Evening journal., 1918-07-26

pledge not to tell anything that Will
give the least information to the Ger
mans" said Mrs. dupont. consequently
| cannot tell the most interesting
things saw. One thing can tell, was
visit to an immense coop where the
carrier pigeons were kept. The Amer
lean and Allies pigeons have small alu-
minum boxes fastened on one Of their
legs. The Germans stencil their mes
sage on a wing or tail feather. We saw
one poor German pigeon that had been
taken prisoner. His feathers had been
stencllled and pulled out until he had
hardly any tail feathers left, and his
wings were badly or"
One pathetic little Belgian boy was
found in Y. NJ. c. A. hut by Mrs. du-
Pont. The secretaries had adopted him
as a mascot and sent him 10 school
daily. She asked why he spoke so
thickly. They told her that the Ger
mans had slit his tongue, and also that
they had SCARED the l0-year-old boys
back for life She found much OF in
terest i'm the hospitals. At one French
hospital they told her the German air
men frequently flew over and dropped
roses and flowers Of other kinds She
thought at the time, 'well. IL won't be
long before they will drop bombs In
stead Of flowers and her thought has
since come true AT one hospital, she
was told the wounded men had TO
be taken TO the cellar seven times In As
hours, because OF air raids.
Mrs. dupont found that the American
boys In France were rapturous over
seeing any American women. They did
not know enough French, as a rule, TO
talk 10 the French people.
"They know Americans as far off as
they can see them; 1t IS most surpris-
ing how they can tell us. ] was old
enough TO be the mother OF the Ameri-
can boys ! saw, and they were glad TO
have me talk to them," she said.
Mrs. dupont found that the Amer
lean soldiers were well taken care OF.
and the hospital provisions for them
are excellent. She comforted the
mothers present by saying that the
men she saw did not look at
all sick, and in the majority Of cases
get well rapidly.
you can feel assured that all the
surgical dressings you make will go
10 the front and will be appreciated, |
she told the auxiliary. II saw great
packing cases from the American Red /
Cross. being opened all tho time
General Pershing, she said, has ruled |
hat only Red Cross workers could do |
he hospital work, but the Y. w. c.. A.
iad helped indirectly by establishing
est and recreation huis for the nurses.
They also have provided living accom-
for the telephone operators,
IS a rule quiet young girls who are in
france as members OF the signal corps,
md for the 5000 English women, the
'Waacs" who are working for the
american army, driving trucks and so
IN. Mrs dupont stated that General /
oershing would not allow any women
rear the 'front.' but called upon them
or such service in the rear, out of the
immediate lighting zone. The last work
which the American commander has
'sked OF the y. w. C. A. is TO send
over women secretaries. The flrst
group left two weeks ago, and the sec
Dnd group will sail next week.
Mrs. dupont Informed the auxiliary
that Il took a long time for anybody
to get overseas. After all arrangements
are completed IL takes a month at least
to secure a passport. and then ii may
take a very long time before passage
on a ship can be secured. So nobody
should have the idea they can set over
here In a hurry.