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Margaret Early, Frances Dickerson, Martha Baird. Frances Hill, Ann Humphreys Morton. Frances Harris. Harriet Childers. Mary Belle Maddin, Frances Stahlman. Ann Bransford. Marv Dudley Dake, Annie Laura Campbell Mildred Gray. Frances Gray. Victoria Ambrose. Julia Blair, Virginia Brown, Sue Cartwright. Loiette Hampton. Helen Hooper, Marion Jones, Cornelia
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Dre placey Mary Higher Or. Luanda Tialote. Dorthea Tucket, Loure Bell, Caroline Buell. Mars Ha ap Sara Lap-comb. Cornelia Martin, Bertha Ransom. Louise SAvis Cose \ Es Hat po Wodlw ne. Sara Chambers. Auginia Woolwine, Elizabet! Domen Wana Dodies, Kommt Ea. Avon Hall Franc . Hampton, Care Lipscomb, Marie Joan Varwood, Mar. Bitte - Matton. Rebecca Padgett, Virginia Pursear. Madeline Sim w Fis Acphe Sumpter. Wartoa Wi er. Roberta Wallis. Jennie Wilkinson, Helen Baird.
The Brands College Demonet ation School Auxiliary was organized March 20. 108. 1y Mrs. George F. Blackie. We tings were held each week al the school. The first work of this organization was the making of parth -worn garments into clothing for the Belgian children. Funds for expenses of the unit were contributed by indi- . iduals and additional sum- for the purchase of materials for making comfort bag -. allow cases, boss shirts, un cases, and other articles were raised through the effort of the in mbers of this auxiliary. Elizabeth Fuller gave a doll at Chri-tma- time to be dressed and sold by the girls, and a splendid sum was realized from a play given by the young girls of the school. In the spring of 1918 an opera was pro- dueed by the Demonstration School pupils under the direction of D. R. Gebhardt and Miss Me Murray. the proceeds being given to the Nashville Chapter. Junior Red Cross. Over two hundred dollars was contributed to Red Cross work from this auxiliarv. among whose members were:
Misses Ruik Me Muriay, Lemon. Notion, Kelly. Arnustead. Pitts. Cooper, who were members of the faculty. and Mrs. Thomas Alexander and the following pupils: Amelia Appleton. Wary Man Tippett, Manon Murphy. Mildred Welch. Cornelia Lamb. Reba Zander. Sara Ricketts. Warche PIolhp. Bruede Phillips Jean M. Mekrand. Maty Crockett. Eleanor Brown, Fraaces Kirkpatrick. Catherine Cartwright, Shelby Chadwick, Margaret Chadwick. Dorothy Fuqua, Louise hansin. Bessie Brown. Fhnot Berger. Mary Rice Anderson. Elizabeth Davis, Edlen Rion Cald. 1 1. Irene Malone fam. Sara Hardcastle. Ruth Welch. Marie Parrent. Elizabeth Fuller. Louise Judowas. Wilma Wood. Eleanot Kirkman, Katherine Kirk'and. Caroline Little, Evelyn Oir. Fabeth Schwartz. Frances Webb. Mary Lou Hart. Eveline Jones, and Louise Lowenstein.
The Robertson Academy Auxiliary was composed of every pupil in the school from the first to the eighth grades. and the work accomplished by this unit consisted of the younger members cutting rags into small pieces for comfort pillows. The older girls sewing was perfect. The boys worked as earnestly as the girls. and the spirit of sacrifice was displayed by each of them. Not only did they give their personal services, but in the "Earn and Give" drive this unit contributed one hundred and ten dollars through their own effort -.
1 feature commendable in these children was that while the Robertson Academy Junior- worked they sang the favorite songs of the soldiers. It was a source of pride to see them earnestly at work. breathing the very spirit of patriotism as they pave their hands and voices in the service of their country. They made fifty comfort pillows, five dozen property bags, and a large number of wash rags. These boys and girl- purchased several hundred dollars in Thrift Stamps and aided in every campaign for war work in their neighborhood.
