Evening star., 1920-12-14
WOMEN OUTLINE
AID FOR CHILDREN
Washington Workers to Help
in European Relief Coun-
ciI's Campaign.

One hundred and twenty Washing
ton women, leaders of community
work in drives for various war funds,
today held an organization meeting to
perfect plans of carrying out the
European relief councils campaign
for aid to the children Of central and
eastern Europe, in the local headquar-
tiers of the council in the Homer
building
DR.. Livingston Farrand, chairman
or the central committee OF the
american Red Cross, and assistant to
Herbert Hoover on the European re-
dress to the local women, who will
form teams to campaign for the relief
OF conditions among 100000 starving
children of the stricken areas of Eu-
rope. District Commis ssioner Mabel 7.
Boardman. and Mrs. Vernon Kellogg,
wife of the assistant of Mr.. Hoover
on the American relief administration,
also spoke.
$4,000, 900 Needed.
DR.. Farrand declared that $685. 3,000,-
goo was needed to keep the children
OF the devastated countries from the
Baltic to the Mediterranean sea alive
until the summer crops are har-
vested. He declared that It was to
the United States that the children
Der of children in urgent need Of
food and medical attention at 81
$4,000 Of the 100000 war orphans
Of Europe.
mo matter what the pathos of the
situation may be-" he said, the most
If not aided will be a menace to
world civilization. It must be re-
membered that these children will
form the basis on which the civtlixa-
tion of Europe must rest In thirty
or fourty years. The vast majority
Of them are undernourished and sick
ly. They have been so for six long
years.
Great Danger Present.
'"rhe greatest danger is that Of a
submerged child population. This
means that children of seven and
eight on account of suffering take
on the appearance OF children OF
htose Of twelve and thirteen years of
age appear to be sickly persons Of
eighteen and twenty.
Unless they are taken care Of
they will form generation, undeyei-
oped. unframed. deficient both physi-
cally and mentally This is the men
ace we must avoid"
~ Miss Boardman said that the par
ents Of Washington should make It
a point to have at least onesinvisible
guest at the Christmas table for din
ner on December Is. She pledged
herself and her mother to have twen-
ty invisible guests apiece, in the per-
son Of these children who will be aid
ed miles away from her table. Ten
dollars apiece win have a child un-
til next summer, she declared. Those
who could not afford to take an in
visible guest themselves were re-
Quested to club in with another
family and to have q mutual guest
for the two families.
Plan for Use Of Money.
Mrs. Kellogg outlined the plan by
which the money would be converted
into food for the children. She told
the women that the expenses Of the
administration were underwritten by
philanthropists In New York city and
elsewhere, and that consequently
every dollar collected would mean 100
cents turned over to the European re-
lief agency for food.
She gave a graphic description of
the conditions in Poland. speaking Of
in some places, as far as the eye could
see, each with a tin cup in hand,
awaiting food. She said that 1900, 600
children in Poland will actually
starve before Christm2s unless aid
reaches them.
Each Of the women present was
either q team captain or had been a
worker in past drives. Arthur C,
Moses. president Of the District relief
committee, presided. A list of the
names was taken, SO that operations
might be directed to the various COM
munities from local headquarters.