Evening journal., 1918-07-26
MRS. DUPONT Tells
Of WAR HORRORS
French Children Suffer
Huns Slit Tongue of
Belgian Boy
PARIS DARK WHILE
ENEMY Is NEAR

Mrs. T. Coleman dupont addressed a
needing Of three hundred members OF
the Business Women's Red Cross Aux
iliary In the ballroom of the Queen
Theatre last night she was introduced
by Mrs. Joseph p. Wales, who IS in
charge Of the auxiliary. The girls
! joined in singing Keep the Home Fires
Burning and 1.-The Star Spangled Ban
ner" during the evening.
Mrs. duPOnt's address was greatly ap-
preciated by a deeply attentive audi
ence, who declared afterwards that they
/ felt inspired anew 10 keep on with
their work for the soldiers and refugees.
She gave them a vivid idea of what
the war was like 10 the civilians OF
England and particularly Of France.
''Here, while we work and think Of
the war, we have other interests be-
sides. In England and France not =
soul thinks or talks Of anything but
the war" said the speaker. Just i'm
agine what 1t would be like 20 be liv-
ing in Paris now, with the Germans
not much further away than Philadel-
phia. The streets are 50 dark at night
that you walk along having faith
that there Is a sidewalk there. and fall
ing over the crossings IL you don't step
cautiously. j once employed a cab,
and' was greatly surprised while pay
ing the driver, when a mOmentary ray
Of light from an opening door fell on
his face and showed him TO be a
Negro. II was too dark TO tell even
that.
you can't buy cake, or candy or
sugar in France or in England, for that
matter You don't think Of the wealth
er in Paris as clear or rainy you only
think whether it is afraid weather
or not
Frequently you have to he aroused
from sleep TO escape the air raiders. |
The women war workers OF Paris |
from 6 o'clock in the morning |
to 6 o'clock at night. and dead tired !
seldom get a full nights rest; they are /
worn out TO a pltiful degree. Ii is |
always great nervous tension on
everybody I'm Paris People here can
no. appreciate the relief and pleasure |
that people there get out OF the sim
plest amusement, from lis easing OF
their strained nerves.
Many OF the war work factories |
there have been placed in the emer- |
gency, In msanitary old buildings ut /
ierly unsuited for such work, and most |
uncomfortable for the workers. The |
Y. w. e. A. has established recreation
huts near many OF these places, TO
provide rest and entertainment during
the two hour rest the workers have
at noon. The tired women appreciate
them wonderfully.
The refugee work is one OF the most
valuable activities Of the Y. w. c. A.
European plumbing dates back to the
middle ages. The houses, some OF them
hundred years old. have no water.
There VIII be "a hydrant in the mid
die Of the block, where all the residents |
Of that block 90 for water. The stair
cases in these old houses are exceed
ingly steep and narrow and dirty Some
Of the sickly refugee children stayed
three months on an upper floor, with
out even finding their way down 10 the
lrst floor. To give them a chance, the
Y. w. c. A. has established day nurs7l
'rles. taking the children out in the !
morning and returning them 10 their i
mothers at night. 7
Mrs dupont continued ~ did not see
really we'll child In all France. The G
french children are suffering terribly {
rom the war. They have tuberculosis, )
paralysis. practically every
hing from measles up and down. Many :
II the adults have tuberculosis, Nerve
train and underfeeding are responsible
or the childrcn's ills. Their mothers
lave been working all day since the
beginning OF the war and cannot take
,are Of tie children
"All who get military permits TO trav-
Ell In the war zone have to sign ,