Show WHAT w A CAN y aj E I 1 hollowing lowing lol account flolly the red closs bulletin makes plain tile way in the red lied cross of america Is helping tile the women conlen and children chil dien of france franc tile american red cross lias has placed nt ohp deslo dl disposal sal of general petain com in chief of the french armies the sum of francs 1130 for distribution among the sick and re fonne forine french soldiers and their needy families it extends its aid to the repatriated children coming in convoys front from ocen occupied france and belgium by ibay ny of eian les babis four thousand children have been examined and nearly 1000 treated at the american red cross hospital where also acute and contagious cases are arc treated more than have received dispensary treatment and those thoe in need of convalescent vale scent care or those suffering from tuberculosis are sent to the red cross hospital near lyon the thousands of old folk women and children without homes who leave avian each cadi week for the various departments to which they are designated find there the representatives senta tives of the alie american red cross there tire are more than fifty distributed in forty four departments department who take part in the work of rehabilitation supplying furniture clothing fuel and food in paris twenty six houses for the lodging of refugees have been turned over to tile bureau these thebe will take care of families or individuals vi duals the red lied cross furnishes the necessary requisites and in ili certain cases advances money to cover the expenses pen ses of construction A refuge of the american red cross at toul houses bouses young children and their mothers 1110 who haie come out of the bombarded villages while tile means mean furnished by the red closs have made possible the opening of a maternity hospital at it Clin Cli alons lons in GOO bables babies have boon been born since the beginning of the war nar the american red cross cros gives care ali comfort to the babies of france in thirty seven different posts nine ot of which are the costes established ili ii paris where dren whose mothers mother are engaged in war work may get their meals work ahoi k Is also going on in the five villages selected for intensive reconstruction st the houses damaged by shell lire fire and bombs have been rendered habitable barns and other farm buildings have once more been made lit for service A subvention of francs has been set aside for the planting of fruit trees in the orchards destroyed in the departments of the north supplies for the refugees have been made direct through the in medium edlum of 0 the 78 organizations and the 28 local branches A total of articles of clothing infant layettes lay ettes and 30 meters of goods have been distributed tri buted as well as sewing machines sewing materials material food and medicines A clothes mandate owing to the necessity for conserving materials and labor and to keep the ever rising cost of garments down to a minimum fashion fasli ion authorities are arc not authorizing or recommending radical changes for the autumn therefore the silhouette will ile be straight anti and youthful colors will be restricted to the smallest possible number and for street wear will be dark and rich in tone with much fur trimming fringe and embroidery one hears that very V ry few capes are smart unless they are touched up tip with a checked or plaid fabric and capes you know are as smart as jackets and will continue to be so through the autumn they are worn over separate skirts and cuirass blouses or short chinese tunics and they have th that at swagger military air that comes coines from their careless arrangement across the shoulders all of the new ones have some soine kind of waistcoat arrangement which holds them closely over the bust und and |