Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-23
ANNE MORGAN FINDS
ROAES Fer $4,000
New York Society Girl and Aides
Helping Refugees TO Start Life
Over Again.

France, she went equipped 10 carry out
the p1eflga Of her committee ~ the French
government to undertake the respOnsi-
bIity of re-cstabishing more thnn $1,000
homeless people of France m villages
where they lived in comfort and happi-
ness before tho German hordc5 drove
them from their homes.
During the few weeks ahe spent IN New
York Miss Morgan held daily conferences
with members Of the American Commit
tee for Devastated France, and thrashed
out with them the countless details IN
volved IN such an undertaking Of generous
scope
All this work Of rehabilitation, partlcu-
larly the aetunl work nf reconstruction oi
hornos m the defeatured towns, will be
done IN cooperation with and under the
direction Of officers Of the French govern
ment having this work especially m
charge
Many Of these people have not known
what a real home Was like for nearly four
years From clothing and furnitlre -
poultry, stock and farm tools, Miss Nor
ran 4 committee will endcav0r ~ supply
these unfortunate people with tho ncccs-
sarY equipment To bcgn hfc anew under
normal living conditions attendant On
peace.
4 big group of young American girls
with a knowledge of gardening and poultry
raising will assist the committee 70 this
work They viii be assigned to certain
districts to superintend the work, bcgIn
ming with the spring planting u gardens
and small farms.
FEw oR THE WORKERS
Included in the number Of young we'll
II. .gr.s r.rA,~. Aarspr
qualified as experts on farming and poul-
try raising and will give their services Tor
this work are Mrs Gertrude Leonard Of
Boston. Miss Elizabeth Baker, Miss
I.o,lisr Barney. Nlss Helen Colt, Miss
sylvia - Hitch, Miss Frances r. Dillon
and MIsa Margaret Eagicsfiold IF Ohio.
When once this work is under waY Z
will be pushed with All vIgor % restore -
speedily a. possible these unhappy homes
to their prc-war state q independence
and comfort
Some idea Of plans for his work may hc
guessed from the poultry line alone Poul-
trv centres are being established through
ont this big area, taking in the villages e
bc rebuilt nv Miss Morgan $ committee
Experts arc nnw ~ work ~ these centres
The committee concluded that the hen
wonld be too slow 70 keep mp with their
pragram Therefore. the committee Dr.
rided to run incubatOrs throughout the
building area " q Fitzpatrick has been
lent to the committee by the Associated
Poultry Clubs ~ ONO lie Is m full charge
Of this work The committee hopes 70 be
bic 10 distribute several thousand Young
chickens among the returning homecomers
Stock and poultry raising II not an
experiment with thus committee, Tor
the last two wears the committee has
operated three good sized farms ID France,
where many refugees have found en-
pIovment and happy homes. One iarr
alone has more than seventy cows, many
horses, nigs and chickens. Milk butter
eggs, and cheese have been sold from
these farms
ORPHANED CHILDREN HE'LL Ed
One Of the farms i known Is thf
Children's Farm Colony, and IS 2 hort
distance from Paris More han lF
sick and orphaned children have beer
nClIrlshcd back 10 health on his farm
and IN addition they have had what
hundreds 1T small children living under
German rule al these years nave not mad
that is, a good school.
one ii he pathetic results ol thls
war are the sad eyed. pale, unhappy
little children many Of wfoIn nave known
nothing but the horrors ami nlserles 81
invaded homes. Fortunate, indeed, have
been the little ones under me protection
of this committee pf warm hearted
generous women
While he work Of reconstruction goes
forward. many OF the present lnteres 1
II the committee viii be continued.
one 0f these. which has been D blessing
to many poor refugees IN Paris '- th'
workshop, where scores ot trenca peasant
women, handy with the needle, iou1l
pleasant employment
American sewing machines we're IN
stalled IN this bright workroom, anC
women 9ewcd and cut and fnlshea gar
ments TOR refugee children, for poor
women and Tor hospital needs. They are
paid from 81 80 SID q DAY, according
70 nc work hey 10.
Miss Helen Wilcox ot ONO IS IN charge
OF the xorkroom Recently s similar
workshop Was established IN Chateau
Thicrry at the committee headquarters
there.
ND iRoM WOMAN DENTIST.
ph.,Icians and dentists Of the Ameu
! can Womtns Hospital unit working viii
/ Miss Morgan committee VIII continue
their work throughout he restoration
perlod. After the Nuerican doughbo2
drove the invader OUT of Chateau IhIer9
and Miss Morgan committee set UP
! HEADQUARTERS there TO ard he homeles,
nroplc who wished - return 10 b,
/ Villages IN this section, u Young Womaf
dentist. a member Of tins unit, upenec
offIces and women and children needlnl
work of this sort done were brought
/ from neighbornS villages IN the little
ramions driven hy Young American
society girls.
\ moving dispcnSary conducted b.
these women physicians has made lol
good health IN spite ot war conditions
| deprivations, worry and decreased lool
supplies
To say that the young women WorAIn-
under Miss Morgan ia Franco icad busy
life would be to give the mercst hint 81 III,
enormous amount Of work accomplished
! hv tins big group Of energetic girls Whe
l,cforc the war devoted themselves largely
to so-callcd fashionable society
One instance Of the many ot how fhn
committee went to the rescue Of unhappy
people, as the German hordes withdrew
is told bv Miss Ethel Colgate Of Lon.
Island who was sent - Laon % Worl
under the direction al the Prefecture .
the Alsne
AWFUL NO MAN LAND.
CON our way here. she said. ~,
crossed no man $ land that awful plateau
which has been shelled for four years una