Evening journal., 1919-11-15

Wilmington soon Is TO be given a
real treat Miss Anne Morgan, daugh-
ter Of the late j. Pierpont Morgan. is
coming here on Sunday, November
%, TO speak at the Queen Theatre
in the afternoon, on the work
of the American Committee for
Devastated France. She is bringing
with her remarkable film picture,
entitled 1.-THE Heritage OF France" 1t
depicts the evacuation Of a French viii
| lage as the Germans approach, and also
| the conditions in which the villages
were left after the shelling and bonn
bardment, and their present conditions.
To all those familiar with the war
books OF Mildred Aldrich. some may
remember her allusion to devastated
France. In her most recent book.
when Johnny Comes Marching Home"
occurs the following paragraph written
in 1918: "Of course, the Allies are
long way from the line they held last
March, but they are moving slowly
toward il across a devastated country,
such a scene as you, safe in your homes
on the west side Of the Atlantic, can
not imagine, try as you may, and which
kindly nature is going to, arrange so
that you never in all its horror Of
naked freshness, will be able to see.
| know you are going to twit me with
still harping on devastation. l may as
we'll anticipate the reproach and ac-
knowledge that IL is absolutely delib-
crate on my part, lest you forget, -
in the glory Of victory, what 1t cost
others. II will require a mighty effort
not to. That Is why insist on keep
ing devastation constantly before you
in the hope that you will keep It in
the minds fthose about you. would,
il could, inspire you to speak Of il
everywhere-when you go out 10 tea,
when you make a call, when you dine
out, between the acts at the theatre,
at the Red Cross unit, in the street car,
even after church.
III constantly dropping wears away
a stone, perhaps constant repetition Of
this disaster may help those who are
so far away from the sight and pain
OF the situation out there in the north
of France TO understand, in a measure,
what has happened. OF course, you
will become a common nuisance. but
that is a matter of pure Indifference to |
j care? Not a bit / shall return to |
the subiest often. Reconcile yourself |
to II. If you can't, why I'll have TO !
find another correspondent, that's all. |
Someone who will not mind helping |
me cry from the housetops the truth |
OF what has happened in France until |
the very air vibrates with It from |
Hudson Bay to Cape Horn and from |
the Atlantic TO the Pacific.
Having worked for nearly seven |
months in the devastated regions, Mrs. |
William S. Hilles, of this city, says she /
feels that she would like to be the |
someone''who will help Mildred Aid |
rich, to cry out the truth of what has |
happened in France. She has invited /
Miss Anne Morgan TO come to Whining I
ton with her wonderful film picture |
and TO speak TO a Wilmington audience,
and that invitation has been accepted.
Miss Anne Morgan and Mrs. A. NJ.
Dixie, Commissioners in France for the |
American Committee for Devastated |
France. have both had conferred upon
them the title OF Chevalier de la Legion
dlIOnneur for services rendered TO
France, and especially to the civilian |
population in the Department of the
Aisne.
1t was in June. 1917, that a pioneer
group Of ten American women went
with Mrs. Dixie and Miss Morgan to
offer their services to the people in
France, who were suffering from war
destruction in the zone Of the armies,
and IL was General Petain himself who
took the first group Of American work
crs TO Blerancourt where he asked them
to make their headquarters, and to
wear the uniform of the French army.
Since 1917, the Committee for De-
vastatcd France has grown rapidly,
both in numbers and in finances; nearly
two million doll3rs having been raised
in less than two years.
Nine members OF the overseas unit