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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-30
THE TRAIN THAT SAVED
A NATION
How the Red Cross Helped
Rouman!a.

Have you heard Of what happened
in Roumanla when that stricken nation
stood In rags and starving before the
shocked eyes of the world? we had
thought ourselves grown used to trn;-
edles until this greater horror struck
blow that reused still untouched
sympathles.
And yet we felt SO helpless, you and
l, so terribly weak in our ability to Of.
fer aid. But were we? After a!l,
were we not the very ones who car.
ried new life and hope 70 the heart Of
Roumanla? You shall be your OWN
judge.
Fighting with the desperation Of de-
spalr, the shattered Roumanian army
still struggled to beat off the Kaiscr's
bloody Huns, who were mcrcilcsSy
trampllng the life out Of the little
kingdom. And the Kaiser smiled br!l.
tally as he saw his wolves ut work
and knew that from behind the lines,
attacking the fighting men Of ROuma-
nlu from the rear, entering the homes
where mothers chung 10 the f";l, dis
tortcd forms of their babies-waS star
walton.
No country around Roumania could
help her-and America was too far
away. Thousands would die before
supplies held in our own country could
be sent her.
Hope was gone. Death by hunger
and by the dripping sword OF the Kai-
ser was closing in. 4 brave little ma
ton was being torn to pieces.
Then came the miracle. One morn.
ing the streets of Jassy, tht war capi-
tai of Roumania, Swcllcd with sounds
of rejoicing. 4 city where the day be-
fore there was heard nothing but the
walls Of the starving and the lamcnta-
tons Of those mourning their dead
now was awakened by shouts Of JOY.
YOU my friend; You who have help
ed in the heroic work of the American
iteu CIDSS, iitii SouC W ltlC ltHN dI "
Roumania. A train of 81 big freight
cars packed to their utmost capacity
with food, clothing and medicine, IONS
llpon tons of il, had arrived in JaSSy
after making a record breaking "trip
from the great store houses Of the
American Rcd Cross in Russia. Other
trains followed it; thousands we're fed
and clothed and nursed back TO health.
For weeks and even to this day the
; brave people Of Roumana arc being
! cared for in countless numbers - our
own Red Cross.
|; So was Roumania helped. and when
history records how this last fragment
of sturdy nation was kept ont of the
hands of the terrible Huns il will give
| the victory to your American Red
.Gross-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-30

IA Fact Story Telling Just What the Red Cross
4. # t=.1 /. f'45 Did for Mime. PeIIier.
By an Eye Witness
NAUDE RADFORD WARREN

This is the picture I saw last Janu'
airy In Francs,--and you have meEcl-
fully changed 81 Color enough there
was-above, the eternal blue; IN the
background, fields Of living green
which the German shells could not
prevent from creeping back; in the
middle foreground, long village
street so battered and burned that
& was merely g. canyon of cream-col-
ored ruins Il front Of one little
broken house were four figures Il
black-an Old vTonan, polins among
the fallen stonae In vain search Gc1
something that could be ugeC: q
younger Toman, seatad On what nae
once been :. dc..ratap, |1:h her race
hidden r. aa- aZns; AM : little Bog
and gil, Wnc stared, hal2 2E:sht.1c1.
hale curlcua, e the dcsolat,cn ab2ut
them. Ths llttla boy held n Li3 tE2l
hand : nsd Cr:s3 flag. AL ecu: ware
pals ard sauns; tho %aces an hoa!=c
OF th2 ehildraa choW3& ccna u the
round cnzz27 Sal: maize EaG bout ..
child,
Thiz l. ta:2r history TTaa- the
war broke on.. l@,2e. @ilisr, 2er
ncthsr ard h=z 25gr .c1ng-r c@jiTsr
waE: visiting 12c ,au:haaiC @2oth4E i
The noztA 81 France. Her -uabG1G
and tEo sldzr loa5 "src II hon~ Z
L.orya,ae taxing care 2% tins cul-m5r
crorz. I@aa ta,3 wa.: Tic n2ct1er
ln-isw oE Ai2oc. 1o'itc@ ,-a2 ii a2G
could noc % ieIE. Her old -o-tia2
wa2 afraid 70 t<G72, = L2rIana nth
tbs Inll caIs of ne four children. BE-
gore Trey could I'll EtaGt 123at1sr The
Germans 1r.v.dc5. ba1 n9wa 70 allow
Cd % e2n3 .Gt1 g3Ither1 sIa1@c, anG
So az Gha n.nsi23 passed Nine. : s.i7E
!ea-1a. thar n5- Eillasc home aGd boen
bori3zyd.d and Ghat he? nn2banG md
tTc CONS lCl been k1lisd. G:5cc.rt t@s
the Bcla:a.- 2c-.cf Commi5aion, .ylich
cpe-aHeg j. -5rtcae-n Trance also, she
an5 h3- -l:.la ozeo would haze starred
outright. - ne b1-t thsg "ar2 IN
dsvno1ui-Iz5. L7aen the great cuoh
5esa2, and 3ofas Ter T-ance grew
h!g-. But - tie French soldiers I'D
7a1oa5 they ha1 &c lombard the ncTth-
era Go-7n-. M1aa. Pelilar begged the
German SC Iat her 80 away WITH her
children--a73n into Germany. This
wa9 REFUSED. She tried 10 seek safety
In come cellar whenever there vas a
sonoardna1t. Nevertheless o shell
killed Two o. ae- children.
Found re: Home Gone.
Rome gone; husband gone: brave
soldier sons gone; little, tender boys
torn into shredsi That woman's face
would have ahown you what she had
suffered-her face against the batter
ed ruins the Germans had made At
last she and ner mother and her two
remaining children were rcpatriated.
They knew the infinite relief Of cross
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-30
Compare Your Baby S
First -Four Years
With This

