Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-10-12
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This is the story OF, D. S. NC
Laughlin, American etcher>and paint
err and of how. as a member Of the
Red Cross in Italy, he relinquished
fame and fortune in the world of art
the better to alleviate, to the best
of his ability, the suffering in war
torn Sicily.
Captain Mclaughlin; In a Red Cross
uniform, may be little known to
Americans, but as Mclaughlin, etch-
er and painter, there is perhaps no
one familiar with American art who
will not recognize him. His case is
typical of Red Cross volunteers.
Make use Of me-" was his only
condition when ha became a member
Of the Red Cross. "And Of me-" said
Mrs. Mclaughlin. who was in Italy
with her husband at the time. So
from the north Of Italy, ip the threat
enedl Veneto, they vent 10 Sicily.
CAPTAIN McLaughlin recently re.
mo, after visiting all the provinces OF
the island. In cooperation with To-
cal authorities, he has given quick
and substantial relief to the most
needy Of the. families Of the soldiers
at the 'front.'
1t is hard work that Captain and
Mrs.a Mclaughlin have been doing,
but in spite of this both have stuck
to the Job without faltering. They
a short rest. As a matter Of fact, they
can't leave. They are caught in the
trap that holds every Red Cross
worker in Italy. The.work, once un-
der way, soon grows beyond the pos
skbility of adequate assistance; every
worker finds himself doing the work
OF two or three. Days Of inspection
and direction are followed by nights
Of laborious grinding over reports,
balancing books and correspondence.
1t is j that everywhere.
The case of Palermo and Nc.
|.Laughlin may be described briefly
He has under his direction, Tin the
city of Palermo alone, the Asilo Gar
1baldi, where 355 children from three
to six years old. sons and daughters
Of soldiers. are looked 1after-fed,
clothed and taught: the Aisle Ru-
giero SETTING, where there are ATS
children; a "creche,. or nursery, for
l25 babies; a workroom employing 50
women-all dependent members Of
soldiersF families; ia boys '.recros
torio," where the American Red
Cross helps feed 600 boys; a seaside
summer home for sickly children,
now In progress of organization; two
warehouses that must be kept filled
with food and materials from Amer
lea. where the stock must be kept
in constant movement by. shipments
and distributions; a canteen at the
railway station.
For this volume Of work. involving
as 1t does a mass OF detail, Captain
mclaughlin has a staff of three
himself, his wife and Miss Saxon,
who went to, Italy as a st~enographer.
but whose shorthand work is now
varied by the a Of sick babies and
the feeding OF hunghy soldiers. Z:
In this relief work Captain Nc
ILaughlin and his aides have had the
Whole-hearted cooperation OF many
Sicilian women-without 1t Red Cross
work in Palermo would be consider
ably handicapped. This fact might
EPe converted into a general : state
|ment descriptive OF theNentire Amer
lean Red Cross werk in Italy.
Taormtna, the center Of American
Red Cross activities in Italy, has been
given over to the problems ofswar. It's
great hotels are no longer filled with
pleasure seekers, but refugees from
wars invasion. It was because Of
these hotels that the Ita1ianS govern
ment sent 1900 refugees to the little
resort.
Responsible for tho work IN Taro-
nina Is Winifred Putnam. q New
York girl still In herftWentiea The
iyoung woman is the directing head
Q Sc~onvalescent homessfo children,
la health center. with district nurses
Hooking after It's families regularly:
q dtspepsary where 1855 parsons are
treated almost daily; soup kitchen
Tor refugees, feeding 100 daily; two
workroon1s. employing about 200
women, and a Seaside home for Sick