The Washington times., 1921-01-02

trisn baths are still a cure, to come
and be their guests. These little
guests will be the children OF work
ers from other lands-fathers VINO
cannot afrord TO send their children
abroad for medical treatment.
RENT FAMOUS PALACE.
The Austrian workingmen, poverty
stricken as they are, have rented one
OF the most famous palaces In the
world-the Summer retreat OF the
Aust rian Emperors. in Schonbrun. a
great park with gardens. fountains,
stretches OF Ereens~ard and shaded
lanes. This place where In the past
men have plotted for war has become
a home and school where the children
OF workingmen are planning for
peace.
went to schonbrun with the man
who more than anyone else Is re-
sponsible for this idea. ] have men
sketches OF Austria-Msx Winter. the
Vice Burgomaster of Vienna. He Is
little man with a pointed beard and
the kind OF sparkling eyes which
would make him an ideal Santa Claus.
He 10 one OF the most beloved men in
Austria When he walked up the
broad roadway leading to the castle
and bordered by tall chestnuts,
trimmed in French style into a sort
OF gigantic green hedge wall. the
children spied him from afar, and
came catapulting out into the Novem-
Der drizzle to meet him. clasping him
around the legs. climbing up his sides
and emitting little sqaeals OF delight.
III the children of Austria could vote
he would not be the Vice-Mayor OF
Vienna He would be president OF
the Republic. I'm not sure that they
wouldn't restore the monarchy and
make him King.
In the rooms where ladies In wait
ing to the Empress used to sleep
there are rows and rows OF little iron
cots. The former suite OF prince Is
a workshop for small boys. In a
grand salon we saw a dozen young
girls being put through calisthenic
exercises.
ONLY ONE BATHTUB.
There is only one trouble with this
castle" said DR.. Winter, ruefully. 1t
has only one bathtub. Workingmen's
children seem to like bathtubs better
than the Hapsburgs did
The Association of the Friends of
Children existed in the early days of
the war. Then it was a charitable
organization OF the well-to-do, for the
proletariat. In 1916 the workmen OF
Austria took over It's management
themselves. 1t was bankrupt then,
and they built up the present imam
cial standing by voluntarily taxing
themselves / per cent on all their
earnings. In 100 factories in Vienna
every workingman pays this tax to
the children.
The children of the Austrian work
ers have no homes now" said Dr..
Winter, THE rooms where they live
are unheated. and are often strip ed
of furniture. But it is wonderful
what people can do. even in poverty,
II they stick together and pool their
resources.
1--WE have opened stations through
out the city, where the children are
cared for all the time out of school
hours. In these stations they are
given two ISIS every day, are su-
pcrvised in playing. singing and dane
ing in warm and cheerful surround
ings. and are taught those things
which are not in books or. IL they are.
seldom reach our children. They
learn how to use their hands. how to
know birds and animals, trees and
flowers. and, above all, they are
taught to appreciate other nations
Internationalism is instilled into all
the teaching.
I'VE aren't able to pay teachers to