Bisbee daily review., 1918-06-16
AMERICANS FIND
 MUCH COMFORT IN. RED CROSS ROOMS.

into the railroad rest-stauons for Am erican troops in France established by the American Red Cross and Q reflec- tion of some of the happiness Of the soldiers served in those stations are given in letters received here from the Red Cross agents in France.
 Gee, this looks almost like home" is the common expression of the travel wearieG soldiers as they settle down and relax in some pretty rest station where they have obtained a hot show CT bath. and a good meal after hours of journeyiag in crowded trains. These paces seem more like home to the sol diers because they are waited upon by American girls. Here they often pause to write letter home to moth CT or sweetheart as well as to enjoy milk, butter. jams, buildings and des- erts "iust like those mother used to make"
 One of the most interesting letters comes to the Red Cross from Mrs. Belmont Tiffany. a New York social leader who has been engaged in the organization of these railway rest-sta- tions, which is distinct from the Red Crcss work for civilian relief in France.
 'I started in a rest-station at B. which consists of an infirmary of ten beds, a canteen. recreation room, res taurant and splendid hot shower baths and fumagating plant" wrote Mrs. Tiffany "The men here were of the Signal Corps, the Bell Telephone men. laying American telephone wires through France They were a splen- did lot and though they have dug post-holes till their backs were lame, they always come to play the piano and sing and write their letters in the evenings Because they believe rightly that a rest-station must be homelike. cheerful and restful. the Construction Department built charm ing brick buildings with well plastered walls and ceilings and l was allowed to decorate and furnish them as a thought best
 'If the women at home, and the men too, could see how their boys appre ciate it all. how they love the cleanli- ness and the color and the gaiety, how glad they are for every pretty thing you do for them, if you could see their poor tired faces relax when they set tie down you would realize what this side of it means. War is such an ug- ly thing, such a dirty, sordid thing; at best there are so many hateful unac- customed things our men here have to do that at least We can give them warmth and cleanliness and color wherever we can.
 Picture to yourself fifty dirty, tired men falling out of a cattle train where they have been ccoped uD two or three days with a detachment of mules. eat ing and sleeping with them. They have couple of hours to wait, so they take a hot shower with plenty of soap and towels given to them and then have a good meal. waited upon by such cheerful, kindly American girls, 1 Dlay the piano a bit, write a letter home and go. Those people who have given us the money to do this with would be so very glad, so very grate- ful if they only could see,
 About the letter writing, by the way. the lieutenant of the Signal Corps came to me and said: Mrs. Tiffany. I have a grudge against you. I have to censor all our mail and the mems letters home have more than trebled since you opened the recrea- ton room I believe if do nothing else in France shall be glad of that; you see. I know what it means when I see my boys writing.
 '"The whole rest-station when fur nished, is extremely efficient and most attractive. The infirmaTy is so fresh and clean with it's white enamel paint and muslin curtains; the other rooms are as gay and bright and full of color as paint and curtains and plants and flowers can make them. There are such good beds and mattresses in the dormitorv, such warm fires on cold days. such quantities of electric lights. and tables for writing with unlimited stationary, games, playing cards and newspapers and magazines of all kinds.
 ''In the canteen proper. the girls in their blue and white uniforms look so nice and the food is so good. You cant think what it means to them When they have money they pay a nominal price; simply to keep them
  a huge cup of coffee or cocoa and cor responding prices for everything else
 "I have arranged for an unlimited supply of the best fresh milk. butter jams, syrups and buildings and des- serts and I must say they are more than popular One big fair boy at B. drank four cups of milk one af- ter the other, and I may tell you that three of our cups make a quart. and when he was finished he beguilingly said: CT wish Mama could have seen me do that and I wished she could too.
 'fhe shower baths are as popular as the canteen or the recreation room and there are always men in the dor mitOry and ill boys in the infirmary. Up to now it has seen a boy coming down with humps, or pneumonia or grippe, but never any wounded are coming back"
 The Ray Consolidated Copper con- pany reports for the quarter ended March 31. 1918. net profits of s1,O25,- 93e against S2 547 54I in the nrecedinp p