The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-29
MEN, W0N'EN
 AND THINGS

Europe to America for help to save the
 lives of children and restore the homes of desolated people.
 It was a strong presentation of the
 needs of people which have been trampled under foot and scattered far and near. There was pathos in his voice, and no wonder, for some of his own ones have been victims of the cru- cities of a relentless foe in the storm swept centers. He had right to feel l indignation, and a spur to plead the cause of his race
 Tired of giving" you say while you | or find yourself at your desk, or about | your business, or languidly pursue your
 amusement. You don't know what feel 1 ing tired means. If you had seen loved l ones slain or, worse still, your women ravished. If you had stood helplessly | by as your house was shelled or the torch applied. If you had managed to | save few household necessities and fled to the mountains, or had been driv-
 en into the desert, you might know something of weariness.
 But you say, I've a family to look after" You ought to go down on your knees and thank God that such is the case and that when the days work is over you can sit with them around l well-supplied table. and that rosy 70 sri | look into yours. On the other side of l the world are fathers who love their children with just as great an emotion as fills your breast when you think of ! the little ones who call you papa, but I tEeir hearts are wrung at the sight of | the gaunt faces and frail bodies of their own precious ones, and their ears are filled with piteous cries for bread If we could be made to visualize the thousands, yes, the millions of domestic I tragedies, there would be no need to send out committees, for relief head quarters would be besieged by those ask l ing for the privilege to give their part | to change the awful conditions. The American Jewish Relief Committee is asking for money to save the Hives Of those who are in the shadow of death" We complain much about the high cost Of living but what of those who haven't crust of bread? We complain, but we go on and buy while they just suffer and die.
 We talk much about investments. Stop for moment and ask yourself, How much is a child worth?'' The answer, of course, will largely depend on whose child it is. If your own it has value above dollars and cents, and yet I have seen estimates by economists who have placed the monetary value of healthy boy at the age of up in the thousands of dollars. "The greatest investment you will ever make is the one that has for security grip human hearts and which bears interest in the sincere thanks of a suffering brother
 Let's get down to concrete facts and see what a few dollars invested will do in the way of dividends. With $20O you can save one child's life in eastern Europe for whole year. For $20 you can feed one little girl for a month, even in Poland, where food costs twice as much as it does here. For 9 cents you can buy a 10-year-old boy more food than he has had to eat at one time for the past five years.
 Every now and then some phrase sticks in oua's mind and if can't he easily dis lodged. I heard some one say of the prattling children in the wake of the Huns foot that in their young lives they, have never known anything but grim visaged war and yet somehow, in spite of the fact that I had read much about the cruelty of the supermen of the Kaiser, and talked with men who had stopped their mad rush, it did not grip me like the simple statement about the Polish children. They can't remember
 what milk tastes like"
 Robbed of their birthright, torn from their mothers breasts. or the cows all killed or driven away. even the goats slaughtered. think of the sacrifice of the babies, and of the hunger bangs of those of tender years, augmented by terrible endless nights spent alone and unpro- tected out in the fields under the stars
 when nights are clear. or bitten by cruel winds shiverlng under the ptiless snow, or wandering around the dirty streets of cities like lost souls.
 Think of the rags and the saualor, but, worse still. think of the lack of loving care. of the suffering and the sickness and heartaches of myriad little tots tout on their own in world gone mad. If you are a father or mother and can think of these things without a com passion which makes you want to help, then God pity the little ones entrusted to you, for while they may have
 shelter. clothing, food and tender care, they will grow up witt, starved souls if they imbibe your selfish spirit. These multitudes of Jewish children in eastern Europe~ must have. first, food. Think of it. None have known full meal for five years. Then they must have clothing. for one change of clothes may save a>boy or girl from the terri- hle typhus epidemic which is claiming it's victims by the thousands. Then they must have a decent place in which to live. Their rowing life must come to an end, for many of them have been refu- gees aver since they have been big