Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-23
BY FREDERIC j. HAsK1N

Washington. d. c., Jan. Gothic
condition of German children. and the
organized efforts which American
philanthropists are making to help
them, were vividly described to us by
an American who recently left Berlin.
The children of Germany turn out
| to have been the greatest sufferers of
all, and the greatest calamity of the
| war. for Germany and for the whole
| world, is that millions of European
children are being starved and stunt
| ed.
Kinderhilfsmission of the American
Friends Service Committee at Doro-
| theenstrasse. Berlin, which has direc-
| ton of the childfeeding work of the
American Relief Administration in
Germany is at present feeding $4,000
children a day, and If the voluntary
contributions on which this work de-
| pends permit, that number will be in
| creased to one million this year.
In tho first school visited. parish
or government school. the children
F., were eating in the gymnasium. Whilo
older boys were going thru exercises
/ in the back room, children selected
| according to their needs lined up for
/ feeding at the other end. Each had
"A tin cup and spoon and in turn re-
ceived big portion of rico and milk
from the two teachers who handled
the work. The children all have food
cards which they must show to the
| teacher, who keeps careful record OF
every meal given. An American
worker supervises the distribution and
secs that the food is eaten on tho
premises. not wasted and is given
where the need is greatest. In this
school there were no benches so the
| little girls took their bowls away, sit
| ting in corners under parallel bars or
on horses while the boys grouped
together and chartered vociferously in
| intervals of eating.
In another block of this huge brick
building was a Lyzeum Schulz or
| girls high school where some feeding
is also carried on. Here the girls eat
in n class room seated at their desks.
Girls in the high school ranging from
6 to Il years in age are better clad
and in slightly bettor physical condi-
ton. They como from upper middle
| class families.
Tho next place visited was Cath
olic school. where the principal. a
small energetic man eating his own
lunch "a blackbread sandwich) was
supervising the child feeding. Tho
food had been given out hero in tho
entrance hall and two little boys with
long spoons wcre busy scrapfnS tho
last vesstiSe OF rice from the big con-
tainer. former army kettle. 1t was
almost as clean as IL 1t had been
secured with hot water. In tho same
district lis n Kinderheim, comfortably
housed in littlo frame housc. There
the little children had just finished
their meal and were marching arounu
tho room in pairs. singing songs. They
wero from to years of age, and
during the feeding hour their mothers
are invited to come in and share in
the hot lunch.
| Poor Suffer Most
Another day was spent in poorer
district The poor section of Berlin
| streets arc wide and clean and tho
buildings well-constructcd, in no way
cmbling the slums OF New York or
| London. But closer inspection re-
veals tho poverty and misery of the
women are hatless and with the ther-
wrap around their thin dresses. Tho
| clogs and cheap carpet slippers being
| general. Tho faces seen on all sides
arc pinched. worn. dull-Gray or whito
| housed in good buildings but tho
| feeding tell the universal story of
| day the bowls wer eflled with hot
mixture of beans and rice and much
to their delight each child was also
day the bowls wcre filled with n hot