The Republican journal., 1900-10-25
RED CROSS WORK IN TEXAS.
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rpr RED CROSS WORK IN TEXAS.
~ FROM PAGE THREE.
r., VEINS mercy was shown. If
... ere battling for their lives
....,u- or praying at home While
rnt crumbling around them.
nI tlat thousands of their
are perishing, frenzy would
I.e place of courage and the
.... .gd would have been doub-
Il. hose first days, citizens
. Ie streets. though compar-
ST.. -ls, glasped each others
t..... som friends and dialogues,
Urrp common; 80 glad to
hid YOU lose anything?"
s.. n,e, thank God. Every
in the world is gone. but
nls saved. How is it with
-Wthiug oone-home. wife,
rotcj the loss of father,
.. and children without
agc cases i'll which from
c.pyen members of one
.NL and the sole survivor
nout his business. At
.l- plentV of the COMPANY
-4i to love,
days chilly winds have
WroS> the Gulf. accompa-
.... ud cold weather, which
a-es the suiierings of the
u. tUe is hardly roof i'll
., dogs not let the water in,
eW the bedding that has
'a0oriously dried, while
M HuJd be absolutely shelter
fire bounty of others. They
OaN INTO the houses of their
l.. Idie friends, OF packed like
..-..- nloiic halls, or living in tents
nl- rearh: and all are suffering
ut.D comfort from insufficient
tu- tl Dea-covering. The danger
ir Y much of an epidemic, as
u. u.,f while the sun poured his
ts5r Ipon unburied bodies. as of
e"- pneumonia, typhoid and
a.O Ms resulting from cold and eX-
n,. Immediate crying need is
IT, stoves and warm under
a NIch too much cannot pos
.Ht Train loads of clothing
to pour i'll upon the Red
Ilhution, but most of it is
netraggled tinery, than which
Nj be more inappropriate:
So Worn and dirty that to
'M INSULT to these unfortunate
tIemen, who enjoyed all
Ue until deprived of them
N 'erhaps the sending of use
gives to the donors something
wing feeling of having lent
Mr. but it does no good at this
4 le and piles up on the work
H.. 100 heavy to be borne i'll
IrIrhants of many cities have
~' sgearlous consignments of goods,
able articles. shop-worn or
's uu but new and useful; and
Instance they have been very
la.I.t eceived If the good peo-
tl taomtry would only consider,
.ut themselves in imagination in
-.Urqi these, their donations would
cess laantity but more to the pur-
"'estan'S new "White City" con-
''F Nj -ryeral hundred tents, set up
" i. beach on the broad Swath
'Nl 'l+ storm swept clean of so
''u. ]-ailtul dwellings, On one side
ftdge of debris, more than a
ou1 and from ten to forty feet
'oNi, chimneys. splintered tim
'N 00.Nes smashed to atoms. On the
'a- the Gulf ripples softly on
'a As if innocent of mischief;
HpclNg white caps farther out
04'I n awful work of death and
'al may amy day be renewed.
r 'tuts more than a thousand
r rnduring life as best they
Nlnd flaps open their canvas
all beats in. and mothers and
Ndle together for warmth;
Wy is the family which has one
.'tlN bed-blanket to cover the
1T such trials come hardest
V7Sf at either extreme of life
0 and little children. Many
s. 'lii surely result from the pres
st '''0 nogther," which would hard
'4Il IN normal times, when people
Wy lhelr comfortable. homes with
-'DYthlences of life about them.
\. Was a distribution of gasoline
ds long as those useful articles
h.. '''' nut there were not enough to
az more than drop in the bucket.
N. stoves have arrived in consider
lumber but of course not nearly
81 70 60 around among the desti-
N mere are very few chimneys
sn 'alyeston, and pipes are thrust