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Evening sentinel, Monday, May 20, 1918 · page 3

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lumen! mm at. font Manhunt“ Winnie;
Houston, Téxi, has arrired at Camll
i? N g to a telegram

’1191-0.
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ated in a’few weeks preached Sun-lay
morning and evening at the Congre

: rm new

003%? [119. til» 3 Vgationnl churgh Mr. Carter is 911g of
VCoeverlng, “”5 9"ng- as planned, several young men who were rereplly
b1" “'1“ instead go to the East avenue at this church but uere not considered
M- 3 Church, where they will do Red as cfildldates, as they then had other
VCross work. After the work a short arrangements in view It! 5 now p09-
‘MS'W 595510“ wrlI'Be ha" . fsible, however, that Mr Carter would
lconflder a call, and a large number
were present ('5; beta him. He 11150.
addressed the Men's Bible class at
9:30 a. m The class took a special of-
fering at this meeting for the Red
l Cross drive.

 
 

 
 
 
 

it:
up!

. 1139. members 0£ The Endeavor C“;-
830 be W South Norwalk Congrega-
.. ' eexpect to atmnd

'dgeport. on Wed

£11116 South Nor
, .e for the 9: ll!

militia of the U S.
,Wflé working In Cal-
“i 6330 “Is married to Miss
k 391900315911 0! Cresecent Terrace
who- Meyer! to California for the
ceremony. is on a brief leave of ab-
sence frdm his ship; finch leave leave

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The annual meeting Of St. Luke's
parish was held last Wednesday night
and reports presented by the various
odicers showed“ 3110? the work Is in
splendid condition The treasurer-’5
report showed that all bills had been
paid with a balance of about 3250 re-
maining in the treasury... Complimen-

tary resolutions-were assed regarding

he is ”and” witmajatlves here. S" ,Frsnk Green, who hid been warden
inan Collins arrived home, unexpected j and vestrylnan for over 30 mm and
lili‘iil‘l;123.233.321.353? mm 1.... m... ..
Yesterday he was around renewing MB removal to Port Washington, L 1
1d . hi to t 11 b The new 0W "electéd mate as fol-
° “9“ ' “'39“; “° “mg 99“ lows: se‘nr'c % wrrrnm a.
Street;

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

m Tbfiplgcehhre sure
[any to me. with its quaint old h
find you ought tosee the bids here,

they wear wosdeh shoes and they

mire, Was the! are My kids

wot i 00 is years 01¢th every

body homo is well and happy. Give my
0 W to marry and her parents
ital-r you get the chance to see ber‘ I

We to Gaasie that ,l was going away
'fld“! clapped a ducked“ the «but
I Men I went through bone. did you
got it. I will write as often as I run s‘I-f
" . so "do not worry about me.'
Home addréasimyunau to we as It Is
in the envelope. and find out through
admits Express the best way to send
fickages to me. Good bye, until you
:fidar from me again. Love to Every-
body.

 

 

 

home silica his journey to Cllfornia. _

 
 
 
 
 
 

‘3 Samuel, Gru lIIlam M Weed,

lSimon Wigner. Ilium Dutdnle
Robert M Smith Dr (loom H Nox-
on, John W Dory, and Louis W. Brit:

.‘ f ‘1 l ‘
Your loving son.
3 Jack.

 

w. R. Reid and family, of Bridgeport,
lave. moved to East Avenue

3 .~ A peanut machine has been installed
in Gilbert' 3 pharmacy, .\oroton.

The choir‘ of the East Avenue M. E.
church met for. rehearsal last Satur-
slay evening.

 

A

Dr. George H. 0.393011 attended the
convention of the State Medical Voa
c‘i‘ety at Hartford last week

UNlflN EMMY
9 0101-1911

As Memorial day «It owe poor people
:ure thinking of their loved ones
have passed array and are plnnnlng’io

«7

Harry Ainsworllr of Cove or on
lips accepted 0» position with the Stupid: E

V ard Oil 0°!“wa Estimates 1'01 the new building to be

erected by the Home Mk and Trust
Company are In. and the contract may
be let soon.

