The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-13


was .nns Tor chi;dr"n during ih"S'' days
Of Eight and anguish WAS pathetic 10
$40 and hear.
Always LIE Petit" First.
49,. 49,, h,v,,,.r, rf
'<.L 80 ,.,rdi.,o,, of
h'',. ,,,,,I,,, Wb,r ,h.. storm burst
.t ,,n;h,-r,l =, .b,,r babies, took
49,, ,h,,. .nulI rnrr> Of hnuS-hold
,oHs ,,J ,r.,su,c- and simply he'd.
Nr,b 80: whar th.> carried was lost ny
d.. u.,!ssid. Thor clothes we're ragS
s,r,,. ~ rb, RAGS were taken OF by the
rorn,rs tha, The children might lie
,. .- ,b. ...,,brr ,r,s cold
and rainy. F:lt when those poor No
MN ,.,,n., ,r,o ,h.. Red cross room their
first Thought was always fur their
babies.
YOU have reed 1t shoes yourself.
madame" said 10 NOR" than one. Sh'
always answered. Yes, nut IL pe''I
first"
When you saw woman who "oulu
not cat. who cared not AT all Tor Tue
now hlcsuS.. uc the warm coat thcy "l-
fcr"d h.r. who wcpt INCREASINGLY or wore
n look of wild misery like insanity. you
knew that Sh. had lost her children III
rho flight. That happened not iutrc-
tn. Red Cross is spent 70 find thos" lost
children and bring them back 10 the
dcsolat,, mothers breast.
Late one night during that exciting
period in March The workers at the Care
du Nord found boy Of Is who mad
been separated carly in the night from
his family. He had walked distance
of 81 kilom"ters. twelve and nan
miles. before n" rfaeneu '"i '"''. t"'
station. and h. carried with him on that
walk and IN tho journey ~ tariS wv"
bags OF food for IN" house four or nv"
pounds Of beans III paper sack a cross
cut saw. tw" axes. some harness ana
gas mask
rHe Believes In Red Cross.
Nhe, tn. Eed Cross workers discor-
crcd him he was about all in. but h"
WAS brave. He sat on his baggage
and Ate sandwiches and drank hot chu-
,,nIa,.: I:Ln =, fumished tramp.
~, had an aunt and "A grandmother in
Paris u, said. bn, he did not know his
,urt's married name. He knew tn.
, nnnc of tbs. street she lived on. though.
and the next morning Red Cross man
went with III. boy 10 street and by th'
simple process of calling at every Mouse
in every block finally ln'atcd the aunt.
But that wasn't all. rI"i' MS NAM
was t.lot seaussarl. h'co'u Ioo' CIV
inc Ned IioSs g. oo.s rhari mi
.'dl sam, ~ o,,,r md
'"Fn' 20" r. an,oor Whom
""Fhs !" f,,,i1,. hod M, ve-
l N"''.' ~ .,rono and home
.a.t,.,n p.d Crosse in his
| A". 10 on,.tbrr - Won give i,
o .;
o,or did NOT vvait until tbs
! ,t,coos "a, m PARIS before it helped
,b.ro r, rro,+ of the Red Cross head
o,,,r;.re in RI. Place de In Concord'
,-owJs gathered daily to see the great
, motor trucks being loaded Win iooa u
| be sent up into the frinGes OF the. wal
zone. Thousands ut loaFes OF urc"d
tins OF meat. CONDENSED Hi'lN' I""o",
late. coffee, everything heIeSsd'' 0
practical
THO Red TOSS Ii'AN d .h..t ~,
tons IN tne '>''9 ,,.a-rc-e
, Germans S""p'' "I'u 20 nrocu-
in those Sla''ohs ~ - ,,.or.ers in
AZ" whoie P"pua ,,i.s n feed
Paris were ruS"''s 40 sch-annel
! sa,;, .ro,,nd ,hem. the Pod Cross
P"FSN'"e 80 .,nait,. IN taking hope
ana rifc m thousands Of
~ ,;,,,d,d soldiers
''''""S ',''N
|. Help -
! In one station yard "a'..'!H ~ -.
/ to carry them 70 nase hoSp 49,.
; line. the Red cross lou"" "'u -;
; 5000 wounded French soid,srS in ~
; town OF Beauvais' alnloSl Wv '"s' ,"u,.,
/ table point near 'ne "'' "'n,,
| number OF sick clF1lIanS' i'''S.,s
| and children. were touno' Vs.
no hospital lett IN inc piaIs' w." nG
! been shalled and larEelE IVA. d. I
! 20 show you what IN" tleu N'"s'
| ers; did for the suffering P"p"'"''''' "
! Beaurais.
! Some time in tn" early morning. d 1u'
| pital was established on paper ~