In 1913 little Marie was born in VIZ
,age not far from McZicres, II the
Ardennes.
In 1914 Mares father. called to The
colors, fell at the Marine. And Marie
and her mother stayed in The village.
which was now In the Germans hands.
In 1915 a poster was pasted w on
the door Of the village church. "n'l
that night Marie's mother vanished,
along with q score or more OF other
women.
In 1916 Marie was still living IN lh2t
village-existing through the charity
of the few elderly folk the Germans
permitted to stay.
In 1917 Marie, with all the chiidrcp
under fourteen years and all the old
people left alive In the village, was
bundled into a crowded car ami
shipped into Germany, round thrnaSh
Switzerland and thence into France,
arriving at Evian. She was underfeI.
Of course, emaciated, sickly, dirty. 100
lightly dressed for the time Of year.
And she came into Evinn with not Z
relative, not friend left In all France
to take care Of her.
Who took her? Your Red Cross!
Over there Iii Evian your Red Cross
took charge Of her, cared for her ~
the Red Cross Childreii'S t;oSpi'h,
clothed her, fed her, built np her
strength, taught her 70 Dlay--;Ina tI'"a
helped the French authorities find her
Il HOME.
Multiply Marie By 500 and sou vii:
have some idea of J0St one days WORK
your Red Cross does al Evi#". II -
only one of the Red Cross activities ~
France, to be sure-Eui for just llG!s
one alone can you help being proud 'r
1t? Gan you help being c!ad you are
q member of it, supporting It's great
work of humanity? Can you help want-
ing It to go on helping the Mn;icS ana:
the "Srand-daddies" that come III 1t
Evian?
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-30

One of the ways to say that man
Is good hearted is TO descend 10 eX-
pressivc Americancse slang and say
shed give you his shirt
\ young Italian officer did exactly
thar-gave the shirt off his back 10 a
baby just born. 1t was during flight
of the Italian refugees just after the
Italian army had been tricked by the
AuStrianS.
Here's the story:
AN Italian officer. who had been a
volunteer worker at the station when
the crush came through. walked into
the American Red Cross office at Be-
logna, Italy, and told Of apoor young
woman who had given birth to a baby
on the train in which he was riding Il
few;night's previously. They had been
riding for over JIG hours, and the
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-30
Better Cooking by
Electricity

omen have long known that electric cooking IS
+, that it banishes all the dust and ashes OF coal
and VI God and SCOT and fumes OF gas. Ihey nave
31. that it makes the kitchen cooler; the ALI
glna that is the most convenient way to cook. Now
slav ave the word Of the women who stand for the
most scientific cooking methods known, that electric
cooking produces better results than any other
lneans
Let us demonstrate the various sizes OF ranges
and refer you to the satisfied electric range users
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-30

