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Show 'PxexeaH ATtMY AND NAVY WIVES.- jf Dtatlag l'p lira. elf at Tlialr llmbaads H no ia ih rrooi. LxaaaaaaK .A Chicago woman who was In H Vashlngton when Captain Blgsbte, lBC formerly of tie warship Mslne, left to BLBA take command ot the Bt. Paul, hap IHB peue-d to be at the railway depot whan j9Rt7 ,lw took tho train. The captain was Hkt owompanled by the members ot his &HL9 family and when seen by the people KSIh 'nt" tho Million was given n hearty WvmI cheer. The captain kitted tho women luBV of hla family affectionately before ho rgMkB passed through the gate for his train, ggBB but titer made no tearful demonatra- BIDI9 Hon. 'Tiny looked thoughtful, but ap- UttraV parently had themselves tinder per- MPtm feet control and refrained from mak- KSQfl Ing even tho slightest suggestion ot a BSDl scene. Tho Chicago woman and somo UgflRl femsle friends who were with her hBMeJ marveled at Ihe quiet parting and LxaaHB could not nelp commenting on tho ILaaH scene: "How can they let him go at ln that?" then Inquired of each otber, H "After wfhai.ho hat been through, H saved front' death only by n miracle H lent than two monthi ago, how can H they ice bin departing to face mora H danger without being simply out or H their minds? If he were my hutband H he shouldn't go!" The women who H made theto comments did not bear In H mind the fact that Ihlt sort of self- B rektralnt, which appeared so strange Jf to them, fa as a rule tbo fruit ot year of training on the part ot women H whose male relatives are attached to B the land or Ihe sea forces of the gov- H ernmenl. Self-control la bred In th lione of army and navy women. In H no country In the world Is there so jH much "service" Intermarrying a there H Is In tho United" Slates. There are ex- H traordloary ramlflratlona of rotation- ship by marriage In the American H urmy and navy. The remits of this B Is that most ot the women whose hus- banda, fathers and brothers are now H likely to mix In the thick ot tbe Im- H pending war are thoroughly Imbued H with that splrjt at abnegation that an- V Imate the men. They nro subscrlb- H en tn a code lit nervo ot their own and fie veer first clauto of tho un- H written but nll-pervoslvo code It that H It would be quite at weak-kneed and flH cowardly tot them to wilt In tho face H of trouble atvtould be for Ihe'r men H to thow the yellow. There It, nl H course, no lack of womanly feeling on H the part nf the feminine members ol H tho iioiiiohcdili of American army and H navy ofllceri, bu.t (heir whole environ- H ment Is stirh as lo bring out the IVr slrongrst dordtnAn tente of which hu- man beings are canable when the dan- flJ ger tn their men iFcomet moro Imml- H ncnt. Their spirit Is such that they M 'would- tnVe ahllne unto themsclvet II H they Inlerjecled any whimperings Into jH tbf preparations for the departure ol H ttlclr men. H |
