The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-04-17
RED CROSS GOSSIP
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Say that in French and you know
what happened in. the little school
room in Ocney, village near the Am
erican sector in. the region of Toul,
when the American Red Cross man
brought his Acknowledged Of toys
for the school children of half a. dozen
villages to the door Of the school
house.
Say it again, louder this time, and
you know what happened when Nm.
Dine, the pretty aark-yed teacher,
passed the toys around from desk to
desk Sc that every one of the eleven
year-olds and the smaller ones had
something for his very own.
They chose little Louis Didier to
write a formal letter to the ladies at
the Toul children's Shelter who had
sent the toys, and this is the letter:
Ladies': In the name of all my
comrades I hasten to express to you
with all my heart the unexpected joy
that your toys brought us.
1--WE have passed a long evening
with your presents, which amazed our
small brothers and sisters. Also we
thought Of you, who left your gener-
GUS country and your families and
risked the dangers Of the sea to come
so far and care for our wounded and
relieve the misery of our little child
rem.
Please be sure, ladies, that we shall
never forget your devotion and the
generosity Of the little Americans who
sent us these gifts. And receive the
sincre thanks Of all the pupils of
our school at Ochey."
At the village of Niche, N. D., re-
Gently, a Red Cross auction Melted
$2210. Citizens of the community
kdonated Shetland ponies, horses, cows,
calves and hogs; also a large amount
Of poultry, cord wood, fence posts,
fancy work and household articles of
every description. The sale was OPP
ened by q patriotic address.
Among the features of the sale
were three Liberty Eggs" which
brought $45; a turkey that sold for
$112.60, and a pair of wooden mitts for
$136. To date $1,000 has been raised
for the local Red Cross.
A rooster donated to the Red Cross
was auctioned off twenty-six times at
Simcoe, N. D., recently, finally bring
ing 500 for the Red Cross.
The following paragraph contained
In q letter written by an Italian wo-
man in Florence to a friend in Amer
lea, mirrors the feeling in that part of
Italy for America:
"Now- that we are in the midst of
this terrific war, I feel growing more
and more my deep admiration and
love for your great country. I want
60 express personally to my American
friends all my gratitude for the Won
derful help your country gives to all
the Allies, and the sympathy you ex-
press to Italy. What the American
Red Cross does for u poor refugees,
no words can describe nor can our
hearts express their deep gratitude,
how thoughtful, how generous!"
As a result Of a dinner served by
Red Cross workers of the little town
of Loretto, Mimi, during the meeting
Of the Farmers Institute $62 was sent
in to the Northern division headquar-
tiers. A collection was taken later for
the support of the local Red Cross
which amounted to $55.
A recent letter from an officer. in
one of our cantonements to a friend
at National headquarters of the Red
Cross read, in part, as follows:
Zone Of the men in our headquar-
tiers company came to me this morning
to get me to witness his application
for the War Risk Insurance. He want
ed to know if he could not name the
Red Cross as his beneficiary. He said
that the Red Cross was doing things
for the comfort and happiness of him.
BT "