ing into Switzerland and then into
Haute-SaYole. From there they went
to Lorraine. Nine. Pellier hoped that
even though her village had been BON
barded, her home might have escaped
She found nothing except her bare
fields.
You changed that picture, you Amer.
leans, who can never be bombarded
who can never lose through war five
out Of the seven dearest 10 you. i
was not ycur husband and children
who died; not your wife who was
widowed; net your little ones who
came BACK, bory and tubercular, to q
homz that had vanished. Not yours,
hu: cuiy. the grace Of accident saved
you: u-t yours, but it might have been
and :. ycu changed the picture. You
c51-@ n: 5-!ll up with your own
hanlg tas: 2eaD % stones into home,
nor 81 tE..a a5lir, nor bring Mime. Pei.
IL. oz2k /: -c2s and the children
back e aza2t... But through the Red
Cr2:g you 1&zzG the remnants Of that
iel.ly :2st nj =uffered as you might
b2Ta &zIr1Ee5.
'1s.la1e ~: Red Cross Did.
Z.u t,-k tto mother OF Nine. Pei
ti4s. T. :. .A.G ,i.gs hospital to be treat
3, %c- Gs-......s. You took the little
gil, w,1o v=s = the first stages OF
.lgt.~crlcci--, e 3 Red Cross SAM
.7.r,rs.. Xc- .ound place which
1c;1,2 Is -,aIs haoitable Tor Nine. Pei
Tx $50 -: 3eld9 which she was
o-z.-uz = -. you gave her clothes
ar- zurn;suzs; gou got her seeds; you
!.at her !rnrlen ents. You sent Wis.
ili-c dcctoS to watch over her health
ard Tat e her little boy. You sent
nurao., 0hc achieved the mighty VIC
t,-T CT mallijg her and the child take
BATH. I,-tcs you persuaded her to let
hi1, &c t. 3 refuge not far away where
nc mly:!t attend school and where she
could often visit him. Through the
nelD 81 y-rr Red Cross hope and cour'
age and ambition have come back 10
that woman, and she IS rebuilding her
family life. The biggest thing one hui
nan being can 90 for another you, II
sou are 4 helper Of the Red Cross,
heya done for that mother.
Red Cross! saw its work every
where in France-in fields and In
blasted villages; In hospitals and
schools and. clinics; in refugees and
vestiaries for widows and orphans ana
for the sic!. children of soldiers; fight
ing TO keep you safe from the enemy
This symbol of help has a double
meaning now for Americans, who have
always taken for granted the blessing
of safety. 1t stands for your willing.
ness to pay the price of exemption, OF
pity. of sympathy. a bitter, black
road this road Of war, but across 1t,
like beacon Of hope, you have flung
the Red Cross.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-30
FULL VANISHED
HAM SANDWICH
What Ten Minutes for Re.
freshments Means in
Modern War.

Think Of what refreshments mean
"over there" Think of the. Sammie OF
the Poilu coming out, of the: trenches
with thirty-six hour leave Of alb
sence, getting aboard the train lor mo-
tor on the l. 0. C--the Line Of Com
ranaicatoa between the rom. and the
rear. Think Of these tired fellows
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-04-12
CUCUM B Frs

The soil for cucumbers should be a
1ich sandy loan, rather moist but not
wet. The seeds may be planted in
berry baskets or ON sOds in the hOtbed
and these transferred to the open
ground, or the seed may be placed d.
eectly in the ground. Considerable
time will be saved by starting the
plants in the hotbed. In either case
they should not be placed In the open
until the ground has warmed up,
which will be about four weeks after
the last killing frost In the spring.
They may be planted in hills 4 feet
apart each way OF drilled in rows 7
feet apart In the rows. 1t Is a good
plan to use an abundance of well-rOt-
ted manure in the holes or In the rows.
Cucumbers should receive frequent
shallow cultivation until the vines be-
gin to freely; after this very little
cultivation Is required. They are ready
for use as Dol as large enough, and
nc fruit should be allowed to ripen on
the vines. 1t is advisable to spray
cucumbers with Bordeaux mixture, as
they are quite liable to be injured by
diseases. .
For a full discussion Of insects and
diseases affecting cucumbers and rem
edies for them, see Farmers Bulletin
1856, entitled Control of Disease and
Insect Enemies of the Home Vegetable
Garden"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-04-12

out OF he question for the "fapper"
who must wait until more years than
seventeen have passed by her before
she may have whatever she wills. ut
Is Forbidden is written on much trim
med millinery for her.
But those who make the needs OF
the young girl their special care, have
provided lovely, simply trimmed hats
for her; e%mbodying the charm Of
little girlhood in them. No one
else can wear hats just like them.
Three models, made for the girl be-
tween twelve and seventeen are pic
tured in the group above, two Of them
for all. md wear and one for dress
up times. The hat at the upper left
Is of Italian milan with the crow In
the natural color of the straw and the
brim in blue. Several colors in the
brim with natural color in the crown
make II choice of combinations posi-
Bile in this. hat. 1t Is trimmed with
a wide band of MORE ribbon fastened
1t he front with a painted ornament
of wood. The ribbon extends from the
right front of the shape to the middle
of the back, about the left side. 1t Is
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-04-12
CELERY.

