The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-04-20

pie can live through. There Il family
Of ave living IA d hand cart close ~
and have been there ave monthsi They
have toQfed ne top over with aaehinf
and a strip 81 canvas and there they
tnek themselves away and the soldiers
feed uon On course the Hilary an.
thpriiiee IN the refp gees are gone now
betHast " don Y see them with their
little bund1es crying by tho roadsidd,
but poor thihfs. fhey fave crowded INTO
eetfy available rofdef, and cling to the
idea tliat fhdy NAV b. able to creep
back to their homes when the lombard
ing ceases BY that time there won 4
be much left Of their poor little homes
7 fear,
Il seemed 50 inaonernous the other
SiiAiny 70 herr the church bells eliinl-
ing an diy and the cannons Keeping A
dfeadfnI accompaniment. In the eve
ming a soldier brought as some German
souvenirs taken from one Of those
killed the day before, with Nit Gott
fur Koenig md FadeFlahd on the heb
met and 1 Cot Nit Tins on the belt.
Tickets FOR Supplies Issued
ITO relieve the pressure on my barge
] have tried to establish another depot
at Duhioch, near La Panle, md have
taken in the wife Of 4. commandment
there, Madame lie Favre, to help, aE
well as the wife OF another officer, and
! issue tickets for the people TO pre-
sent and obtain their supplies / also
Piye tickets on the local bakeries, az
wen a. at La Panne and Bnlscamp, and
have sin another little depot at the
bsifeomasttf's II IL astounding 20 see
the amount Of relief the old sJulia Is
able 10 provide and i am 50 thankfuI
IL Is All organized now quite perfectly,
80 Tint there Is no waste, and every
bit Of food and clothing goes where il
is intended. ] see to that myself. Com
mittees wait on me for miles aud
miles around, representing their own
suffering littlh commune, and np TO now
! have been aLlc TO keep them an ID
some measires II not sit6aethef.
"a. 0ne eoaldsnot dream there was 80
mrch misery in the whole world Ba
bies apparently arrive every minute.
and from the wonderful cargo I have
managed 10 hsh ont lot Of complete
layettes. Kind people from Australia
and South Africa, even, have sent me
great quantities Of things. One won
defs where the family disappears when.
these poor woHen have their bdbies,.
for there are never less than eight or
ten persons In ono tiny room. We got
one into 4 hospital at ST. Ideshala yes
tefday, and il vas tie nearest civilian.
hospital We could find - Gloss TO the
firing line az that. aL y; a
Fsn'iliss Only Fragments 81 u.
We also put q little typhoid Cir,
Of twelve there, one whom we found
living in 4 dark Role IA the caves OF
a wfeteked hit. 4 had to climb up, q
rickety ladder to discover her. euided
by the faint moaning, The rain was
trieklinP through on the flthy straw
where che was lying, ana ones eyeal
could not penetfate the dhfkhess to
zee what 81 eewte like, 50 ! had my frsf
glimpse of her fare on visiting the hos
pjtal today. and found her such fair.
htired pink -niif'white, pretty little
thing. 80 happy to be In led. Thpi
doctor says she win ~ well. II am \
looking after her, OF coprss, but one
sadly what can be the future
~ these fragments Of families and the
thousahds and thousands Of shattered
homes II i. MI 80 pitiful 20 tragic
90 fnonstrousiy wicked. n ~.
sAt this moment / see the barge 4
shaking with the fury Of lombard.
nent not far away, and tomorrow We
shah zee IN thespapers, eituatioYI am,
ehanged--ehemy repulsed, 2 and I shall
watch the loads Of manned and brok en-
men 90 by as usual and wonder what