The following pupils composed the Nashville Chapter. Junior Red Cross Auxil. mais at Robertson Academy:
Margaret 1 0. Geraldine Formmed. Nettie Elizabeth Rion. Ida Calhoun. Mary Mekre. Louise We Are, Frances Oden. Elizabeth Hogan. Jean Vable. Mary Horton. Gladys Gossett, Sarah Hoedes Olivia Hylen Frances Meidors, Bonnie Howard. Grace Jonette. Emma Himlman. Hattie Spolen. Helen Thomas, ( Parles Trabuc. Harrell Meadows. Simpson Hill. George Calhoun. Vilen Megder Henry Litton Gordon. Albert Noble, Granville Horton, Edgar Oakley. John , Ir Grabbers Jackson. John Jones, Fred Gilbert. Loftin Robertson. Otto Hylen. Charles Washeld Maxsell Willes- Thomas Mostr. Billy Calhoun. John Thompson. Harald Durrett
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ROBERTSON ACADEMY JUNIOR RED CROSS AUXILIARY
This was the first school in the county to organize. Every pupil was an active worker in every campaign during the war. Mrs. 1. J. Crutchfield. Principal. who is standing in the fear of the picture was instructor of the Red Cross work, and Miss Katherine Banks, a teacher in the school. was an able assistant.
Ben Sawyer, Ewing Clouse. Leon Sherry, John Hindman. Henry Jenette. Howard Gossett. Robert MeAbee. and Baxter Thomas.
Mrs. I. J. Crutchfield. the principal of the Robertson Academy School. was the instructor for this unit. assisted by Miss Katherine Banks. one of the teachers.
The Junior Red Cross Auxiliary of the Walter Stokes School was organized on March 30. 1918. with Miss Mary Buchanan as instructor. There were one hundred and six members of this unit. whose work consisted of making comfort pillows.
The Reed School Junior Auxiliary was organized on February 25. 1918. with one hundred and thirty-one members. This unit made comfort pillows, but much of its activity was directed by the Seventh District County Woman's Committee of the Council of National Defense, with Mrs. Charles C. Gilbert as Chairman.
The Junior Auxiliary of the Central High School was organized on May 6. 1918. and its membership included one hundred pupils.
The Junior Red Cross Auxiliary of the Eastland School was organized on Sep- tember 27. 1919. with a membership of five hundred pupils. The smaller children cut the scraps for comfort pillows and the older girls did sewing and knitting for the Red Cross.
The Antioch Junior Auxiliary was organized in May. 1918. with Miss Lorena Mitchell as Chairman. This unit made comfort pillows and did knitting. while
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some of the members worked with the Tusculum Auxiliary on surgical dressings for the Nashville Chapter.
The Sylvan Park Junior Auxiliary worked under the direction of Miss Joahanna G. Rankin in every branch of Junior Red Cross work. They raised the funds to purchase their own materials and made two generous donations to the Junior De- partment of the Nashville Chapter. A. R. C.
The Junior workers of West Nashville gave a play by which they realized forty- two dollars, which sum was presented by them to the Red Cross. Nashville Chapter.
Every citizen of Davidson County reads this re- port with pride. With the patriotism shown during the war by the children mentioned above. David-on County is safe for democracy many generations hence. A wise choice was made in the selection of Mrs. George F. Blackie as leader of this work. Without the untiring aid of the public school teach- ers this amount of work could not have been ae- complished. Davidson County was justly proud of the earnest endeavors of the teachers in both her city and county schools. for to them credit is due the patriotie spirit displayed by the children of the schools. The World War activities of the children of Davidson County ranked first in Tennessee, and special mention was made of their work in the Na- tional report at Headquarters. Washington, D. C.
Mary Belle Maddin. the five-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Perey D. Maddin. was practically a "war orphan" during the period of the great con- Hiet. as the duties of the woman chief executive at the Nashville Chapter Headquarters required her mother's entire time and attention. However. Mary Belle amused herself by "clipping" for the soldiers. When attired in her Red Cross regalia. as shown in the picture. she felt great pride in being al- lowed the privilege of doing her "bit."
