The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-04-17
Mrs. Latf1rop Says That the
A. F. f. w. Made the City
Famous On the Field
Of Mercy.
mrs. TYSON GIVES FIGURES
Chicago President Quotes Revealing
Statistics Patriots fund EndoWs
q, Bed In New Memorial Hos
nisal AT Rheims.

A viwacious little woman with eyes
that cameuf1aged the sadness she had
seen and an all-American smile that be-
he'd he residence in England, Mrs.
Benjamin Lathrop appeared in Lecture
at the Lance home ON Saturday after
moon and thrilled her hearers by the
conversational eloquence with which
she told the story Of the work done
bv the American Fund for the French
Wounded, war-relief organization with
great headquarters in Paris and most
efficient unit in Kenosha.
The distinguished visitor was a war
heroine in appearance aus well as spirit.
Quietly but becomingly dressed in q
uniform Of blue and gray adorned with
winged crosses in gold and seven serv-
lee chevrons, she reviewed the history
of the association that has done so much
to keep Frenchmen, Americans, AL
gerians, Serbs, and Morrocans, fit to
fight and carrying on" until the AL
hes could win the coveted "peace with
victory" Her every word was marked
by charming modesty. Giving others
all the praise, she showed how the A..
T.. r. w. had found niche where it
could do the little things that make a
big difference especially to men who
are suffering and need something to
keep them from being discouraged.
Heorine Lauds Kenosha.
r. Az .r.,-n. "a - 7oo4--rn NFrr
Eathrop had the warmest commendar
tiOn for Kenosha and the Kenosha
women, Mrs. Z. L. Grant, Mrs. A. H.
lance, Mrs. z. G. Zimmons and Mrs.
George III. Mime, who as organizers and
officers of the local chapter of the
Fund, had put Kenosha on the field of
mercy as early as April 1916 and had
increased her prestige in 1917 by es-
tabishing Ga house by the side of
che road" behind the lines along
tine Meuse.
"It should be source Of great sat
isfaction to you'', she declared with a
smile that beamed appreciation, "to
know that Kenosha is known and will
sn and children Of all France.
'fWhen French and American heroes
were wounded in No-Man ISLAND they
we're wrapped in Kenosha blankets and
sarried from the field Of honor; when
they reached the hospitals Of pain,
where they must spend the long, long,
hays of convalescence, they found by
heir plain white cots Kenosha comfort
Eits, gay with denim flowers in scarlet,
sreen, and gold; and in the after-years
when their children are eking out a
hvarfed existence on some ffurthest
am Of hallowed ground Kenosha bed
a memorial hospital viii receive
hem and bring them back to life
nd happiness.
For am most proud to tell you,
he continued, 'FI have been informed
hly this afternoon that your Kenosha
PATRIOTS Fund will endow bed in the
Feat hospital the Fund is building at
bheims, m the very shadow of the ruin
h cathedral made famous by the Maid
# Orleans and ON ground sanstifed
y the blood Of French and American
AaFtyTs.
'9his- viii be your supreme memorial
Mt there to themUn who fought and died
Or America, France, and Freedom.
A Tribute to Mrs. sirn-nons.
Preceding Mrs. IattrOp's lecture
FRS. Z L. Grant presented Mrs. Rus
ell Tyson of Chicago who ably dis
used the work done by the Chicago
nd mid-western units of the A. F. r..
T. Quoting statistics Mrs. Tyson show
that the association had raised and
Kpended for war-purposes in 1915,
V,10S~52; in 1916, 500, 606,85; in 1917,
E52,396.06; in 1918, $3.50, $780,; and
1919, 51y512.S5; making a grand
Fal Of $517 ,454.28 contributed and dis
ursed through the channels of the
hnd by the Chicago unit and its sub.
ATS, including the livery famous one
Kenosha'' Mrs. Tyson had the
ost extravagant praise for the local
kspter and more especially for the
Esendid efficiency Of Mrs. 2. G. Sim
IONS, whose untiring devotion to the
Euse made 'FKenosha" hallowed
anne In France.
Mrs.SLathrop Explains Her Mission.
I'm introducing herself following a
hef speech Of presentation from Mrs.
IL. Grant, Mrs. Labhrop said:
"My purpose in coming to Kenosha
Ftwe-fold: / am here to tell you what
aIave done with the money you have
ready given so generously and to beg
e more and more and more given