New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-10

dreds Of index cards describing desti-
tute children. and now after strenu-
Gus day twenty-five "kiddies' were eX-
hlbited
There can he no doubt IL was mode
institution II was a farm, situated
among hills, with well equipped build
ings. The institution served two pur.
roses-it trained hospital nurses, and
these women, while training, cared Tor
the children. The nurses were kindly.
Il was evident they did their best for
their charges. One little group OF three
sisters had lost a father at he front,
and their mother, an actress, had gone
insane from grief.
The only criticism ! had 10 make was
that the children, regardless Of parent
age or inclination, were all being
trained to he domestic servants.
Germany's relentless methods OF
education arc often appalling. ] came
across one very distressing example.
At. the beginning Of the war German
refugees. mothers and children in other
lands. were allowed 10 return to the
fstherland while the father was IN
termed in tho enemy's country. Ere
auently these mothers and babies had
no money. When this was the case
the German government assigned the
mothers work IN different places and
put their children IN institutions.
Many a mother to-day IS a broken
wreck in hospital through loss OF
husband and children.
Efficiency in New Form
protested vigorously at this seps-
ration OF families, but the authorities
4 "a 10 -. ko
when we kept mother and children
together the mothers quarrelled. and 1t
made too much trouble
The real tru 4 Of the matter. fear
il that Germany wanted 10 train the
boys in one Institution TO be soldiers
and the girls in another 10 be domestic
servants.
make this statement advisedly. be
cause il Is corroborsted by another in
cdent. I had seen how the poor suf-
fered for lack Of food. ! knew II
! babies with adoring mothers and SOL
diers with devoted wives went hungry
unloved war orphans he'd no chance IN
| the struggle.
The suffering Of destitute children
haunted me until an idea came. No
one in the world could willingly want
10 charter big ocean steamers. gather
up hungry children and bring them 10
! America In America we could feed
| and clothe them until The war was
! over. No nation on earth would dare
modest such q shipload. Rich Amerl-
! cans. felt sure, could be counted on
| to finance the scheme.
went 10 the German Red Cross au-
/ a al I
! great praise for my kindly intention,
/ but the authorities were adamant.
/ Starving or not, German babies must
| be educated in Germany. Only one
| kind of education was adequate
man education A year of American
! training was not 70 be tolerated.
Counting Backfre
| But such an attitude Is sheer mad
ness. / told many German workers
about my project. AS their children
! slip downhll from want OF nourish-
| ment they will rise in wrath against a
! government that refused such aid.
/ After two hours in the orphans home
| 7 departed. With the aid of two more
/ trains I reached Leipsic. Here | had
| a solitary dinner in big empty hotel.
! The dinner consisted of chicken and
4 a baked apple and two almost white
rolls presented to me by the orphan
asylum.
At midnight took the train for
/ karlsruhe. mad supposed ! was
! boarding a sleeper, but found had to
/ change cars at 1880 a. m.
/ This first train was bound for the
/ Western front. IL was packed with
soldiers. A German officer, hearing my
/ bad German, was inclined to question
me and be overfriendly, but he soon
! desisted. In my compliment were
| three soldiers and a merchant. Sol
/ diers rarely have the luxury OF sleep
ers, so they lowered the light and
crouched down in their corners, pre-
pared to sleep.
It was a weird sensation, being flung
so closely against this evidence OF war
BY the tiny CLEAN of light ! could
| just see the outline of those military
! figures and the knives sticking in each
boot. ! fell to wondering how many
stabs each knife had given.
Relief TO Change Trains
1t was a relief, an hour and half
later, 20 change trains and get the
sleeper for Karlsruhe. The next morn