W...

if filirs.1)1i1fl Chancellor and her

daughter have returned from spendin ,
the w'lntcr in tho city.lutlrcl1 home 1111“” their 3'1“” and place “OWNS

|th1re its a sign that they are not
gradnko‘md' “MK? 0" ”'0 P‘mlgr lien. The people who hit???

to visit tho Union cam V,

y: My.

The dis‘trict commissioners hold
Itheir usual meeting this evening at the
armless on Boyview Place.

 

The Que Es club meets. at: the homo
_ _ «of Miss Della Van Cccvcrlnfion Greg:
, ory Boulevard, this owning": ‘

 
 
 
 
 

 

' V i v "’ 1 . , . ton this your wi * ‘K' "won a
Howard€ Arrglaman of New York city lohn J. Lord “on,“ 1“]de 10.x; My different ,9 for several

V visited over the Week 0an with his par William Lord of the Heights, has n ry-cms past. .- x' 'ihc underbhrfih
outs on East\ Washington street. ”Still! In the navy. Ills brother liar hurl boon V' g . the plots bubs;

a”Voted and de-

dill 1 red the n v I vi
‘Henry Mlddletown of Third street ch ‘ ’ it. a 8" cc some}

Rjev Hear-y 0 Game; c; 1-11.. '1‘th .
glogicail seminary, who will be gradd‘

Weed; vesfrymen, George 1ll. flimsy...

. w

:- stbmanisnd family.

 
 
 
 
 

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New Middres $1. 09 and 31. 59

acumen ' 1030011th opulent”)

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225:2!

Mrs. Charles Petty, after which fol
lowed Mrs George Muendell, the chair
man Miss Mary Buckley, the super-
visor, Mrs. Louis llopp. the secretary.;
and Mrs. Howard Evpry. the captain of
the tenth captains. Service flags were!
carrier! or worn by one or two main ‘
hers and these also added to the color
of the parade.

News of the death of William T.
Raymond was received with regret by
many people here yesterday He had!
been a resident of the Maples, as he'
bad named his fine estate here, for
many years. He was Interested in.
many business enterprises and a large.
property owner In the ally The In.
neral services will be held from his
late has: oh Wednesday afternoon.

—-‘-&L—— 1

The Rowsyton Fife and Drum band
which made a guild showing in the
Norwalk Red Cross parade yesterday.
will go to Stamford this evening to
trots part in the parade there. The
latter event is scheduled to start at 7
o'clock. _‘

 

' Many people visud 'Rolon Point and

7 the other shore spoons yesterday and

Saturday About all the attractions
at Roton Point w‘égc upon and the
beautiful weather was I

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Ington, L. I., are guests

.Pnrkcr of Loss ,
ends In New York .~ ..

 

fifiingl fr

bliss Mary Moore was a v \
O‘Ngw Yorchlty Saturday.

——--—~.

Norwulk and the rr-nlrl

 

', etcri‘.
l', ed for evcry 300 sounc fact, and the

“Germany,
~"H'rll dlr irn ‘Slegcr Krann"
.1 thou. In the conquerors wrcollrzl ls

T lllar "in Country, ’10! or The." and
hé British “God Sure the King" The

“3-4 11311011 monarch, Lents XIV.

‘ ion sold‘crs long before they were
2

; ’IxVig 1cbclllon, 185 0, women. do well

.1: mean served 11 the llnmi In Now
lug. In 1853, an army of 500,001) my

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own. Trim your trees, your bushes
your lawn. You wouldn't want to go
for a week or 00 Without a shave
would you, Mr. Han? Well, maybe
your lawn may have the same feeling.
Go to it and clean up, You will feel
cleaner, your place will look cleaner
and will be admired more and if you
want to sell' your place you can get
a much better price for it if it looks
attractive That's why they pack a
25 cent tie in a fancy box at Christ-
mas time and sell It for 50 or 75
cents. Simply because it looks fan-
cy Do the same thing With your
house and property. Get the idea?

