The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-07-26
BY w. S. FORREST
tied Press stan Correspouaent.)

PARIS, June Is (by rnaiD du
Nord is the great railroad station of
Paris through which American troops
viii pass on their way TO and from the
front. General Pershing and his staff
had. their first glimpse of Paris through
it's big front door,
Otherwise it is the happiest and sad
dest place in the French metropolis.
The happiness is made in America. The
sadness is. Of course, the war.
If the American women could see the
results of the handy bags they sew and
send to France and the money they col
lect in America to cheer the soldiers
at the Care du Nord they would feel
justly compensated for every cent and
every Aour OF work
In great hall in the basement of the
station French poilus. gather to be en-
tertained by vaudeville artists and TO
have luncheon furnished by Madame
Couicol, a benevolent French woman
who assures America that American
soldiers will be just as welcome. The
men are leaving for the front-passing
back TO the firing line.
When the luncheon is finished the
work of tens Of thousands of Amer
lean women is handed 10 the soldiers
by kindly faced American women in
Paris doing the work Of the American
Fund for French Wounded These in
clude Mrs. Mary Beech Needham. wife
of the late American writer. and Miss
Brant of Chicago Hundreds OF tuck
bags" sewed and provisioned in every
state of America are handed TO the
eager Poilus
Big strong men, who know that with
in twenty-four hours they will be back
lighting death in the firing line almost
weep and bless the American women.
The bags contain what-nots of every
escription-needles, thread. soap, tow
els. tooth brushes and paste and hun
dreds Of things that cheer men cursed
with almost three years f war.
On the night the French Poilu re-
ceived his first message direct from
General Pershing and was introduced
to the American officer. the United
Press saw what kindly American women
were doing to cheer the soldiers Of
France. Captain n. f. Margetts. Aide
de-Camp TO General Pershing and Major
Churchill. of the general STAFF, repre-
scented the American army. Four hun
bred and nifty Poilus. cheered the
American officers and American women
'Vive TAmerique.r "Vive lie General
Pershing." ''yive la France" came
from all the $50 throats. .'vive Every
body" shouted one old poilu after the
others had finished
Captain Margetts told the soldiers in
slow careful French that General
Pershing. like all America, admired
them for the valorous fight they had
made for nearly three long years.
we are with you until the finish"
Captain Margetts said General PERISH
ing asks you to continue the struggle
until the American comrades arrive
and fight by your side"
Then came the American tuck
bags" Eager uniformed arms reached
for the treasures.
Scemama Ellie. big handsome blond
Zouave, who has been through bells of
fire dozens of times, wrote his name
on a slip of paper and asked the United
Press to thank Miss Ruth Frying. Con-
corde, North Carolina. for the bag she
she sent TO some unknown soldier
He cannot use the two boxes of face
powder bur he'll send them to a girl
he knows. while he'll enjoy ehe other
things the bag contained. Ellie wrote
his front" address as follows: Seem
ma Ellie, 4e Zouaves. Compagnie Mitrail-
leurs du4e-Ba taillon-Sector Postal
1871"
Katheryn H. Shay. s14 South Univer-
sity street. Ann Arbor. Mich. pitcned