Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-01
STARVATION AND
EXPOSURE
Death OF Small Boy in Woods Brings
Home What Others are Suffering.

Ae'u OO0A AOSI III the WOOQS, Wu6I
he mad gone in quest of berries. H
started away in the morning, AM
When ne did not return at noon, hi
relatives went out to search for him
towards the close of the day, and a
night was drawing near, his parents
sought the assistance of neighbors
All night long these searched thu
! woods, and as the story lspread thu
number of searchers hourly grew
larger. A great wave of pity surget
through every human heart to whom
the news came for the frantic chile
wandering alone in the woods, hun
cry, tired, cold and filed with childish
apprehens1ons as darkness descended
ana each could almost hear the faint
little voice calling in its agony, MAN.
ma, Mamma
What sympathy all felt for the par
ents, for the mother waiting there
at home for some word from her boy
Parents could visualize there own lit
tie ones off there in the woods. ex-
hausted and faint with hunger, stun
bling on and growing weaker with
every passing hour.
1t was not necessary the following
day to appeal for assistance. Mills
closed down and the men Joined in
the search. Farmers dropped their
| harvesting to lend their assistance and
| business from the city swelled the
| ranks OF the searchers. The whole
| community was aroused as it had
never been before. The great cues
ton with every man and women was.
Have they found him?" Those were
tense, trying days. Men and women.
utter strangers to the boy or his
parents, would have given all they
possessed to have been able to re-
store the little fellow to his mothers
arms alive and well.
All that happened right here. They
found the little boy some DAYS later.
He was lying near an old log, where
he had fallen exhausted. He was
dead. The men who found the poor
little body, wept. Others who saw
them carrying it home, wept. And
still others who heard the story.
wept. And none were ashamed of
their tears, not even the toughest.
And still we speak of the awful con-
ditions under which the Armenians
and Syrians are existing today with
out any visible signs of emotion. They
appear too far away from us. Their
sutferings are to us the sufferings of
those who died ages ago.
But they are not They are suf-
fer1ng now, suffering agonies indie
scr1bable. A million have persisted
from massacre, deportation, exposure,
starvation and disease in the last
year. Two million of them wander
ing homeless in the deserts and hills.
without clothing, shelter or food. Half
million of these are orphans. In
Syrianand Lebanon alone $4,000 chill
dren under II years of age are starry
ing. Thousands of little children are
living alone in deserted districts.
Many are not old enough to feed them
selves, and those who can have eaten
up the green leaves and even dug the
sprouted grain from fields and eaten
the kernels and sprouts one at a time.
so great is their hunger.
The agonies of the little boy who
died in our woods are multiplied a
hundred thousand times.
You men who would gladly have
given up your work to have gone in
search OF that little boy, you mothers
whose hearts bled for that other af-
ticted mother, take home to your
selves the sufferings of these Ar
menlan women and children, Make
some sacrifice to alleviate their suf
ferings. Remember that a contribu- |
ton OF only So will prolong one of |
these lives for more than a month.
But it must be done NOW.
Those who drop by the Wayside. |
starved to death, can get no benefit |
from contributions that come too late. |
Those who are starving cannot wait |
indefinitely for food. Deny yourself |
something today, and next month and |
the next, and contribute this to sus-
tain life among those helpless and |
women and children,
Without aid from America these |
millions will starve and perish. This |
is doing its best and every |
section is being appealed to to do its |
part. Marathon county has been |
called upon to raise $500 as it's share. |
10 have saved that one boy we could |
have raised that amount in an hour.
To aid in saving two million human
beings, surely we will do as well.
The collection of this fund in Mara
thon county has been undertaken by |
Marathon Lodge, No. 145, knights of |
Pythias, which has volunteered to act |
as committee in presenting this
great need to our citizens and in TAX
ing charge of the subscriptions and |
making remittances and for this pur-
pose they have elected the following
committee:
Chairman-Hon. A. H. Reid.
Observation-Disclosures E. Smith.
Treasurer. N. Manson.
An Office has been opened in this
city and letters are being sent out
to many OF our citizens appealing for
funds for these people.
IL you do not receive a letter do |
not wait for someone to call upon
you and solicit subscription. Send |
it in at once to any of the above COM
mittee of officers.
Bear in mind that every cent con-
tributed will be spent for the purpose
Of alternating the suffering and mis-
cry of the starving Armenians and |
Syrians. Nobody receives a cent for
his work and every dollar of expense
is paid from other sources.
Each dollar you contribute will sus-
tain a human life for ten days. If you
could visualize the untold sufferings
OF these people, no sacrifice would |
be too great for you to make. In
the name of humanity give, and give
and freely. There never
was more pressing need, nor greater
suffering. But do it NOW.
SEVENTH ANNUAL