El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-12

7 and not one got back to his own
I trench. Meanwhile our artillery
I threw a barrage behind the Germans
and they couldn't retreat Instead Of
/ fighting with or surendering TO our
men. they ran along no mans land to
where the French were and gave up 10
[ them. saying they didn't dare sur
render to fellows who laughed while
{ they fought.
Gas Masks for Children.
The Red Cross has done magnifi-
Gently well over there, too. Wherever
there is anything TO do. they just do it.
The Red Cross maintains q Belgian
hospital colonies for babies Every
little crib has its gas mask. and as it
I is hard TO make little children wake
I up quickly and put on masks, we lose
many Of them when the Germans
launch midnight gas attacks on these
hospitals hoping TO Kill boys who
might be soldiers when they grow up.
AmericunizinE French Babies.
The American Red Cross is teach
ing French mothers to rear children
on the American plan They tell them
7 IL won't hurt for the babies TO sleep
in rooms with open windows. nor to
I battle them all over at one time, and
that they must be fed only at stated
intervals. At first the mothers OBJ
Ject but when, under the care Of
American nurses, the little ones grow
rosy and chubby, their mothers praise
America.
at Toul I saw one little puny baby
that had not been given a fair start
in life. It's mother had q little farm.
. and when she tried to work in the
day. the Germans would shell her. SO
that she had TO remain in her cave
all day and work at night on her
wheat. She took a 10 days vacation
TO give birth 10 her baby and then
turned It over 10 the Red Cross, say
ing France needs my grain more
than my baby needs me. and / know
you viii care for the baby
British Women Wonderful.
British women are doing wonder
fully in Industry also. I saw the daugh-
ter Of an aristocratic family tending
sheep. Her hands were filled with
tar Every night she locked up the
sheep. she knelt and thanked God
that one more day she had been able
TO release man to fight for England.
There are many cities in France as
large as 100000 population that have
no doctors. The Red Cross has travel
ing cars that visit these towns once
a week Where fees may be paid they
are collected, but poor families are
treated gratis The fees go into a
fund for widows and orphans OF
French doctors slain in war.
French Women In Mourning.
"In France, IS percent Of all the
women are in black, their sign OF
mourning. In England. no such dis
play is made, but the papers carry
columns Of notices beginning In
proud and loving memory Of Some
time one OF you is going TO see the
name Of q loved one in the list and
then you, too, viii know the war has
come home. When I think OF that,
pray God to grant that We who stay
at home may be worthy OF those men
who are dying for US.
American Canteener Stands Pat.
at one town in France, / was in a
Red Cross canteen, with a bath house
like yours. While we were there the
lights blinked and it was the signal
that an air raid was coming I said TO
the American woman in charge, Come I
on out 20 the abri (cave)'. She replied, /
You don't think an American woman
would display fear in the presence oil
French soldiers Then she insisted ]
on getting all the French soldiers
out before she left. We went to the