Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-27
WITH THE RED CROSS IN CUBA
eeneieent Work Already Accomplished In Guinea and Cot.
alIna-rho First orshanaso Form Established - The
CANAAN OF tho Western Hemisphere

grown LARGE as the palm o. q hand.
hut why multiply caaoHl The above are
only uampleH OF many. equally harrow
Ing.
With their own willing hands our
ladies scrubbed the vacant HOUSE given
Tor our use by the village Alcaldc. or
mayor. after which Il was thoroughly
dlsiafscted % an possible dlseaac-gcrms
and nttrd with clean cots and other
commences Meanwhile the young la
dina ~ the toWn.aruuacd hy good exam.
pie from their apathy OF grief. banded
themselves into club 10 carry on the
work begun BY los Americans. They
brought two or three siekiy sewing
machines owned In the nelghborho0l
and came every day 90 work under Ia.
tolllgent direction. They made clothes
for the children. assisted in tho simple
cooking, gave the little ones their daily
bath and undertook the task % teach
Ing them 90 read and sew. Dr. Auer-
clio dc Flores. young physician of
Catalina, took charge of the medical
department ana came every day to
treat the sick. cleanse the sores and
nnoint the oruptlye diseases, and In due
course the clean, well-appointcd or.
phanage was turned over 60 native
hands, equipped with
STORES AND MEDICINES
for some time 10 come. ana the Rcd
Cross wont 10 other fields. l give you
this perhaps too-lengthy description of
the Catalina work. because Il il typi-
cal. with slight variations. Of what Is
done IN every other place. As 10 the
future OF these children, who cannot
always be kept In an uaylum-Dr
liubbeliH idea II 20 NJ them for uae-
ful lives by having each taught some
trade or occupation. 10 this end. a
meeting % the citizens was called one
evening In the AlcaldcH house. The
bare but clean purior OF whltewashed
boards was nlled with Had.fnccd, but
earnest looking men, most of them
Hrny.bonrded ana many ftili wearing
the dangling machetc and cotton uni-
forms OF the Cuban soldier. The Eng
liHh language II not spoken IN Catnllnn
and Dr. llubbeli Ia no spanish scholar.
but he manages TO make himself clear
" Understood, Through his Interpreter
the eloquent young cuban, Or Car.
honell-he assured the people that the
purposo Of the Red Cross Is never To
oner dcmeanlng charity. and that lts
representatives had come 20 Catalina
merely as nciEhhOfH, 20 lend n helping
hand In time of trouble, rs an good
nclgbora should, whether nations o. In
dlNlduals, iio explained tho folly Of
bringing destitute children up 10
pauparage In idle city asyluma aud tho
wisdom of training them 10 useful oc.
equations, particularly farming, no that
they may become self-supporilng, soon
as arrived at suitable age, nnd called
upon catnlinlanH FOR help IN this an.
rccilon. They responded gladly and
with extreme llbernlity, considering
their Impoverished condition, Dr. FLORES
rendered the use OF an untitled tract OF
land one offered TO fence IL, another
70 lend the mule and pillow for rs cul.
tlvation. poor but benevolent farm-
or started the stocking OF the
Rancho WITH THREE HENS.
And othcrr gave ia varying numbera
until a dozen fowls We're secured one
farmer endowed II with a SOW ana her
litter. another donated a pair Of goats,
another a kid; ana DR.. lluhholi prorn,
lsed the necessary plants and seeds
Thus was unauapieiously innugurated
tho ilrst orphanage farm In Cuba. nnd
from II the very best results nre ex.
pcoted-not only Tor the children. but
for their elders as we'll. When the fine
came to leave Catalina, the entire pom