The Robesonian., 1918-03-18
NOT A LIVING CHILD.
UNDER 8 IN POLAND.
ALL HAVE SUCCUMBED TO STAR.
vATIoN, WHICH WE COULD
HAVE ALLEVIATED.
CRYING FOR BREAD We WASTE

Editor Clarence Poe Sets Forth Need
of Informing Our Rural PopuIa-
tion Of True Conditions.
clarence Poe in Progressive Farmer)
She was a good woman and she
talked much about how good the Lord
had been to her and to her children
But at the same time she said: mo
meatless and wheatless days for me!
I've got wheat enough and I've got
meat enough laid up in my pantry,
and my children like it, and they are
going to have it as often as they want
1t, and as much of it as they want"
After hearing this well-meanine
woman talk, the writer picked up that
night European paper that comes to
the home and read this paragraph:
1t Ia said that there 10 not a Iivino
child In Poland under eight years Of
age.
Not a living child in Poland under
eight years of age!" With little bod
les unable to endure tho hardsbips
and starvation Of a war-ruined land.
they have died by thousands and tens
OF thousands. Thousands and tens of
thousands Of mothers as good as the
woman who made this thoughtless "a.
mark, mothers who loved their cbi1.
oren as much rs this mother loved
ners-hey with heart-breaking help.
lessness have seen their children
slowly starve before their eyes vhile
american mothers say, mo, vN
not even vary my diet tn a harmless
way Will not even make substitu.
lions to save meat and wheat, in order
tnat part Of it may save the lives OF
starving babies and little ones In En-.
rope!"
No. we don't mean that anv Ameri
can mother is saying this in words
certainly the good woman of whom
we write would not have said il M
thought it-and yet by her acts. that
was what she was saying. II someone
couid have shown her a photogranh
OF one starving Polish child, with wan.
p1nched face and hollow eyes, CRYING
20 us mother for bread she did not
haVe-oh, how quickly this American
mother would have said: eyes r
nave plenty of wheat and have
plenty of meat, and I'll gladly
divide my last crust to save the lives
OF little ones like that" With such
picture before her eyes, how quick.
" would this American mother bsv.
called to mind the Last Judgment,s
a"1ul curse on all the uncaring and
hard OF heart. II was an-hunxered and
ye gave me no meat!.
But she didn't know. And TIM.
1sain the Lord she tries to vor.hir
night lament as Of old over His peo.
pie' Israel doth not know! mn neo. |
PIC doth not consider!" 70 thia @ooa
woman the Hoover rules for meatlese
lays and wheatless days we're simply
government regulations-simply off,
,1al red tape. She didn't know thew
were meant to save the lives Of utt,a
'nes once as fair, as merry, as brigst-
syeo' as 1ove-fnspiring as her own
lear boys and girls,
And today there are thousands ~
''ners like this mother who do not
knov! WelEintentioned people, good.
learted people, God-fearing peonle,
5ut they simply do not know"
Friends and readers. It in our drt~
o help these people know! Let ma
s.7s OF our money, but let u also give
y our time and effort for q campa1en
\ education In these me&ter.-to
NOV the nesd Of food regulation. Wa,
savings Stamps. Liberty Bonds. Raa
Cross work, Y. NJ. c. A. and v W
l. campaigns! We must save fooa
eF tne starving; We must give money
p!otect the wounded and to provide
wholesome moral recreation for ~,
'osaAers instead Of unvholeaome ana
1nzorA dissipation. And r. cr
An1er-as Is so often ekarsed-haye
aot supported these movement. q.
ny should. 4 = not because thev ara
more selfish. more hard-hearted. laa.
'a'ffotic' than city people. It is onlv
because they have not been Informed
ana All OF Us who do really unde,.
''and must here and now resolve to
'esp inform them. In every school IN
very Sunday school, IN every farm.
'rs club, IN every farm woman,s -,,,h
lno even as a part Of almost everv
'nurcn service, our men and wornor
u night and leading must do the;r
'art 10 arouse rural America. In +he
war it was the "enbat,
lea farmers" at Lexington who erred
ne snot heard around the worldr. In
ne C1vll War it was the stubborn
courage OF our farm men and the
teao1astness of our country urme,
nat won the worlds apnlause fo.
Confederate heroism. A
Because this war is a afttte fart,
rom our doors is no reason why we
mould play less noble part And
mere is little time to lose. Manv neo.
JIG tnlnk that twelve months hsrao
.ecae Will be in sight. Let us raao1va
aere1ore that during the COMING vaar