Evening journal., 1918-06-25
save wheat FOP
Starving ALIES

"Eyery time you eat whe8you are
taking IL out Of the moutof some
starving child in Europe."lhe Hon
Everett Colby, former Ued States
Senator from New Jersey low repre-
senting the United States pa Admlnls-
tration, told his audenc@t the VIII
mington High School aforlum last
night. Il have seen eyes and
heard the cry of a CHI dying from
hunger" he continued III you ever
had that experience yocould not feel
comfortable eating thpod which can
be shipped to EuropThen there are
plenty Of other thinsfor you to eat:
Over In Europe, miwith arms and
legs shot Off are bey carried around
like sacks: womepare standing by
the graves Of their ms and husbands I:
our own BOYS are,heerfully giving
their lives; and "a never near
word Of complainrom any OF these
people; while ovihere have heard
big. strong men nplain bitterly be-
cause they were ked TO eat less beef,
when they didn'ike other things so
well.
Mr.. Colby we TO Europe last De-
cember as a niber Of the United
States Food Adnislration TO investi-
gate conditions England and France.
His green and VOW and purple camou-
flaged ship rihed England safely,
though the boahead and the boat be-
hind him wer unk. He found London
hotel rooms We ten cents a night for
the top floornd SIS a night for the
cellar roomsDn account Of the air
raids, He halo take top floor room
because no eers were vacant. There |
was an air d that night When he |
saw a littleOy OF 6 years, with his |
head banded sitting in a doorway, |
he felt therst touch OF that hatred |
that he saycOmes with the flrsthand |
knowledge what the Huns are doing |
A huge trNVas torn up by the roots /
by a bomlnd was caught on the sec
ond floor e escape Of the hotel.
"The wit day we went through was
in visitlnihe hospitals at Calais and
the wor.sight / saw in Europe was
tie faceof the boys who had been
gassed. IOu wouldn't growl about |
sugar ipu saw few sights like that,
he toldle audience The party visit
ed ViuRidge, and other places az the
front. enator Colby described the FIR
ing ofgreat French monster OF a gun.
Th5rmer senator said he had never
felt shumiliated in his life as when
he shext 10 Lord Rhondda, the Eng
lish bd administrator. and heard how
littlamerica was doing TO send food
sirples and other things promised. He
saidord Rhondda made no criticism.
he nply said that If America could
reae, she would send these things
Lagear, with much Of Europe at the
fade point, America consumed more
IN the nomal quantity Of wheat il
uslly consumed in peace years. But |
itmiracle has happened, the speaker
vt on 10 say. He said that during the
lt three weeks this country has
pped more wheat TO Europe than
ring the entire year past.
he Rev. Charles l.. Candee, a boy
)d friend OF Senator Colby, opened |
meeting by introducing Mayor Law
as the presiding officer The Mayor
Mrs. Charles r. Miller, who
.ed the audience to do two things
save food and help save babies. Mrs.
Ter told Of the work the State De
Sc Council was doing along this line
! how the committee had, until two
oths ago, not received any State sup
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frs. Charles NJ. Lea, OF Pennsylvania,
ne economic director for the Key
ne State, told Of the work Of food
ing in Pennsylvania, how with its
ulation the work was very difficult,
that it was proceeding successfully
v.
be singing Of patriotic airs inter :
rsed the addresses Of the evening.