The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-14
STORMY CAREER0F
CRILDREIN'S HOME
.Children's Charity in the
Balkans Has Had to
Move Four Times.

y SALONIKI, Jan. 1-lCorrespo2!!ttsu
\ ance az The Associated Press
SFTothingham Chlldren's Institute mas
snded its long anabasis in Saionlki:
8sThe clean white.walled building, SO
fun OF light and flowers, that vas was
planned for erection In Belgrade uoee
not exist. The sufficient endoWmsns
carefully placed, that should ensu.s
the education and rearing OF nun
dred Serbian boys and girls, oEPnaa S
IL the three wars that have oessloyt ~
their fatherland, scarcely seEEes >. ~
provide three tents in the sue sH.I
of the Russian Hospital AT Ssioe gar'
and nourishment for tnirty-n 1anet q n
Iii s Sa ri war are all:'fn the days
.1a-tT old before their time, tried IN
sbsa fre of sacrifice and suffering, tne
ttirty:Tine set up their common nouse
$a-Sthe fourth time within month
and hang up the American naEs they
SayeT brought with them through az
4Teir sWanderings as cheertu!ly as Il
S1sTworld had not crumbleo unoet
theirE tiny feet.
riI,oi,rSwhen John w. Frothngham OF
rrs-Tytown and Albert White <ot new
1a+issand a group Of their friends con
sSfYe5V and formed the Frothtngham
rSTfIdTen's institute of Serbia, no one
S-samed Of the ruin and desolatloh
tisstS6as fallen upon the country since.
StSisftrne that, as Serbia was at war
SitS Austria and Belgrade someWhat
snSEsInose6l to attack or bombardmens,
Si,s ffirst5 resting place OF the Institute
4femnorarily, at least was UsKup.
1 I7ssn when the capital was moved 70
Sy;sbs'8 AZ was thought best to establish
1SSssInstitute there. The thtrty-nihe
GsTr gsters In their lbey.scout and girl
sS,idssuniforms obediently moved the
Sst meagre belongings OF the insti'
To Nish. They remained AtneFe
SSsttthree days. 1t was evident almost
SSoT1 the first moment that the ser
H;sna army could not hold even TINS
Ssn;norary capital-that 1t was mis-.
tsTaSf Ia have brought the children
fhere@that It would be far wiser 70
send them as far to the rear. as pos
abie} that they might remain IN peace
SO the rockingham Childrens lnstl
fSitaS moved a second time-this time
Ia Gheygheli, almost on the Gre "'NI
frontier.
Theys remained in Ghevgheh Just
thfaeSweeks. The impacable advance
al the BuIgars slowly drew its net
around eager but Inadequate FrenSn
force that had been sent to the nelp
aflthe Serbs. The British relntorce'
lsents. daily, expected, remain tIan
duility in Saloniki awaiting ORDERS
from London, falling which they eouiu
only play the role OF critical spe sG;as
ytors OF Serbs death struggie: ne
x;Ts az the Greeks held the leash OF
hissarmy, while the Serbs and the
TTench withdrew step by step Bel
Trade. from Nish, from Uskub; from
Nefes-and finally from Gheyghell ana
serbian soil.
The children Of the rockingham
institute were dispatched to -Salonikl
AZ fine, unlike thousands OF their
eompatriots they were able to trans;
lnorf the white metal beds OF tine
TonnEsters, cases Of clothes and pro-
Visions! and the American sewing ma
eiines, which purr today in the work
SenteSof the Institute under the hands
sfrefugeeywome en- tashioning bed tick,
iyie for the straw mattresses OF the
fFiousands Of destitute women and
rhiidren, less fortunate than the or
6lfans7of the buckingham Institute.
TheB head OF the rockingham Chill;
kren;s SInstitute,in It's final tent home,
III aSplump little woman OF pleasant
features-Dora Gruitch, known to her
eharges by the afiectionate diminu:
ayesofsher given name. Darinka," and
Ter secretary and first aid is Mar:
esilesReed, Of .Legrande. oreson, who.
vithE herfhair and her skirts cut short
md her high, Undiscovered Serbian
Soots her flannel shirt and broad
SSimmed cowboy hat, is one OF the
asiest persons in this world Of dis:
s ter.
aIf only we could ever get settled
Idnseyshere: the latter. exclaimed.
TeI begin the work for which the
stifufe Vas founded Just now 81 is
ost iii Ne can To keep body and.
ii toSethes forS tie iddtes: y ever