The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-11-13


eighis q one per cent with no Remuneration 10 the
A"vrra directors Now lie asks 81 q help ss,c tbe
fhklrcn who IN mmmess, danger ot starvation mi,
,o'eiug winter
There 'a', are, - Ae midst ~ wrecked homes ami
farms. and facsorcS titic~ crowded with masses II
refugees without sustaining food flf children. hroaal
fhc destruction " lise lorb seeds gor planting ran,
materials, tools and naeanese gone, great areas with
everything m1el. - las,.l og smashed. vast un,,n
p"smen' for workers; means II subsistence. i hnd
ef economic ni'n II mu.aaed htc aud lingering DEATH
and "a 'he midsi ot i az the little cmlren
- oug lines hes ~ waiting az the Ameri. n.
ipol.kitehrns WIN III, taod ~ .hyl. for ttens WIN
ibes he turned away There are 49, ha,s,.. hcalth,
face~ il those loog lines oi one Nom have seem rag.
ami tateioocd rhildrcn bai never Is man, hte bo,-
n'd girls h'eav lsesi Is nttcis Soon il uill Is ye,,
'oll aud tor 'iv~c bale uc feet ana legs ara rms
ioe'e il nothing u home o put ou
Hollow faces and shtqmhen bodies afe 10 .ann,a,,
'h~' their real condition does not become e,lcn, nntl
we inquire more closely ana then wc fud tha, most j
them are from one 10 five years back III their growth
Children 81 eight Years 'l have reached the normal
~izc q two and ha'' e ware just learning % .tand
alone Othofs phA.>t 41 eat not SIT stand On tacr
feet lher arms anA lrss, and spmes aua chests are
twisted and warped Tie flesh and shin arc shri,cea
o. their bones Il S snprzng that life can stil exist
l''F' II they can have ood they will gradually regain
t'cr health and strength sat with most II them i Il n
question q now never starvation and tuberculosis
WI not wait
IN Poland alone million five hundred thousand
such children must &c cared Tor Ia Tat,ia and
tsihonia the peolAe mr living mostly on Il dict made
from pata4 loa, ,ai-titl, and sawlust ln C1ecu.
SloNala, % Hungary Austria, and ia other eoui,ies
" ccttral and Southeastern Europe Two millions more
arc m dire need Of ood and who stops 10 ask regarding
creed or racc or nationality when little child is
~iar''ngt Children just children the world over,
a dihc great American heart Is big enough 10 care for
thom an
l'ut thc appeal now is MOI for a The three and Il
hall millions Of children in immediate danger Of sar,a
ton # this oFgs v,ii fails VII, must nave fo,d ..
once are only fraction of lhc total number The
hungry children = those destitute countries have been
examined by competent physicians and ons those whose
wasted little bodies reduced the minimum weight
and whose endurance of hunger has reached the end
which mergcs INTO actual starvation are admitted to the
American kitchens and given one meal day. II is hard
10 fu1t away thousands OF hungry boys and glrlsto
hear thcm ask. peadmglv. do ! weigh too much ~
Am | not thin enoueh," Cant come any more"
Bu this restricting a food ia the extreme eases i
pulsory. beealls,. there st crough for all
And these necaies ones can moi reach tac kit, lcns
through the cold winds aud the snow barcfootcd and "a
the pitiful rags which form only partial covering for
their bodies They must have clothes Each outfii
sists OF pair of wooden stockings par Of
boots and little oveicoaf. This meal Il day. aad
these boots. stockings aud little coats be supplied
only if we give them II we do not the slaughter OF the
nnoccnts by cold and starvation will be appalling.
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