Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-06
REOCROSS BR|HGTENS
PATHWAY T0V|CTORY
Work Bigger, Better and Finer
Than Can be Dreamed of Says
Mrs. Belmont Tiffany.

New York. July France is ringing
with the work of the American Red Cross,
writes Mrs. Belmont Tiffany of New York,
tn Red Cross officials in America. 81 only
wish America could realize the extent of
work as well as France does" she added.
Mrs. Tiffany has been engaged in organ
izing rest stations for American troops at
railway stations in France
Never have been happier, never have
| liked work moro nor felt that ] was SO
useful, she wrote in recent letter.
Ever since | came abroad | have had
before my ewes vision of fathers, mothers
and sisters of the soldiers in audiences in
many States from Maine to Texas. They
will hear and know about our great,
beautiful, hospitals, with the best sur
geons, doctors and nurses, working under
the best possible conditions with the best
possible material.
"All these things are expected of their
Red Cross and taken for granted, but |
wish them to know too, that when their
bows are well, they have q refuge and q
home as they pass along. | want them to
think of them as writing and singing IN the
CAV, bright room while waiting for their
train and eating their good. warm meals
or being sent off with sandwiches by
American girls.
when an American mule train came
IN nj ono station, the men SAID they want
ed nothing. which seemed very unusual
From one of the officers We learned that
there had been no pay day lately. When
the men were told it was 'on the Red
Cross every pitcher and basket was en-
tied over and over again. 80 on appllCa-
ton to Paris it was decided that unlimit-
I'll coffee, American coffee, with fresh milk,
cocoa. milk and bread and butter or jam
sandwiches should be served free to the
travelling men After that the mule
trains and the troops went out cheering
Justify and in a very much gaycr mood.
The first night We opened at ID, we
had ESQ men at one a IN. They ate us out
Of house and home though il seemed y
strange hour to eat They carried off
every magazine and paper we had; they
drank coffee and cocoa and milk: they ate
bread, butter and jam and cakes and
chocolate: their officers were fed. too, and
finally the major came and shook my hand
over and over again and said they were all
happier and less homcsick then any time
since they q left America and when the
tram pulled out, the whole unit went out
To see them off They nearly fell out OF
their carriages to shake hands once more
and they went off cheering the Red Cross
the President and the L. : 4. Bless
them Such babies and such dcarS
AT No. ) We had lot o. Marines for
our house warming; they were there,
800 OF them for two hours. After supper
they insisted on helping US wash up and
clean generally and of course VIC felt as
if they were old friends and nearly wept
when they left Besides all this travelling,
shifting clientals there are also the regular
customers all the military police, the
signal corps men, engineers and traffic
regulators.
How ono loves them all and how good
and kind they arc TO us The moment they
find out that have a boy of my own here
they talk their old heads off to me and il
is my best bet that in half an hour or less
they will all be sure 70 show me their best
girls picture back home" and their
mothers too Mothers, ] may say. become
very very valuable people out here
Major Patten asked me 10 go home for
few weeks Just TO tell the people of what
Is being done here. | could not 60 because
the State Department saws Mother. mav
not come over any more, but II | had gone
there was just one thing / would have
said:
THE work IS bigger and better and finer
than even | with all my dreams ever
dreamed of. I never knew there were 50
many altruistic Selfcss men and women in
the world. not one penny Is being wasted,
from the fact that even the majors them
selves have no motors and use no gas for
them # they have them down TO the mes
sage placardcd everywhere DO not waste
4 single scrap OF paper, il Is too valuable
in France, the whole policy Is the strict
est economy with ourselves and the great
est generosity TO our armies and depend
ants