The Republican journal., 1899-05-25
,ar RED CROSS in CUBA.

...n, work Already Accomplished In
Rf ard Catalina. The First Orphan
tinf- established. The Canaan Of
4 [,.reru Hemisphere.
~ .,.--+.pondence of The Journal
7 .-pA. May Sth, 1899. l wish
-. 2uld see with their own eyes
p ,anse which fortnight's work
Y e-fu catalina. The poor little
y nav about eighteen hundred
e.e mar years ago were upwards
7 ....ssand-was the saddest place
half the houses were empty,
.uuAts having gone to swell the
Election Of unburied bones in
q1a. no traffic in the grass
aaes NO business of any kind
the remnant of happy and
.m4Ua alton sitting idly in their
Hcs. mourning for their dead
ST. atd by repeated blows of
.ue @ entertain either hope
Destitute children, without
..aIyes, were huddled in
Uses, sometimes singly,
.-rupS Of three or four togeth-
.-.a- ou whatever they could
..- OWN Shy as,the burrowing
tie field. l told you in
lter how branch of the
lety. under Miss Barton's
N Hubbell, came to Cata-
week., ago and gathered all
..l- INTO y comfortable home.
.1Iooting them was no easy
oUug as they are, previous
... mad taught them the fear
thing but the pangs of
hem to come in.
~ tlotsam and jetsam of
... tr4. washed and clothed in
.lts-their vermin- infested
rch and ulcers anointed,
49,. cleared Of lice, and general
cIdred, they seemed alto
m mortals. 1t was reward
..lr unpleasant toll to watch
.lpe 10 the little faces and
.5 ,,ion of abject misery dis
,enly content. When the
inst gathered in found that
..s auities awaited them, but
l kindness, one and another
$50 alng back their more timid
t- had hitherto eluded our
e. sme cases the sick had drag
yss otf. like wounded animals,
ing places, and others fled
.ae4 Aares at our approach. In
1.-TWO young girls were found,
wing of consumption. In
"" 1--WE small brothers and sis
--' girl of perhaps thirteen
atl brute mother instinct,
.. defend the little brood
need be. AL older girl,
r. ratned, the daughter of a
family, every member OF
-ct and one small brother
smallpox, was literally
. With no protection what
very pretty sin OF twenty
.y d great ulcer in the leg,
,.l 10y impoverished blood,
#e0 to the bone and grown
ram Of A hand. But why
The above are only
44l equally narrowing.
on willing hands our ladies
aut house given for our
-e Alcaldi, OF Mayor after
roughly disinfected of all
>e germs and fitted with
laI other conveniences.
tie young ladies of the
sui by good example from
ii grief, banded them
club to carry on the
ty los Americans. They
or three sickly sewing
Ncel in the neighborhood and
se 30 work under intelligent
hey made clothes for the
sled in the simple cooking,
ones their daily bath and
-e task Of teaching them to
say" Dr. Aurelio de Flores, a
au Of Catalina, took charge
department. and came every
lie sick, cleanse the sores
e er0ptive diseases, and in
LIE clean, well-appointed
vas turned over to native
Ped with stores and medicines
1ms to come, and the Red
TO other fields. l give you
f'-. '',''o-l engthy description of the
-' because it is typical, with
trns, of what is done in every
t.. As to the future of these
"socannot always be keptin an
Jr Hubbell's idea is to fit them
'se Ives by having each taught
-aoeos occupation. To this end,
-- tile citizens was called one
he Aicaldrs house. The bare
pi-or Of white washed boards
.-e. With sad faced but earnest
meH most of them gray bearded
"1 sull wearing the dangling
l cotton uniforms of the Cuban
t4e English language is not
'4 I'D atalina and Dr. Hubbell is no