The morning times., 1896-11-29
Houses in the Alps and Other Dangerous Places
for the Relief of Travellers.
OTHER STATIONS LIKE MOUNTAIN HUTS
Some on Islands in Mid-ocean Some on Deserts
and Others in Polar Seas.

OF the Alps are overtaken by SHOWS, and,
after consuming their produce In the ef-
Tort TO Keep Themselves and beasts alive,
are compelled to abanGon all III desperate
attempt to get back to the nearest set
tiement on cot, the drifts making 1t i'm
possible to urge beasts to travel
The Green Cross will erect small sta
tons in conspicuous places, and, upon the
front OF each will be nailed a great
green cross, the emblem Of the society.
Travellers seeing 1t from a distance Will
know there is succor at hand. And from
the huts cOuriers Will constantly watch
for distressed travellers.
SIGN OF THE CROSS.
At night it is the intention of the so-s
ciety to burn lights from dark until
dawn, and in each window there Will
shine forth the sign OF the cross. In the
mountains it is not easy to get electric
light, and the Green Cross has resorted
to an ingenious way to show their sign
in the darkness. The window will be cut
in the form OF big, narrow cross, and
through this cross the lights VIII shine
out. y traveller falling within sight of
the cross viii know that Some one VIII
come to the rescue soon.
me people who will take charge Of
these huts are phlanthropists who may
volunteer. 1t is thought the stations may
be placed in the hands of an order Of
monks But 1T is more likely that phil
anthropists will volunteer to take charge
Relief relays Will be sent out every three
months.
A class of people who will profit by
the Green Cross will be hunters. There
are certain fur-bearing animals that can
only be sought in the mountains in win
ter. They live in the snow, and to get
the furs needed for commerce hunters must
climb the MOUNTAINS and hunt their big
game 1t may be fascinating work to read
about, those tales Of hunters, but there is
side of terrible privation Our own
Rockies hide many seamy tale OF suffer-
ing OF those who hunt for fur-bearing ant
mails. And SO, too, with the wild meats,
game big and little-hUnters risk their
lives 20 get it.
The stations of the Green Cross are TO
be placed not only on the mount ain peaks,
but it is intended when the society
shall have grown older to establish supply
hutsinother impossible p a ces in the deserts
the death valleys and the great barren
tracts that must be crossed by man contin-
ually. The Austrian Alpine Club may
be in time only an auxiliary attending
to the mountain branch.
POLAR STATIONS
1t is not impossible that these stations
may be established in midocean There
are barren islands in both the Atlantic
and Pacific, passed by ships oil infrequent
courses, yet, for some reason. near the
scene of many shipwreck- The islands
cannot be remoy ed. And there they re-
main a constant menace to the unaccus-
toned mariner. The Green Cross hopes
to establish stations upon these And
there are other fields of labor. One ID
In the far north, where discoverers every
year perish. There could be such a post
miles beyond navigable waters, kept con-
stantly supplied by the Green Cross So
ciety.
Tne field for operations in this coun-
try would lie in the mount aims, in Death
Valley, in all the desert spots in the in
terror, and along the coast where there
are bad spots for mariners
The question OF supporting these posts
is one that occurs TO all who hear about
such stupendous new charities. When
the Red Cross was established for suf-
fercrs it was declared that it could never
support itself. But money comes in.
The Green Cross Will get along in the
same way, looking to those whom IL
saves for funds to save others