 

FACTS WORTH KNOWING.

 

The lowly peanut has developed
into an industry of some importance.
The 1917 crop in the United States
Is valued at $225. 000,000. Besides
still being the standard circus deli-
easy, the peanut is now turned Into
vast quantities of oil, butter and
flour.

A cross—country aerial record was
made recently when a British bomb-
ing plane was driven from England
to a base in the Mediterranean, a dis-
tance of about2 000 miles. in 31 hours
of dactual flight. Six men were car-
TI?

The safest way to guard against
spontaneous combustion in large plies
of coal. according to the British Fire
Prevention Committee. Is to insert
vertically in the fuel heaps. at the
time they are built. Iran or earthen-
wai-c pipes, about four Inches in diam-
A ventilatnr should be provid-

A cake. four feet in diameter. one
full! high and. weighing 360 pounds,
was cont recently from New York In
Paris to be served at is Y. M. C. A.
dinner for 2,400 soldiers.

According to James W. Gerard,
former United States Ambassador to
the Prussian national air
{Hill}.

China first In many things had we

During the Tar.

 

 

FOR 01311130050195

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Eleanor Robson Belmont, Home From Euro

>3-..:» w

I

Tells of Her Unbounded Faith

In theR

 

By ELEANOR ROBSON BELMONT.

HEN I left for Europe a m
f months ago 1 bad no catt-
iron rer drones for the Red
Cross. When I returned
{ram Europe I brought home with me
unbounded belief in the organization.
Iliad seen enough to make me realize
that this was the best method of serv-
ing the soldiers and sailors. We are
whgiug an economic war. Therefore
the surest and most effective way to
help Is through the established charr-
ncls selected for that purpose by the
government.

The main work of the American Red
Cross, however In, of course, carrled
on in France. The policy of those
beading this work Is to back up the
French In their own efforts and to
help them develop along their own
lines, not to root out French Institu-
tions and transplant Alucrlcul] onus.
Whether we work, then. In («1111001153,
in warehouses. in rllspcnsnrlcs, for
pollusror for refugees. In l'urlsyor‘lp

’ soup.
f~ *fi‘no; women is Slit‘h an influence 1’01

.. rivalry among the i-a'ntcc

ed Cross.

,J».
buts used for this purpose are little
alleys mark "Fails,“ "Dtion', " or "Ly—
ons." little alkyd are Iiiii out
with bunks filled with sleeping men.

If a pollu is golng'to‘i'nrls, he tlirmvo-
himsclf down In the Paris bunk. serene
In the knowledge that he will be called. .
In time fontlie Pbrls mm. '

In some of the cunteclrs’thc lights
have to he dimmed on account of new
planes. Often the lights are covered
with colored muslin shields Which
make a rosy glow that Is' vcry home.
like. 0110 of the 'chnth'éfis‘ has'becn
decorated by some of the host camou-
flage artist‘s In France, who have inked
great dellglrtdn covering the walls and
even the ceiling with their pictures.
Tire canteens are open day and night
for the benefit of the men [it (be big
Junction points

Do More Than Feed Men.

The women in the canteens do more
_tlmnV feed the men, however. lmpor»
hurt us that Is. Pnllus louvlng their
families are urrturully depressor! and
need sympathetic llstcrrcrs. Some 0110‘.
to admire his wlfc‘ 5 picture, some one
to laugh orer Lbs baby‘s Intent sign.
of gcnlus, some one to tell lrlitf‘tbut'
the oldest boy Is the iimge of his
handsome. fathom—this ls us real 11
riccd In the pollu‘s life us solar] or
In fact the presence of those

. a,

good tirat- ofilccrs say the wmeemw
the army is rllstlucbly higher “pumps
the canteens mm; This causes; Quint
"worltenr. .f
linclr one wants her 0101th do bé tbn'
host and most po ulsr In the L‘s‘crvlcc.

