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Show 'Che- Cpy for This Department Snpiflted bl th American Lettion Niwi Servtc.) TO AID DISABLED VETERANS Mrs. C. R. Edwards, Boston, Wife of Major General, Helps Unfortunats Men Help Themsalves. Helping the dlxnbled war veteran to linln hlrimptf In ftm Iw.M.tt P Xfro -'!..,. , f .' ence R. Edwards of IJoston, wife of Major General Edwards, Ed-wards, who com-mnnded com-mnnded the Twen-ty-slxtli division In France, find a prominent member mem-ber of the Amerl-eim Amerl-eim Legion auxiliary. aux-iliary. One of Mrs. Edwards' Ed-wards' ni(jst Important Im-portant achieve- Mrs. Edwards. - the founding of un exchange In Huston where disabled veterans may sell the products they manufacture during the long days spent lu hospitals recovering from war wounds and disabilities. Starting April 10 with a capital of $2,000 contributed by friends, Mrs. Edwards Ed-wards hired au ex-service man as manager and opened the exchange In n downtown location. Success attended attend-ed the venture from the start and It has put thousands of dollars In the pockets of needy World war heroes. The exchange takes all articles on consignment and when they are sold, the money is forwarded to the hospital or to tho individual patient at the end of the month. The disabled men have exhibited an unusual versatility in the articles produced pro-duced for sale, according to Mrs. Edwards. Ed-wards. "One boy makes little canoes and paints thera in pretty colors," Mrs. Edwards stated. "In one month we have sold $75 worth of canoes ranging In price from S5 cents to J1.50. String belts, girdles and curtain pulls are very popular. A very good market has been developed for a veteran who makes hand-woven homespuns. Jute nigs for piazzas and woven rugs for bathrooms are also favorites. All kinds of hammered jewelry and leather covers cov-ers and cases arc good sellers." Mrs. Edwards' exchange lias been authorized by tlie national convention of the American Legion auxiliary to sell articles made by veterans In hospitals hos-pitals of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Ver-mont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia. HE IS VETERAN OF TWO WARS Wisconsin Legion Man, Now National Vice Commander, Was in Spanish-American Spanish-American and World Wars. Dr. Edward J. Barrett of Sheboygan. Sheboy-gan. Wi national vice commander I" 4 v V"! IP VsMi or tne American Legion, is a veteran vet-eran of both the Spanish-American and World wars. Born In Woo-ster, Woo-ster, O., Doctor Barrett was graduated grad-uated from the University of Wooster and later from the school of medicine at the Dr. E. J. Barrett University of Cincinnati. Cin-cinnati. He served as house physician at the Palmer House in Chicago until the outbreak of the Spanish-American war, when he was commissioned a major in the Second Sec-ond regiment. United States volunteer engineers, remaining with that organization organi-zation during Us stay in Honolulu. During the Philippine insurrection. Doctor Barrett was assistant surgeon of the Forty-first volunteer infantry, remaining in the islands until 1901. Thousands of wounded American doughboys remember the work of Doctor Doc-tor Barrett when he was In command of Fox Hills hospital at Stnten Island, and later when he was chief of hospitals hos-pitals at the port of embarkation at Hoboken, N. J., during the World war. Doctor Barrett commanded the Legion Le-gion post at Sheboygan in 1020 and served as commander of the Wisconsin department and national executive committeeman In 1921-1022, in addition addi-tion to his work as a member of the Legion's national rehabilitation committee. |