Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-07-03

him but going over the top and settling
the fight on German soil We only hope
they will keep to this, for the poor Allies
are So tired that oItentImcs they ieel 10
drive the enemy out of France and Bel
GUM is enough
Aside from the horrors Of these evacu-
atoms Is n tragic-amuslng side IN seeing
the unique collection OF souvenirs which
the refugees insist upon carrying. hey
often bring their cats, sometimes birds,
and very many Of them came IN dragging
goats One odd Ladies Home WAS
evacuated and the women were oil over
81 wears Many had not been ont oi bed
for score Of wears, and one woman had
been IN bed for 80 wears. How In the world
they ever got To Paris Is beyond us. tine
of them had tied up IN large handkcr-
chief many locks Of hair which she had
collected from her various sons who had
fought i'm the Frauco-prlssian war. They
also had buttons off the uniforms OF men
who had been through tins war OF 1870.
One old lady about 50 or 90 tripped, and
her valisc fell open displaying the most
ridiculous collection Of trash old picture
cards. buttons. pencils. samples OF cloths,
pieces Of picture frames, and goodness
knows what and when We tired 10 reason
with her she convinced us that every ono
wa> a treasure In this party was one old
man who had lost his mind, and he would
eat only figs during the entire trip. lie
finally won our admiration in taking a
fig from his pocket nj such regular inter
walls that VIC timed him and found IT was
every two minutes White he munched
them he would make the most hideous
Z - ri Il an a
general row would cnsuc Ono of the
women remarked that things had changed
very much since She went 20 bed p years
ago and that the world was too strenuous
for her. She said the trains went too fast
and peoDlc were too nervous All Of which
is rather true
These refugees have been distributed
throughout France. and the Rod Cross
has done splendid work in preparing
homes for them and in aiding them IN
every WAY Rooms have been rented and
cYnployment found for many of them, and
tho French government IS now very much
orainst the returning Of these people to
their homes in tho war zone All tho I'M
movements that were made last year are
now being cnjoved hv the Germans, all
~ the trees that were planted have been
marched over hv German soldiers, and
nothing remains of the improvements
which cost So much during the year 1917
MANY refugees recognized our workers AT
The Care du \ord and said we had helped
them last wear when they fed from
\oyon. ChaunN Ham. etc on viii
realize. therefore, how much need VIC still
have for the refugee clothes You have been
making Go on doing this In exactly the
same way. for we fear that We shall be
called upon till the end of the war for
Just such things as you are making.
The emergency work which the
A. r Z. ". has done so ably has given
it an honorable place IN the hearts OF the
French people. They know we can be
called upon al a moments notice, for We
have never failed them We now find an
excellent scheme is TO have our hospital
depot as usual, IN as many places as we
can afford, and in connection with these
We do what we can for the refugees, who
verv often are Ill or wounded. These We
helm hy our ''dispensaries. which we work
hand in hand with our hospitals and hos
pital supplies
Mn visit to America has enabled us to
carry on this work with splendid generosity
and efficiency. for money supplies and
motor cars were added TO our stores, and
our organization has never been IN finer
condition
The small branch dcpots Of the A. r
I " have proved the great success Of our
work One finds here the sign Of the
a +. " over q shop or house IN some
prominent place Of the village Within
are our supplies arranged on shelves and
We have here a delegate and her assistant
If necessary, and also a motor car with
driver In many cases a separate staff Of
volunteer. j. necessary for the hospital
work and djspcnSary work, but II IS all
under one hcad We use for instance the
same dressings for both the same medl-
cnes. instruments etc. and We ship
these supplies from the Alcazar in Paris
The delegate. as YOU know, goes about
from hospital 20 hospital investigating
conditions and bringing the gifts herself
to the patients In the dispensarics We
have a little chain of small villages where
we 90 dav after DAY For instance. the
little village Of y VIII have regular clinic
DAYS on Mondays and Wednesdays The
village on Tuesdays and Fridays: and Il
on " Wednesdays and Saturdays The
nurses for this work al crowd into one OF
our little camions, going from place TO
place during the day, and everyone re-
turns to our headquarters at night
WHAT * NEEDED.
We need for this 8lrk the same sup
Continued on page u