The evening world., 1912-04-20
TOSSED BABY
TO SAFETY As He
SANK W|THu|NER
Fathers Last Act Leaves Louis
and Lump Orphans in
a Strange Land.

Who are the two little French boys
hat were cropped, almost naked. from
the deck o. the sinking Titanic into the
arms Of survivors In a lifsboat? From
which place In France dfd they come
and to which place In the new world
were they bound! There Is not one iota
OF information to be had as to the
Identity OF the wallis OF tho deep-the
orphans .of tine Titanic. The Evening
World wants to know who they are ana
wants to find their relatives.
The two baby boys. two M four
years old, respectively. are in charge of
Miss Margaret Hays OF No. 304 West
E!ghty-thlrd street. Miss Hays II a
fluent speaker of French and che has
tried vainly to get from the lispins lips
Of the two tots some information that
would lead to the finding Of their rela-
tlves. Their fathers last earthly act
was to see to the saving Of his babies.
He tossed them naked into one OF the
last departing lifcboats. and then. with
the kno wledge tina; his little lads were
safs, he ven to his death.
MICS HAYS ATTACHED TO THE
LITTLE BOYS.
Miss Hays. also q survivor OF the
Titanic. took charge Of the naked waits
on the Carpathia and sim has them In
her care. Miss Hays has become warm
ly attached to the two boys. who un-
concernedly play about. not understand.
ing the great tragedy that has come
into their lives. But Miss Hays wants
to And relatives Of the boys. She does
not wish to see them taken to an
orphanage or adopted into q strange
home.
The two little curly-heads do no.
understand II all. Has not their pretty
n!netesn-year.old foster mother provided
them with pretty suits and little white
shoes and piaythines a-plenty? Then.
too. Miss Hays has . Pom dog that she
brought with her from Paris and which
she carried IN her arms from the tt.
tanic and held to her bosom through
the long night In the lifeboat. and to
which the children are warmly attached.
AL three are aliens on an allen shore.
Miss Hays hal been unable to learn
the names Of the little fellows. She has
dubbed the older Louis and the younger
, Lump Lump" 10 all that his name
implies. for he weighs almost Al much
as his brother. They are dark-eyed
and brown curiy-haired children who
know how to smile a only French
children can.
On the fatefui night Of the Titanic
disaster and Just as the last boats were
pulling away with their human freight
q man rushed to the rail- holding the al.
most naked babes under his arms. H.
cried to the passengers In one Of the
boats and held the children aloft. Three
or Jour sailors and passengers held w
their arms. The father dropped the
older boy. He was safely caught. Their
he dropped the little fellow and saw him
folded in the arms Of q sailor. Their
he boat pulled away. The last seen OF
the father. whose last living act was &c
save his babes. he wa waving his hant
In q final parting. Then the Titanic
plunged to the oceans bed.
THEIR MANNERS INDICATE
GOOD BREEDING.
The two curly-heads are children o
excellent breeding. Their manners ar.
not those Of babes. but Of finished gen
tiemen. Their first demand upon ar.sini
in the Hays HON In the MORNING /
for their bath. At the able they insis
on being provided with napkins. The,
lcourtesy when spoken to and do a;
that children OF good breeding ar
taught.
But these tots Of the Titanic can Civ
absolutely no hint as to their parentage
It Is presumed that they boarded tn
Titanic at Cherbourg and that thei
father, probably a widower. was bring
ing his babies to friends or relatives Ii
lAmer.ca. hut 1t Is all presumption. NJ
, one knows n the two c~urly-head
can't tell.