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Show I MAKING HOME A . LITTLE NEARER MRS. w. i- JDEPBrLrr Home on rurlough is the greatest great-est tonic to tho moralo o the French and British forces. Buc the American boy cannot go home and the American Red Cross aided by America's women Is doing everything It can to carry tho home spirit over there. Prominent among the workers Is Mrs. W. It Vanderbllt, now active In Red Cross Cantcon Work In Franco, one of tho effective ways of reaching reach-ing the men. The canteens on the lines of communication wore established for the purpose of providing tho sleeping quarters, food, bathe and disinfecting Eervlco for the soldiers en routo to and from the front Thoy are also oqulppcd with rest rooms wncre coiaiers can read, wrlto and play games, and small stores where they can buy cannol dolloncles, tobacco and similar articles. Thoso cantoens are built at Junction Junc-tion depots which, In peace time, were equipped to handle about 73 people. Before tho establishment of tho canteens sometimes aa many as 4,000 soldlors would be forced to wait frorri 24 to 48 hours for their connecting trains, during which time they slept on th! ground, got very little food and that at high prices. Now trench-stained trench-stained soldiers can obtain hut meals at less than cost 16c a meal can bathe, play games ot sleep until time for their connecting connect-ing trains. |