The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-15
lHE BABIES OF BELGIUM
~ H 10 u , = a,nous word Painter Describes Conditions
ate;n nas E Seeh In Inc Devastated Land of Blood

followed the pantomima Win
fearless hopeless eyes. lh"4F
"hat Is it," I asked.
Tune none of the v1or
, ano Then 7 spoke in ! deaa
Her baby is dead" she sa;d .sna
0ad no milk in her" -"
Many Dead Babies
Al NAV happened on the firing. of
49, uIn' TO the refugees who had
aaaoe their way out and were nea~in@
safety, and enough comfort - Ea =
sour and body together. h
! could multiply instances from tho
observation Of others. There Wa
~ Example, the group Of two hun,
49, refugees who arrived in Holland
carry IN November. They carried with
''e1i Iour dead, newborn babies.
II Was the same story which on.
lieaiS everywhere. The mothers were
80 u by privation that thew had
no milk Of their own. AS for cows,
MIX, IT Was not to be had for anv
money. aHS
q another picture, brought out
py an American from Belgium. He
stood II morning by the back door
VI d German cook camp. Watching a
group OF Belgian women grubbinc
hrOus the trash-heap piled I'D be-
hind the camp. All these women ear
ried babies.
What are they doing" he asked a
German sergeant with whom he had
struck up acquaintance.
ScTaplng our condensed milk
cans" said the sergeant. IT'S the
only way 20 get milk for their babies.
' seen them run their myers rund
a can which looked as bright as a
new coin, and hold them into the
DableG' mouths 10 C11cx Nv ol~
pany," he added. "has been getting
along without milk in its coffee and
giving 1t to these III We've re
celved no orders to the cOntrary-and
were mostly family men. But were
an exception; and it doesn't so very
far"
Picture From Stricken Brussels.
Here is another recent picture from
stricken brussels, that gay, dainty.
lively city in dc tiTneS-the city whose
smiling people called it petit Paris.
The scene is the once busy, pleasant
boulevard Bischofsheim. 4 woman
collapses OIL a bench set along the
sidewalk after the fashion OF the
Greater Paris. In her arms is a baby.
A child staggers along, clinging to hei
apron. The face is blue and
yellow: she is on the verge of collapse
The baby, surely not over five months
old, has d pale, lead-colored skin. 1t
mouth is pen as though set mat way
Its yes are closed.
Two wome Of Brussels ass this
unhappy group. They hurriedly ex'
change some words, turn back TO tn
woman on the bench. Then n stands
guard while. the other hastens fol
some milk and bread-such as is II
be found in the Brussels Of today
They force a little milk between tn
teeth Of the mother. They let tn
baby drink. Unweaned though 1t Is
it drinks as though it had never drums
otherwise.
TO the face OF the mother comes
few patches Of color. She slowly re
covers until she is able to eat a bi
of bread. The baby opens its mouth
drinks moro greedily. 1T has not re'
since two days. the mother whispers
The mother tries 10 rise from III
bench but she cannot. The elder emil
drinks the milk that IS LETT. 1t looh
curiously at the piece Of bread as !,
} did not knew what II was. me lho.ns
forces it to eat. A crowd has gain
cred. murmuring. This sight IS no
) new, yet each time it draws a httl
crowd. Every one would like TO CIV
hut no one can. Who IS not poo
? AT this moment? Many Of them nav
children at home who today veg
less thar the day they were born.
! france ana TuStdlio d4N
.nd Austria are issuing their lists {
the dead, which are mounting mp ia
by day to a. CHASTITY million, But ines
take account only OF the strong youh
5 mon who have died in the hshtlni
! They do not take account Of mel
l non-combatants. They do not us. IN
women who, foolishly or ignorant
sTt;clrine to their homes, have ole
] under the shell.ire Of enemies So {
: friends. They do not list the "ea
! and helpless who have roppsu o.
: from the pathetic OF ref
gees to perish along the e 7{si 81 Of fn 5I
roaoS. h~esinning 10 die by hung
: "; w" stricken Belgium. And flnail
they do not list these babes t5sf Of i've be
/ go airIT begun, because there is /
D ~ Hinged With steel.
/. Lot us view the III CO.
3 ,,aoS Belgium is shut OF from u
e World-ringed with steel: Ter oS
food supply was used up lons az,
AooH -aan1a ny by Ine1T COZ