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Information Desk, Nashville Chapter, A. R. C. MRS. E. O. TATE. Chairman
The General Administrative Departments of Red Cross Chapters were instructed to maintain an information desk at their local headquarters by the Division office of the National Red Cross. This desk furnished information for the benefit of visitors and prospec- tive workers: was responsible for the sale of Red Cross books, badges, novelties and supplies for all departments and auxiliaries of the Chapter: en- rolled the different classes of members and filed the records; renewed magazine subscriptions. and corrected irregularities of all departments.
The Chairman of this desk and her committee handled a large amount of petty cash and received most of the cash donations and receipts from bene- fit entertainments for the first several months of the Nashville Chapter's activities, and up to April. 1918. at which time Mrs. Van Lee Kirkman was made Chairman of a Benefit Entertainment Com- mittee to relieve the Information Desk of this JIRS. EDWARD O. TATE (Clara Buford) branch of service, which, by that time. had grown to such large proportions. Fees were received and accounts rendered at this desk for the Educational and Nursing Service Committee, for classes in First Aid. Home Nursing and Elementary Hygiene, Dietetics, and for lessons in Surgical Dressings in the Woman's Work Department of the Chapter.
MRS. WILLIAM A. CARTER (Annie Bruce)
Receipts were turned in each week to a cashier ap- pointed by the Nashville Chapter Accounting Depart- ment and the records showed amounts varying from one cent to three hundred dollars. Cash. itemized receipts were turned in by the Cashier every month to the Treasurer of the Chapter. Mrs. H. H. Corson served as Cashier for the organization until January. 1918. at which time a Finance Committee was formed, who took charge of the work.
An information desk was maintained at the Ten- nessee State Fair in 1917 by the Nashville Chapter, Red Cross. and was of great benefit in giving infor- mation to the throngs of Tennesseans from every county in the State who sought knowledge of the work of the Red Cross.
After June. 1918. the work of the Information Desk was much simplified and all its activities were carried on by one member of the Committee in charge. The following women were mem- bers of the Committee who served at the Information Desk of the Nashville Chapter. Red Cross, during the war:
Mrs. E. O. Tate. Chairman: Mrs. William Carter. Mrs. J. M. Anderson. Mrs. Val Taylor, Mrs. Charles Davitt, Mrs. John Kreig, Mrs. H. P. Thomas, Mrs. Bernard Fensterwald, Mrs. Claude
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Somdo Viss IRNe Bifrost Miss Reba Osborne. Miss Nell Mator. Miss Fermise Pride. Mis- Sem VI Umrural Miss Rose Gardwin, Miss Prodejce Palk. Mrs. Mars Billy Toodes, and I -. Ving :. Butor
Mr. William A. Cantry was a loval worker in this department. giving several day - each week to Red tross work. Mrs. Tate's work was at all times of excellent chat-
Refugee Garment Drives, Nashville Chapter. A. R. C.
MRS. W. G. EWING. Charmen. First Dritt
MRS. GEORGE F. BLACKIE and MRS. FRANK RING. Chairmen Second Price
I oder the auspices of the Nashville Chapter of the American Red Cross. Mi -. W. G. I wing, who conducted the first old clothes drive, gave much intelligent effort to her organization, and as this was a pioneer movement in war work. the public had to be very strongly appealed to in order that they might see the need for co- operation. Every woman's organization in Nashville that engaged in war work was called on by Mr -. Ewing to help give publicity to the drive and to co-operate with her in collecting the bundles which were very generously donated by every household that heard the unique appeal.
White flags were hung on porches and in windows lo signify that a bundle was writing within. and in a few days' time an enormous amount of clothing was as- . mbled at headquarters. The work of sorting and packing this second-hand cloth- ur was not an easy one. but Mrs. Ewing. with the aid of efficient assistants. accom- plished the most splendid results, and huge boxes of useful garments were distributed Is them to the stricken countries of Europe.
In the second drive for second-hand clothing. Mrs. Frank W. Ring and Mrs Grotte F. Blackie were chairmen. and they met with the same co-operation and ac- complished even greater results than the first call. as the public had become educated to the importance of the work. Mrs. Ring and Mrs. Blackie were ably assisted by every unit and auxiliary. as well as the officers and Executive Board of the Nash- will Chapter of the Red Cross and other patriotic organizations.
