Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-31
RED &FEI 4.cRFS0G
Circle to Meet.

Circle to Meet.
The North End knitting circle will
meet this evening at the home of Mrs.
A. T. Thalle, 735 North Fifth street.
Brisk Work.
Valley City, N. D., Red Cross
branch and its a~uxiliaries sent to the
division headquarters six large boxes,
two Of which contained LAT surgical
dressings-result Of six weeks work.
The knitting department. Of this Or
ganixation sent II. a226 pairs ofF socks,
sa sweater IS ssarfs,, 3 helmets, 3
60 pairs of wristlets and six knitted
afghans. This does not include a
large amount Of knitting which is be-
ing done in Valley City and turned
into the chapter headquarters. n; a.
Canteen Worker Writes, from Paris.
The part the Red Cross has played
since the opening of the great Ger
man offensive, caring for thousands
of refugees driven from their homes,
feeding and nursing exhausted and
spirits Of the French people. is de-
scribed in a letter from Mrs. Mabel
Erb.
The letter, dated March 81, ten
days after the drive began, was writ
ten to E. Il. Erb and given by him to
Mrs. F. T.. Frid1ey,,~ director OF the
women's bureau Of the Northern di-
nected before she went torrance to
take up Red Cross canteen work. The
letter follows: NsNN
This is the evening Of Easter day.
and 1t has been a very busy day and
also a very busy week, and such
things as I have seen these past few
days are enough to make one heart
sick.
1.-THE thousands and thousands Of
refugees coming into Paris from the
evacuated districts, the soldiers on
their way to the front and those on
their way back from the awful battle
that has been going on for the last
ten days, and with everybody work.
ing here day and night, and Paris
being bombarded by a long range
gun. makes n realize something Of
what war really is.
Thursday night of this week J
worked from s o'clock until about
in the morning in the French canteer
at the Care du Nord, one of the rail
road stations here. and spent all Till
ia~fternOOn until Z o'clock there. Their,
are mot so many coming Mn. today
refugees, I mean-but Thursday nigh
there were yer 5000 between q ii
the evening and 6 in the morning
And the awful conditions! Womel
we're separated from husbands ant
children, the aged and the sick al
absolutely destitute except, for tn
few little things they grabbed wheI
leaving their homes.
"At the station canteen Thursda,
night, men, women and children died
babies were born,Sspe0ple thei
minds entirely and had to hAsstAke,
7. away toSsasylums, and theyf.:Were. a
very tired, dirty. and hungry. and hal
For three days this last week
Tuesday. MISUNDERSTANDING
tive had no bombard1ne11t,, but it, be
gan again on Friday and has keptsu
lat intervalsF9ever since. The faiiin
shellsSdo not do a great deal OF dam
age unless they strike buildings, /
which case the falling walls caua
the greatest damage and loss of lift
I'VE r having very lovely weath
or here the past few days, quite llk
spring. andsdt has@been n good thtnl
since 90 many people here ~ viii
! "P. s.-Ws are hearing bstter. NOV
now each day from the great bait
!, which Is raging on tho northeI
, , front and everywhere our boys hay
. had ~ chance to prove sa1aeir 1nsttl1
: They have won the adxniratiOn Of th
: military ~ well - the Sscayiliansp0pt
1lation Of France. The French cal
mot say too mitch in pratse 6f.thspi