Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-03
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French Refugee Writes.

"fWe&are going at last toslivee again
the new life full OF quiet and ahappi-
ness" said Madame MERCER, French
refugee, when, she wrote a letter ,of
the .'..jolie: machine q .condre" they had
sent her.
A "jolie machine a coudre" is u fine
sewing machine, which hadabeelf-, CIV
en- her. because the. Red Cross makes
a business of getting for refugees,
when it can. the thing they need
most. Nine. MERCER had her own sew
whore she lived. the old life Of quiet
ana happiness, and kept it. .busy--but
then the ,Germans came.
She vas q, prisoner, with" her fam
ily,.:for. three. years, and then h Ger
mans. who had worked her husband
TIL he could work no. more, Sent them
all back to France through Evian..
Now they. are: in a new home in
Comtgne. in the south, Of France. and
this is what. Nine. Iosephe Mercier
says about: it,. !. ~, :. T,
IT do not KNOW how to express my
joy and .gratefulness for the superb
present you have, been good enough
to. make me- l. -
After the martyrdom that we, have
endured at the hands of the Germans,
we are going at, last to live again the
lISW AtA1 %nAAs = -AuASS 0AAN AA0GGAAAVN9
I assure you. mademoiselle, that we
have suffered u share of hunger and
of misery Still, weep when Il think
OF. it. 80 IL
II came with my family. which js
made up Of my husband and five little
children, January IL, 1918, so you see
we belong to the last convoy soflrcfu-
gees arriving from Evian in Carcas-
some. 5tt's" .f& - ~
Receive. mademoiselle, the warm
thanks and sincere gratitude OF the
mother Of family" - -+
tnkster Shipment. .'
The following articles, comprise the
ninth shipment made to the local
Red Cross headquarters by the, Ink;
of socks, 20 comfort pillows, / frac-
tyre pillow; 80 packages Of wipes, go
hospital shirts, 40 tray clothes 20
suits Of patamas, ~ c~onvalescent
robes, S pairs bed socks, q surgeone
caps. A total Of go pieces.
The Muir school. circle, Strabana
township, included their second ship
ment with that of tInkster. Eleven
pairs Of socks and 8 sweaters" made
up this shipment. sH"s
Belleyille circle. ,.Elkmount' town.
[ship. made their seventh shipment
conssting Of u pairs Of knit socks
This shipment includes the follow,
ing list of surgical dressings from the
Inkster , auxiliary: Forty flame
scultetus, 20 many tailed bandages, q
presses, 800 AKA congresses. $50 TX;
Ewipes.l
Junior Red Gross.
Schools Of Mankato, Mimi, hav'
obtained a 100 per cent membershil
in the junior Red Cross. In addition
to being merely members they hav.
to knitting and .ssew wing for the Re.
Gross. Every class in the high schoo
and every ward school has undertake,
to support "a Belgium, French o
Syrian child.
Tho Mankato schools are also EN-
gagged; in other war activities. Thu
far $1,000 worth of thrift stamps hav
been sold; teachers and childre'
. have bought. SIS, 800 worth Of the sec
ond Liberty loan bonds; by means o
food pledge drive through tn
schools three-fourths of the famil
signed the pledge cards, and ever
school employee has contributed t
the Y. NJ. G. A. war relief fund.
Complete lines OF the National Ike
Cross pageant as given at Rosemar
. theatef: Huntington, N. Y, last Octo
Der, will be published in the Apr
issue Of Country Life," Colored Il
Illustrations from pastel and water col
or drawings by F. Kitson Cowley, VIII
, assisted in producing the pageant, ar
pear in this issue. ~
Social as Benefit
A basket social for the benefit {
= the Red Cross is to be given at Mis-
: Skyberg's school,. district 223, in Byl
> land township, on Friday. evening
April s. Any one interested is invi'
: ed to attends. ,%s t
Y. W. g. A. Notea
, The two. basket ball teams of tn