The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-07

cceded by encouragement. Discour-
asement has been succeeded by de-
spondency. Now in many cases de-
sponhency has been followed by do
spair.
Tho war Ministry Answers Prayer.
Numerous appeals nr" being maze 10
the Y. NJ. 9. \. A poor Russian peas
ant saw that letters Of appeal were he
ing answered. Not knowing to whom
else to appeal for aid, he wrote letter
to God, in which he humbly asked Goo
to send him q hundred marks. The lot
tor attracted attention at the censors
office and was referred to the war MN
istry. The offices thero collected -
marks and sent them to the Russian
prisoner, thinking they had thereby
done u good turn The prisoner. how
over. WAS not we'll satisfied. as was sp-
parent by his reply. in which. It is true
hc thanked God for the Gift. hut eau
toned him tn send future money direct
rather than by way Of the war ministry
saying that the rascally Officials there
had kept 20 marks and had sent him
only IS.
Food. hooks. games. athletic equip
ment anh educational supplies have
been sent to these mon whenever al
Religious work with Protestant. Eo>
man Catholic and Greek services. has
been established. Most Of tho mon nj
ono camp had attended no service FOR
TWO years. md when tho whltc-robCd
priest began tho opening chan, Of the
mass n great many cried. young Of
fccr 80 years old had written every
note Of shuhcrt's Mass" from memory
and trained chorus for the occasion.
Football Stars.
Classes arc In progress nj many
camps. At one thcr" is n school with
81 courses. $500 students and % teach
crs. Another has n daily attendance Of
500 In summer and 1.n0h III winter.
Work shops and gardens have been
Started--not only To offer useful pro-
6uction but for training as well. At
one point n sonp factory was started.
II developed so we'll that tanncry was
put into operation. 1t IN turn was fol-
lowed by chemistry. At other points
tho men work Mt houkhinding tailoring,
Woodworking and In laundrics.
In ono camp alone tho tailoring de-
partnent made 400 new ovcrCoats from
old ones, the shoe department made 500
new pairs Of Shoes and IS new pairs
Of boots and repaired $500 pairs Of
shoes.
Athletics are encouraged whcrcTm
possible. The men get along with tho
best equipment ohtainahir.. Golf en-
tnusiasts recently held An exciting tour
nament recently using tennis halls FOR
golf balls and ordinary walking sticks
as clubs Mr.. Hugh Moran. secretary
IN tho Russian prison. Of war camps IN
one Of his reports. writes:
II attended u football game between
two picked teams. Among tho members
were three ternational players. two or
whom competed on opposite sides in
the Olympic games ~ Stockholm.
Hens Lay Eggs For Prisoners.
Snccial efforts nave ben made iu pro-
vide nourish!nE foods for tho men in
tho hospitals. Fresh rEEs arc sent from
Denmark to sick men in the German
prison camps. In one case number "i
hens were sent 10 prison In the in
terror in order that fresh nGSS might
b. available for those n"r'linE them In
addition they provided amusement and
occupation for mon assigned 70 take
care Of them.
Moro than 6S.n0n hooks hayr h"cn dis
trlhuted among German prisoners. and
more than 100000 among Russian rrIs-
oncrs in Germany. AS Rfssian books
arc scare. Ruryan's riiGrimS'S Pro-
gross was translated int" Russian. Spo-
rial editions nj the Russian prayer hook
and an A. r. c. book for Russian ill.,
iitcratcS wore ISSUED. \ total Of 4S0.h00