The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-11-16
HAVE NEW QUARTERS.
A. f. F. w. Committee Is at Work
Today in It's Comfortable Room
in the Chamber of Commerce.

tucked snugly away IN well heated
room into which the cheering sunshine
pours from four windows, are the new
headquarters of the Kenosha branch Of
the American Fund for French Front
Wounded committee, and all who
wish to work for the wounded are
cordially invited to come there.
Faithfully toiling on, in their task
of sending comfort to the soldiers of
the armies surrounding Verdun, Keno
sha women are doing work of love
which is finding quick response in the
hearts of many a benefited hospital
sufferer, and which, beside, is helping
to strengthen the bond Of affection
which has always existed between the
United States and it's sister republic
of France. In almost every letter
received by the committee comes some
word of appreciation from the soldiers
who have been made more comfortable
through it's efforts.
Wash Hands First.
At one side of the room is black
board on which are posted bulletins
and letters of interest received by the
committee. One of the emphasized bull
letins impresses upon workers not to
forget their scissors and thimbles. An
other, recalling the school days of long
ago, reads, "Wash your hands before
beginning work" That isn't such a
reflection upon the cleanliness of the
workers as the uninitiated might sus-
pect. For, you see, gentle reader, the
workers handle sterilized dressings
which will be put upon wound, and the
fingers that touch them must be fresh
ly scrubbed, hence the bulletin.
They Bombard French Hospitals.
One letter ON the board gave a de-
scription of what happens in the hos
pitfalls when the shrieking of sirens pro-
claim that the German Zeppelins are
above and ready to lombard the
hospitals.
"When the sirens sound" the let
ter proceeds in it's description of the
horrors of hospital life near the front,
everyone in the hospital beds are
carried to the cellars-those who are
helpless, on stretchers. Imagine what
that means. -
In giving glimpses of the pathos
which is always present, sister of
the tragedy which envelopes the hos
pitfalls, the letter offers this touching
bit of human nature:
"Two appealing figures there were
two small boys manned in the big
bombardment who asked not to be put
in the regular children s ward, but
with the soldiers. Their wish was
granted, and they had very happy
time among their big brothers. On the
hospital staff is a very clever doctor
who has given great deal of his time
to inventing apparatus enabling Grip
pied soldiers to take care of themselves,
even with both hands gone, TO feed
themselves, to use saw, hammer and
nails, etc. 1t is most ingenious and
well worth while.
Our last day we drove in the Prefet s
car with Nine. Nirman to Luneville and
Geberviller. So much has been writ
ten about this latter that it seems use
less to write my own impressions. [
can only say that it is inconceivable
Pompeii is the only place comparable in
its complete and haunting desolation
But Pompeii was wrecked by natural
causes. Geberviller by human factors
Of revenge. I have never seen town
destroyed by shell fire, but this seems
much worse for the destruction was
SO wanton.
Among the ruins of what must have
been an unusually lovely village, the
people in comfortable, clean wooden
houses are re-estabished, replanting
their gardens and helping to clean up
the ruins. Most of them are beginning
with nothing but what has been given
them or lent by their more fortunate
relatives who live more remote from
the firing line. All along the road we
passed the graves of known and I'M
known heroes who helped to repulse
the invaders and so saved Nancy. and
perhaps France We could hear the
distant boom and thunder of the great
guns all the time.
Certainly the people who stay at
their posts in that region, from the
commandant who wears six palms on
his Croix de Guerre, to the little cham
bermaid at the hotel who has never
been decorated, but who said, 81 have
my duty, humble as it is, and my two
brothers are in the trenches,o all are
stirring example of the great spirit
of France