The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-05-10
WORKERS CATER
II TO P0ILU'S APPETITE
" FOR OYSTERS AND SALADS
Eleanor Robson Belmont, Home From Europe,
Tells Of Her Unbounded Faith
t*9 In the Red Cross.
b. ELEANOR ROBSON, BELMONT.

huts used for this purpose are little
alleys marked paris, = 'sDiJon,n or sLE
ons." These little alleys are laid out
with hunks filled with sleeping men.
If a poilu is going to Paris, he, throws
himself down In the Paris bunk, serene
In the knowledge that he will be. called
III time for the Paris train. &
In some Of the canteens the Lights
have to be dimmed on account Of aero
planes. OFTEN the lights are covered
with colored muslin shields which
make a rosy glow that Ii very home
like. One Of the canteens has been
decorated by some OF, the best carnou-
fage artists in France, .who7havs taken
great delight in covering theswalls and
even the ceiling with their. pictures
The canteens are open day and night
for the benefit Of the men ct the BIG
Junction points. g tb
Do More Than Feed Men.
The woElen In the canteens do more
than feed the men, however impor
tant d s that's 1. Poflus leaving their
families are naturally depressed, and
>ed sympathetic listeners Some cns
to- admire his wife's picture, some enc
to laugh over the baby's latest stn
Of genius, some one to tell him that
the Oldest boy Is the image. Of HI
handsome father-this IL as resl
need In the poilu's life a. salad or
soup. In fact the presence Of fhsse
fine women is such an inhusnce for
good that officers say the morale .sf
the army. Is distinctly higher whsreysf
the canteens are. This causes great
rivalry among the canteen workers..
Each one wants her canteen to be :ths
best and most popular n the serytcss
Besides this direct, .personali service
to the soldiers the Red Cross r deing
a kind of John the Baptist work with
dlspensaries. We have fifteen diSpen-
|sariesa scattered through districts
where war has been or ID likely to be.
France had mobilized 1900 Of her
$4,000 physicianss leaving about a00o,
for the whole Of civilian Ffance.
Sometimes you VIM find one old dsctst
taking care; of several villages With
no means Of transportation except oc-
casionally an aged, overworked horse.
Here is a chance for the Red Gross 70
step in and help. There 70 q syndicate
Of physicians to which the Red Gross
applies to find out If q certain village
has a medical adviser; II not we estab-
lish a center and operate In q given
section around the center. = ga
Bathing, a Luxury. .
A Red Cross doctor and nurse 80. out
regularly to the villages in their SECTION.
Each village Is informed when they are
coming so that all who want medical
advice or treatment car meet together
in one spot and save unnecessary calls
OF course, II any one Is too III to como
to the doctor, the doctor goes to him.
The nurses carry among other things
shower baths for. babies. In many 70
.gions of France. owing to lack OF facil.
tiles, bathing Is a luxury. 80 the super.
stition has grown up that II IN dan
gerous. Now since the mothers are
convinced that their children Will
be neither killed o injured. but on.
the contrary benefited by baths, how
they do look forward to themI -"
After all this inspiring activity Of
the Red Gross on the other side, 10.
mantle in spite Of tie drudgery and
tragedy, 1 expected thu work here to
be an anti-clima1. I was amazed, then,
when I returned to see what we were
accomn1ishinp at home. - :