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America is going to save thousands of French
and Belgian women and children from death
by starvation or freezing this Winter, but every
American must tend a ha?id to the work
KOM "Everywhere In Prunce" there
are being brought to the United Stutcs
wlih the nrrlvnl of nearly every pas
senger ship tales of devastation and
misery which arc even moro tingle
than the cabled dispatches which we
are accustomed to read under the
vague dute line, "Somewhere In
France."
Many of these nnrratlves have been
JJL In ought by men and women who, under the aus
!K5 pics of the American Red Cross, have been Inves
tigating conditions created ny tne invasion or me
Hun. The range of vision of these Investigators
extends from the battle front to the cottage hun
dreds of miles away where war's misery moro In
sidious than boa 6b on the lighting front has pene
tinted. Woven together these accounts make a composite
.story of devastation and suffering on the part of
noucombatnuts comparable with the torture en-
iiiroil by the soldiers in the trenches; of refugees
ttirini; blankly) nt crntered areas where villages
unci- nourished; of thousands of children, too
young to understand, crying for mothers who can
not hoar their cries; of children poisoned by gas
liombs thrown from German mortars ; of emaciated
4'hlldreii unt by hundreds from behind the German
Hue; of crippled soldiers to re-educate and of
Milan men and women to comfort and provide
with the necessaries of life a story of battling
ij;:iiiKt disease and of the heroism of mercy.
Sometimes the cable supplements talcs told by
I'Hirnod travelers. A day or two ngo, the war
ouneil of the American Red Cross received a cable
p'lain from the Paris headquarters of that organiza
tion containing n simple statement of every-day
leeurrence on the French frontier, yet graphic In
its portrayal of one phase of war's f rightfulness.
It road :
The Red Cross at Evian.
"There arrived last week at Kvlan, where the
rep. ililos from France and Belgium are received
l.neK into France, a train loaded with Belgian chil
li en. There were C80 of them, thin, sickly, alone,
ill between ages of four and twelve, children of
men who refused to work foi the Germans and of
mothers who let their children go rather than let
them starve. They poured oft the train, little ones
flinging to the oldest ones, girls all crying, boys
trying to cheer. They had come nil the long way
alone. On the platform were the Red Cross work
em io meet them, doctors und nurses with ambu
lances for the little sick ones were waiting out
side the station. The children poured out of the
trt.itlon, mnrched along the street shouting. "Meat,
moat; we are going to have ment," to the Casino,
horc they were given a square meal, the first In
iiiiiny months. Again and again, while they ate,
tiny broke spontaneously Into songs In French
tgidnst the German songs which they had evidently
) Mined in secret. The Red Cross doctor examined
l hem. Their llltlo claw like hands were significant
f their undernourished bodies, but the doctor said:
'Wo have tlipm In time. A few weeks of proper
I 'i ding and they will pull up."
uv" IjYiuii is :i I'leiicn rt-sun un i.uue vituuwi, unu
It" (wrr day one thousand homeless people arrive
V beic, CO per cent of whom are children. Thirty
Rfc"Ntier rent of the older people die the first month
IS from exhaustion. They were once the occupants
IK if happy homes in northern France. The lluns
IK invaded their country, swept on past their homes
inu iert mem ucninu me enemy s nne. xne invauers,
now their masters, Impressed them Into labor and
transported thousands of them to work In German
fields and factories. Those who are returned by
the thousand dully by train through Switzerland
are all that are left of these men and women and
hlldren- manhood and womanhood sapped until
the vital spark Is almost out and, no longer of use
as German cnptlves, sent bnck to die or to be
!W eared for In their helpless condition by their own
9 people from whom they had been ruthlessly taken
away In their health and strength.
Hope for Kaloer's Victims.
Thanks to the American Red cross, coming to
the abslstanco of the overburdened French agen
cies for mercy, there Is hope for these unfortun-
y.s. Besides a hospital and convalescent nome
' children at Evlnn, the Red Cross Is operating
arabulanco service for the returning repatries.
i automobiles are in commission for handling
k and Infirm persons, and a tubeteiilosls hos
pital near by Is planned. When the returning rc
liutrles rench the railroad station and have been
Jieerlngly greeted by crowds of compatriots, they
are taken in charge by Red Cross workers. Nour
ishment Is provided and medical attention be--towed.
Baths are made available and fresh dotti
ng is supplied. According to American eye wit
nesses of scenes at the railway station at Evlnn,
there are men in the ranks who have suffered
iroken arms, the bones of which have been sei by
he (icriunuH so that the hand Is turned the wrong
vn. They present n horrible deformity, denoting
i form of cruelty which excuses itself on the
rround that tho man, should he ever regain his
ormer strength, will be unfit for military duty.
