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Mans Pathetic Cases of Want and
Suffering Among the Rumanians
Jassy, Rumania, Nov. 7—(Corres
pondence of The Associated PreBS).
Extreme poverty and suffering ex
ists among refugees and peasants in
tho little mountain villages that are
go numerous just back of the Ru
manian-German battle line. In a
large number of cases the refugees
are without shoes and without shel
ter of any kind, many of them being
compelled to live in the fields and to
endure the exposed of the prevailing
autumn nights. Often their clothing
consists only of a few thin ragged
cotton garments that give scarcely
. ^any warmth to their wasted bodies.
Their situation is rendered the more
precarious by the fact that the dis
tricts in which 'they are living are
subject to frequent artillery fire and
to bombing by airplanes.
Those who are fortunate enough
to have even the poor comfort of
shelter in the shatteied adobe houses
that remain standing are in almost
every instance living under condi
tions of the most wretched misery.
Forced -suddenly by the exigencies of
the military situation to abandon
their former homes, they have found
even severer hardships awaiting them
in the desolated districts to which
they have fled; for in these small
villages there is neither anything to
sustain life nor that medical care
which often would save life. All
doctors are needed on the front, and
these unfortunate people, who might
otherwise be useful factors to socie
ty if propel ly cared for, are left
either to struggle alone with the rav
ages of famine and disease or to die
of starvation.
In some villages the refugees and
peasants receive bread twice a week;
in others none at all. It is true that
a scant s apply of corn meal is ob
tainable by application to govern
ment agencies, but this slender sta
ple for every meal is not calculated
to give strength and sustenance to
people already reduced to the last
extremity of destitution by the loss
of their material belongings and the
financial support usually given them
by husbands or sons or brothers now
serving their country. In two in
stances refugees were observed pick
ing in the fields a kind of wild grass,
which they eat, but which in America
we would only think of feeding to
cattle.
The most pathetic case of suffer
ing and want was witnessed in the
little village of Seltiu in the District
of Putna. In a squalid shack of wood
and mud were three little childdren
on the point of exhaustion for lack
of proper care and food. They were
j orphans. The mother had lately
died of typhus, which has blighted
nearly the whole of Rumania; the
father was serving at the front, and
a little girl of 10 was acting as mo
ther to two tiny tots of 4 and 7.
The youngest child was lying help
less on a bag on a stone floor, a
tragic spectacle of famine and dis
ease.
A second case, which was only typ
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served in a dilapidated house no
larger than the ordinary American
bedroom. There was no glass in the
windows. The roof was full of holes.
Elsewhere in the house the open
spaces were stuffed with rags. Here
there were ten persons crowded to
gether under conditions of squalor
and misery. Bags and tattered
patch-quilts formed the only cover
ings on the makeshift beds.
One of the inmates was an elderly
woman who had recently lost her
husband, but whose pride it was to
have three sons serving in the army.
For this solemn contribution to the
cause of her country, however, she
had not even the small reward from
her government of a decent exist
ence. She had no food beyond a few
handfuls of cornmeal. She was a
a spectre of famine. Her face was
diawn and pinched and her counten
ance so inexpressibly sad that it
told its own silent tale of the terrible
hardships she and her nine compan
ions in the house were enduring.
One of her children, a'helpless mite
of three, lay under the clay stove, in
Which there was a feeble fire, slowly
succumbing to pellagra. The other
nine occupants, lots of them chil
dien, were pathetic figures of pover
ty and misery.
There probably aie thousands of
cases equally as extreme or even
worse. The observer could easily see,
with this tragic picture before him,
why typhus had taken such a terri
ble toll of life last winter. The
houses visited were in most cases
dirty and unsanitary and offered the
most fertile breeding places for ver
min. The occupants were so terribly
impoverished that their feeble bodies
could scarcely be expected to with
stand the invasion of even the mild-!
est of diseases.
In these villages, which often are
only a short distance from the area
where military activity is greatest,
and which are subjected almost daily
to shell fire by the German, one would
think that the inhabitants, follow
ing the instinct of self-preservation,
would go to places at least free from
the terrors of actual warfare; but
with a hope borne of confidence in
the bravery of the Rumanian army
and its ability to drive back the Ger
mans, these simple, guileless peasants
continue to linger in the danger zones,
believing that soon the German army
will be forced to withdraw and that
the population will be able to return
to their deserted homes.
On the other hand, there are some
who realize the great jeopardy in
which they are placing themselves by
staying within the range of enemy
guns, and they have wisely abandoned
their homes for places at least remov
ed from the imminence of airplane
bombardment and shell fire. In these
cases it is a sight deeply impresseive
to the American observer to see the
poor but sagacious peasant burying
in the cold earth his spare clothes or
the household articles which he treas
ures most, in order that they may not
fall into the hands of the invading
Germans and that he may recover
them when the enemy is driven out.
