Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-19
SMITH COLLEGE
GIRLS PROVING
ANGELSOF mercy
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L-DL-E,.J wont October II To- \
sr7.t} hand u. ~r.trt college girls IS
f., ,har,,... 80. distressed Irpu'4tiOn-
nr tArlc t,-,r,,;- o. Franco DEVASTATED
= m. r,nrna@s before Ina, were
eorced - -c.-oa. last sDr!ng - the
,,c,or,ou, French and Brush troops
wa h.d hammered Them o. the
Sornu, The correspondent " tho.
,ssnc,4r,.d Press passed a day WITH
tho ,ornc nnmon IN the war zon"
vher, rho, have arrived t. install
themselves in the midst OF the StrlCk.
IN people They have mad" their
Headquarters III NE grounds OF the
Chateau O. Rober"CcUrt There they
Nv" in shaCks and portable houses IN
-Ight o. the hlaCkcn"d ruins Of the
castle burned by the Germans. From
this center they 60 70 twelve villages
which have been taken over for re
lief by the American college girls.
Before III" var they had altogether
a population OF apprONlmatcl\ $500.
NO" TINS mas oe'h reduC'" 20 """u'
I-'''
The American angels a. mercy
as the Smith college girls ar" knONn,
brought with them from America or
purchased in Paris large stores or ar
! tiCles OF first necessity for the people.
Many OF the peasants had money
which they had been able TO conceal
from the Germans, and these people
/ were Pul'e "HIII'H ~ pay loi 0' IVY: I''
p,U'!"'U ~ ~, I.'... ~ on 49,
N.neIS gums 'ne p'0o"l,'o ~e.'
.I'u'e VI o"'" Soouo anu '!IT"S an"
IOl ."e9e '"e N'.l''1 ia" e'''' "'"0o
'hdl l'do'e p'o' lel""'
The girls bought motor trucks and
several OF them are motor drivers,
once or twice week each or the VII
lagos IN their district receives visit
from party OF the girls IN their
trucks which are loaded with neCes-
stiles, and these are sold to the peas
ants at cost price or less, and thus
many of the needs Of the people are
met. Food, linen, clothing, furniture,
kitchen utensils and live chickens and
rabbits are most desired.
Other branches of assistance to the
people take the form of a travelling
dispensarv. the giving of medical ad.
vice bv the two women doctors from
Smith college who are members of
the SQUAD the foundation of nurseries
for the care OF the smaller infants
while their mothers are working. and
the establishment of plavrooms for
the other children.
Tho cora of tho cbi1dron io ono ~
.ha n,ost i1,nortan+ norts 90 10 oi-Is,
n,o o ~ ~ go. riaoo ~ Tttto
onas boro - no rotongbt - NOV for
Smrina +ho cor,,on occunotior tbey
unra not a1,owad - do On ond IN noet
900. ~ foraotton how, ~ oronse
100000 ~ sin,n1o aono. II 10
r-ondortrI bow COON tbo1, loarn undor
49, kroe-ioon oirIs, oncourooen,ontI
ord laadorebin Then Tho neglected
IittIe ones are taken in hand and
tauobt tho value of cleanliness and
neotnese For tho women ,mucb holm
ic nrovided in tho, way of sewing
cIotsos ond instruction in modern
hygiene
II is boned hero that the work of
tho smith collage girls forming tho
first unit in cheering nm and helning
u eee stricken neasants NAV he an IN.
contivo N others 70 undertake similar
Iahors IN tho hundreds NJ villages
which have suffered from German
occunation Everywhere in the Somme
ond Disc and other French denart.
ments now Inartially freed from the
German troops there are similar on