Is honored and beloved wherever she goes goer miss mies bartons advice to a young sleter sister who expressed a desire to do something great is characteristic of the woman she said only do every day the small duties before you so ae well as you know how in order that when the call corns coms com s for the larger ones oner you may be pre prepared parede the principle is correct tor for those who neglect their email PI duties are never likely to be called upon to perform any of greater importance where reliability is one lu indispensable dispensable quality required |