Celery seed should be sOwn In the
hOtbed or window box about the time
Of the last frosts In the spring. The
seed Is very slow In terminating and
the plants are small and delicate.
They are improved by transplanting
at least twice.
Celery requires a deep, rich, moist
soil with plenty of well-rotted manure
or fertilizer and frequent shallow cul-
ti%vation. In the garden, celery may be
planted after some early crop, such as
lettuce, radishes or peas. AS soon as
the plants attain considerable size the
leaves should be drawn together and
a little soil cOmpacted about the base
of the plant to hold it upright. If the
blanching Is done with earth, care
should be taken that the hearts Of the
plants do not become filed. Boards,
paper or other material may be used
for b%lanching, but earthing up Will pro-
duce the finest flavor.
Celery may be stored and kept for
winter use by placing 1t in old hotbeds.
and covering 1t with fodder or straw;
In trenches covered with coarse ma
nure or straw; in outdoor cellars; or
In the storage room in the basement.
Celery will test the skill Of the gar
n about as severely as any crop he
may choose to grow, but no garden
product pays better for painstaking
care and effort than this crop.
For details as to the storage OF eel
cry, see Farmers Bulletin $40, 1.-The
Home Storage of Vegetables.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-04-12

Here. is a version of the tailored suit
that is distinctly new and in excellent
style. 1t conserves wool to the last
inch in the coat in order hat the
skirt may be INDUCED in an unaccus-
toned bit of drapery at the back. In
nearly all the new spring suits 1t Is
the skirt that has not an inch of cloth
to spare, for the regulation skirt is
as plain as the experienced tailor
knows how to make it. The coat is
made interesting with the remainder
of the goods from the allowed yardage
which must not exceed four and a half
yards Of 54-inch goods.
Small checks in which blue and
black, brown and black. or green and
black. are the predOminating color
combinations, are featured this spring
made up with n plain fabric of the
color in colOred check, and the colOrs
are dark, but vivid. There are quiet
or checks, like that in the picture, In
taupe and gray and nm occasional black
and white.
The small, ftted-in coat in the suit
pictured has no peplum at the sides
and front, only the side bodies and
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-04-12

center of the back are extended into n
short peplum. Three narrow tucks are
stitched in at the waistline, across the
back, where they make themselves
very useful. They help fit the Goa to
the figure, and make the required sup
port for the belt. This fastens at
each side of the back with three hand
some bone buttons Of gray with Dor
der of white set in a rim of black. The
belt is wide and plain and extends
about the figure without wrinkles. The
long collar is of white wash satin.
The skirt is smooth across the front
with two plaits at each side. The
back is cut long enough to allow it to
be caught up in two places.
There are a good many of these
short coats, in a variety of designs, be-
sides eton jackets, that make il easy
Many suits are lavishly braid-trimmed.
with the braid applied in many par
allel rows to plain coats and skirts.
Some checked suits are bound with
braid but checks take the place of
decorations and are at their best when
simply treated.
The revival of trimmings has trans
formed the shOwrooms and windows Of
millinery establishments into a millin-
cry paradise filed with beautiful flow
ers and fruits. ribbons and braids and
all sorts of alluring fabrics. Much of
this splendor of joyous millinery is
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-04-12

turned down at the back falling In
single sash nj TO the waistline.
At the right n snappy, picturesque
shape is of Italian milan all in the nat
ural color Of the braid. 1t rolls up ut
the left side. A band of blue velvet
ribbon is attached to the upturn and
brought around the hat to the back.
Here it Is arranged In a. fiat bow
against the crown with two short
streamers falling from it half way to
the waiStline. An ornament painted
in the same bright blue as the ribbon
is posed against the crown at the right.
No tiapper will be able to look upon
the hat pictured at the center of the
group without growing enthusiastic.
il Is a light pink hair braid having a
wide brim faced with georgette crepe
and three rows of narrow lingerie lace
in frills about the brim. 1t has "A long
sash of wide pink satin ribbon and the
sweetest of small garden roses, full
blown, sets in its leaves, against the
sash at the front. Almost any fapper
will blossom into a vision of loveliness
In IL.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-04-12
LATE CABBAGE.