In many of these cases American Red Cross doc
or have been put to the doubly painful task of
Igaln brenklng the arm and resetting It, so as
In rmiwivii flwi torrlliWi ilnfiii-ml t v mirrwiinlv in.
k lifted.
William Allen hlte of Kansas and Henry J. Al
ien, who Is prominent In the public life of the
,ame state are among the Red Cross workers
vho recently luac returned from tours of Inspec
lon in France. According to their statements It Is
scarcely po.shlble to exuggerato the suffering
rought upon tho Chilian population of the couu
jy; a suffering, however, that Is being alleviated
M t mo greatest jiu&muiu t-Miuju uy mo American
S Ked Cross, which is sending Its experts, Its army
jf volunteers and Its treasure without stint. Ac-
ordlng to Mr. White, the real work of tho war, so
tar us America Is concerned, will he carried on by
jrje Red Cross in France this winter. Not only
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is It planned to deal with all the acute suffering,
such as is summarized aboc, and to reconstruct
mnny villages in the devastated war zone so ns
to give the refugees a fresh start In life and pre
pare the wny for again cultivating the soil, but It
Is the purpose to apply the American system ct
"Home Service" on n scalo bo grand that It Is
bound to have n heartening effect on the whole
French military organization, for the French sol
diers fight better when they know their loved
ones are being cared for.
In furtherance of this great scheme, designed to
bring comfort and cheer In the family of every
French soldier that Is needy, General Pershing,
General Petaln, commander In chief of the French
forces, and Mnj. Gen. M. P. Murphy, American Red
Cross commissioner, have formed themselves Into
n committee of co-operut!oi. Company oflleers will
go through their ranks and ascertain from each
soldier whether he has any worry on his mind
concerning sickness or want nt home. Reports
will be made to headquarters weekly and not a
single case will be overlooked In the relief work
that is to be guided by the addresses of fnmilles
listed. Special attention will be given to the treat
ment and prevention of tuberculosis, which hns as
sumed proportions almost ns deadly as tho Infernal
machinery of war Itself. Food and clothing will
be supplied when necessary und the spirit und
courage of the previously depressed soldier In the
trenches will be enlivened by the news that his
family Is having Its wants nttended to.
"The great struggle of tho winter will be the
economic struggle," said Mr. White. "The Red
Cross practically will fight the American fight un
til our boys take their places on the firing lino
next spring. It should be kept In mind that every
French soldier who Is buved this winter means the
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A Bomb Raid by Shell-Light
The picture of a night nttnek executed by the
English on n German trench In Franco Is drawn
in the Cornhlll Magazine by Boyd Cable:
"Tho hour chosen for the raid was Just about
dusk. There was no extra-special preparation
Immediately before it. The guns continued to
pour In their fire, speeding it up a little, perhaps,
but no more than they had done a score o! times
In the Inst 21 hours. The Infantry clambered "but
of their trench nnd tiled out through the nnrrow
openings In their own wire entanglenientb.
"Out In front a falut whistle cut across the rour
of fire. 'They're off,' said the forward officer into
his 'phone, and a moment later a dNtinct change
In the note of sound of the overhead shells told
that the lire had lifted, that the shells were pass
lug higher nbove his head, to fall farther buck In
the enemy trenches and leave clear the btretch
Into which the Infantry would soon be pushing.
"For u minute or two there was no change In
the sound of bnttle. The thunder of the guns
continued stendily, a burst of rifle or niachlne
gun tire crackled as spasmodically. ,
"Men gulped In their throats or drew' long
breaths of apprehension that this was the begin
ning of discovery of their presence in the open,
tho first of the storm they knew would quickly
follow. But there were no more shells for the
moment, nnd the rattle of .machine gun fire di
minished and the bullets piped thinner and more
distant ns the gun muzzle swept around. The In
fantry hurried on, thankful for oery yard made
in safety.
"But at the attacking point the Infnntry were
almost across when the storm hurst, and tho
hhells for the most part struck down harmlessly
behind them. The men were Into the fragments
of broken wire, and the shattered parapet loomed
up under their hands a minute after the first shell
burst. l'i to this they had advanced In silence,
hut now they gave tonguo and with wild yells
leaped at the low parapet, scrambled over and
down Into the trench. Behind them n few form
twisted and sprawled on the broken ground, but
they were no sooner down than running stretcher
bearers pounced on them, lifted nnd bore them
back to the shelter of their own lines.
"In the German trench the raiders worked and
fought at desperate speed, but smoothly and on
what was clearly a settled and rehearsed plan.
