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The Beginning of The War in Retrospect
April 11, 1918 issue

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The article focuses on the book "My War Diary," by Mary King Waddington. It is interesting after three years to go back with Waddington to the beginning of the war as it appeared to an observer in Paris. The mobilization order brought upon the city not an emotional tumult, but a solemn hush. Waddington's first personal care was to see her son Francis off to join the colors; her next, to seek something to do herself. The obstacles she encountered in the latter effort will stir familiar memories among Americans. At the nearest Red Cross annex she tried to get some models of garments for the sick and wounded.

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MY War Diary (Book); WADDINGTON, Mary King; WAR; DIARIES; MOBILIZATION (Social action); CARING
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