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STANDARD OIL COMPANY (California) OIL CCC \ ___ / [ STOVE K n o w le s G ra b e r, C o tta g e G r o v e S w e n g e l H a r d w a r e C o ., C o t t a g e G r o v e S te r n s C h e n o w e t h , Y o n c a lla THORNTON CORNERS I*fI to Til«- Sentili«*!. » Bon Rim ini loft î • »r P ortland, \vh<*n« I nard, (»raro, ami Mr ili- will also .<* STRETCHING PARIS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF FRANCE Rinuril w Contribuirti by ti»*orge Wright,* I’, r o*t«*r i•* \ A M O T H E R ’S P R O M IS E T O H ER SON By K A T H L E E N NORRIS Uy liiiu uni* I in writing Mil'' very, WHEN A CUP OF COFFEE TASTES L1XE A MILLION DOLLARS % The avalanche o f refugees that awept Into Paris from the north of France had been the despair o f the civil authorities. -T h ese homeless, stunned people were a new responsi­ bility to he added to the thousands of wounded men that came steadily from the shambles o f the west front. Purls is an old city. It was not ready to take In Its neighbors' chil­ dren. Its population was already a tight fit. So It made the best o f Its poor hospitality by offering up Its tu r­ rets New building construction seem­ ed Impossible. Men were scarce. The mechanic was either manning the trenches or fighting the fight In the wur factories. Paris was distracted. It Is wonderful Indeed how nobly Purls tried to meet this condition. And It Is remarkable how Paris met It with the aid o f our own Red Cross Unhampered by red tape or precede t. our Red Cross put on overalls and Jumper, carried the hod, became archi­ tect, engineer and contractor and went Into the building o f homes Here was a church lot that lay vacant: here an unfinished hospital; th ere'a worn out Ih-rgmnnu Shoes fur sale at the Wool­ en Mills store. LOR A N E. He Got His Cup and T hen Went on—to Death. stay. Juvt ».i you pluuued I planned, Through the establishment o f the and 1 said to my.self: "W hen the time eoinea for ua to part 1 shall make him line uf communication canteens in a prom la#. ” In-ar one, tlila la uty Pranee the American Ited Cross Is set­ your new uniform without em T o m b i n g promise, and I iuake II for the term ting records In serving hot coffee, co- for the (Inleat pul l of mi llnb Upon ull of your own— " f o r (he duration of the eoa und sandwiches to the troops. Oue the new tlilngu that you musi have present war." , of these refreshment units made an there the pusaportu mid lileiitlfli'H I promise you that while you are other new record recently, serving ttoll ull|>M mid plniloglTipli, the knife away, whether It Is months or years, more than fiU.tMNI meals In one week. aad peli mid writing pml, the lints nothing except what I ran give you At another a cup o f coffee wus served and uuinliein mid names mid cipher», and give all the others ahull till my every tell seconds for a period of two I promise you that I shall de consecutive hours. the mhlres.s hook mid Ilio thin umiliai life. you liuve heen "t Helving no loud mid vote myself, here In safety, to the In a single week these lines o f com­ the Uni Utile Hllile. for till" letter I" work o f making what you do easier munication canteens often serve 80,000 I American and French soldiers a |i. t of your equipment, too. or ut and stronger and safer for you. promise you that I slinll give and leu*! I like In think I hut It I*. Soldiers In Box C-srs. Not I'm going In tell you In It Juut one give and g ive— for the Cause! or two of the llilhg» we've boon try- the money I i an spare, not the time 1 1 to our soldiers and their allies real­ lug not to uuy In Illune In wt day a. Voti ve I have left when everything else Is ly want this form of Ited Cross serv­ aulii to youraelf. huven't you. that done, but all the money, ull the time, ice? A letter from a young American there were possibilities that 1, thunk all the energy I h a v e ! | aviator, a l'Jl? graduate of Princeton (imi. hadn't aeeineil In think of It Yotir whole life huu been altered, I University, Is probably typical. Vou've tuarvi'lleil gratefully, haven't has heen art to sterner and graver I might he added that this man has slnco you, that I could say goodliv with music. So shall mine he. You will been reported killed after bringing dry eyea mid lulk uliout what we | know self denial, privation and futlgue I down a (irrtiiiii Taube. “ A 50 mile ■hould do when the war I" over. My while the vvur lusts. So shall 1 know | train ride over here," tie said, "Instead dear, there la nothing nothing tint them. Kven If blurk news comes, even of tuklug a few hours may take days can happen to you litui I haven't fore If the blackest comes, 1 shall remem­ , When we stop at a Rod Cross canteen aeen In every detull alme May. unire ber that against your brave heart this I you can bet that a cup o f coffee tastes th e very heglnnlng of II all I know promise Is resting, and I shall go on. like a million dollar».” th a ia n m e o f our men aie not going to And while there Is one man among our It Is not always possible for a regi­ come hark. 1 know aa I write t hi a million amt among the millions o f our ment to provide sufficient food and hot In the loom you love that your fin i allies who needs clothing and nursing I coffee on these long