The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-23
DR. MORTON MAKES STRONG APPEALFOR
 SERBIAN ORPHANS
Turning of Red Cross War Organization to Civilian Relief Discussed at Con-
 ference of Workers

The turning of the American Red Cross
 organization to civilian relief when the
 war work is completed was the theme
 discussed at the conference of home ser
 vice workers held yesterday in the pri-
 vate dining room of the Tutwiler hotel More than 100 delegates and visitors
 were present and several interesting as
 well as instructive addresses were made
 by prominent Red Cross workers. pr. Rosalie Slaughter Morton who
 spent more than a year in Serbia, ad- dressed the Red Cross workers at tle luncheon at the Southern club. Dr. Nor ton is prominent physician of New York city and IS making an appeal for help for the people of this devastated country. "These people have suffered greatly during the war" said pr. Morton, "and they are certainly Tn need of help from this great country of ours. We have responded to the call of France and other countries and we must now
 come to the assistance of these people. EDUCATE ORPHANS
 If every state in the union would adopt some of these children and edu- cate them just you are doing the
 French orphans. it would be a wonderful ! thing. Of course it will take more money as a French orphan can be adopted for | 10 cents a day, but with every 10 cents
 donated by the American people the French government gives additional | 10 cents. The Serbian government could | not do this as it has no money to give" ! Dr. Morton is wearing two decorations,
 one presented by the city of New York
 and the other by the Serbian govern ,I+ May. Mrs. E. II. Cabiniss and Mrs. T. D. Parke had charge of the luncheon. l The meeting was opened by Miss Amelia 1 Worthington, field representative of the home service and J. K. Brockman chair man of the home service section of lief | ferson county made short talk. A brief talk was made by the Rev M S.
 Barnwell. who spoke of the large amount
 of war machinery, and guns which would
 now go to waste that the war was over and he stated he hoped the great Red Cross organization could be turned to
 civilian relief when it's war work was
 done PLANS DISCUSSED
 rTen Responsibilities Not Yet Fulfilled" was discussed by H. w. Borst of New Orleans, assistant director of the de- ! pa rtment of civilian relief of the Gulf division. At the conclusion of this talk
 discussion was led by Judge J. D. Acuff
 of Jasper. J D. Cheney, Bount county; Mrs R. H. Stickney of Calhoun county, NJ w. Allen, Chambers county, and Charles R. Horton, Picl<ens county. l John Melpolder. assistant director of civilian relief spoke briefly on After care. It's Duties and Methods,' while G. iP. Wyckoff also assistant director made | splendid talk on the advantages of home | service education
 feature of the afternoon session was the talk by H. L. Hopkins of New Or leans. director of the department of civil | ian relief when he spoke of the plans being made for the extension of the home service work.
 EXECUTIVE SECRETARIES i The problems of executive secretaries were discussed with Miss Irene Shields, executive secretary of the Jefferson | county home service section presiding. l Among the secretaries taking part in i this discussion were Mrs. G. w. Loveweli, DeKalk county; Mrs. M. M. Dill, Etowah county: Miss Marybelle White. Calhoun county; Miss Frances Hunnicutt C1e- burne county and Mrs. NJ. R. Brown, | Tuscaloosa county.
 | Among the other visitors present were: | Mrs. w. B. Beason, R. N. Terrell. Mrs. Andy Wyper, R. J. Young, Miss Myrtle I Brook, the Rev. J. J. Milford, Mrs. T E. Wood Jere Dennis. Sumter Cogswell, G
 c. Walker, Mrs. S. c. Lawrence, pr.
 James Shelburne, Mrs. w. l.. Parker
 w. D. Graves and many others.