Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-04
Aiding Destitute Residents
on Regained French Soil

| VI n ~ mo longer
the men, women and children of re-
gained French territory to lack food
LOT any length of time, if the pIans
OF the American Fund for French
wounded materialize. AS soon ne
possible after retaking a section of
| french soil, motor soup Kitchens
VIII arrive with their cargoes on
| the scene. 'H
Five such motor soup kitchens
nave oeen sent to France by the
Iund, and are already in use in the
Alsne and Somne districts. These
kltchens, which are fully equipped
are driven by American women.
Ine women who drive the soun
kltchens have had experience in
Tushlng supplies from Paris to out
iylng hospitals. They have been
forced to meet all sorts of emer-
gencies alone and have learned too
pe reaoy ior another task when one
is completed.
Three New York women have re-
Gently Joined the American fund
unit operating in the devastated
Alsne region. They will help drive
the new motor soup kitchens and
aid in the distribution of peasant
garments made in the workshops of
the American Fund for French
wounded. 1t is important to France
N-A~SN "OhhCio say ludI lne destitute
people coming from under the Ger
man yoke be met with these com
forts.
The morale of these people while
they were under German rule never
failed them" writes one of the work
ers. Their hope of being retaken by
the French never faltered. But now
they are back of the lines and in
the midst of the confusion, they are
N hAx
mon necessities of life. Moreover
such of the people as have been
brought to Paris become discour-
aged. They are homesick for the
ground that was theirs even though
1t Is devastated. They want their hi
OF land even If there is nothing left
of their homes. If they can be assist
ed back and helped to rebuild their
| houses and their lives they will be
part of France again. We must do
all we can to help them"
EVERYBODY'S FOR DECEMBER
Samuel Hopkins Adams begins an
important series of articles on secret
German activity in this country. His
first, Poisoning the Press" shows
up the propaganda being furthered
py Teutonized newspapers. The his
tory of the sixteen cantonments for
the new National Army is described
from inception to completion by Ed
ward Hungerford. William G Shen-
herd, the war correspondent who
managed to get into the Russian citv
of Kronstadt while it. was still in n
state of anarchy, contributes an arti-
Gle on his experience. Keeping the
Home Fires Burning" is the title of
an entertaining account by Henry
Rood, of the Y. M. c. A. in its work
of trying to carry the home atmos-
phere into camp. The lesson that
the draft has to teach us in respect
to our national health is very clear
ly pointed out by Doctor Edwin +.
Bowers. jeanette c.. Sickel an
American woman residing in Lon
d"u, tells us how it feels to be caught
in Zeppelin raid. A series of let
ters from French priests at-the front
is second only in interest to another
series from the Tender-of- Service
file at Washington, released for the
first time by the War Department.
The adventures In the air of q daring
Scotch aviator whose name can not
be revealed because he is still at the
front are described by Edgar Wal
lace.