The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-30

8evD Wo0oo09o woman 3
MissoulA people whofhave been saw
ing food In accordance with the re-
quests Of the United StAtes iced a.
ministration win be ,Abae to appreciate
what their saving means e they wtll
read the following letter from Miss
Clara Brunette. Mise Brnhe1IA Ii q
nurse who lived here for several years.
she left to enter British service, and
has been engaged for nearly four yeats
in several parts Of Europe. she writsS:
Dear Friend:
X have just got the two tins ofcofNse.
Thank you 70 much4 they. agriye4 N
good shape and were greatly catered. /.
We get enough, but q treat Hike That
is a great surprise: went down TOWN
and got some Ideal. milk ana cake AMI I
they had 1t with some toAst before
bedtime; they only get one slice of
bread and some rather poor cocoa after
eight p. m. Their last meal rs a4 $3.50
and it is rather short rations, biat the
poor civilians are much worse of: for
we are sure Of our rations but they.
poor things, are bringing the "doing
without" down to a science. Believe mo
my dear lady. you are doing your part
az nobly an any who come over here.
know what you feel; was Nretched
tin was near enough to the heart OF
things to feel was giving help where
/. was 80 greatly needed and never
can thank God enough for giving me--
what shall say-the '.galf' to chance
1t. That first year with the Rsd Cross
showed me what a splendid work the
Pen sAna~ x~r6S
when / went east. no words can Dc.
scribe what the Red Cross supplies
meant to the boys out there; It gave
So many comforts which we could not
hope to get from the military: what
we would have done without the things
they sent us do not know. So when
YOU are at work you can feel you are
readily doing a great work and are
helping many and many a poor lad,
who has little comfort, but those he
gets from the Red Cross. i
I'VE are all waiting, for what we do
not know. but we feel this il going to
be one of the hardest years yet; I ana
hoping to be sent to France this spring,
as have done my bit in England once
again: ] fear we are going to see some
sad results before long. the outlook 10
dark indeed, just now; II America can
send her troops over safely, we are
willing to go short of food for months
IL we can help get over the United
States troops. Affairs in Russia grow
more dark every day. We certainty
need all the help America can give
as to bring this awful state OF affairs
to an end: we are so sick Of this
senseless crushing of poor human
bodies. II any man makes money out
OF this war he ought to be hanged.
"They tell me you are being over-run
with war grafters, it seems awful:
nothing Americans can do will bring
them near to the French or even tho
British, for from end to end OF the
land. it is common thing to meet
people who have lost everything and,
everybody belonging to them. Mothers
look at their boys Of II and say will
1t be over before he has to go?' They,
have lost all their. other sons, It Ass a.
common thing for all the men Of the
family to have been killed and not one
class. but all classes. even the rich,
go on short rations, go cold and hungry
to help things on. But I must not
write like this, / fear we get blue now
and then, it is SO long, 1914, and now It
is 1918, and the end not in sight.
yours most sincerely.
&C. BRUNELLE." I