The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-11

pioneers of the movement, VIII soon DE
bringing seed and machinery to waiting
fields and homes TO waiting hearts. Doc
tors. engineers. architects. teachers.
farmers. newspaper men, insurance
brokers', every variety of occupation
represonted in the unit trained in Hav'
erford. Theirs is a vigorous daily rou'
tine, II they have 10 get up and 20 out
with a motor plow or some very scien'
tiflc threshing machine. at about a.
m the hardship win be less than II
might have been last spring; when they
wcie softer. and muscular action was
not a safe, bet. For 5:45 was the hour
when sleep fled from Haverford Unit
No. /. There We're setting up exercises.
ami two, hours of lectures on santa
tion. hygiene. first aid, housing, etc
Yf'rench manners and customs then filed
in for attention, followed by breakfast
| which directly preceded two hours
more of stiff drill in French.
In the afternoon the men were divid-
ed into four squads, one mending roads
under the supervision of the township
commissioners. one acting as automo-
lille doctors at a time when there was
every lcomplicated disease known TO fiiv
yer or Fashionable cars right there to
battle regular experts. one squad toiling
IN the carpentery ship and the fourth
squad hoed corn. pitched hay or thresh
ed on the. big Haverford farm. Quite n
number 5f the latter were no doubt
thinking many an afternoon of the har-
vest fiesds, the poultry yards and Bel
gian hare hutcbes which their efforts
would contribute to in trampled France.
where thrifty farmers despair of ever
having the old home like home again.
The ky;itish sworkers there had found
that seeds. chickens and rabbits pro.
vided 10 peasants who had lost their
all in me Invasion served as a most
practical combination. rabbits forming
a snDre important source of meat sup
pfytIiaif chickens. grain being scarce.
and this particular cousin of our Molly
Cottontail being able to thrive on
| I'm all this work the Friends already
there and at work have struggled
against the handicap of strange people
and a strange tongue" one Of the Hav.
drford men stated to correspondent,
coupled with the unlimited red tape
necessary in war times the overstrain
of the French railroads. and certain
very natural suspicion of pacifists and
men OF military age engaged in civil
work. But they have won the conf
dence and admiration of the people for
whom they have been working
Therefore American Quakers have the
road prepared for them in one sense
The first step they may take in some
districts, is to provide clothing for the
people they are to aid Working as
they will in conjunction with the Red
Cross. the details of definite plans were
not at hand when the unit sailed, but
this al time Of leaving seemed likely to
be the first step taken. little furni.
ture, Sis the next Offering, is probable.
This, If British example be followed,
will be sold to the homeless at three.
fourths the cost price. and by the small.
est of ,instalments.
One most Interesting thing. in the
minds OF the youthful disciples of VIII
liam Penn, is going to be the building
of portable houses at Dole. in southern
Fra9ce,S Hsgstigie is a regular indus.
try instituted by the British Quakers.
and lucky indeed wiz be the Haverford
men who are sent there, since they
have-so Tnpch enjoyed the instruction
in 6uilding this summer. Mr. Leeds,
who returned few days before the unit
left the little college town in Pennsyl-
vaiAa stcliiy them; one evening. as they
assembled to hear him talk of the work
they were all 20 eager about. that build.
ing the huts--maisons demontables-
somewhere In the Jura near Dole would
absorb the services of more men than
any other task. The new, factory will
probably be an absndosfed. absif1thp fac.
tory he said.
1'.The ~hoie unit win probably 20 fo,
Dole on its, arrival" he added. "and
camp There IN; factory sheds. All tfie
men could be put there to work while
aWa.tipE the ,necessary permissions 10
goe nearer the war-scarred regions.
Many .of,ythe English workers live in
their owrf portable houscs Some. going
info new districts. live for time in
tents. Canned goods VIII be taken over
with the unit; potatoes and other yeget.
tables can be bought anywhere. Every
town. however small has It's own puL-
lie' bakery and the same grade Of semi
black bread obtains all over Fr.nce."
Which statement recalls a not able re-
rark of DIR. Wiley. who wep. up 10
Haverford to talk 10 the rnit before
they sailed. Il believe wn!te -four * a
greater curse TO our country than aIco-
lsol though I'm great prohibitionist."
he said. One Of the curses of this
country is feeding children and mothers
on food that has NO tooth-building ca
pae'ty. livery bag VI white flour. and
the candy and cake a child gets. Is
curse. Lei me feed the children Of a |
nation. and | don't care who makes its
laws. a' read IN the paper tha; tho am. |
cricaa troops in France have at last got |
their white bresTd Those soldiers
I houl.ht The ,lnr.k hr..ai Of L,.n..n a :