There were few Germans to bo seen, and most of
these crouched dazed and helpless, with hands
over their heads. They were promptly seized,
bundled over the parapet, and told by word or
gesture to be off. They waited for no becond bid
ding, hut ran with heads stooped nnd hands above
their heuda straight to the British line, ono or
two men doubling after them as guards. Some
of the prisoners were struck down by their own
guns' shellflre, nnd these were Just ns promptly
grabbed by the stretcher bearers and hurried In
under cover.
saving of nn American boy
when tho big drive begins a
few months hence."
L. D. Wlshnrd of California,
n schoolmate of President
Wilson, well known for hla
Interest in Y. M. 0. A. work
ns well ns thnt of tho Ameri
can Red Cross, Is another re
cently returned observer from
France. He brought a doubly
Interesting story. First, the
nwfulness of mnny conditions
existing; and, secondly, tho
grcut work tho Red Cross la
doing and the much greater
work It Is preparing to do to
meet nil the conditions scien
tifically and energetically.
Mr. Wlshnrd expressed tho
same view as William Allen White regnrdlng
the Importance of giving primary attention to the
economic slJe of the equation during the winter
months. He quoted General Pershing ns saying
that tho greatest thing thnt the Red Cross can do
at present to Insure victory is to stand by the fam
ilies of From.li soldiers.
Gas Bombs PoiEon Soil.
Au Interesting fact dwelt upon by Mr. Wlshnrd
during u visit to Washington was that of the pois
oning of tho soil In agricultural regions by tho
gases spread over the country by the GermniiR. It
Is stated that this gas has worked Its Insidious wny
deep into the ground, bo thnt unless heroic means
are discovered nnd npplled it will he yenrs und
years before the land Is fit for cultivation of nny
sort. The devastation, he says, Is beyond anything
in tho history of thu world, with shell craters so
thick that plowing of once fertile fields is abso
lutely Impossible. Yet In this hopelessly devasta
ted region the Red Cross has set to work to repair
some villages and to restore certain agricultural
communities, not ulone for the humanity directly
involved with respect to the people who will thUE
have shelter and means to go to work, but nb an
example to the thousands of others and nn Inspi
ration to them to start In and begin life anew. The
hopelessness of it nil might seem complete from a
single lnstnnce cited by Mr. Wlshnrd that of a
man who had bwned n mill In n village near Ver
dun, who told him Unit when he went to look for
the spot on which It stood he hud to taku n survey
or along to locate It.
It Is Into the hopelessness of hundreds of situa
tions akin to this that tho Amoricnn Red Cross If
advancing with Its banner of mercy und Its bugle
blast of Inspiration.
So help the Red Cross 1
"Up nnd down the selected area of front line
trench the raiders spread rapidly. There were
several dugoutb under the parapet, and from some
of them gray-coated figures crawled with their
hands up on the first summons to surrender.
3'hpse, too, were bundled over the parapet. If a
bhot came from the black mouth of tho dugout
In answer to the all to surrender, It wus prompt
ly bombed. At either end of the urea of front
line mnrked out us the limits of the raid strong
pnrtles made n block nnd beat oil' the feeble at
tacks that were made on them."
NEW WRITING IMPLEMENT.
A writing Implement composed of a inlMuu
of wux uud finely ground pumice stone contain
ing purtlcles of Ink lias been Invented by William
C. Geer of Akron, O., to tnke the place of ordinary
and fountain pens, pencils, crayons und all other
writing Implements, says the Popular Science
Monthly. As the body of the new writing device
is composed of a mixture of wax nnd pumice
stone, which Is easily worn awny when rubbed
against a paper surface, tho Inventor claims that
the cells of Ink intermixed with the wax und pum
ice stone will also ho libera ted, giving a uniform
supply of Ink.
Thu device Is imde by mixing the wax, pumice
stone nnd ink together. When it is heated to the
proper temperature It Is suddenly Immersed In
cold water. This chills and solidifies the wax
mixture, producing a b.dy having a cellular struc
ture, each cell being filled with Ink.
SOLDIER SCRAPBOOK'
Have you begun saving jokes and plctuies for
"Snmmle's" scrnpbook? Kipling started these
scrnpbooks In England for the wounded "Tom
my," so of course It's a good Idea.
A SAD CASE OF SUICID
There Is n very pompous artist in New York
who used to have n sense of humor, Ills quips
were known everywhere. Now, however, Mnce
lie has gained considerable vogue, ho Is taking
himself nnd his work very seriously.
Owen Johnson, tho novelist, saw him In n res
taurant the other night, bitting solemnly nlone.
"Too bad," he nld, real pity and tenderness
In Ills' voice. "Poor Arthur! lie has severed his
Jocular vein."
HIS POINT OF VIEW.
"Mike, didn't you tell mo oucu you have r,
brother who Is a bishop?" asked the contractor.
