Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-02
France Ringing With
Work of American
Red Cross Stations

| New York, July France is ringing
with the work of the American Pod
Cross. writes Mrs. Belmont Tiffany of
New York. to Red Cross officials in
America. II only wish America could
realize the extent of work as well as
France does" she added Mrs. Taffany
has been engaged in organizing rest
stations for American troops at railway
stations in France.
Never have I been appier. never
have liked woah more nor felt that
vas so usafu!" she wrote in recent
letter. Ever since came abroad
have had befo.e my eyes a vision OF
fathers, mothers AID siste-s of the SOL
diers in audiences in. many states from
Marie to Texa; ley vii. hear and
know about our great. beautiful. hos
pttals. with RI" best surge ems. doctors
and nurses, wL"kirg un Ter the lest
possible corIitiDns with tic best pos
s;ble material.
CAN these things are expected of
their Red Cross and taken for granted
but wish them to know to that when
their boys are we'll they have a refuge
and home as they pass along. ! want
them to think of them as writing and
singing in the gay, bright room while
waiting for their train and eating their
good, war meals or being sent off with
sandwiches by American girls.
When an American mule train came
in None station, the men said they
wanted 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 twas
on the Red Cross every pitcher and
basket was emptied over and over
again. So on application to Paris it
was decided that unlimited coffee, AM
erican coffee. with fresh milk. cocoa
milk and bread and butter or jam sand
witches should be served free to the
travelling men. After that the mule
trains and the troops went cut cheering
Justify and in worry much gayer mood
The first night we opened at D., we
had $50 men at a. m. They ate US
out of house and home though it seemed
a strange hour to eat. They carried
of every magazine and paper we had:
they drank cofree and cocoa and milk;
they ate bread. butter and jam and
cakes and chocolate; their officers were
fed. too, and finally the major came
anu S1lOoh lily AdHu OFCI duu OS0I
again and. said, they were all happier
and less homesick than any time since
they'd left America and when the train
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 U. s..
"A. Bless them Such babies and such
dears
cat No. we had a. lot of marines for
our house warming; they were there.
300 of them for two hours. After sun
per they insisted on helping US wash M
and clean generally and of conre we
felt as If they were old friends and
nearly wept when they left. Besides
all this travelling. shifting clientele there
are also the regular customers, all the
military police, the signal corps NEIL,
engineers and traffic regulators
How one loves them all and how
good and kind they are to u.s." The
moment they find out that I have a
boy Of my own here they talk their old
heads of to me and 1t is my best bet
that in half an hour or less they will ali
be sure to show me teir best girls
picture back home and their mothers
too. Mothers, may say. become very
very valuable people out here.
Major Patten asked me to 60 home
for a few weeks just to tell the people
OF what is being done here. could not
go because the state department says
mother may 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 Never I with all my dreams
ever dreamed OF. never knew there
were so many altruistic selfless men
and women in the world. not one penny
Is being wasted. from the fact tthst even