Besides fills a rec‘ff pcrs'o‘n'oll scrvltu5 ‘ ‘
to the soldiers the Red Cross In doing-

. u lrlnd (if John the Buptlst work with
. Vrllspensnrles “'1: have fiftecg

0'80”) . ;. 1:

time ago. r.

”stratum

’3“:ch

gscction of the city us -.
Seismolddnté‘of the other sections .

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

31a stake'n .1 pobltion vim J. Ben
. left. the milkman on Seaview avenue.

sullcs scatterer] through (Ilstrlrls

' .' men wore recruited They were dlvf.
where our lrns lrccn or Is likely to be.

1 ‘ercd Into Initiative! of 13. 000 ouch and

 

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"Bertrand Schneider. for four yours ' "‘ $017009); city. are urged to clean up (bdrm “m9 commanded by women omcpm ’ France had mohlllzbd‘dS‘JNlO 0f ht‘l
_; ‘ \ , ,; inc the «- ‘lbg twitter an easy mull , 1 3 . , o .. : . b
Rev. G. 'M. 'I‘ccple ls visiting for two dlradlfeur for Robert Gilchrist of, £30 ,tcr. A :1... flmdycmcnm “w 'duc plant grads Sled orlnlow lbrlrfihwng, I‘hc dry bed of a former lake In #9000 Illllsk‘llmsl Icmhrg I1 01“ 6.000

paint $1th fem-cs, repair the r:

m, tlm Nmudu Desert in cons tiered by
reiair l Ir houses and painlr‘l

uni. motorists the finest. largest and safest

for thc whole of clrillnn anco

m ”‘9“; ' r‘rganlmtlon 0' the ”MR“ Sometimes y-ou will find one old doctor

‘ weeks in Bangor. 119., ms. Tceple ls

roton and Brooklyn has enlisted I the.
National Army. As a 1eglstc‘rcd finer
in this toWn he adds one more star to
the luster oi Dnrlen‘ 6: service flag,

Union Cemetery) Absoolatlon, no man

notion that was started on at)

1849. when rulfintrc'sidcntrrof their

ofNorpalk ring 111ml. purclrgledl tw

acres 0? ground ”as a rhuryinfi

Next. Monday and Tuesday 10:90st place of Scpulflicdf, as the article.
.of St. Johns church'"f assoola‘t'l'on wr’lflcn' 69 yenrx‘

staying for two weeks with her dough
firs In lfi‘rrt’l‘drd

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

' 'Mrs. William Bogardus and family
um moved from Washington street,
fitmtb Nprwalk. to the corner of Berti“? Dramatic Chi"

 

 

 

 

now amounts to a sum punctual. to
place the cemetery In good shape. not
vldlng the people owning plots there
will use some effort in keeping things
In good 31111110.. Rb‘tbc reorganization
,of the association held at the office of
Keogh & Candce on December 20,

Edward“ Farrington or the U s. pastor of the Presbyterian church. No-
army, returned last evening to camp roton occupied the pulpit Sunday moni-
011115.11; 1 after a brief furlough Ins. havinK returned trom his mum
spent at his home on Rowan street. home at Roxbury, N. -.,Y where he has

‘ spent most of the past week because

 

Albert Ganung, formerl employed of tbeilln o 1917' "NW gym? gent men “9'6.
. V Goldfielh. Bros. they!” dye‘rs tars. ass or one ofbis 1Ltlc daugh- §°$t°g§°m¢ "11%ng omce‘r :5
canard Shouts and Philips Bmhdagc e M secretary and

 

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trewsurer, Eafl- 1" mar iii
no taken‘. position with the new Ila- mum

”is

”53-1 ‘Ihe street department w it.

clean out their attics and ceiling of
all 0,! the rubbish and Junk that has
adulthfirlbtcd there for some time. 9

"Anytblng goes" this week It! tho
m0tto of the street dcpartnié i} d In
{flavor to inqulrlqias other

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

. ' :~ away
m Van 291m: streets. i '5' : figfigmygniucéfem the drama. 31:11: g3: in" meuflglgtbergemp re this rUbesahV git-131;“ .’ ”V: 'Setllerl-
V ._- n rr 0 In the flrcmen’s was on' An 33 d; W m...» NfiQNo ”Kl: gay n.