"Yes. bor, I did that."
"And hero you nre n hod cnrrler. Well, things
of this life arc not equally dlvldpd. are they
Mike?"
"No, sor," replied tho Irishman, shouldering hli
bod and starting up the ladder; "Indnde they It
not. Poor fell 1 He couldn't do thti to save hit
lolfe, sor!"
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Two Types of Tailored Suits.
Two different types of suits nre rep
resented by the conservative models
nhown In the picture given here. The
tiext offerings of designers will be
innde for wear in the spring, nnd, the
chances are, will show little variation
from these, especially hi tho case of
the plainest suits. These two mod
els are not presented ns novel, but as
representative of tho styles that have
won approval and arc worn by the ac
tive and busy women of today during
their usual rounds.
In line with the conservation of
woolens, women are depending upon
tailored suits for two or three seasons'
wear, and for this reason tin plainest
models are the safest choice. Coats
for these work-o-day suits are of me
dium lengths and skirts somewhat nar
rower than those Introduced for fall.
Bone buttons provide tho finishing
touch nnd fabrics nre selected with nn
eye to their fitness for withstanding
wear. The rough finished worsteds,
cheviots, twills nnd serges, gaberdine
and glove-finish cloths, stand up well
under the hnrdest iisugc.
A model of simplicity nppearn In
the suit of chic, unfinished worsted,
with straight belted coal nnd plnla
skirt. It hns one of those high, nmf
ller collars that may be buttoned op
about the throat for warmth, nt the
same time adding n touch of nmnrt
est style. The big patch pockets uro
practical if the wearer chooses to na
them, but are really placed ti enrry
out tho severe stylo of the eoat with
u masculine detail.
Such a suit, with a little varlnttan in
the collar, will pass without crltklssa
from season to season.
For dressier wear u suit l Attown
made of Potrct twill. The emit nhomi
Ingenious cutting, but hnngn almost
straight at thu back. The roiwcrtlbfe
collar is edged with cinbrokSi-ty a
several subdued colors, and fcus an
Inlay of kolinsky fur. Cuffs of for and
Hues of buttons elaborate the sleeves.
A more or less dressy lint worn wltb
a suit of this kind, will emphasise Its
character. In the picture n small hat
with crown of stitched (dlk nnd brttn
of velvet contrives to look military by
means of Its shape nnd Its trlmmlug of
cords.
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Aristocrats Among Shopping Bags.
Bags
made of rlblion continue to
flourish and tliev account for Immeas
urable yards of rllihons that flow In n
glowing pageant of colois ucross the
busy ribbon counters. Beginning with
the most popular of all, (ho knitting
hag, ribbons contribute their bounty
and elegance o shopping bags, sewing
bags, opera bags, and every other Mirt
of bag and tboro Is no end to tho
variety. From tho little powder bag
up to (he capacious knitting bug there
are all sorts and sis-es. The knitting
bag appears to have reached the limit
In size und facetious men declare It
will carry anything to be found In u
furnished fiat, except the piano. Like
the tllvver, It thrives on Jokes.
Tho most elegant-looking shopping
bogs are shown made of heavy bro
caded ribbons hued with the richest
satins and mounted nn silver or gilt
mountings. Tho body or the richest
brocades makes them available for
bagw of this klild as a substitute for
leather. A pair of aristocrats In this
particular bag family appear In the
Illustration. Heavy black stitlu ribbon
brocaded with gold, is used for them.
The bag at tho left la made like n
outlier bug, with piped seams and n
ultig of gold-coloied plain satin. It
'wis a gilt framo prettily chased sus-
ended by u gilt chain.
Tho frame need for Um buy nt tho
rltdlt Is of i-ilt and hlnued tu lluit It
opens In n hquuru. It Is also fined with
gout sunn in u nan; snaiic nuu tms
nended liv a irtlt cbnlii. A lmiir. vlet-
der gilt tassel hnugs from thu bottoia
edge or tins uamisomo example or rib
bon artistry.
Similar bags, made or sliver bro
cade, are lined with satins In bright
green or deep lose or vivid cerise, nnd
are as splendid as those In black nnd
gold, They are more gay In -color ami
therefore more youthful. Then there
are the dark brocades in satin wllr
raised velvet flowers. Considering the
richness of appenrance of the.so bngn
they may be considered Inexpensive for
It takes only .short lengths of wide rib
bons to make Ilium. Sometimes a shell
shirring of narrow satin ribbon mnfce
n finish for the lining at the top or tho
bag.
Mink Is Liked.
Mink takej, a specinl prominence -u
this winter's furs It Is workisl with
so much sill, uud com en in such won
derful colorings that the wraps ond
scurfs of this fur are of ouaraaL
beauty,
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