Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-07-03

Its the old, old story of bread cast
upo1 the waters. Perhaps it happens
NOR, oftc1 in war time than any other.
but it's always and cternallv true and
II : always Il welcome thing to hear about.
America has not helped France, ever
since the war began, just to have that
help returned in the hour of need, but IT
is being returned MANIFOLD, and In such
spirit that those who have worked for
four wears for the American Fund for
French Wounded. will go on harder and
faster than ever. In helping Others they
have helped themselves, for now the
A. F. F. W. is cheering American wounded
in French hospitals, and seeing that they
have everything they need. Mrs. Benla-
min Lathrop, president of the 4. +. +. W,
is giving personal attention to this service,
snd she and her aids are seeing to IT that
no American soldier is lacking IN cheer
and comfort in French hospital.
More than that. il Is possible TO send
a cable TO inquire how an American soldier
Is getting along, if he Is In q French hos
pital ANY one having friend or relative
wounded can cablo Mrs. Lathrop at the
address gwen IN her letter below, and will
in return receive \ reply as 10 his CON
dition.
Wilmington has one of the most cncr-
cctic Of the A. r. + w committees in
this country, a committee that has worked
lndefatigablv. and that has never failed
to respond in time OF great stress. as this
letter from Afrs. l.athrop will show
AlcaEar d cite. Champs-Elysees,
Paris. June :, 1918
Mrs. B. G.. du Point. Hartman A. L r. W.
S0l Broomc street Wilmington
Dear Mrs du Point Since the offensive
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10 YOU have occurred that | feel sure it
will stimulate your work 10 know what
a big part YOU played in the relief Of those
weeks that followed that first dreadful
advance. Village after village. which had
been retaken by the French last wear, arc
again IN the hands Of the enemy and we
are called upon to take care OF some Of the
very same people whom we aided last
wear.
Curiousiv the offensive then was also
in the last DAYS of March, and recall how
We cffibled to many Of the committees IN
America and received money and sup
plies for the refugees. many OF whom
were wounded when they were driven
from their Villages This year the same
thing u repeated, anu = soon as we could
Ezther our wits about us We realized the
thing most urgent was money We cabled
20 America IS OF Old- knowing Lnat II You
could you would send help. We were not
disappointed, for We have received
splendid aInornt which has been gwen
with discretion to the places where it was
most needed. One of these Is the Care
du Nord One could write volume on
the scenes we have witnessed on those
hectic DAYS of March when people poured
IN half clad. most Of the children without
shoes. all of the babies in desperate straits
after having been perhaps week without
the necessary change We found many
with their poor little backs quite raw
The Red Cross took action st once and
tAephoned TO rs asking how many motors
we could contribute towards carrying
refugees from one station 10 another
Our motor girls stayed up well into the
nj ght and worked on every car in the
garage. You can imagine our pride there