The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-13
A STORE ROOM OF
THE RED CROSS
Tender Hearts Have Contributed of
Their Store for Santiago.
THE SPOT SEEMS SANCTIFIED,
Many Pathetic Letters Accompanied
the Gifts from Donors Who Made
Sacrifices of Self To- Help the
Needy Cubans-NOblc Work,

| Correspondence OF the Associated Press)
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Nov. 1t is
an interesting and touching sight 10 90
| over General Leonard Woods store-room.
where arc kept the goods shipped Dos
the Red Cross Womcns Relief, and other
ORGANIZATIONS. as well as donations bis
! and small sent by private individuals
for the use and comfort OF the SICK
I soldiers and sailors and others ia need
OF assistance in this hitherto unhappy
land. where sickness and starvation have
brought so many thousands TO the verge
OF death. where the very luXuriance OF the
weeds cry out against mankind for not
using the earth for the benefit Of them
selves. whore the nature and cnaractel
OF the inhabitants have been so blunted
by contact with their oppression that
they have developed an their vices and
added a cringing faWning unreliable civil
ity that is not the fault Of the people
themselves so much as the natural results
Of their birth and surroundings.
A QUEER COLLECTION
The store-room Is large place under
the custom-hOuse. and I'm II you Will
find q most miscellaneous assortment OF
articles Of all kinds. including cham-
payne whisky, brandy, ginger ale, qui-
nine medical neccssa1ies Of an kinds. two
muns. seven overc0ats, and one pair 'of
shoes that must evidently have been in
tended for the Klondike originally.
Yet, it is not the grotesque nature
of some Of the gifts that makes the lump
in ones throat hard to swallow. but the
beautiful and touching humanity cypress
ed in the gifts themselves which breathe
such a spirit OF pure benevOlence, loving
kindness and self-sacrice that in that
store-room YOU feel yourself In some
sanctihed spot IF not in the very portals
of Heaven itself
PATHETIC LETTERS.
Many of the gifts. especially the
smaller ones. are accompanied by Letters
expressing the intentions of the donor
These letters often give an account OF
.he writer that show the gift was pur-
chased or made as the case may be, al
considerable aacrifce OF money and
time one woman and her two daughters
iu Leon county Fla.. made and sent one
hundred night-sh.rts, and the money for
the material had been taken out of savings
from their chicken and egg fund. which
generally supplied them each year with
clothing If this year the dresses of
that family are not quite as new and
fresh looking as those OF some OF their
uelghbors. they viii have the proud con-
seriousness that theirs was a duty nO0ly,
faithfully and well done.
Another poor woman. "a widow in Maine
who lives by washing he clothes Of four
families. worked and sent fifteen house
wives. fitting each with the necessary
articles of that most useful Institution
in the Kit Of soldier or sailor.
From California came two dozen jars
Of orange marmalade the gift Of another
widow who owns an acre Of ground on
which are a few orange trees that are her
only source Of income. These are only
j ~ nH.aNt ~ ff.ra Nlnf
have been received here since tine sur
render Of General Toral Christians.
Jews and Atheists announcing their be-
lief and unbelief have added their quota
to the whole. a common feeling OF human
brotherhood animating seemingly the
entire community breaking down an
barriers OF caste and religion. the
whisky dealer and wine merchant vie
ing with the bishop and the tract dis