A meeting of women delegates from the different Comforts’ Funds in Brisbane met some months ago at the invitation of the Returned Soldiers’ and Patriots’ National Political League, to establish a home for returned soldiers who are cripples or nervous wrecks. Several difficulties arose, however, in the starting of a complete new fund, and the matter has since been taken up by the Red Cross Society. It has been decided by the members to establish two homes for returned wounded soldiers. One for advanced consumptives and the other for men who are physically incapable of earning their living. The movement is as yet in its infancy, but when the Red Cross Society have taken the matter in hand there is every reason to have full confidence in the homes being established. They will be of inestimable benefit to men made physical wrecks through the horrors of war; and doubtless, it is only a matter of bringing the fact before the public to receive support from all parts of the community. [Illustration] [Illustration: A Section of the Red Cross Kitchen in Brisbane, where delicacies are made for Sick and Wounded Soldiers.] Red Cross Kitchen. UNTIRING WORK OF VOLUNTARY “COOKS.” Day in and day out, for the last two years, the women of the Red Cross Kitchen have served a tea to the inmates of the Kangaroo Point Military Hospital. In addition, three times a week, an excellent menu has been sent out to the camp hospitals, convalescent detail hospital, Lytton, Rosemount, Wattlebrae, and extra supplies given to the Kangaroo Point Hospital, while men at Goodna, the Diamantina, or wherever sick soldiers are stationed, are regularly supplied with delicacies. It needs no stretch of imagination to realise the work this entails. The kitchen, which is situated opposite the Customs House, is a long room, with stores on shelf above shelf on the right-hand side, while to the left are the stoves, ice-chests, and other necessities for preparing the supplies; all the fittings having been made by the men’s auxiliary, who work in the basement. The sight of the women, in their white uniforms and caps, working busily every day and all day behind the large windows with the sign of the Red Cross, has almost ceased to attract the attention of the passerby, and yet there is a retinue of 70 helpers who carry out this work consistently, each member having her regular hours and regular days for assisting. And all the work is voluntary. Through the heat of two summers and the varied weather of winter they have worked untiringly peeling potatoes, cutting up salads, making scones and cakes, and cooking tempting morsels for the sick and wounded men. In addition, they have prepared and served the suppers at Kangaroo Point for the returned soldiers on the night of their return.