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be as common as chickens and pigs were
In the kitchen before the war.

be as common as chickens and pigs were
IN the Kitchen before the war.
hangs Says French Need AID.
John Kendrick Bangs, representing
me American Committee for Devastated
france. also returned by the EspaRne.
He said he had passed most Of his two
months In the stricken districts studying
the work OF the 169 women volunteers
| OF the committee, who gre serving with
! out pay.
More than 10000 peasant families
in the district OF the Aisne have been
assigned TO us by the French Govern
ment.' said Mr.. Bangs. We wonder
what the condition OF these folks, the
majority homeless. with scant food sup
ply and without money. will be when
the winter comes. They can receive
| financial help when Germany makes her
first payment under the peace terms, and
they will get only 20 per cent. Of their
claims based on the values of 1914. We
are the sole hope Of the peasantry, who
| have lost everything, and there should
be no let up in giving by our citizens.
I'VE are taking care OF the sick in
| l43 villages. Twenty-Five schools have
been established by our workers. The
| teachers zee wounded French soldiers
| who had been teachers before they went
schools and are trying to bring back
to normal shape the minds OF the chill
dren. untutored all through the war
| period. Children Of from 10 to ~ years,
| because of this lapse In instruction, are
| OF about the same mental development
| Of children OF 4 and 8, We have tray
cling stores stocked with household
utensils and some furniture. made In
France chiefly, which are sold to the
| rh Ia nd
we are supplying them with goats. rab-
bits and chickens from several large In
| cubators."
John r. Hail OF Hallgarten & Co.
chairman OF the finance committee OF
the Y. NJ. c. A. In Europe. said he be-
lieved that the benefits Of the work OF
| the Y. NJ. c. A. with the army would
prove to be SO effective and far reach
| ing as not to be measurable now, but
that time and the doughboys themselves
would help to immortalize It. When
the armistice was signed the "Y'' was
operating about 500 canteens, doing a
business Of 100000 a month, which
| would be called big business even in
the United States. Mistakes were made
but those who violated their trust were
| punished The "Y" would stay In
France until the last soldier got home,
he added.
Lieut.-C0l. Mathews Returns.
| Mr.. Halls cousin, NJ. s. Hail. presi-
dent OF the Buffalo Trust Company.
came home with him. He said there
was n great opportunity for the manu-
| facturers Of France, but that they would
have to adopt American ideas to solve
the labor problem and get into closer
touch with their employees. In Eng
land the labor situation was serious.
! Mr. us,i said he had learned that one
or the pianks OF the platform OF the
| laborites, who have a strong represent
tation in Parliament, was to keep on re-
ducing the hours of labor. even II the
days work was but three hours. until
every man had a Job.
| Edwin A. Burr Is Cedar street. back
| from u business trip In France, full
filled his promise to his daughter to find
the grave of her husband. First Sergeant
| Theodore w. Todd OF the old Seventh
Regiment. who fell In Flanders last Au-
| gust He learned where the grave was
| through an accidental meeting with
| Capt. Kennard OF the Graves Rsgistra-
ton Bureau. Mr.. Burr had some lump
| sugar and won the good will and grail
tude OF Capt Kennard by sweetening
his coffee. Locating the grave was then
| an easy task.
| Lieut. Col. Philip Mathews. who was
| training corps for two years and later
was in France with the stan of the
| Eighty third Division as an operations
| officer with MnesIlal Foch. returned
| from q recent tour of duty as instructor
in the Stan College Of the American
| Army In France He paid tribute TO
| Capt. Blanton Barrett Lieut. Quincy
Mills and other New York newspaper
men who died gloriously in battle. Col.
Mathews was once an aide to Major
| Gen. Leonard Wood. and like his su-
perior was an ardent advocate Of pre-
| paredness
Lieut.. Camille Livi OF the Italian
Royal Flying Corps. son OF Prof. Llyt
OF the University OF Bologna. is here to
find out all about cotton from the field
to the mill. In the war he shot down
six Hun planes, was twice shot down
himself and once badly wounded. BY
the loss OF his two brotherA in battle
| he succeeded them as owner Of large
cotton mills In Bologna.
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