Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-21
WHAT RED CROSS IS
ACCOMPLISHING ABROAD
Miss Katherine Thompson Writes
of Her Observations in
France.

Miss katherine Thompson, daughter
of Henry H. Thompson. who rs activeiy
enpnrcd in Red Cross work ~ France ana
has been in contact with just such actlvi
ties as have touched tho hcnrts oi ail itcd
Cross workers throughout the land, IN
communication, read by her father mt the
Rod Cross luncheon today, said
Faster, March -, 1918,
Hotel Nernot, Paris
Yesterday n m I went Ia the Gere do
Won to work in the Nestnire llcs tera~
tries. whore they give out clothes 10 the
refugees unparkcd old clothes, etc and
helped straightcn up Mime Pclette, who
works there all thc time, hnd been There nil
night giving things to the poor evacues'
10 Il iq from that station they go To Ntcc.
Cannes and all points south She ts ton
sweet and wears the blue vel and cape Of
In Croix Rouge lranralsc
worked there IN the afternoon until
about four IT Is the hascmcnt under the
Cantecn los Repattioe and ACROSS from u ia
the woshroon Gor the poor people tn IN up
IN Ns may Imagine hundreds nf thcn
arc passing through from Amlone, on-
tripnr. ctc Some having been evacuated
lnr the second tlnc. of course thci can
only take vhat thcS can carry with them
and only had few hours notice io get
ready ~ Most uf thcm have little dogs an
etrlnre Today onr old ,uupin had . baby
lamb that drank milk from a hottlt and
sat IN the Old woman lap all afternoon
pne man had a goat | gave i como "ator
aud II drank lot and tlon At" sofue
bread Il had hc real old fashl"ncd sncli
Two old women had ono vcstrfiaY fho u
lny hrq,lr thcm ~ thu 'lnlnptonml Just
like a dog saw al th" uncatcn meat inr
,hc ,inge nnd frd them ns vol as the
te"pic
With Tho exception nf th" Rcd rn9s
workers. whch number about three at
more women aud thrrc men, the ranfern
ia ruu l,v lr,nrh wnfnou Who atp really
rnarvclinus Most - rather scv'rni - them
have not zl,ti fnr tvn nights hN are
awaye chcr,inI gentle. sYmpathenr and
most rapalio lhny vcal white cnth"s
and atrnra with littlc toi ctoseoe t't th"'n
AMI white colfa tine nl the hcad on"a was
eo touched ~ al hc things the ltrii rose
gave th,n that just because ! was An"ti-
,,,n and hal been working fhore she pnt
her arms. around mo. lles,na mo IN both
,hccks and zald W. vuia sn guod ami aH
th., had 81 10 VAS - asl and We gave
thor al thov colli vlah fer, then 81"
showed me tn q lot rf oil Wnuneu sitting
tha,, and aa,i veton I the americans good
tn con,n o,rr aud vorl for thetn and pivn
them Y, much forgot - cay ahe vac
weeping 10 while l. wss a very tourhna
s,.pa Ilt As ,nu may Wvl lmaE'no 2 lht
embarrassing tof ~"
Nc-,.r,la, Marion nale sant q lot -
hhnd I,,npl" t. n,r l.utrIat - i'o glvan
clothes | GttcI out uno e"l"tc'i man,
~enrolnso. and lots ~ others who bad l"9t
both nvoz lll4 wlie was hlto and ~ fret
vas e,4rt af ropcllo,i NV them. Whom thov
t;rat came in hut anuolnW after J hogan
Ii taH t. h,tu he Was ~ appealing aud
grateful fnt everything Won Jld for bum
yau hp.atn, bllcd with luf, tnf nm As be
seemed rnorc like ; ,lnll tian q grown
n. r-nn Aftcl / had gotten All his thnga
taeet lcI hn gave mc 2 paper aud ~a'i a."
bad had 4 frleud vrite u nui tor hm {"
slve tbo ,ian, that dressed hlm Il was
I. rol,v nf the cltstiou hc had had ifum
IofTl7. when hc had gwen bum tho Mcd'aiio
Nihtairr IL aleo had 2 rnlN de ''Iorre
with lalm ln Che olta,lou Il saii he was
alua,s wiling tn do an,thng nn matter
how dangerous and never @hlrkcd hls duty
M matter uhat IT Was. IL words tn that
effect II H marvellous ia thlnk that n
por4,u Ike that ,an have silcl bravery
and courage \ c,tctlaN afternoon gavo
clothes ~ refugee Al The iluvra
The Rad russ are t,An marvellous 3nd N
tins cr1,Is everybody + turning +" them
and thcy arp answering All needs with the
,it,nn,t oHi,,cncy Ia Nmcrlca We have no
,Jea Whist wonderful organization thoy
are had no idca Of ITS vast scope and
marvellous abilities