Theodore Olsen has resigned his 330.1111" at Newton, under the direction of or thing colll arcré'b u; ‘ V0,! bell :1“!!st {gas . 31%: fig“;

11001111111: Christopher‘l'ay'. 01c butch Jamesflmflh Dancing will follow the' ““0”“ m 3““? u: ’9" something should é'to re iily

«0r on Van Zant street and Howard enteWMchsovonlng.1 9'" mp“ moo Tm ”mt inflow h.” l“Fibs" utter Nu up ' -' (3016 I0"1 y
, 1 h k 1 been allowed Wt tits- “baring “"4” .- Mag-l

“Huston as ta en the place , , r “‘H' " "is Ilogetber “m: the l ‘ accruedrm 5‘ aw“ ’ _. 110,, .
1 Rev. William 's'inclair, D D., the now' sldmalks

the ex ‘
vlrnot' £60 great.

Now Is the time t0 oledlf dilt that
back yard and make it over nto a
garden. The garden“ shod have
been planted some time ago but it
Is not too late for corn or potatoes.
on cabbage or. bonds or radlnbedii or
ldttll‘cs or‘ the many vegetables. Peas
will do Well but will bear a little bit
er than usual if planted now .

Your front lawn. Isn‘t It a dis-v1

 

. At the meeting'of the Women’s com-
mittee of the Darien War Bureau Fri

Harvey Ackart, George “Ir-Stevens
Charles W. Bell, Harry E. Bryan and

Edger Lynch At the next meeting
day 998mm “Immenlents We“? held on April 8 1918, George w. Stev-

mode to have the food exhibit or thol ens and Harvey Ac rt ware sflpcted
State Council of Defense shown in t‘ils 33 3' committee 0“ r ““3 and “6'59““
town on the afternoon and owning of] find since that “me “'69!“ gen

Friday, May 31,0111! the afternoon. Sat- ave been working as is "idem bl;

the fine appearance of the ceilibtery
urd‘ay, June I, at the Center School on I at this time. y

dltorlum. Mrs. Walter Bennett and The newly electedwfllcm and till
Mrs William L Searies were con- rectors of the association wish to'call
stitirted a sub- committee to arrange ; the attentlpn of the people of Noryvalk

further details .

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Wu million-“the telephone system.

 

’l'lic V‘blackfisb gm 'bhginning to run.
011qu now and fishermen arc
“porting big catches. Flats are run-
Sinai very'plenuruuy and exceedingly
hrgc catches are being made of them

 

'niorningnon the 10: 33 from the
sun Norwu'lk depot on the first lap

 

There ware four sales ‘of property In
«Dorian last week, with mortgages or” 1849, in order to administer the affairs
. —-—~——. 3,73, 260 For the second week of May.l
‘linnin L. Porter, employed by C. 1917, there were six transfers and1
St‘d‘prs‘ for three years past, and mortgages of $86, 600.
_ f tile Bel-rt t‘e‘am covers ill the sales were: F. B. Gurley, commission With the limited funds on hand
c, has resigned his position; and or, for H G. Leonard to T. A. life-MIL
m wilt; 2:12:53: ntlitVeV);.g;t;vter'iiment this Eniemgklyn, Noroton avonuc; l-lelen have received little or do care caugill

gs to woodway Country Club the appearance: of the. cemetery

VV 1—;- I Hdpe street. et at; Helen L. P Stokes one Of "93'9“ “mm“ ““0”“ to

VV Alexendér Henderson, who is. to H. L. Stoddard of New York, High

an graduate from the Newtown land avenue. at at: C E Scofield to

accosted Scmfuary In June was the Zlgman Mason, New Etreet

, labor at both or the serVIce at the '

out Christian Church yesterday.

he breathed very Interesting sec
at both services.

