Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-10
HUNS LOST CHANCE
TO ENTER PARIS
They Had an Eight Mile Path
During Their Recent Drive
But Didn't Know 1T.

seurS, one OF the most kailah, ~
IN the French Army, spoke TO the IA ~
Nomen's War Relief Yesterday afternoon,
and made every woman teel tue sense I"
responsibility needed now on the part
of the American women. Ia make them
measure M to the service o' the frcnch
and English women. who have no' neeh
weary nf we'll dong during the tour long
wears the war has dragged out lhls god
mother i Mrs Coleman du Font, who
told about being glveno tins honor, he
cause of the interest she ami lr du Font
had taken IN the cause OF France ever
me, ,b,, var began Mrs du Pont re-
ccIvcd tins honorary title white III France
and was invited to n review ot this rcgi-
ment nj Calais but II was impossible for
her t. % II Is a fighting complement ol
mon al = wears Of age and under and
they have been IA he thlckcst ot the fight
INC from the hr~t. that 10 hC their god
mother Is truly a tribute
In her address Yesterday Mrs du Point
spoke ot \ " G. \ war work IN this
country and abroad Flrat came the hos
tess house NJ Platisburg, and then houses
at other camps and cantonmcnts until
now there are over 80 and more IN course
IT construction There arc 10 hostess
hoa>cs tor colorcd women and more being
erected ThC~r houses often have q per
cafeteria manager information director.
manager of nursery and account clerk and
all these have assistants
Then tn, NJ G \ has undertaken
work among turCign women III thus coun-
tr,. whose husbands have gone into
service Patriotic League Tor GIrlS has
been established. IT. pledge including
promise - work 9s never before, aud 10
1--we a better life than ever before t,irls IN
emergency war indiI>trCS arc beng huu sod
and cared lnr IN various ways. and III thus
phase o( vtr work he organizations
l,rucd lt- uI4u~ on What England has
done alouc tins line
Iorclrn work las included Trance and
ku~~la ~lN workers havc rc'uscd to leave
Russia amld aIl the 5urmotl, because they
Know The opVoruplt, for service Is on
the uay tnothcr group II ready 81 GO 10
RUSSIA - sonn ~ passports can hC oh-
tanned ior thc-c tho Red ross has prom
SD food and supplies
IN France The work has grown 50
rapidI, that il i overwhelming Ih" '.
" q \ provides care and recreation for
nurses RED ross aud \ NJ work
cr- tni inl French women workers New
hc has hceu put into Woary french
poncu Who have worked at munitions
and other hcaNs work ~uoC The beginning
1T Tho War. thclr htc~ eaddcncd hH the
.o>>,,~ 81 relatives and friends and thor
piv steal endurance almost brought Ia
Tho breaking poInt Tor them the \ "
! has been such 4 godSent hat tho
trench Government asked the ASSOCIATION
ID takc charge oi lover IN one 7l lis
nunitlun plants is thcN had done III one
at the hig ci5ic> vhJrc the MAYOR extend
cd his thanks tor tho great change for the
hotter. this infiucncc bad made N his rltN
Welcome comforts such ~ afternoon
tea and dances once a Wcok arc provided
for the nurses n army hosp ais. frCnch
and French his CRY are taught and various
Kinds of klndilncss maintained at thor
hlltS. y. W G A. hotels for telephone
girls and secrctar1ce are heated and made
moro comfortable than the ordinary
Lrcuch hotel H. and here rho girl workers
may receive friends and hud warmth and
.heer when Of duty " Sggar or candy
can ne bought u France oT tneIand and
thc \ " has sugar fer toa and
sweet cakes that .a~te vcrN good indeed
r,rH roR st>~
The Hans could have found pa'h
eigh, mlIc~ vIdc opon 80 PARIS i thcN had
only known during thcr last e5lcco>~tuj
drive Tho story of }; Ms tojd Mrs.
d. Pouf bV Ambassador ~harp He was
awakened during lhc nIGht by great
n3i,r,lng throng oi mon and motors going
Through Paris and - thcrc /, pracf caltN
nl ;rstVci ln the city hN night nc knew
something Ua> imminent Tic heard later
thaf this pathway Was madC hv 'ha Brit
ish rctrca1uiC in the wrong direction
throIch mistaken orders and that il was
discovered bv q French alrnan after II had
been open for ~iN hours The French I'M
mcdiatclv summoned cvcrz available
man of the streets of PARIS and from cvcrv
~ her place and sent every gun and motor
possible q fill up tho gap Had the Huns
Known. they could have walked INTO the
city
IIaHTN PR CENT wHIAT.
Mrs du Pom sand She was very glad
that All the AliIc> ar, IL haze II per cent
wheat IN then bread for he bread was not
very palatablc III France and England
They were however. getting white bread |
n the hospitals and all the men She saw
either III or wounded seemed comfortable /
and happy Few seemed 10 be suffering /!
and wounds we're nearly all SlICh1 When /
~he and her friends were taken through the !
hospitals bN head nurses they bad time
% talk to the men but when the COM /
manding 0f1lccr took them through II was
more like q military parade and there
was iIttle OF ~ time Tor chatting
The pleasure ol ne American men Ill
seeing tho American women Wa one of +
the great features Of the trip and ii ever,
instance the soisiIerS were pleased bcyoud i
expression TO see their own country I
women
ItuEKr} LOAN wohhtn~
K K women were urged l., Mrs
{. B lnung 70 volunteer Tor Tie fourth
I.iberi> Loan \ least 6O are needed be
aau~. il tAhn~ 10 women daily ioI the
beo'h nn IN two station platforms
Hiss Liieu BuckaIcp presided at the .
meeting ID he absence d Nir~ Gamble .
l.a,robe. and ;he ho>te-~cs Ior the lea I
were MIR q J Rudolph. Mrs II d i
Murdoch, Mrs e. l.. Evans. Mrs :. 3
~proul. Mrs J. r GARNER. MIR. Edward /
Mcintyre Ms " II Ruth. Mrs. & J
Ward and Mrs Charlc7 tiornan of the
MARYLAND DIVISION
The next meeting will be on October :