New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-22

last year The flight from Flanders
began in April, but the peasants. with
that clinging TO The soil so character
istic Of the European pcasantries.
stayed on till the last moment, among
ruin and danger, and sent their chill
drcn ahead. "Trainload after train
load Of Flemish children poured into
Paris last spring They were gathered
in from the ruins. from the trenches.
from the hospices where the Sisters
Of Charity had been caring for them
The Belgian government familiar viii
the aid given by the American Hostess
requested Mrs. Wharton 10 take care
Of sixty little girls and Of the Sisters
accompanying them. a house was
found and fitted up; appeals for
money and clothes were generously
responded 20. The Children Of Elan
ders Committee came into being To
dav IL maintains five houses Of REF
uge. which are practically orphanages'
hut in which room has been found as
we'll for some 200 infrm old men and
women. The rescue committee IS not
content with It's activities Of the hour
and for the hour, the furnishing Of
food and clothes and shelter. i has
begun 10 educate its little wards, and
20 give them industrial training
There IS even a Montessori school
supported BY an unnamed American.
Indeed, all this service has been
made possible by American charity
But IN the beginning Mrs. Wharton
and her associates in these good works
believed. like so many Of US, that the
war would be over within year Now.
with the return OF peace seemingly
as far away as ever, and with the
scope of the usefulness Of the Hostels
and the Children Of Flanders ever
growing greater, more and still more
money il needed. Hence this book, as
Mrs Wharton explains In her sym
pathetic, urgent preface. The proceeds
Of its sale will be devoted 20 the con-
tinuation and the development Of both
charities. That the needed funds Will
be forthcoming, that America Will open
wider still the purse which il has
never closed since the first appeal was
made TO its charity, admits OF no doubt.
Gifts of money may be sent 10 Henry
w. Munroe, treasurer, care Mrs. Cad
walader Jones. 81 East Eleventh Street,
this city. Gifts in kind should be for
warded 70 the American War Relief
Clearing House, 5 Rue Francois Ter,
Paris, via the American Offices Of the
Clearing House, IS Broad Street, New
York. All packages should be marked
with Mrs. Wharton's name in the left
hand corner.
Apart from fits worthy purpose, "The
Book Of the Homeless" is of great in
trnsic interest. The foremost authors
Of America. England, France and Bel
cium have contributed TO it, not per-
functorilv, but Of their best, with con-
viction and the zeal TO aid. Eleonora
Duse represents Italy; Leon Bakst
Russia. There are musical MSS. by
Vincent dIndy and Strayinsky. The
illustrations, in colors and black-and-
white. a.o ign,t Dry Ser,en Rri'n.
Ronoir. N6nard, Claude Monet, Blash-
field, Gibson, 20 name but a few. And
Max contributes caricature Of Lord
Curzon reading his translation Of one
Of Cammaerts's poems TO that Belgian
poet Colonel Roo evelt ha written
the introduction; General Jofre pre-
cedes him with letter. Laurence
Binyon opens the book itself with a
poem. "The Orphans of Flanders; the
late Rupert Brooke follows him with a
song. "The Dance" But l. IS best -
print the list Of the contributors in full
with a note of self-congratulation that
America IS so generously, and SO
worthily, represented. Authors: Mau-
rice Barres, Sarah Bernhardt Laurence
Binyon, Paul Bourget, Paul Claudel
Jean Cocteau, Joseph Conrad, Eleonora
Duse. John Galsworthy. Edmund Gosse
Robert Grant, Thomas Hardy, Pau
Hervieu, W. y. Howells, Genera
Humbert Henry James. Francis Jam
mes. General Joffre. Maurice Maeter
Hnck, f. S Martin, Alice Meynell, Pau
Elmer More, Comtesse dc Noailles
Josephine Preston Peabody, Lila Cabo'
Perry, Henri de R6gnier, Theodore
Roosevelt. Edmond Rostand, Edith NJ
Thomas. Herbert Trench, Emile Yer
haeren. Mrs. Humphrey Ward, Barrett
Wendell. Edith Wharton IA poem
Margaret L. Woods, W. b. Yeats, Andre
/ Saures. Vincent d'lndy, Igor Stravlnsky
/ Artists: Leon Bakst. Max BeerbOhm
JACQUES Emile Blanche, Edwin Rowland
Blashheld, Leon Bonnat, Dagnan-
Bouyeret. Walter Gay, c. j. Gerome
/ c. D. Gibson, Rene M6nard, Claude
Monet, Renoir, Rodin. John s. Sargent
Th6o Van Rysselberghe.
Many notes are struck IN these con-
/ tributions in verse and prose-pity
/ charity, indignation. denunciation, Inn
/ placable hatred. Indeed, the keynote
| of the book is denunciatory, an afirma-
/ tion OF judgment already given. The
greatest Of England's living authors
Thomas Hardy, pronounces the snath-
ema which impresses one most deep