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Motor Corps Department, Nashville Chapter, A. R. C.
MRS. JESSE M. OVERTON, Chairman
MRS. ROBERT S. CHEEK. Captain and Leader of the Activities
The Motor Corps Department of the Nashville Chapter of the A. R. C. was or- ganized August 3, 1918, by Commander Ten Eyck Harrington, Director of the Motor Corps Service of the Southern Division. Mrs. Jesse M. Overton was appointed Chairman. with Mrs. Robert S. Cheek as Captain. Miss Percie Warner as First Lieutenant. and Miss Sarah Shan- non as Second Lieutenant.
The purpose of the Motor Corps was to furnish trained motor car drivers for Government work. State or Na- tional, on request of proper authorities, and to assist in any lecal trouble or disaster. Members were to furnish their own equipment. uniforms, cars and gasoline. to agree to hold themselves ready to respond to the call of the regularly appointed officers at all times. except when on leave of absence or furlough. and to agree that this work was to take precedence over any other work or pleasure.
Army regulations were to govern in all cases where they were applicable. A certificate from a physician was required by each member of the Motor Corps showing that she was physically able to do the work; two letters of recommendation from reliable persons were also neces- sarv for an applicant, and these were to be presented with the application for membership.
Aside from the officers, the following women were members of the Nashville Red Cross Motor Corps Depart- ment :
Mrs. Vance Alexander, Mrs. Innis P. Brown. Mrs. Bernard Fensterwald, Miss Frances Bennie. Miss Louise Benedict. Miss Jean Bradford, Miss Billie Ifarper, Miss Lillian Joy, Miss Marion Joy, Miss Leah Belle Levy, Miss Catherine Lusky, Miss Regina Lightman, Miss Carrie Rich. Miss Elizabeth Sharpe. Miss Marie Sidebottom. Miss Margaret Tolmie. Miss Ellen Trabue, and Miss Ellen Stokes.
On August 15. 1918, an auxiliary to the Nashville Chapter Motor Corps, under the chairmanship of Mrs. Emmett Cooper. was formed. The members of this Emergency Committee were:
Mrs. Henderson Baker, Mrs. H. O. Blackwood. Mrs. Fisher Coles. Mrs. Andy Griffin. Mrs. Tanner Hendrick. Miss Frances Herbert, Mrs. Edward Potter, Jr., Mrs. Tillman Cavert. Mrs. Green Benton, Mrs. L. G. Durr. Mrs. Charles Gilbert, Mrs. James Reed, Mrs. C. A. Shelton. and Mrs. H. S. Wherry.
The work of this auxiliary consisted in helping the Red Cross Motor Corps supply the Executive Secretary
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MRS. ROBERT CHEEK ( Helen Pickslav)
Mrs. Check appears in her official uniform as Captain of the Moto: Corps Department. Nashville Chap- ter 4. R. C.
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OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE MOTOR CORPS DIVISION, NASHVILLE CHAPTER. 1. R. C.
Left to right: Mrs. Jesse M. Overton, Chairman. Mrs. Robert Cheek. Captain and leader of this Division. Mrs. Inni- P. Brown, Lieutenant. Miss Marion Joy. Lieutenant. Miss Margaret Tolmie. Lieutenant. Miss Willie ("Billie") Harper. Sergeant. Miss Lillian Joy. Sergeant. Miss Elizabeth Sharpe, Sergeant. Miss Ellen Trabue. Corporal, and Miss Marie Sidebottom, Corporal. Each of these oficer- and "Von.Coms." appear in their official uniform worn while on duty.
of the Civilian Relief Department with a car each afternoon and in responding to an emergency call when possible for the Nashville Chapter. The members of the auxiliary were not bound by any obligation or government restriction. as were the Red Cross Motor Corps.
