Marie Rose Lauler: the spirit of the women of France

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MARIE ROSE LAULER
The SPIRIT of the Women of France
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MARIE ROSE LAULER
MARIE ROSE LAULER was a French school girl in a Belgian convent when the war broke out and she tells from a woman's standpoint the story of the German advance through Belgium, tells of the barbaric atrocities committed upon women, old men and children and recounts also the story of her own imprisonment by the Germans, her escape and recapture, and finally how she came to the United States of which she is a citizen, although at the beginning of the war she had never been to America and could not speak English.  She tells her story in a vivid, authentic lecture which bears the appropriate title of The Spirit of the Women of France.

AS LONG AS the memory of the world endures people will honor the heroic women of France and Belgium.  The outrages visited upon them by the ravaging Hun, their unquenchable spirit in the midst of overwhelming woes will never be forgotten.

It would be difficult to imagine a more damning indictment of Germany and German Kultur than is found in the story of this young maid of France.  Simply and in words made charming by the quaintest of accents, Marie Rose Lauler narrates a story which incontrovertibly convicts the Hun of the most revolting barbarism.




The SPIRIT of the Women of France
IT IS A wonderful story.  This young French girl, scarcely twenty years old, tells of some of the greatest happenings in all history, tells of sorrow and grief and pain and then right in the midst of it all, with true Gallic spirit, she gives utterance to flashes of wit and humor that lighten up her narrative and make one appreciate something of the indomitable pluck and courage of her people.

Every good American who recalls the magnanimous part of France in helping the American colonies to gain their independence, will realize that this country cannot but be deeply interested in the problems to be solved in restoring the ravaged territory of our sister republic.  Miss Lauler gives an intimate account of the condition of France and tells what must be done there in the immediate time to come.

ON COMING TO America Miss Lauler was granted an audience with President Wilson and told much of her story to the nation's chief executive who earnestly urged her to tell it to the American people.  In the last few weeks Miss Lauler has filled a series of lecture engagements under the management of the Redpath Bureau and everywhere the audiences have been wonderfully enthusiastic in their praise of her.

The story of Marie Rose Lauler is one of the great narratives of the war and her coming to any community is a distinct event.





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MARIE ROSE LAULER
The SPIRIT of the Women of France