La Junta tribune., 1915-03-06
ON THE BELGIAN BREAD LINE.

Line" which will be OF interest &c
those in La Junta who contributed u
the Belgian relief fund.
To the Belgian bread Is not only
the staff OF life; IL is the legs. A,
home we think OF bread as something
that goes sith the rest OF the meal
10 the poorer classes Of Belgians the
rest OF the meal Is something that
goes with bread. To you and me
food has meant the payment OF some
money to the baker and the butcher
and the grocer. or the hotel keeper,
You get your money by work or from
your investments. What II there
were no bread to be had for work or
money? Sitting on mountain OF
gold In the desert OF Sahara would
not quench thirst.
Three hundred grams, minimum
calcu1ation-about half what the
British soldier gets--is the allow
ance. That small boy sent by his
mother gets five lOayes; his ticket
calls for an allowance for family of
five. That old woman gets one loaf.
for she Is alone In the world.
Each one as he hurries by has a
personal story OF what war has meant
to him and those dear to him They
answer your questions frankly, glad
iy. and their gloomy faces light with
the old Belgian cheertulness when
they find that you are an American
A tall. shed-looking man is
an artist
NO work for artists these days. "
he said.
No work In community OF work
ers where every link OF the chain Of
economic life is broken. No work
for the next man. a chauffeur. or for
the next. a brass worker: the next. a
ieamster: the next, a bank clerk. the
next, a doorkeeper OF government
office. while the wives OF those who
still had work were buying In the
only market they had. But the hus-
bands OF many were not at home.
Each answer about the absent one
had an appeal that nothing can pie
ture better than III. simpi. words or
the looks that accompanied the
words
The last | heard OF my husband.
Il. ss,hs .hs,t ND. s4HE.
months ago"
Mine Is wounded. somew here In
France.
Mine Was With the army. too.
do not know whether he Is alive or
dead. hay. not heard since Brus.
srls was taken, lie cannot get my
letters cannot get his e s. .
Mine vas killed at liege. but ".
have son"
The tears were In your own heart
There werc none In these Nomen's
eyes. rather a certain stubborn pride
that their husbands we're away and
free To fight for the return Of the
freedom which those az nom" knew
90 well how 10 value by a. loss.
So sou out 100 Colorado ahD gav,
handful 0f wheat may know, Ia
~, name OF all tho ulvau-out yUunE
Americans Uho guard your Interests
that aald handful OF wheat has reach
ed ita destination iH au empty Ftum
arh
o. sou cent Huf uf clothes Or o.
cap or "a pair of so,fa. come along Il
tho zkatinE rink uhrrr ior polo EB'
played and matrhra aud carHival'
were held lH better dayH and look on
NJ the Blk boxes packed uEht Nith
gifts Df every MANNER nf thinE tina,
men and women and children Wear
excerpt slk hate. which are being op,
rn-d aud =uft"d aHd distributed into
hastily erected cribs aud oumpart,
msnis
4 ii-lsian NDman Abosr father ga'
on. Of Belgium greatest lawyers
her husband IL az the front, Of ooufss
Is the very busy head Of this or
saniSatiou, because. as shr saii, th'
buHi-f she vas the mUn it "ke"p'
my mind oft" aud shs did not fin.
ish the sentence" How mahy times
heard that keeps ms mind off
sentence that was the more t"liinF
fuF not hflrE finished
She and SON" other women began
saving and patching aud snllcrtini
garments but our business Frcv %
fast the business uf relief b. ,hf
Que Kind IN HrlEi8m that does grow
that IDu an hhy" huEdfris al
helper bsEin 90 frai that an
NhAi you would call Ia America
captainasz Of Industry
"ug you good mothers ih Amrf
ca sotne Of sou esrr = little a.,