The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-11
WORK OF MISS BARTON
At Galveston to Be Left with Local Red
Cross Society.
SHE WILL LEAVE IN A FEW DAYS
Miss barton Says the Present Chilly
Weather Is Causing Suffering
Among Thousands.

Galveston, Texas November 10.-After
spending nearly two months in the re-
lief work among the sufferers at Calves
ton and other places on the Texas coast,
Miss Cara Barton feels that there is
no further necessity for herself and stan
of the American National Red Cross re-
naming longer in tAe field The work OF
relief will have to be continued during
the entire winter, hut the local Red Gross
in Galveston. organized at Miss Barton's
suggestion, and the local mmlttees OF
the various points on the mainland are
in such thorough working order that they
will be amp.y able to distribute those
supplies now on hand and the large
quantities that Will continue to be sent
without the aid Of Miss Blrton's staff,
therefore. it is her purpose to withdraw
from Texas within a few days
The following is the substance Of what
Miss Barton had to say 10 an Associated
Press reporter in an interview with her
I today:
! 81 am very DESTROYS of getting back to
Washington and New York as soon "a
possible to aid in directing the organlza-
ton throughout the United States OF the
meetings that will be held under the aus
pices OF the American National Red Cross
in every village, town and city throughout
the country on the night OF December 81
THE idea OF no ding these watch meet
ings met with my approval from the frs
and it has III to the present time devel-
oped into a most magnificent movement.
The people of tne Unised States will be
given on that n ght such an entertainment
as was never before attempted anywhere
else. No more worthy service can be
rendered in The name OF humanity and all
thai is rep.e ented in THE scope or the
American National Red Cross than for
every church. club, society or social or
ganizat ton of any kind in the country 10
mike preparation Tor and hold one o.
these watch meetings Full particulars
how to organize and manage the meednga
can be Obtained by writing to the Amer
can Nationa. Red Cross, Watch Meet.ns
Bureau, ST. James building, New York
City.
! Greetings have been or will be OBJ
tanned by Red Cross personalities from
every monarch and celebrity OF Europs
and from prominent persons throughou
: the United States. The event promises IT,
2 be one OF imp ecedented interest an,
value
In addition to the above, Miss Barton
r gave ut the follow ng statement:
9 "Ihe change in tempe. allure from th'
very warm weather which has prevaile,
: almost constantly since the storm on Sep
5 TENDER 8, to very clilly weather wnic.
: beg II here TWO days ago, is causing grea
r suffering with the thousands OF homeless
peope who are living in tents upon tn'
4 ch. in dlapidated, storn- damag
: houses and IN hacks constructed out
: the debris of the storm, 1t will be almos
! a miracle if pneumonia and kindred o-s
Il eases do not follow the cold spell, IL l
a cen nues and the further cold weathe
:, that is inevitable from this time on Tn
a app .ais whicA we're sent out for building
materisl have met with the generou
re p5nse tha, foi owed the appeals 10
. food and clio hing which went out lmme
dale.y after the storm The appareu
> apathy which the appeals for building M
r terla have met. is prob bly, due to certa4
u st emens tat We're circulated to tn
, effect that Galveston had been well sup
ed by the provisi ms and clio hing tina
=, wa sent forwa in la sc quantity an
!. also feeling that seems to prevail gen
II erllly thloug out the country That
would be unwise to rebu Id the city !
u the face of the possibility OF recurrenG
~ of The Storm. 1t seems to be ehtFei
D. owe looked that the business houses an
about one I'D of the dwelling use
we're lett stand!ng. although generall
D badly dam ged. TIE city, with its VA
l. bus mes and over 30 600 inhabitants al
is here and must emain, but he prob EN-
d, prov ding shelter or homes of mo
or modest CHI rae er for the thousands
l. now homeless is the m st troublesome OF
~ that ccnironts he relief committee. II
I'd few hundred thou ands of dollars tnat u
committee has been able to set aside Il
ne repair ng damaged buildings and cor
UT structing o. hers amounts TO much le
r than per cent Of the actual needs OF u
,ir peopIe in that directi II. The comiI
IS. winter can not fail to bring untold har'
s. ships and suffering"