CONTENTS
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I Babyhood Impressions 21
II School—Childish Memories—Military 24
III On Her Favorite Black Horse 28
IV Phrenology—Read Her Characteristics—Basis of Friendship 30
V “Spontaneous Combustion” Laid to Clara Barton 34
VI Christmas—a Christmas Carol 36
VII “Button”—“Billy”—Clara Barton Ownership 38
VIII Pauper Schools; from Six to Six Hundred 43
IX Child Love—Joe and Charlie—Appreciation 45
X Temperance—Clara Barton and the Hired Man—Stranger than Fiction 48
XI Looking for a Job—Equal Suffrage 51
XII Credulous Ox—Innocent Child—Clara Barton, a Vegetarian 55
XIII Fell Dead on the Ground beside Her 57
XIV Wickedness of War—Settles no Disputes 59
XV Her Wardrobe in a Handkerchief—The Battle Scene 63
XVI The Bravery of Women—Clara Barton’s Bravest Act 66
XVII Yes, and Got Euchred 69
XVIII To Dream of Home and Mother 71
XIX Tribute of Love and Devotion 74
XX Cheering Words—Always Ready—Wears a Smile 76
XXI Horrible Deed—Leads American Navy—Angel of Mercy 80
XXII Confederates and Federals alike Treated 86
XXIII The Enemy, Starving—Tact—The White Ox 89
XXIV Bullethole—Amputated Limbs Like Cordwood—God Gives Strength 91
XXV Fearless of Bullets and Kicking Mules 95
XXVI His Comfort, not Hers; His Life, not Hers 97
XXVII Does not Need any Advice 99
XXVIII Had but a Few Moments to Live 102
XXIX Enlisted Men First—The Colonel’s Life Saved 104
XXX You’re Right, Madam—Good Day 107
14XXXI Bleeding to Death—His Headless Body—Women in the War 109
XXXII Timid Child—Timid Woman 112
XXXIII Ez Ef We Wuz White Folks 115
XXXIV In Her Dreams—Again in Battle 117
XXXV Four Famous Women 120
XXXVI Simplicity of Childhood—Pet Wasps—Pet Cats—Loved Life—Domestic 122
XXXVII Clara Barton in the Literary Field 128
XXXVIII The Art of Dressing—Clara Barton’s Individuality 133
XXXIX The Jewelled Hand and the Hard Hand Meet 138
XL Clara Barton and the Emperor 140
XLI America—Scarlet and Gold—Europe 143
XLII Three Cheers—Wild Scenes in Boston—Tiger!! No, Sweetheart 147
XLIII The Last Reception—Her Autograph—The Boys in Gray 150
XLIV Open House—Cost of Fame, Self-Sacrifice—Best in Woman 152
XLV Kneeled Before Her and Kissed Her Hand 158
XLVI I Never Get Tired—Eating the Least of My Troubles 160
XLVII Royalty Under a Quaker Bonnet 163
XLVIII Still Stamping on Me—Personally Unharmed 165
XLIX At the Memorial—“The Flags of all Nations”—A Good Time 167
L Clara Barton Kept a Diary 171
LI Nursing a Fine Art—Over the Washtub 176
LII Immortal Words—A Million Thanks 178
LIII The Pansy Pin—For Thoughts 180
LIV Clara Barton Pays Respects to Florence Nightingale 182
LV The Passing of Years—Right Habits of Life 184
LVI She Won His Heart 186
LVII You Buy It for Him 188
LVIII Or God Wouldn’t Have Made Them 190
LIX Clara Barton—Mary Baker Eddy 192
LX Like Tolstoi She Lived the Simple Life 194
LXI Clara Barton—Florence Nightingale 196
LXII The General Has Money—I Am His Reconcentrado 201
LXIII Abraham Lincoln’s Son 204
LXIV The Butcher Didn’t Get It 207
LXV The Kind of Girls that Needed Help 209
15LXVI A Romance of Two Continents 211
LXVII The Little Monument—For all Eternity 215
LXVIII Story of Baba—Dream of a White Horse—Life’s Woes 218
LXIX People, Like Jack Rabbits—No “Show-Woman” 223
LXX Clara Barton’s Heart Secret—$10,000 in “Gold Dust” 227
LXXI Fell on Their Knees before “Mis’ Red Cross” 231
LXXII Clara Barton’s Tribute to Cuba 233
LXXIII At the Birthplace of Napoleon—The Corsican Bandit 235
LXXIV When Cares Grow Heavy and Pleasures Light 238
LXXV A Red Cross Red Letter Day 240
LXXVI Patriotic Women of America Self-Sacrificing 242
LXXVII Opposition—The American Red Cross “Complete Victory” 246
LXXVIII Greetings—National First Aid Association of America 255
LXXIX Humanitarianism, Unparalleled in All History 264
LXXX Clara Barton’s Prayer Answered 268
LXXXI Not the Value of a Postage Stamp 272
LXXXII Honorary Presidency for Life—Proposed Annuity 275
LXXXIII Clara Barton’s Resignation 279
LXXXIV No Red Cross Controversy 285
LXXXV International Red Cross—American Red Cross—American Amendment 287
LXXXVI Blackmail Alleged—“Congressional Investigation”—Truth of History 294
LXXXVII Of Graves, of Worms, of Epitaphs 332
LXXXVIII Turkey—Statesmanship of Philanthropy—Armenia 340
LXXXIX Treason—Lincoln Assassinated—Grant Protects Clara Barton 349
XC President McKinley Sends Clara Barton to Cuba 352
XCI In Details—Clara Barton, a Business Manager—World’s Record 355
XCII Superintendent of Woman’s Prison 363
XCIII Greatness—An Immortal American Destiny—Immortality 365
XCIV What Was Her Religion? 369
XCV One Day with Clara Barton 373
XCVI The Personal Correspondence—Clara Barton’s Proposed Self-Expatriation 377
XCVII Closing Incidents—The Biography—Other Correspondence 392
XCVIII A Record History at the Funeral 398
XCIX Clara Barton’s Last Ride 401
16C Chronology of the Leading Achievements in the Life of Clara Barton 403
CI The Press and the Individual 411
CII The Clara Barton Centenary—Memorial Address, 1921 415
CIII Clara Barton—Memorial Day Address, 1917 422
17I want the last picture of the friends I love to show them in their strength, and at their best, not after time and age shall have robbed them of all characteristic features which represented them in actual life.—Clara Barton, from her diary of December 13, 1910.