The Republican journal., 1900-11-22
- nREN OF THE RED CROSS.

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..,,r~T0N. TEXAS. Oct. ), 1900.
sinking people entertain the idea
srer any great calamity in which
-,s number of lives were lost, many
MS must be left without homes.
.ement's reflection will convince
fiat This cannot be; for would not
smallest and weakest naturally be
20. When wild pillows, from
twenty-five feet high, surged over
Sand. sweeping fathers and moth
.,rIeir death, what chance had the
sAr. \ few did escape, almost
4,.ou,ly, while one or both their
~. we're lost: and all of these are
WILL cared for by the Red Cross.
... p" department, not provided
treaty of Geneva, and in this
I.... not intended to be perman-
... until suitable homes can be
.,..pit.g the children, or Galveston's
-,s purAanages repaired.
u7. rtlre door of the big, beautiful
.ul building which the city de-
.-. 81. Red Cross uses. was immediat-
-..n tle children, and in it every
...r WAS comfortably housed.
E-1 lire Hood, Galveston's various
.....~ ere full: and of these. all the
saved We're Immediately con-
,..- t Dallas. The largest orphan
,n II. Mary's Jesuit. down on
H.. q mile or two from town.
Il ucty -two children, only three
..,T-l. ut the beautiful buildings
d sheltered generations of
ri. 7 nothing remained after that
r-. il-jt Of sept. Sth, but an empty
r.1. si wet sand, with here and there
--rs $ lack robes and blue working
s tTering from the trees. Eigh-
-.I small babies were found scatter
u1 The beach; and three living
t-- o-- perched in tree. the weak
p. .t W. been tied to a branch by his
r.ntjms OF the ten good Sisters
.3 81, az servants, seven were found,
.l miles apart, and buried where
-, N one Sister had nine of the
aH Hlans tied to her body with her
aud others had one OF two
their arms. Sister Elizabeth
7,- market when the storm began,
H . easily have saved herself;
l >e lsiSted on returning to her
,s- .s l9-y, and, as it proved, to her
et llr water was then rising so
aN fNat She had to go home on
esesi.A. and for the last mile or
.yr- f0e horse was forced to swim.
IL. U.a-ela displayed by these pious
1I4 talr sample of hundreds of
The friends of st. Mary's
a--,..jlpl III the fact that the day
-,. .4.u Was the feast of Our I.ady'S
,4,a. aaI all the Sisters had that
l.r telyed Holy Communion.
convent Jared almost as
9H hundred and twen.y-slx
siuce been discovered in its
Fni doubtless there are many
debris piled around it, in
ighert than the second story
Weeks after the catastrophe
of two well dressed ladies
from the convent cistern,
burned, being decomposed
e" ignition.
H storm-orphans have been
.aSpnS above mentioned; and
eH lad one parent left, usual
..rr the strongest member of
vi came to us frightened, |
Wild birds ousted from the
2E dirty and i'll generally
''iu4lloIl, dlu IL is SOOU
" @ wonderfully they improve
md care. soon as arrived, |
~ administered is square
Iea warm bath, and after
..' N' of clothes. Happily the
'H Illdren are easily assuaged;
" ''r- 5elt-respect is restored, con-
9E' r. good manners are of rapid |
-V Depend upon it, there is no
4>'94aiy work in the wo rid quite so
.r a5 full stomach and clean |
W.-s
'nad orphanage-of course under
-'f p4i'phS control-WaS first ad- |
'- ',-ftH 10y Mr.. Herbert W. Lewis of |
-'' ha.ou, formerly superintendent
.'A'ies in the District of Column
' ''9 is one of the most distinguish
'aAeia m this line in the country.
.-a "Ae furniture were loaned by the
A'a tToteStant Orphan Asylum
''''tN'on. Gen. Scurry provided
aug dl3 "orkmen for the moving, and
. '''l d time the great, gloomy rooms
','.a Nonk building began to take on
''. fl Home, sweet Home" As the
'4'.! .areased, Miss Spratlin of Kan
' 'as Put m charge as matron. This
Woman is the agent of the ladies
'Ptha. who sent her here with a
id9ie sum of money and instruc-
L'ii INTO line in any work Miss
i A.sht direct. At the beginning
spanish war she was a Red