On September 1. 1918. Lieutenant Percie Warner resigned her commission, and Lieutenant Sara Shannen was promoted to First Lieutenant. and Miss Marion Jov was commissioned Second Lieutenant. For First Vid. a course in mechanics and foot drills was required of those who wished to become members of the First or Ambulance Division. Work was begun immediately in First Vid under Dr. William D. Sumpter, who gave the course without the customary fee. and twenty-two mem- bers successfully passed their examinations and received certificates. Carl Mal- these head mechanic of the Stockell Motor Car Company, gave a course in me- chanics, entirely without charge, and taught three nights each week. On September 1.5. 1918. foot drills started. and later litter chills. under the direction of Captains Anderson and E. T. Campbell, assigned by Colonel Lang. Permits to wear mi- forms were issued by the Captain to twelve members, who formed the First Division. after faithful and efficient service. These were:
Vi -- 1.300an Jos. Miss Marion Joy. Miss Catherine Timberlake. Miss Amelia Johns. Miss Want Toalete, Mas Alue Hall Lindsey. Miss Virgama Benton. Miss Evelyn Groteber. Miss Amt Warner Ak Marparet Grrrals, Miss Irma Stevens, Miss Mice Dale Durr. and Miss Lillian
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AMBULANCE OF NASHVILLE CHAPTER, A. R. C., MOTOR CORPS DIVISION, WHICH WAS DRIVEN FROM DETROIT, MICHIGAN. BY MISS FRANCES BENNIE AND MRS. INNIS P. BROWN
Seated in the Ambulance are: Miss Frances Bennie, Helen Pickslay Cheek and her mother. Mrs. Robert Cheek, Captain of the Nashville Chapter, A. R. C., Motor Corps, and Mrs. Innis P. Brown, Lieutenant. Standing in front of the cars, left to right: Wiss Regina Lightman, Miss Leah Belle Levy, Mrs. Jesse M. Overton, Chairman of the Division, Miss Louise Benedict, Mrs. John Noel, Miss Elizabeth Sharpe and Charles Simpson, a friend of the Motor Corps. This ambulance was presented the Nashville Chapter by the Nashville Branch of The Woman's Service League.
The various needs of the other departments of the Chapter, notably the Civilian Relief, were constantly met by the Motor Corps. They rendered service twice each day to the Executive Secretary and her assistants in their rounds of visits to soldiers' and sailors' families, and assisted the Emergency Canteen Service in transporting sick soldiers to hospitals from trains and in carrying supplies for this and other departments of the Nashville Chapter. On Christmas, 1918, members of the Motor Corps responded to calls from Civilian Relief and from the "Big Brothers," making trips with their ambulance and with their own cars, carrying baskets of food, toys and clothes to the unfortunates of Nashville.
Calls from the military authorities stationed in Nashville were answered prompt- ly. Speakers and workers for the Liberty Loan and War Work Campaigns were transported to and from designated places. A large number of patients, in addition to the influenza patients. were taken to hospitals. including the Tuberculosis Hos- pital. City Health Department and the Clinics. Requests for help from the Charity Commission and Y. W. C. A. were answered promptly.
On January 1. 1919, the Motor Corps was composed of forty-one members, twenty-seven active workers. Of these thirteen were in the First. or Ambulance and Truck Drivers. Division. These were: Captain Helen Pickslay Cheek. First Lienten- ants Sarah Shannon and Lottie Bailey Brown. Second Lieutenants Marion Joy and Margaret Tolmie. Sergeant Billie Harper, Corporals Ellen Trabue and Marie Side- bottom. Privates Jean Bradford, Lillian Joy, Leah Belle Levy, Elizabeth Sharpe. and Ruby Warner.
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DETORRESAND MEMBERS OF THE NASHVILLE CHAPTER. MOTOR CORPS DEPART. MINI LE CIN THEIR OFFICIAL UMFORMS WORN WHILE ON DUTY
bethe room of the picture is the ambulance purchased for this Department by the Nashville I League For Woman's Servier Members of the Moter Corps, standing. Hogy nera. but Lettre Brown. Corp. Ellen Trabar, Captain Helen Pickslas Check. Etap A router Longe nd S.t. "Bilhe" Harper. Second row : Lieut. Muian Jos. Corpora! Thxowok Shop erd Set. Adlian Jov.
