The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-10-12

OUR LADY OF THE RED CROSS.
Miss Clara Barton the Central Figure Ia
the Relief Work in Galveston.

TIC NCItCI W VI uu uosNSstOu.
Out Of the wreck and ruin Of Gal
weston a woman has arisen as the
central figure in the work Of relief.
Into the hands of Miss Clara Bar
tor, President of the American
National Red Cross, the Mayor and
and Citizens Relief Committee Of
Galveston have given the distribu-
ton OF all supplies arriving there for
the survivors of the hurricane.
With the first confirmation of the
news of disaster, Miss Barton sum
moned dozen experienced relief
workers and FASTENED to Galveston,
where she quickly established Red
Cross headquarters and began her
ministration of mercy among the
destitute, the sick and the suffering.
Like company of well drilled
soldiers, the Red Cross staff fell to
work, orderly, systematic, prac-
tical. Business men watched curl
ously, for a woman was in COM
mand. In less than week lead
ing citizens ot Galveston said to one
another: "This woman knows
more about this sort of thing than
us all. Let us give the entire work
into her hands" 1t was done; and
to day Miss Clara Barton, known to
her closest friends as Our Lady Of
the Red Cross, is directing the relief
distribution in Galveston.
In this prompt recognition Of Miss
,Barton's skill, experience and ex-
ecutive ability, the Mayor and Cit
Iizen's Relief Committee of Galveston
have followed the precedent set by
the business men Of Charleston and
other places where tidal waves,
floods and various calamities have
made necessary Red Cross relief
during the past nineteen years.
! Miss Barton thus describes hel
work in Galveston in a telegram tc
William Willard Howard, Genera
Manager Of the Red Cross Texas Re
,sllief Fund, 156 Fifth Avenue, New
!, York City:
"We are feeding the hungry
, clothing the naked, and caring fol
the sick. We cannot restore the
dead; but the living can have thei
homes restored to them in some
! small measure at least. They can
: not continue long in temporar.
{ quarters which they have found il
the few remaining dwellings ant
i business buildings; in the tent
that are being erected, or under i'm
Iprovised shelter from the wreckag
Iof their former beautiful homes
!, They have nothing left. The tenn
: perature has been warm and tn
i weather fair since the hurricane
!, but rain and inclement temperatur
:, are likely to come at any time
Money should be Immediately forth
!, coming with which to build temper
!, ary dwellings.
;, "The number OF homeless, and
dlin many instances, utterly destitut
:, persons, is very great. 1t is in
. possible to make any accurate estl
mate as yet; but it is likely tha
there are from six to eight thou
sand homeless persons in the city
A Galveston to-day, many Of whor
y have lost not only their homes an
all Of their worldly possessions, br
have lost their employment as wei
The destitute throng our warehous
e from morning until night.
i "The indescribable anguish {
!, thousands OF persons, who have los
l. memb RS Of their families and thel
, dearest friends, is suffering whic
/. cannot be removed even by genel
! Gus contributions, but may be mad
d lighter by partly restoring their lo'
,e property.
al "Among the homeless sufferer
). of the hurricane are many orphane
% and destitute children. For thes
] waits Of the storm we have fitted u
% a temporary asylum upon the upp'
= floors Of our large warehouse. +,
n the care Of these orphans money
70 urgently needed. | hope that II
"a generous hearted people Of the Un
ted States will contribute prompt
to their support"
Contributions for Miss Barton
:, work should be sent to the Re
t. Cross Texas Relief Fund, 1856 FIT
Avenue, New York City.
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