The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-13
UNCLE SAM AWAITS
SHIPL0AD OF BABIES
George Washington to Bring
Home Little Citizens Born
in France.
MOTHERS COMING TOO
For They All Belong to Yam
kee Soldiers Who Have
Wed French Girls.
MOTHERS COMING TOT

The steamship George Washington
simply cannot stand ordinary routine
steamship duty. She must always be do
ing something extraordinary or bizarre,
such as acting as a private yacht for
the President and Col House or trying
to bump the 1mperator Off the sea. Now
she is going TO be the "baby ship" OF
the transport feet.
A lot of people may not know 1t, but
n good many brand new American citi-
zens are waiting over in France with
the American soldier Gathers and their
French mothers for a chance to get
look ut their country. The Red Cross,
which attends to many matters that
have nothing to do with binding up
wounds has taken cognizance of this
fact and intends, through Its home SER
vice section. to bring over a few cargocs
Of absolutely new babies The George
Washington will sail from Brest within
a few weeks and will bring back a big
bunch of these Franco-American infants,
together with 200 French wives of Amer
lean soldiers.
They will load the George with
milk and nipples, teethng rings,
Cruel, soft warm underneaths that
babies must have, and many, many other
necessaries that the charming French
mothers probably could not get. They
will even put aboard sets of scales to
, keep track of the weight of the babies.
Dr. G. A. Kicker. ships surgeon on the
George Washington, will have the babies
in charge Miss Edna ]. Wakefield
secretary to Mrs. Jonn II. Glenn. chair
man of the home service section, will
re ceive the babies and their mothers
when the George Washington brings
them into port. Miss Wakefield says
that Americas importation OF babies
| from France promises to be one OF the
big trading features of the future, and
adds that the babies are mighty pretty.
the combination OF American and French
blood obviously being n mixture thor
oughly approved by nature.
| THE present week has been the BAN
rer week in war brides and war babies"
said Miss Wakefield yesterday. with the
expected arrival here of the Cap Finis-
terre. with 1877 war brides among its
passengers. we shall have received since
and including last Sunday 373 war
| brides. There were also sixteen babies.
one of the babies 10 months old. OF the
| sixteen fourteen arrived on the Louis
Vile. which brought seventy-five war
brides. 1t was the biggest bunch OF
war bride babies that has ever come 10
these shores. In fact the number was
so unusual that the enterprising officers
OF the Louisville took proper measures
TO celebrate the event. For one thing,
they conducted a baby show aboard the
vessel, giving out prizes for the hand
soonest and healthiest babies, and other
wise carrying on Just as they do at SIM
liar fetes IN Atlantic City ,or elsewhere
And some of the babies were beau
ties. too l want to tell you, although
| don't think any of the fourteen would
have stood a chance with the cunning
little seven-nonths-old boy who came
| over with his war bride mother on the
| Great Northern, arriving here on her
record voyage. The little chap, the son
| of Edward and Marie Louise Baker
| though he was five months less than
a year old. was dressed just like a four
| year-old. with a complete suit of BLACK
and white check cloth, equipped with
! pockets and all the other appurtenances
| OF real boyhood. lie made hit with
| us, as he did with all the troops and
crew Of the Great Northern.
"I believe that Henri. for that was his
name. is the real reason why the Great
| Northern was able TO make its wonder
full trip"
Speaking OF her pleasant experience
with war wives and war babies Miss
| Wakefield said:
|
were Let me give you their names
and you can imagine how perfectly ro-
mantle 1t all must have been. There
was Violette Cooper, Marguerite Crum'
bic, Charlotte Powers tshe was just u
and had been Communicated by Private
Powers from the stan of the Stars ana
Stripes in Paris. where she worked a:
stenographer) Adrienne Romeo. Pauline
Sherborne, Lucienne Stewart Ca beauty
and Alphonsine Nelson"
Miss Wakefield. upon seeing that thu
war brides fulhl the requirements Of
the immigration authorities. escorts then
to the Hostess House conducted by thu
Y. W. c. A. at Lexington avenue anC
Forty-first street, unless the brides arr
met at the pier by relatives. At thu
Hostess House war brides are enter
tanned until arrangements can be made
for their departure TO the home towns