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Show I - MRS. B. F. CAMPBELL ' v7f .$L, ' ' r' : Bride of Ogden Man ' Visiting in City Has Had Thrilling Experiences And Ss a War Worker Mrs. B A. Campbell, Jr., daughter-in-law of Mr. and Mrs B. A. Campbell of 2540 Gramercy avenue, whose husband hus-band is a lieutenant in the aviation section of the U. S. army and at present pres-ent engaged in a training camp at (Winchester in England, has many surprising sur-prising stories to tell of adventurous land interesting experiences during the I past foUr years, and a number of citv I organizations have already listened 'with profit to her addresses particularly particu-larly relating to Y. M. C. A. work as I she saw it and worked in it at places Hike the Eagle Hut and Ofilcers Inn and In the camp at Winchester where the tale of her eventful life took on another pleasant aspect by reason of the meeting with Lieutenant Campbell, newly arrived from the U. S. A. who wooed and won her there. At the time of the outbreak of the present war Mrs. Campbell was staying stay-ing in the city of Berlin with her mother, and saw a great deal of tho J marvelous alertness of that enterprising enter-prising nation getting ready to conquer con-quer all her European foes; she heard much of the gossip or the town which, jat that time, believed the war would bd of short duration: that France and England would not deem it prudential (to stand against such terrible odds as ;the efficiency of the German military power would amass against them; she heard much of the anger when Teutonic Teu-tonic spleen vented itself 'on "perfid-I "perfid-I tous Albion," evidently, to the German mind, more perfidious still because England determined to raise an army and fight with all her might; from what she heard at that time she be-, be-, lieves that, as Gerard points out in his "Four Years in Germany" the German : high command had the trap neatly laid ! for the bottling up or the North sea ileet of the JBritish navy in the .Jvlel canal. Like most Americans then living liv-ing in Berlin Mrs. Campbell endured a good deal or mental torture wondering , how long it would be possible Tor the ' United States to avert an open break with Germany and when -the eventful April, 1917 came with America's unequivocal un-equivocal statement of war she along with mnnv nfhor Americans made haste to "evacuate Berlin and that i "without any tarrying." In trains to j the Belgian border and then in Red Cross transports she made her way 1 through the war zone to Paris and managed to cross to London without any worse mishap than the loss -of some baggage and very thankful. indeed in-deed to have gotten through with a 'whole skin. With American readiness to "help out" Mrs. Campbell immediately immedi-ately set out to apply herself to useful ' endeavors and found- a fine sphere for hev activities in the canteen and , amusement service of the Y. M. C. A. i Finding that work so well departmen-: departmen-: Lillzed that she was able to do the I service she best could render in connection con-nection with the work dealing with the I American troops who. when in London, have such splendid places of resort as i the Eagle Hut and Officers Inn. I Mrs. Campbell speaks with enlhus-I enlhus-I iasm of the way In which not only London but all England has welcom-i welcom-i ed. and will continue to welcome the American troops; houses of the wealthier weal-thier classes are opened and everything every-thing possible is done, in the towns surrounding the American camps there to make the cousin from the other side feel perfectly at home. The Y. M. C. A. has a special service whereby American Ameri-can boys are brought into touch with relatives and friends residinc in England Eng-land and in London, no opportunity is lost to make the most of the time the troops- are there conducive to a really wide and enlightening knowledge of that wonderful city; touring parties to historic places are arranged every day under the leadership of most competent compet-ent guides which of itself is a service, bound to make tho American soldier realize the worth of the British friends whom he has not always soon in the best light. Many American women who have married Britishers of prominence ard giving of their time and money in the most liberal fashion to all tho work that affects for the better the welfare of the troops we have sent over; chief amongst these is, of course, the Duchess Duch-ess of Marlborough who is regularly to be seen at the Eagle Hut working as hard as the hardest worker on the staff to make pleasant tho little time our boys arc allowed in the city of many wonders. Undoubtedly during her stay in Ogden Og-den Mrs. Campbell will bo heard from on these and kindred subjects to the great delight of many audiences. |
