The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-18

Z know. hc is a man Of few words. and
have spoken but once 10 MIN since sun
DAY. lfe himself Is extremely busy with
l other details u the work and have been
here almost night and day. But we are.
I ] think. beginning 10 see our Way out
now
The armory. through the women CO.
I operating with the charity organization q
which most OF them are MEMBER. has
sufferers. who. through the tntl! cCmpilT.l-
mDut ~ their dwellings Ir OWNS Co their
. being submerged iu th. Hooded portion Uf
the town. have h-rG thrown temporarily.
. iT not permanently on JEe towns bounty
The Governor vas appealed % Tor the
use OF the armury. and hv night the place
had assumed the appearance Of 4 min
And to-day the vast aud constantly in
CrearinS army OF sufferers - dOmiciieI 81
I the place. cots arc placed iu huge piles
night are drawn out and spread out on tho
floor. Along the benches around the room
l the unfortunate women and children gath
l er IN family GROUPS \ few cots ar" st
I up for the benefit OF the babies and small
children. who were. most uf them. indulC-
ing I'm tLsir afternoon nap when uewSpa-
I Per men visited tlis place.
GRANpNOTHERS MIND BABIES.
Old lraadm1tharz. har. aEI bowed with
I age. were thgre. some Of Them mindinG
I "a younger chEd; Younger women with
I olive branches. numherlcss 90 seemed.
/ clinEirE tD their skirts. CRYING ard whim-
Z T,criuc for something. they knew not what.
/ There are families Of auywh here from
/ four % twelve children. the latter not the
I some II the women looked faEged out
and worn not only from physical sNsr-
ti1u. hut from Toll one family Of thru"
father. mother and rhiid-hui been with
ont food f-r three days " hen brought
I Co the aEmHTy they were iU iaiutiUg con-
. ditiUu and had tp b" given light tosd and
sponge bath Of alcohol before they were
. fully revived.
Three meals a dav are served 20 the suf-
| fercrs. and by dividing the room by
. n cams 90 a rope Gordon Win a detail uL
[ the regiment in charge. much Of the dif-
l ilculty OF distributing meal tickets is
avoided. In square divided on BY ropes
and guarded by militia those who apply
I for tickets sutC-. All have been pre-
vi0uSly registered by Mrs. +. Z. Soaring
2 and the cases investigated. II found
worthy. they are presented with bit
. Of paStcbgard and are allowed TO pass
I through the basement. where. under the
l direction OF Mrs HincEliffe, good. whole
some meals are provided
NJ times so great was the struggle for
tickets ihcr" was literally rot. Men
struggled for piaUa. women showed their
ueiEhhurS to ono side. and small boys in
duiged freely In hsticInS. 50 that the
guards had their hands full trying to keep
them in order
/ II was. in truth. quite like strike duty.
as one II the men declared. And the
worst Of IL is" interrupted one OF the
officers of the regiment. 1t Is a thankleSs
task Many of them are ungrateful'
But tf you want 20 see a night" con-
tinuei he. YOU should sec this place al
night For the FIRST night or twp We
did not separate the families. but al
lowed them 70 keep together In family
groups hu. it didn't work
FAMILY DISAGREEMENTS.
There were too many family disagree
mcnts- Men and women quarrelcd and
the children got into free fights. So
last night the men were put on one side
and the women on the other II worked
pretty well Occasionally q man would
want 20 tell his wife some thing he had
forgotten But a guard patrolleI the
Grmury dividing the sleepcTs and NJ com
munieation was allowed. what they bad
10 zen wasn't 50 important that they
cuulqn wait until morning. told them
Most OF the women uudrcss their chill
aTeil, ana many OF them paFtally, II not
Wholly, undress themselves They don't
at home"
1t IS obviously a biz task that the
women have set themselves and the men
as Well. said Mr.. John Cooke president
ol the council. who Is one OF the leading
ptct 70 be able 10 take care OF ali who are
attIdllN penniless. some OF the numner
Mt nave found have very comfortable In
ZINES and money IN the bank. OF COURSE.
tnert are bound 10 he some who will take
aasantaEe OF such an occasion as this %
set coming OF which they are not In
nttl- We don't expect. however. 10 have
many occurrences OF such cases. for we
are taxing every precaution to prevent II.
aDout N.olo has been contributed al
ready, and We Will be able to get more II
We need II. We will. 30 FAR as We are