Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-11-25

mlnstrative genius during the past six years, in which
time he and his American colleagues have administered
two billions Of dollars Of relief funds from all parts Of
the world with total overhead expense Of only three
elghths OF one per cent with remuneration to the
American directors Now he asks all to help save the
children who are in imminent danger Of starvation this
coming winter
There they are in the midst Of wrecked homes and
FARMS and factories; in cities crowded with masses of
refugees without sustaining food for children through
the destruction of live stock seeds for planting raw ma
terals, tools, and machinery gone great areas with
everything burned or looted, or smashed vast unem-
pioyment for workers no means of subsistence; land
OF economic rul Of mutilated life and lingering death:
and in the midst of it all-the little children
In long lines they waiting at the American food
Kitchens Will the food be there for them? Will they be
turned away? There are no happy healthy faces in those
long linesot one You have seen rags and barefooed
children but many little boys and girls literally
drest in tatters Soon it will be very cold and for those
home to put on.
Hollow faces and shrunken bodies are so common
that their real condition does not become evident until
inquire Closely and then we find that most of
them arc from one to five years back in their growth
Children Of eight years old have reached the normal
size of two and half They are just learning to stand
alone. Others almost old cannot yet stand on their
feet Their arms and legs, and spines, and chests
twisted and warped. The flesh and skin shriveled
on the bones 1t is surprising that life still exist
there 1t they can have food they will gradually regain
their health and strength but with most of them is
question OF now OF never Starvation and tuberculosis
will not wait.
odilu dlOIlo lllllOn I'VE NundIeQ thousand
children must be cared for In Latva and Esthonia the
people are living mostly on diet made from potato
noun, oat-tour, and saWdust In Czecho-Slovaka, in
Hungary, in Austria and i'm other countries of central
and southeastern Europe two millions more are in dire
need OF food and who stops to ask regarding creed or
race or nationality when little child is starving? Chill
dren are just children the world over and the great
American heart is big enough to care for them all.
But the appeal now is not for all The threeand half
millions OF children in immediate danger of starvation,
if this organization fails, who must have food at once
are only a fraction Of the total number The hungry
ined by competent physicians and only those whose
wasted little bodies reduced to the minimum weight
and whose endurance Of hunger has reached the end
which mcrges into actual starvation are admitted to the
American kitchens and given meal day It is hard
to turn away thousands of hungry boys and grls-to
hear them ask pleadingly," Do I weigh too much?"
Gam not thin enough? Cant come any more?" But
this restricting of food to the extreme cases compu
sorry, because there isn't enough for all.
Great-Hearted Response, Sets an