The New York herald., 1921-12-16

were incased in braces. but were as
straight as yours or mine. See that
said Miss Walker. 'Yvonne had con-
genital hip disease and we have had
TO operate on both hips, giving her spe-
cial care and diet for months after the
operations. But she walks and runs
now and will eventually be as strong as
anybody. Har spine was becoming
crooked. and she was In fair way to
become hopeless cripple
81 get more and more enthusiastic
about the public health work. but our
foyers are surely no less important.
They really are getting at the young
people and keeping them out ct ths
aloons and dancing halls. / had let
ter yesterday from a sixteen-year-old
child of Blerancourt who adores me
blindly because two years ago / led her
by the hand TO a Parist oculist and had
her eyes. which were slightly crossei
operated upon. Antoinette has been
faithful to her love and gratitude to-
ward Nine. ANN ever since, and Ter me
tell you the love of those children is
something 1 prize more than any ma
terial thing. Her letter went into rap
lures over a tiny fur stole that 7 had
sent her. and then she went along about
all Blerancourt news. i am so glad
can go to dance in the American Com
mittee foyer next Saturday. work
every day very hard and like to dance
sometimes. but il is no longer possible
at Dovezes, for there are foreigners who
come there. Et dreo ces gems la, on ne
salt jdDi0is os on on estv Very true.
and very wise little Antoinette. to go
where she is sure where she is at II
is so sad TO see these little villages
threatened by corruption from foreign
labor. But what would you? The
houses must be built and there are so
few men left in these decimated regions
There is some building. a great deal
more than is apparent. OF course. be-
cause the universal destruction makes
it hard to appreciate how much has
been done. But as before said. roofs
still leak! The chapel OF the wonderful
sixteenth century church at Bleran-
court. repaired in temporary fashion by
the committee three years ago, is De-
ginning TO crumbe There was higi1
wind storm lest Sunday. and smsii
stones became dislodged during the SER
vice and ratified down on tho peoples
heads. somewhat to the interruption of
the sermon. No one left the church.
however. and no one was hurt. feF
thought l detected more nervousness in
the ranks of the members of the COM
mittee than outside them.
After service went with NJ. 1e Cure
to visit his garden, where posbas grow
all through November ana spread Z,
kindly .Scsk over the heaps of ruined
what used TO be his house. There are +,
stairs that lead skyward like Jaccas
ladder, but / fear the most intrepid
angel would not trust himself upon
them! In the only little room that has
been made habitable for M. lie Cur
there are pans to catch the leaks. 1t
was when / commented upon the fact
that he remarked with a smile .hst
theme were many worse Off than he
such sublime patience makes us feel
that there is nothing too much to do to .
help and encourage our people until life
becomes more nearly normal for them
1T is all too easy for us to feel in New
York, or even in Paris. that The war
Is over The suffering of these war
victims is rot over. Only the strongest
have survived. Many have died since
i was there last. Some dear old people
to dhose welcome / had looked forward
before coming back among them. are
no longer there. But / don't suppose
mere words can create the picture ct
home, rather the feeling of ii all. You
have to drive over the Chemin des
Danes on gray November day. pick
UP shivering kiddles in your arms and
try TO bring smiles to their little thin
faces, look yourself upon the landscape
Lndl litll ddily Httu-sldIh NTt'
trunks. torn fields. crumbling homes
desolate horizons.
Then go into the one attra activsf
building In the village, a tiny American.
committee foyer and see group OF.
old women sewing together and singing
at their work. 'C'est 81 agreeable.
madame. de sc reuinir ainsi Et puis
chez moi on ne volt pas clair. Je mai
que papier huile dams mes fenetres.
7 ts r,1,f krl s,,.
deed the thing we are working toward
is that so many of our own dear boys
were willing TO give their lives in whole
hearted sacrifice to win. That love, not
bare, should rule the world"