0 be stationed with the engineer. .
corporas a. fireman.

 
 

 

 
 

the many trials \th I1 in laté ye

 
 

 

 
 

[association urigs this year that t
owners of thesegplg 0 make an espécl
effort. to see that t clr property is I
good shape. and to provide for the carb
of the plots throughout. the seas

 
 
 

——,_._._
The young people of the Congrega
tlonal church who have presented so
_|many plays successfully in past years'
, . . V will offer ‘T‘liobe. All Smiles ” a com:
Th” 'Watch Your Stitch Club of Red edy In three acts, on Friday and Satur-

workers. meet at Community day evenings, May 24 and 25 at the
this afternoon They made a fine Dru-lea Center school. The cast In-

eludes many who were popular In past

 
 

 

presslon pusslb'le and was u sort of re
fleclion 01$ the community The asso-
clarion has? Ippo‘llltdd Georgo
sexton of the cemetery, and people do
slring to reach him may do so by ad-
dressing him at‘Bo x337 Shall Not-2
walk, 001111.. or sliollld flii‘thel' informal-

 
 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 

V . from any of the directors. still of whom
V V .‘In monoclonal as well.” a our ("air , have talc on” 1“" “is“ residences
8t contrive, , .

9 Th proceeds will-be divided
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complimented" ufion

 

and the surrounding towns to the‘ fac‘ll :
I that the association has again been re 1,
jorganlzed in accordance with the com; '
stitution upon which it was founded ill‘ ' '
of the cemetery in a proper and laur- .
ful manner also to éndeavor to lieail1 If H
tify the grounds and to keep in rcpalh, i
Last week’s the driveways as far as it In possible :'

They also wish to call attention t0: 1

ll
people who can; for their plots. mfif

l The conditionlovmcrly existingrat t s '
cemetery, did not give the best Iiil'l"

Lynch ,

performances and tie may, 3V favorite tlblf be defill‘éd it may be I'éCBlVBdlf

‘ ‘Auillldry is to be ,.

grace with him: spots in it. What?
Dogs and cats and children come on
it and wreck it and "what's the use
oi doing anything to it " Well. If you
have a fence around your house fix
It so that dogs anal cats won't come
. Hand surely even ‘a child will
respect a fence if it is in good cor
dltlon
Orderliness Is contagious. If your
neighbor looks to be slack in his

V five seconds in Oregon. Figured from
the Atlantic the phases of ecliptic will '
'occur In the n'lneticth merldan time

 

house and VirontV lawn look at your

dd Wdflllilfgihn street.

speedway In the world. It Is twelve
miles long three miles wide, and Its
-su1faoe Is as smooth, level and hard
as rubber

A telegraph transmitter has been In-
vented which will land overn ground
ed! wire. 6,000 words a minute. —-Thc
People‘s Home Journal

m—W

, TOTAL ECLIPSE OF SUN.

A total cell 039 of the sun which
will occur June 8 1918, will be the
largest and most lmpdrtant‘ of a llle'
t'me In all the Southern Statés. This
eclipse will be visible throughout the
United States. the eclipse being total
along a both about seventy miles w‘dei
extending from Portland, 0rcgon,l

through Denvur; Colorado. Jackson...

Mississippi, and Orlando. Flhrlda. In
all other ports of the United States
it will he partial On the central line
of totallyt the ('rrratlon of the total
phase will wiry from One minute and

as follod's:
Eclipse begins I: 35: 58‘.)
Middle of eclipse, 5: 35: 50m 1). m.
'Ecll ps'é ends 6: 42 p. m.

