White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-17

OUlS 0A AkAn tAIt<i u I8o1@ -
paved with sharp. uneyen eebbles-
Trains Of carts rumble slowly through
the town from me river &c the sare
houses. bringing supplies Of precious
-four or caring back the furniture
which The Ausfrians fosfed down he
river q lighters. but which hey sere
never able 70 unload.
The oxen are white and have SIDE
branching horns There = q constant
lie Of them from The steamer OF the
river bank up the steep hill and from
there q down country. They cannot
carp much and Serbia needs every
thing Women wear dresses literally
made Of tstters and patchwork. TX
cept for sone Of the better class peas
ants in their incestructible clothes
there il no one who Is not patched.
The Illusion OF Paris Is further dis
epsfed By the row of hogs that are
herded home every evening They
come toward d ~squeafing and grant
Ing. q o Of e time strange looking
animals with long curly hair as
though s Derino sheep had srrsyed
INTO their family circle 81 soDr date.
Red cress Center.
oI-carts constitute The principal
trzfhc. but occasionally q motor lorry
Of o1e OF The various armies. OF q
canton Of The American Red Cross
passes. Belgrade Is the Red Cross
distributing point for all Of northern
Serbia. Here are the central ware
houses FOR the Serbian commission.
Every day Red Cross workers leave
by beat. FOR remote towns down tie
Danube or for the interior by narrow
gauge train. by cannon or By ox-cart.
The Red Cross 10 continually broaden
Ing rs work and helping villages
which are faninestricken when there
10 plenty not twenty miles away.
In Belgrade itself the American
Red Cross has IN orphsnsse. . o:
the three Of ell Serbia. for though
serbia's children are fatheriess and
motheriess, there has not been az jet
time 70 make provision for their care.
There are also large Red Cross work
rooms where ONE make the gar
ments which are later given away.
The returning prisoners. groups o.
whom arrive daily even 81 this date
are sent 10 the Red Cross disinfect-
Ing station. Fighting typbus has been
one Of the principal Red Cross tasks
IA Serbs. II the prisoners and refu-
gees returning through Belgrade are
not promptly disinfected they 90
down into the country and presently a
typhus epidemic springs up. L IL
extremely difficult L make the Serbs
understand The necessity Of IT.
why al this fussf they ak.
SERBS are not afraid 10 die Here
In a nutshell Is the philosophy Of the
East In matters Of sanitation. II
seems 70 the average Serb slightly
ignotle and decidedly cowsrdly 70
pay so much attention 10 matters OF
health when the only object Is 70 keep
people alive IN the world. Trust In
God who knows your appointed day
and hour and do not fear death" This
IL the attitude that the Red Cross
must meet.
Belgrade Is still under the military.
The streets are patroled by armed
soldiers, and when al the request OF
q Red Cross oficer I gave an order
10 some German prisoners who were
moving freight for the Red Cross. an
ofBcer came up and told me I must bot
speak 10 them. 30 carefully are things
watched.
Soldiers Every~here.
The streets are full Of soldiers,
Serbs, French, Czeeho- sloyaks, black
men from Madagascar. and occasion
ally an American. and groups Of Eng
lishmen. In a courtyard full of pear
trees In bloom. q may see a group OF
trim English naval officers sitting
around at ease, a curious peep into
England In this half oriental spot.
There are q number Of English naval
officers In Belgrade. corne TO patrol
the Danube IN monitors. There are
even a few Italians. As n sees
them strolling about watching the
Serbian soldiers with their bag packs
on their backs or guarding the end
less gangs of prisoners being escorted
up and down or unloading the freight
on the docks, one wonders how long
II will be before they can all go home
and begin q normal life again.
AT the far end Of Main street 10
a market where peasants come In to
sell things. The wome are small and
sturdy and infinitely foreign looking.
This is the divide. Here western
Europe IL left behind. The peasants
are dressed In striped home-woven
skirts, accordion plated and looped
on each side In panniers. TO show their
embroidered white linen petticoats.
Worked Into their purple knitted
stockings are great flowers.
They wear short jackets. sometimes
Of sheepskin. and two handkerchiefs
on their heads, one held out from the
head by a round wooden ring and fall