The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-13

want - te!l John and ';h" 9TH:
how their money VAS SpcH'. AMI >'''''
ask them first I" e. ~ith III: ~ /"
hug. basement room -; TIE TAR y"
\ord the hiS north station o. t"''E'
The room was taken nH"r H. 't' 't'''''
;ra, Rcd Cross nj tha heEinn!nC ~ IL
<prlns offensive. March -. and mere s''
6ovs and nights. i.rrtblc days. S'nlS''
n;rb,s a stream o. refugees from thc
invaded districts poured /" and OK
Coming bv tram From, scissors. COM
piesne Montdid:c7. Albert an" '''''
D. dozens % l;i.lr villages and farms
tween Lann and .\tn'euS.
Tho Eed Cross led ard clothed ann
refreshed these rcfuK'" - IN 'h'' o"s
ment loaded ,i;"m OH biS motor ''1' M
and took them across tn" ciiE [" '"'
Orleans or Tho Qua! dprSay S"a'''nS
and saw them of /" tho sheltered SOUTH
All on your money. you t"rluna'e'
generous, tender hearted giVerS. w
who were over there N those hrsi "sS-
perate days OF spring had the pri'''sse
only Of helping he Red cross take ca''
of the stricken men. w"men ana eoH-
dren who had fled before the German
hordes for the second time since the war
began.
Little Ones Need Shoes.
Viyidiy before NJ. [ see that great
basement room. the emily kind OF place
that is half way safe IN Paris lneSs
DAYS. I: is night. or. rather. II Is early
.morninr. nearly o'clock and nave
enant evsry minute Of the time since p
o'clock ftting shoes. your gift. 10 ret-
uEee children.
When went on duty carly in the
evening there were firc or SIX oaoteS
standing at the counter. over me cage
of which their little white. dirty. Urea
faces were barely visible ana 'heir
round black eyes were fixed enrlousiF
on q huge pile OF shoes waiting |" De
distributed.
. picked up the smallest babe. Httle
boy Of four and asked him II ne neeoc"
shoes. Out madame. he dld. ana
stockings. too. for his feet were l''eI-
2 ally on the ground | grabbed 4 ouac'l
:. of stockings. found tn" right size an"
, explored the pile Of shoes until ina '
infan, was fitted. and then atteno",'
tn The rest. for every child needed botn
shoes ard stockings.
So il appeared to me ;Aat night. otu
almost every child in France. They
came on and on some in their mothers
arms some toddlinG along. some leading
other children. I worked steadily. with
only n pause now and then when 4 n"w
tra:aload came in and were ted.
THOR Thanks GO to You.
The shoes were new and they rubbed
of, and soon my hands and rae" an"
big Bingham apron were streaked ana
spotted with black. was almost as
dirty as the refugees. but still the chii'
dram DSSd shoes.
They forgot tha, they had endured
aronies Of Gear and horror. ,h"y forgot
the roar Of the shells in the village
streets. They forgot the hunger anu
thirst and tho deadly WEAKNESS OF thu
flight. Their little stonIachs wer" fun
the were warm and SAFE, and they had
new stockings and new shoes on th"ir
feet.
They had more. Cor when my par; vas
done other women took them in haA':
and gave them new shirts and gowns
and the shiny black pina:oreS whicl
every French child. boy as we'll as Sirf.
looks upon as an indispensable article
Of dresS. II you could have seen thei.
smiles. heard eheir lispinS words Ct
gratitude. tel, their warm LITTLE hand
clasps. oh. you fortunate and generous
giyers. YOU would have been repaid
thousand. Thousand times Cor your SIX
10 the Red Cross.
Because the French rarel:- have large
families. il must not be thought thai
they do no: value children. They adore
children. az matter OF fact. and thHt:
gratitude 70 the Red Cross for what