The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-02-26
y. w. c. A.. Serves Travelling Public
information Desk OF Travellers Aid station. Mecca For Troubled
Travellers


A little cruwa gathered around Niss
Clement, sccrcmD % the Y. vi g. A.
Travellers Ala a. the station when az
old colorod uumhn Of mammoth pros
portions rpehed ~ 10 thu Information
desk crylnFi Honey. rs been robbed.
to de- Iawd'a eak0 heip me mn ny
money. Ts loss cs'ry ccni ! eot
Miss clrmeuf askcd ~aacsuonsi ~
examined The old roman p~urse
rar empty SIR started out to make
Inquiry o. conductors and potstfe On
The traln. still 4lan6luG al tht depot.
on whIdh ne Old dnrkcy had Gene In.
a cpiortd lnnn tauyIus two suit caacu
tnttr1d 1tt waiting room and the
NnNInr woman Hwooped down upon
him. pouring forth her story. wiring
ms her hands over her loss. implor-
inE somebody 20 DO something. The
man. her husband. became az excited
o. herself and eten more frightened.
Ne hoiied his eyes and scratched his
~Now then, susie he said after a
moments thought 80 you-aii had a
put that thar money In your stnckin
As I tot you u wouldn't a gone an
been losf.T
the old woman's Jaw dropped. she
laughed foolishly. then uproaruusiy.
-Honey, OATS llsi whar ! did put
a. she cried. %slapping The folded bills
AZ D rocked with jay.
AMUSING little Incidents like that
keep this work from being an tras-
edy. Mrs Clement said, AZ she left
the laughing crowd and sought out
some M more ~ need Of her SYM
pathy
Enarrgrncy Elmds Fti,ds Hungry
w6nuhn with Nv fretful. ewing
children. ,hc fenrs sireaming down
her chneFA huholed IN a corner OF the
WaliInn room apparently trying to e.
'rant notce. but the eyes OF the Sec
u the tratelcra' I'D are sharp
and trnlned for trouble. She ap.
proachfd the unhappt group a soon
Ehf ioprney had cost more than the
Nonian had allowed. Trains were
late. she bad missed cQnnnftionE. here
shr was without fuEdA md still ~
hours from her destination. The chill
dren hat had no food an day Tho
aaureNy acts promptls 10 such cascs.
Food Wns procured At once The little
'enes. fhtlf. hunger npuc1trd. curled
Up and slept A basket containing
enough focd for the following day
WINS given TO the grateful mother as
Nhe wAH put on the right train later
ard sent on her way rejoicing.
Furnishing food for people travel
Ing with Insufficient funds and to sick
people. who started out unprepared
for THAR %joruney. is a common oc-
for nc travellers aid.
Temporary Inan.
A roman going 10 Join her husband
tranded In Albuquerque pennileHs-
she also had several children. She
told the Sccrctary her story. h said
49, - - 80. -aN.a
he learned ~ her trobie hut II would
be expensive to wait over for n. She
wanted 10 go on through. The Sec
retary teieEraphed tine husband. Then
she called up the Red Cross.
Red Cross Helps.
when she put b case before the
secretary h was given q check for
the womsn and advised TO ssna her on
once. she did 50. A few hours
Mae ne nms0hnd Tslceniphed stas
to IN, station agent. the agent
u ever 10 the secretary and
the secretary repaid the Red Cross.
shrinaIst Irnd n Hand.
Rceenily n young woman taking her
husband 20 his mother In CALI
fornia. found him In a dying condi-
Just out OF Albuquerque. No.
WIS on board. hut klnd
hands cared for the sick man and per-
auadcd the woman To sleep. Tor she
exhausted. While she slept the
husband died. Shriners aboard the
made up "a purse Of something
two hundred dollars TO care for
the CORPSE and assist the widow
When the train reached Albuquerque
tho secretary Of the travellers aid was
aud she look the mi whp
not yet been told % her husbands
death. 10 the hotel. assuring her cv-
erythine possible WAS being done for
her husband. Later. after food and
a refreshing sleep h was apprised of
her loss. The undertaken prepared
the body for shipment other Shrlnera
IN tho city augmented the purse made
up by the passengers and after ~ eN-
pensos we're paid the agent thrned
a balance Of ass To the widow for
emerge cicE.
TuhcfNulnr Patients Grateful Tor
Assistance.
One conUmon call upon the secretary
l. to assist sick people who come TO
Albuquerque alone. yet not able to
look out FOR themselves. She takes
Them 20 hotels. finds rooms calls
Bhyslcians. sends extreme cases 20 hos
piials ana In a thousand ways renders
necessary aid,
C,fr Battesmrnf League CooDcratcs.
After first aid a. rendered the sec
rotary frequently calls upon the civic
betterment league TO continue tho
work begun az the station. a young