 

1The‘ regular monthly ‘mectln‘g'of the
Norwalkw, sunning; Loan hid Invdst‘
ment Association will be bold“: tumor;
row at the Offices of Taylor and Golden

 

 

 

ELEANOR R0380" BELMONT.
tho rlcrnslutcd districts, for the cllll-
drop or for Ibo aged, It Is always on
the same plan of backing up the
French If they have any orgnnlhdtion
or plan.

Polluc Like Oysters and Salad.

The canteen work Is one of the most
gratifying ways; ot-"lrclplng the then.‘
To see those pollus enjoying the first
delicacies they have bad for daysls n
soul-satisfying sight. The English and
French maintain canteens where they
dlspoose soup, hot coffee and cocoa, to-
bacco. chocolate, etc“ Ibut moAriIerl-
cmr Red Cross—canteens serve ‘1'an
runners at cost or under. The pollus
are lnoriiin'atcly fbnd of oysters and
mind; when tbc‘y cn'ri order” a‘ plate
of oystérs or s cm: of‘ssliid In on
American content they are as happy
our children. We My! slx canteens In
the French none for the French army
-—Frhrice ls Vof coitus, divided Into
ionés'. In 0116 line of cdmrinitilcad-Ion
Canteen We serve from 4000 to 8,000
men a day. 'l‘lic’sé canteens are near
lub'- morons stations for the benefit of
the men going to the front. being trails-
ferred. it) some other section, or going

taking care of scvcr'nl \Illilgos with
no moons of transportation except oc-
casionally an aged. 0v c’rwork’cd horse.
Here Is 11 chance for the Red cross to

’ .step In and help There Is a sy ndlcntt

of physicians to which the lied Gross.
rrpplles to find out If a cert‘aln ylllagc
has a medical autism; If not we estab-
llsli 11 mentor and operate in a given
section around the center.

Bithfili t‘ Luiury.

A- Red Cross doctor and mind-«go out
regulirrly to 016‘ villages In their section.
z-Each village is informed when they mu
coming so that all who want mcrllcul
advice or treatment can meet together
In one Spot nbd ‘snvc' ulfnécééfidr’y' calls.
Of course, If any one 131100 Ill til calm
to the doctor, the doctor good to him.
The nurses curry among otllhr things
shower baths for babies. In funny re
sinus of France, owing to lack of facil-
Itlcs, bathing is u Irii'rt‘rr'y. so 'tllo' super-
stition bu’s 'grh'wn up that“ it ill dun-
g'é'rous. Ndw arm the mailiérs are
convinced tfidt men- childi'vh will
be nélthcr klllcdl nor injured; but 011
the contrary benefited by bother how
they do look forward to tlié'rul

Alter all this Inspiring activity or
the Red Cross on the other Ellie, so
mantle In spite of the‘ «mum and
int y, I expected the work fibre to
bia-‘h'ri Kilt? Blfiflhx. I Wlls ammo then,
willinl "I'ci’urrltlds to out; What we' were

 

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. THE RED oaoss

By EDGAR A. GUEST.

AM too old to share the fight;
'I'oo many yam ha‘ve come and gone
oflrct I saw the morning light.
y youth iii! hc’eil” I'm! traveled on,
I am too old to 15111 tits llr‘fé’, . ~ *
Far-flung today {hilt (Filth shall Ilve'; V .V
I may not die for- What IVs‘fIIrc,

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But I am nblvtoo

And mercy «Ill 0
I still «"11 than from

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l‘nm not yet so did our I ' .
Have drifted from tilt world apart;
I still can hear III! heipieoticry, ,

The burden that our yb‘u‘th must bear,

l'a'tfi'tb’o old to bear a lance,

hdlblati can, . _
lid i can um MWWHIIU I “W:

'cccompllslung or Imme.‘

old; to give.

In cinch my heart.
day to day

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