There are many kinds of heroism. One is that of the women from the Titanio who lock their troubles in their own hearts and make no appeal for public sympathy — not that it would not be given them freely at a time like this, but that they feel unselfishly that others stand more in need of it than they. 

Two such models of the John Bull spirit came off the Carpathla and went to a public restaurant to eat! With a city full of people who would have been proud to entertain them, they ate alone and paid the bill out of the meagre store one of them had saved from the boat.  Then they went to a boarding house known to one of them who had been in New York before and hired a room!

"We feel we need not be dependent on charity," they explained last night to the Tribune reporter who found them at the home of Mrs. Nelson H. Henry, chairman of the Woman's Relief Committee.   We feel sure that the company will have to refund us the actual expenses we incur, if they can never repay us for our sufferings. We women will get together and demand payment.  Really, we don't realize what has happened. That is why we are so cool.

"We are not asking for sympathy. Our loss is nothing compared to that of some others. We were alone.  We did not have to leave dear ones on the ship. We were strong and well able to stand the exposure. We wanted people to give all their sympathy to the women who really needed it.  

Mrs. Kanny Kelly, an English woman, did most of the talking for the pair, as her friend, Miss Marion Smith, was busy talking insurance with General Henry. 

"Yes, we lost everything, all our clothes and papers. I had to get a suit at the dock. I had on only a cotton flannel nightgown and a blanket. I didn't want to bother the people on the Carpathla with my little needs. So many people were in awful distress I didn't want to be in the way.  I just found a blanket and wrapped myself up." 

Miss Smith had the consolation of an accident insurance policy for $50, which, however, would not cover the value of the clothes she had lost, she said. Until that materializes and until the women receive recompense from the steamship company they are forced to receive financial assistance from the Woman's [sic] Relief Committee.

Asked if she were willing to talk about the disaster, Mrs. Kelly said that she was still too stunned to remember much, but she would try.

"We were in bed in the second cabin," she said, "when the shock came. We heard It distinctly, but didn't think it was anything serious. 'Hear that?' I laughed, ''Fraid it's the ice,' my friend answered. 
"However, we heard people rushing around and shouting, so we went out. We met the steward. 
"'Go back to hed.' he shouted, 'or you won't be able to get up in time for breakfast. This Is nothing. We'll be off in half an hour.' Well, you know that wasn't to be. I can't talk about the rest, it is like a horrible dream.".

New York Tribune 20 April 1912