The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1920-03-17
sQHROEDERlTE WOULD
s@ .sf}1s.5= H. HELP NEEDY GERMANS
People Being Reduced to Mere Skele'
tons for Want Of Proper
NOurlshment.
BY l. C.. FRIDBLOMi

NOur1Snm6nts
;. BY 1. c. FRIDBLOM!
We have recently been called upon
to give for the relief of a group Of
people in Asia, who are sufferers
from this awful war. Through this
good action every giver deserves the
thanks of humanity, for many and
many human being was no doubt
saved from the worst kind of starv-
alton and even death. But, even in
densely populated central and east.
ern Europe conditions are just as
shocking as they are in Armenia
Through the hunger blockade against
the women and children of Germany
instituted after the armistice whole
peoples have been brought to the
verge Of mass destruction. Tuber-
culosis, rachitis, and other fearful
sicknesses have spread enormously.
For want Of bread, meat, fat, milk
in fact everything Of nutritious val
ue people are being reduced to
mere skeletons - especially the
mothers and Children are suffering
from this awful malnutrition. Jane
Addams has been in Germany inves-
tigating, and she says in her report,
that "the shoulderblades of the
young boys stand out like wings.
Their ribs and their vertebrates can
be counted. Their bony little arms
and legs look still thinner because
Of the swollen limbs caused by ra-
chitis. The narrow sunken chests
bode i'll for the future. A girl of 8
years was found to weigh 80 pounds,
one of the same age weighed %
pounds, and third of .12 years
weighed 46 pounds. a child Of 31a
years weighed ID pounds and so on.
The doctors say that the effects of
this hunger blockade will be appar-
ent throughout the life time of this
generation and perhaps longer. The
food blockade was also soap block
ade, and this has had very great
influence over notably skin diseases
and the fever of childbed. The lack
of soap to cleanse the patient, to
wash the linen and the hands of the
midwife is apparently the cause of
the sudden rise in the mortality
from puerperal fever. Children have
been the greatest sufferers from the
skin diseases resulting from lack of
@oap. Babies, of course, most of all
We were shown their scalded little
bodies, their heads covered with
scales, the bleeding surfaces of the
'olds of groins and arms. No vase
line, no linen.
1t is such conditions that we are
now called upon to relieve. The Soc
;ety Of Friends of America has un-
dertaken to buy foodstuffs, codiver
oil or medicine, etc., and Mr.. Hoover
will send it free of charge to Ger
many. Every cent we give will be
spent for some material. Nothing
off for freight or handling or clerk
ing. All work for the good cause is
voluntary and without pay. The re-
lief work is only for children A
group of men and women have been
sent to Germany to see that the sup
plies are actually delivered to the
little ones.
! In accepting this work the Ameri-
can friends service committee ap-
nreciates the opportunity to be of
christian service. Our country is no
longer at war and as Mr.. Hoover
9ays, 1--WE have never fought with
women and children"
All clothing (new) and diapers
| (nnany of them) should be sent to
American Friends Service Commit
tee Store Room, c/o Mary H. Whit
son, Fifteenth & Cherry Street,
Philadelphia.
In addition to the work for Ger
many this committee is carrying on
work in France, Serbia, Austria, Po-
land and Lithana. Books and finan.
cial accounts are open for inspection
Now, friends, can we afford to
reach helping hand even to these
~ufering children of Germany. AS
an act of. thankfulness to providence
COR having been spared so much suf:
fering and bereavement let us open
our hearts and hands once more to
relieve suffering. Just now is the
time to save some child from DEATH
to aid and gladden. mother in de-
spair. The same persons who 50
ably worked for the Armenians will
no doubt devote themselves once
more to salvation work, while we
are waiting for new crop Of Gods
lgifts through mother earth. But
those 8 or 4 months will be terrible
ones unless help is extended.
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