Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-16

shirts. shoes and pciGnoirS.' beloved Of
every French woman's heart. We all
feel competent TO set up department
shops after tho war Is over
Most o us speak good American
French and the poor are very pa
tient. but sometimes there are hurry
calls for ttclr heard philadclphia
belle appealing to the staff generally
What arc molleticres? mother
wants them for her child. but I've no
idea what part of his anatomy they
MT Again one Of our youngest and
Shycst assistants was thrown into q
panic by an Old peasant soldier who
undcrs .ood her invitation TO be seated
to be :: command to try on tho under
clothing she had given him. With the
simplicity of children they OFF, to show
YOU their wounds. the mechanism
OF their new legs and arms. As | have
charge Of the afternoon worl: il falls
30 RE TO invcstiEate and pass or al
applicants who do not present 'DonS
.r':"n hy us TO some recognized person
Or authority. And here Is where !Gi'
old settlement experience stands me in
stead: FOR the poor anu the s;Te"in"
speak the same language the world
over. Scarcely any two people amuSe
themselves after the same fashion. bat
ind that an empty pocket and an
empty stomach are identica! in Paris
anG III Paterson: and pain and loncli-
ness aad heartbrea!i. need no tntcrrrc-
ter At first ii was almos, impossir!c
70 -aik caially and encoura Singi;' 30
SSa"ccly healed. looked like uswl% r'iu,
Srei caters. or to refugees widow
with eight little children. ana u para
lI"ed father ] was overcome with !.
sense o: their outrage and their need.
Warm A'nnels and new shoes go oal"
so far. ! felt that We must add
SecoNr: DANES We have no; yet
enough worhers to follow Up the aid
|, Il n ~
SNliaD." "'"rE and better lodgings. aod
above ali. TO rive Chez. and fellowship
I" the eNi.es from Belgium and North
rrn frince. 1t is often the sympa-
,hctir attention and the kind word
winch they crave more than material
AID. Recently we have had such hsi
rowing eXperiencc--our share OF the
$4,000 rcpatriated, who arrived by way
OF S"it3e rland, in lnau,- cases after a
round about and ec:haustin: voyage OF
Two or three months. They were al
WAYS women with large families O!
h;t!e children. aud men either ve:y old
-: very SICK. never any young women
OF girls. one foceborc 10 even ask ;,bou;
lne,n' the women and children hue
garments in which they had COM
mencej their journey. (thcy were not
allowed any sort OF luggage. not even
parcco and nearly all ruvased witt
scurvy.
Even as write. the spYa. oGen-
.:re is on. and tho German retreat is
leaving Il country stripped ana SCARED
aS EeNer ieforc In the history OF war.
oi' l'ood Friday. supposed t. be ho.-
lda!. was given to packiu. and tor
Wdlu.as two aSny am ions to Noyou.
while u.s." OF our committee followed
next day in an automobile 10 aid and
uifeSt the distribution.
NoEon. the Historic
'Noyon: What historic memories
these French names evoke. as Na:dun
brings 10 mind the knot OF controversy
tcd IN a Charlslnanga :an!;iy-row. and
not yc' untanc'ctl. so Noyon throws Oh
the present worldwide screen before
whic: VIC arc seated. FIVE or six q!
those i!luminst ting .cutbac ks employed
with such effect in motion pictures.
There is nrst the burial thc:c Of Chill
pcric III. in .ol. the ia Gcant Of the
amounting % Chagicnla -ne in ,C3. the
election. as King. OF Hughes Cape; III
"S'. The hirtn OF Jean Calvin in 1863;
to-day i5s recapture by the French
afte: nearly three year; Of Ccrmvn
occupation That is Il series worthy
Of the genius OF a tirifiithS o. an Incc.
such a hewiliarinc Succession OF Ia
tcrvicws yesterday. r'ir.t, the Mayor
Of caiSncS TO ask clothing for the six
persons lott in his once thriving little
hamlet o. 500 souls. Three old women
and three mothcr!"ss chii,lren--that J.;
AL. And not one stone left upon an
other. lie said shat many OF the o.dc-