Late cabbage Is usually grown as a
crop following early potatoes, peas or
some other crop that leaves the ground
free for about one-half the growing
season. The plants may be grown In
the seeded, 1t being necessary to SOW
the seed some three or four weeks
before 1t Is desired to set them In pO-
sitiOn in the garden. 1t rs an excel
lent plan to follow early potatoes with
late cabbage, as one Of the insects
that affect early potatoes are liable
to modest the late cabbage, and II Is
possible to set the plants between the
potato rows some two or three weeks
before the potatoes are dug. In this
manner sufficient time is gained to
permit the cabbage to reach maturity
before hard freezing weather occurs
in the fall.
The rows should be about 3 feet
apart and the plants some 2 feet
apart in the rows. Slight freezing
does not injure cabbage, but it should
not be subjected to repeated freezing
and thawing. Late cabbage can be
stored by taking up plants and pack
ing them closely together in a trench,
placing a frame of boards or poles
around the trench, some supports
across the top, and covering the whole
with straw or corn fodder. The heads
may be removed as needed and the
roots and stems left in position in the
trench. These will furnish an abun.
dant supply of greens in early spring.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-04-12
REMEMBER
G.s~pser. or Aea,evgrJke
w TOMATOES. ID
TOMATOES.

The tomato Is one OF the most salts
factory of all the garden crops and n
that Is found in practically every vege-
table garden. No matter how small
the garden space available, it Is always
advisable to have a few tomato vines.
Tomatoes will grow In almost any
good soil, but the soil should not be
too high In heterogeneous matter, as this
Will cause the plants to go to vine.
rather than to fruit. The plants should
be started In the window box or In the
hotbed, some six weeks before time to
set them In the open. . For best results
they should be t~ransplanted at least
once. 1t Is possible to secure a crop
much sooner by carefully growing the
plants indoors In pots and transplant
ing to the open ground as soon as con-
ditions permit. They should not be
set In the open until about two weeks
after the last killing frost. II set
sooner than this, they should In all
cases be protected from frost with a
muslin cover or with boxes covered
with glass or by other means.
The pOt-grOwn plants are especially
desirable, as they may he brought to
the blooming period by the time 1t Is
warm enough to plant them in the gar
den. If the plants are not to be
trained, but allowed to lie on the
ground, they should be set about A feet
apart each way. If trained to single
stalk and tied to stakes or a t%rellis,
they may be planted In rows 3 feet
apart and IS inches apart in the row.
If to be used for table purposes only,
25 plants under good conditions will
supply the average family. If for can
ming, from so to 100 plants will be nee
essary. One hundred plants should
supply sufficient tomatoes for present
use, and enough to can at least 100
quarts.
Under favorable conditions tomatoes
will continue to grow and bear for
the entire season, and it should not be
necessary to set a late crop
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-04-12

commended, slightly changed.
Honey Bran Cookies.-Take a half
cupful of honey, the same amount of
sugar. a fourth Of n teaspOonful OF
cinnamon. the same Of ginger. three
cupfuls of bran. n half t%easpoonful of
soda. half a cupful of milk. half a cup
full of fat. and half a cupful Of barley
-four. Drop on buttered sheet and
bake Is minutes.
Honey Popcorn BaIls.-IIeat honey
to 240 degrees F. with II candy ther-
mometer. This dispells the water and
It will be hard when cool. Honey.
however. abSOrbs moisture when left
closely covered or reheated before u.s.
Ing.
Honey CarmeIs.-Take two cupfuls
of graduated sugar, a half cupful of
cream. a fourth of a cupful of honey.
n fourth of a cupful of butter. Beat
and stir until the sugar Is dissolved.
then cook without stirring until n firm
ball Is made when a little Is dropped
into cold water. Beat until thick
then pour into buttered pans and cut
IN squares. Pecans or other nuts may
be added.
Honey Orange Marmalade.-To two
cupfuls of orange pulp and juice allow
one cupful of honey. add One-half cup
full of finely shredded peel, then cook
until thick.
Sliced oranges and bananas sweet
ened with strained honey make a deli
ciOus dessert or a fruit salad to serve
with small cakes as a finish to the
meal.
Salad Dressine.-Take four egg
yOlks, two tablespOonfuls Of vinegar
or lemon Juice. two tablespoonfuls Of
butter and two tablespOOnfuls of hon.
a fourth of a teaspoonful of mus
tard, a teaspOOnful of salt and a few
dashes Of paprika with a cupful of
cream. Heat the cream. Add the
beaten eggs to the other ingredients
and cook carefully until thick. then
add cream and set away to cool. When
serving. add whipped cream.