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Show Serbian Families, Once Rich. Now Wake Homes in Barns and Chicken Coops Tn northern Serbia mony families. Wealthy before the war, have been J found bv olllcers of the American He- ! lief administration and the American Red Cross living in stables and chicken i coops. Their homes had been destroyed by the advancing or retreating armies. Now their beds were heaps of straw covered with burlap. It was all that ' remained as furniture In their on CO pretentious estates. Penniless and with no clothing except whot they i wore, these people returned In pltloble condition. Many of the refugees made their way across Serbia In makeshift garments of burlap bags, which had contained American food sent to relieve re-lieve their hunger. The condition of the Serbian peasants peas-ants Is beyond description. A large proportion are homeless. Most fam llles hove been deprived of their wage corners by death. The mother is now obliged to support herself and chll ilren on what she can procure on a farm stripped of Its machinery and tools. |