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to keep the paupers of Jackson coun
ty for the term beginning January 1,
1918, and ending January 1, 1919.
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and furnish medicine and medical at
tention to all paupers and give bond
in the sum of two thousand dollars
for the faithful performance of the
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This January 2, 1918.
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KIND IN THE WORLD, IT
HAS NO RED TAPE.
BACKS UPTHE ARMY AND NAVY
Succors Wife of the Fighting Mar
and Makes His Own Surround
ings as Pleasant as
Possible.
The people of the United States
only now are beginning to realize thf.
force for good represented by the
American Red Cross.
This statement is attested by the
fact that 16,000,000 of the citizenrj
of this country joined the organization
in the Christmas membership drive
But few of these, however, realized
what the Red Cross is doing to help
win the war for the United States and
its allies.
The four nrinr»ina1
The Bureau of Crvllian Relief also la
doing a great work In France.
Enlletlng 22,000,000 Children.
Through the Junior Red Oroea,
which haa been created in accordance
with a plan credited largely to Dr. H.
N. MacCracken, president of Vassal
College, It la proposed to give the
22,000,000 school children of the Unit
ed States an active share in the work'
of the Red Cross.
The purpose of the Junior Red
Cross Is largely educational, and Its
activities will be carried on entirely
In the schools, as a part of the school
work.
The organization of the Junior Red
Cross aims at decentralization and
the independence of the local unit,
Contact with the Red CrosB will he
maintained only through the School
Committee of the local chapter, the
chapter, in turn, receiving its direc
tions and material through the divi
sion director of junior membership.
The dues of each auxiliary are a
sum equal to 25 oents for each mem
ber. This is required as a pledge of
serious purpose, and is to be used by
the auxiliaries in the purchase of ma
terials for making supplies.
Military Relief Work.
The American army in Prance 13 re
ceived in large reception camps on
the coast, and after several weeks of
preliminary training the men are sent
across the country to permanent
training camps back of the firing
lines.
Along the route followed by the
troops the Red Cross has established
Red Cross are Woman’s Work, Junioi I
Membership, Civilian Relief and Mill. |
tary Relief.
Woman’s work consists of the vari- j
ous activities which result in furnish
ing sweaters, helmets, wristlets,
socks, surgical dressings, etc., for
American soldiers who either have
gone to France or who are preparing
to go. It has been estimated that the
work women have done in this depart
ment since America entered the war
would have cost the Red Cross $60,
000,000, exclusive of material used. Of
course, all the work has been done
gratis.
What Women Have Done.
In the seven months ending Nov. I,
1917, the Red Cross sent to Europe
13,000,000 separate articles, surgical
dressings, hospital supplies and cloth
ing. In addition to these, large quan
tities of similar supplies have been
sent to camps and cantonments In the
United States.
The American people will not, of
course, permit families to suffer want
because their bread-winners are fight
ing for their country.
The Red Cross chapters can and
will provide also the friendly Services
which may be needed and acceptable
because of ill health or other misfor- 1
tunes or because of family conditions 1
which, If neglected, weuld result in i
need and suffering or disaster to the 1
home.
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charge of aa American trained nurse
with an American man to assist her.
Each infirmary contains 10 beds, a
stock of drugs and other necessities.
The seriously sick are cared for at
French hospitals in the neighborhood.
Daily calls are made upon the Ameri
can sick in the hospitals by the nurse
and attendant, who take with them
reading matter, tobacco and other
comforts.
Big Work in United States.
Dispensaries have been established
in the American army zone to care |
for civilians and to Improve health
conditions in the vicinity of the Amer
can camps.
When our men reach their French
base the Red Cross continues to act
is a friendly agency as opportunity
nay offer to supplement what the
irmy itself does to make the men
lomfortable. Recuperation camps
lave been opened at suitable places,
ind recreation huts provided for the
lick and convalescent.
The department of Military Relief
iliewise docs a practical and a hu
mane work in the United States, it
aipplies deficiencies in camps and
inntonments, distributing clothing,
;tc., when army and navy red tape
nakes it necessary. This department
;ven has gone to the extent of sup
dying plumbing for cantonments. t
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WOMAN’S WORK.
Under the department of Woman’s Work are listed all of
those articles to aacaaaary fer the recovery of the wounded and
the comfert of the convalescent.