In the Second, or Transportation Drivers, were: Misses Louise Benedict. Cath- Princ Lusky. Sarah Hopkins. Carrie Rich. Regina Lightman. Jenette Moulder. Mrs. John Voel. Mrs. James Stallman. Mrs. William F. Shea. and Mrs. Sam Goldstein.
These who gave their time as officers of the day and did no driving were: Misses Kathleen Garrett. Mary F. Gilliam. Hardin F. Walton and Hope Clark. Forty-four cais were available at all times, with a total passenger capacity of one hundred and sixty-eight
In February. 1919. the Moter Corps of the Red Cross assisted in giving the chil- then of the Industrial School an onting. patients were still being carried to the Cits Vanderbilt and Tob renlosjs Hospitals, and the regular routine work of the Chapter kept going. When the 1 1th Machine Gun Battalion. 11 1th Field Artillery. 115th Field Artillery and 117th Infantry came through Nashville in 1919. the Motor Corp- members staved on duty from early in the morning until late at night. The unbalance was kept reads at all times for emergencies, officers and men were trans- ported. messages carried. food taken and served to the guards left on the trains.
In the Red Cross Refugee Garment Drive the ambulance, as well as other cars. was called into service to assist in collecting the bundles.
During the Victory Loan in 1919 the Motor Corps members sold mans bond- and at the request of the Men's Committee transported the Belgian officers and Vero Corps, who came to assist in publicity. to the various places when they made public appeal dilees.
In August. 1919. as there was then practically no need for the ambulance, and The Civilian Relief Committee was very much in need of a car. the body of the am-
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MEMBERS OF NASHVILLE CHAPTER. A. R. C .. MOTOR CORPS. AS "CIVILIANS"
First row, left to right: Miss Elizabeth Sharpe, Wiss Margaret Tolmie. Mrs. Robert Cheek, Miss Willie Harper. Second row, standing in rear of picture: Miss Ellen Trabue. Miss Lillian Joy and Mrs. Innis P. Brown.
bulance was removed. a touring car body put in its place, and it was then turned over to that committee. The ambulance body, litters. blankets, pillows and first-aid packages were stored away so that if an emergency arises the Nashville Chapter. Red Cross, can again have the ambulance complete. During ten months of service approximately 3,800 hours of service were given by the members of the Motor Corps and 18,000 miles covered.
Although the work of this department required strict regulations and was often heavy in its exactions. it was characterized by a spirit of harmony and helpfulness which made it a very potent factor in the war work of Davidson County women and a pride to local Red Cross officials. The unquestioned cbedience to superior officers and the intelligent method of carrying out commands made the Motor Corps an efficient machine for service which was not surpassed by any other body of local war workers.
On August 13. 1917. headquarters were established at 226 Sixth Avenue, North. and thereafter an officer of the day was on duty from 9 o'clock in the morning to 5 in the afternoon. to receive and assign calls and to make out and sign instruction slips. When instructions had been carried out the driver made report of time and mileage, and the information was filed.
Between the date of organization and January 1. 1919. Mrs. Howell Warner became a member of the First Division and Mrs. Bernard Fensterwald, Miss Percie Warner. Miss Frances Bennie. Mrs. Vance Alexander. Miss Ellen Stokes, and Miss Regina Lightman resigned. Mrs. Innis Brown was commissioned First Lieutenant December 11. 1918. and Miss Margaret Tolmie. Second Lieutenant. January 7. 1919.
In September, 1918, Mrs. Innis Brown and Miss Frances Bennie drove through from Detroit a completely equipped Ford ambulance, the gift of the Nashville or-
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anization of the National League for Woman's Service, which proved an inestimable weet to the Red Cross Motor Corps.
The emergency work of the Motor Corps during the influenza epidemie was Kelly commended by Government authorities. Several cars were furnished to the health officers and city nurses each day, and when the demand became greater ten and twelve cars were in daily use. The members of the Motor Corps often assisted in nursing and feeding the stricken families to whom they carried supplies, and the experiences of these young girls upon their first contact with poverty and sickness were touching and broadening.
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