Evening star., 1914-12-20
AMERICAN
Special Correspondence OF TLe star.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland tOasIs
of Peace.


LAUSANNE. Switzerland tOasis
of Peace.
December ). 1914.
E1HREE thousand years ago ship
sailed out from Europe to the
III western ocean on d glorious
q uuest-to seek the Golden
Fleece .,,as
Some say that Jason and MS irie''u
unou the Argo never found the heE
treasure Others claim that the|
Lost in Atlantis. But for all 'he ii''''
children of the war in Europe II Il cei
rain that the Jason has at last Saiieu
,rd with the Golden Fleece, ln-
deed. aboard her-ChTistfnas eiI'" tio''l
eab,,Io1,s America for children or the
war who risked TO have no M 10 INC
..IIov, many Christmas presents IIlake
. shiuIo..d"' So ask the poor tols
,,-nos- homes have not been burned OF
4..Iag-d VI ANNA weeDS ana ne.
J,apa? Gloom sits with Ihe Vi nI,.a
t.lnily IN the snug land, gloom WALKS
,i1h the homeless wanderers III
-rri.l4sse land. Let II go az that. An
orphan is an orphan. no" H,aiI nm,
christmas presents in 4 Shipload- VIII
there be enough for me 10 have one
vev = WIS there such ! csiculat OF
never all adventure like this. The snip
Jason seems a fairy vessel, salhhg
from the land of beauty
..Ir each ton there are 1000 pounds,
the Lausa nne papers tell the little Bel
.,ian wanderers. On the ship there are
zoe tons of Christmas presents II each
present averages one pound it makes a
haN million: You will surely get
one
so Paris tells the little refugees from
north France. Bsls iun, the Ardetnes.
the Vosges. the Jur4. whose homes are
but blackened ruins
And more.
Europe had not thought of Christ
mas. Every one is talking. now. Of the
ship Jason. The ship Jason. this year.
fakes the place of santa. In rich homes
and well off families gifts mar keo
Jason cargo will cause timely chat
aud lutter- III all classes Jason shl
the idea of q chlidrens s snip that
comes in. this year-Inakes the very
type of gay and tender ''actuality''
which Children understand.
Parisians also
Ave and the Swiss also,
When the people of Lausanne heard
Of the Jason their first thought was
Tor their own poor little Belgian refu-
The cargo for them. Switzerland has
undertaken to receive 5000 Belgians
of whom, say. :.ooo are small children
Next. they Ineditated of fitting cere-
Iuony-rnuSiC, color ISht. warmth. III
a great hall. and a Christmas tree with
-:1itterinS danGicrs-for the distribu
tion Of the freight from Fairyland.
y tree with danglers: Ten trees
rather Well. the Alps are full of them.
al waiting TO be cut. You ought to see
the Christmas trees growing wild
above Lausanne, The land of Christ
mas trees" said We could cut
trccs I" hang all the gifts of the ia
son said another Let us do it" said
the crowd of them. And there YOU are
do not know what the Swiss neigh
Lors of the Germans have arranged "a
send from Basic and Berne but in The
canton of the Eaud. adjoining France
they will arrange to send their train
loads OF trees 10 Nine Paquin's refu.
gee children's Christmas in Paris or.
leans. Poitiers and Tours, the center.
Of 100000 homeless little wanderers
their homes are burned. you under.
s,and-from Belgium. north Franc.
the Ardennes. the Vosges and Jura.
say Nine. PaQuin. because the gre.,,
style originator is so well known (sh,
is not originating styles now. but
might equally call il the work of Mrs
Cooper Hewitt Mrs. Robert W. Bliss
Nine. Jean Richepin and her husban,
OF the Academy. and Iavedan of tn,