Red Cress work shops through the country are busily engaged
turning out great quantities of the various types of surgical dress
ings so badly needed in the field dressing stations and base hospi
tals abroad. These dressings are made with the utmost care in
hygienic surroundings and in their preparation are occupying the
time of hundreds of thousands of women in the larger cities
throughout the country. There can be no fear of an oversupply oi
hospital dressings and the need for them will become more and
more imperative as the military operations are commenced with
renewed vigor in the spring. There is also an urgent demand for
many articles which come under the heading cl hospital garments,
directions for the making of which are herewith appended. These
articles can be made in the heme, or in the church, as wome n
articles can be made in the home, or in church centers, as women
find most convenient.
Knlttlrn).
The demand for knitted articles con
tinues unabated. The order of demand
now stands: Sweaters, socks, helmets,
wristlets, mufflers.
Send for the Red Cross pamphlet on
knitting. If you will follow its directions
as to size of needle and thread and num
ber of stitches ytfu will get correct and
serviceable garments. When the yarn is
thinner than that required by tne Red
CroES standard a finer needle roust be
used, with more stitches, or, for the
sweater, the thread may be doubled.
Never leave a knot in your yarn. Splice
the ends by ravelling for two inches,
crossing in the pal;lj of the hand and
rolling into a solid thread. Socks must
not have a ridge under the heel, nor at
the end of the toe. Never finish a toe
by placing stitches on two needles and
casting off from both needles together;
never do this under the heel.
Please make knitting a leisure time oc
cupation; have it always with you; form
the habit of knitting as you talk or as
you listen, as you wo.lt or as you ride.
It Is astonishing how the garment grows
from this odd-time activity.
Hospital Garments.
Bvery pattern company now carries the
standard Red Cross patterns. If they
are not carried by your local dealer get
them through your Red Cross Supply
Service, 1230 Olive street, St. Louis. They
give the details of putting the garment
cut garments or cut
dnery. Do not waste
"shirts are in greatest
demand. Underdrawers and undershirte
come next, and just no wwe have a oali
for bedspreads. They are made of ooj
ored ootton or chintz and measure seven
by five feet. Comfort pillows are also In
demand. Fill a white container 16x20
Inches or smaller with finely snipped
pieces of cotton cloth raided half and half
with ahre£d*d cotton and cncloae all In
stripes, 26 inches wide, or 7% yards 27
inches wide. For large size, 5% yards
outing flannel, light or dark stripes, 36
inches wide, or 7% yards 27 inches wide.
Materials: Four buttons, bone or pearl,
white or dark color, % Inch diameter (for
coat), two buttons, bone or pearl, white
or dark color, inch diameter (for
trousers). Sewing thread No. 60. white
or color to match. Sewing thread No. 50,
white or color to match (for button
holes). Red Cross emblem. Cut on the
pattern outline. All seams, hems and
turnings have been allowed.
Hospital Bed Shirt—Sise medium. Of
flcial American Red Cross Pattern No
80. Two sixes, medium and large. Thret
and three-quarters twilled muslin,
bleached, 86 inches wide (unbleached
muslin accepted). It takes seven yards
to cut two shirts at one time.) Mate
rials: Five-eighths inch twilled tape,
white, yards long. Sewing thread No.
60, White. Red Cross emblem. Cut on
tlie pattern outline. All seams, hems
and turnings have been allowed.
Bed Socks. Bandaged Foot Sock, Op
erating Begging—One size. Official
American Red Cross Pattern No. 1. Bed
socks and operating leggings in pairs.
Bandaged foot socks singly. Bed socks
lined, 1% yards or 60 inches outlog flan
nel, light or dark stripes ()<''« pajamas).
36 Inches wide or 27 Inches iW pair cut
from 36-Inch, one pair fgt-ia. 17); Flve
elghth-lnch twilled tape, .vhlte or color
to watoh, 34 inches long (two pieces each
. 42 lnchee long for one pair).
Bandaged Foot Sock—Made singly.
| One-half yard outing flannel, gray blue.
1 like lined pajamas. I* lnchee or 27 Inches
I wide %-inch twilled tape, drab color, 42
1 3 long. Operating leggings, made in
pal #2* yards canton flannel, bleached
ore bleached, 27 Inches for one pair;
K’. >m twilled tape, white, 84 lneher
Alt* (two pieces, each 42 Inches long, for
.ne pair). Sewing thread No. 60, white
<y match. Cut on the pattern outline.
jams, hems and turnings have been
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9 factions for other hospital garments
-follow. MRS. E. F. BROWN,
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badly our soldier boys In
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boy pulled out a half-used
sack of Bull Durham and
caressed it. His companion in
formed me that they had paid
as high as 40 francs ($8) for
a sack of Bull Durham/*
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