Richfield Reaper | 1918-12-14 | Page 2 | Red Cross Takes Home to the Boys

RED CROSS TAKES I 1 HOME TO THE BOYS the french soldiers have furloughs furroughs which they can spend at home the english fighters go back to blighty abut but our boys have the alio ocean between ithem and home they cannot come home on furlough and it remains fort for the american red cross to try and take home to them tills this is particularly true in regard ito to the convalescent homes home here nil all li reversion to hospital life Is avoided games music social evenings sand land homelike home bome like surrounding shelp them ito to throw air the lie grim business of war until they are really able to recover the housekeeper Is always a motherly ily woman usually american who flooks looks after the comfort of her charges cli arges and helps them to pack up all ima cimagl 1 I nary troubles in the old kit bag I 1 the american red cross now has six sis of these homes in operation