Journeys, where (e r a may fumble for Itila little pleee and comfort* and mo I hcu for your sake I the men must often he parked stand­ o f paper In aonie dreadful hour, a I shall not fall him. ing luto unhealed box cars ordinarily mouth or two moiitha or Mix monlha Perhaps In dud s goodness this note used for carrying horses. So Imagine from now, Juat to read It over mire will come safely hack lo me In the for yourself the warmth, the cheer, the more for the Inat time, Juat to feel olive drat) pocket, and we will smile comfort that piping hot coffee and 111 your Ungerà out there In a "hell over It together. Blit, remember, until good sandwiches bring to our hoys a ft­ lighted battlefield aoinethlllg that I that hour comes I shall he always busy er a night on such a Journey I You have touched for goodbye titling my own small place In the great can Just bet that It stiffens a man's And thinking o f all tIII* for nlmoat machine o f mercy and as truly under [ courage. Your lied Cross Is handing a year while you've heen getting the colors over here ua you are over out this renewed courage by the piping ready to go I’ve been getting ready to there, d o d h l c s a y o u l I hot cupful. very munii mid on the thinnest of pa per, mi lliHt l U h l l ’ folded II may "Up lulu oue of the in.vc druh |K»cketi» of THE RED CROSS H AS HELPED W H E R E G O V ERNMENTS W E R E HELPLESS. î a mill at I >» \ itlc \l r•*. Thornton > t ui tlav. (Spceiul to The Sentinel, i May 14.— K"V Foster made a buid- I K " trip to the tirove Tuesday. Mi-s Ida Chamberlain sprat the week lid with her aunt, Mrs. Ralph l.yncli. .1 mies Sutherland has returned to the tirove after having visited relatives here. Mrs. E. R. Perkins, who had been staying with her daughter, Mrs. K. R Crowe, returned to hci at Doruuti Sun­ day. Miss Margaret Counts visited Sunday at the Foster home. Mr. uad Mrs. Alva l)avis arc the proud parents of a son, horn May ". Mr. and Mrs. K. R. Crowe and • hit dun. Mrs. E. R. Perkins, Miss tiladys Chapman and Miss Kilith tirier were K u g e ii e visitors Sunday. The two plays, “ The tiirls Over Here,’ ’ given by the high school, and ’ * I’hc OKI Peabody Pew, giv en by iiK'inbers o f tht Red Cross, were very - k . cssful. Receipts for the sale o f tick ets, for ice cream and cake served after ilie plays, and for a quilt made by the Red Cross amounted to $"7 more than expenses and this amount will be de­ voted to war relief work. TH E RED CRO SS M AN By Hcrgmnnu Shoes for sale at the Wool­ en Mills store. A M E L IA J O S E P H IN E BURR. Of the Vigilante*. Broken with pain and weariness A n d sapped with vile disease. Back to the land of ruined towns, O f murdered men and tree’ Through Switzerland from uermany The trains of wreckage ran,— And on the French frontier they found A Red Cross Man. S A G IN A W (Special to The Sentinel.) May 15.— Mr. Robinson, having fin ¡shed liis school here, has moved with his family to Eugene. Miss Etta Taylor, o f Eugene, spent the week end at the C. ('. Moody home. I.oivel Bcnston returned Saturday from Hujada, and is working tor Mr. Fogle. Mrs. Howard Moody and children re turned recently from North Bend. M i s s Ruby Keene, o f Delight Valley, spent Sunday with Miss Bertha Neat. The Flliott family has moved into the house recently vacated bv Mr. Robin son. \ large crowd enjoyed a bonfire party and weiner roast at H orn ’s grove Sat unlay evening. The baccalaureate sermon will be preached ivt the Walker church Sunday. May 111, by Rev. J. K. Moore. The grad anting exercises will be held in the high school auditorium May 24. Governor James Withycombc will deliver the ad dress. 1 »«.gr graduating this year are Echo Walker, Harriet lin ceo and Glen building, all o f which In a fortnight were started on their way toward new apartments, rooms and sleeping wards. We here at home who associate the great Red Cross movement with band­ ages and white gowned nurses must ¡ose this old Illusion In the light o f a thousand other works for humanity. In this case we see the Red Cross first as diplomats convincing the civil authorities o f Parts as to their ability to remedy the situation, then as architects remodeling buildings, chang ing building plans, hiring labor gath ered by themselves from the ex-sol dlery and the older man, all the while working under every Imaginable hand­ icap, while Father Tim e cried, "(Jet tl done, get It done.’’ So out o f the garrets came these de­ spairing people to find new hope it clean homes, to get new cheer out ot sheer bodily comfort and fresh cour­ age to Hgain take up the great trust that France has kept so well— “ to car ry on.” It Is not strange that out French brothers believe In your owe Red Cross Just a little more than yoi do. But should this be? And when to what had once been home Those haggard exiles came, Young wheat was green above the scars O f steel and blood and flame Round new built houses where once more The work of life began. A n d still they found to welcome them A Red Cross Man. | | j | There the husband clasped again The wife he mourned as dead— The child was on its mother’s breast, The old were comforted. W h a t wonder if they hope to find The Angel of G o d ’s Plan W h o meets them at the heavenly gat# A Red Cross .Man!