The Washington herald., 1921-01-10
DISTRICTS RELIEF
FUND STILL SHORT
sS5,OOO OF QUOTA
Only Week Remains to
Raise Money for Starv-
ing Little Ones.

Starting on its final week Of the
campaign to save lives Of 10000
children in Central and Eastern Eu-
rope. wAsAfngtons committee Of the
European Relief Council faces a def
icft Of $500 Of these little sufferers.
As $40 will guarantee food and med
ical supplies to a child until the
crops are harvested overseas in the
stricken countries next summer,
Ss5,O0o must be raised here this
week in order to reach the Dis
trict's quota
Pat Rooney Helps
Pat Rooney, the star OF Love
Birds" which closed a successful
engagement at Polls last night, auc-
toned $50 Liberty bonds between
the acts and helped In his tntmits-
BILE way to swell the fund.
In the latest statement sent out
from Mr.. Hoovsr's New York head
ass<ters it is made imperative that
funds for the feeding of these chill
dren are urgently needed before the
winter is over. II clothing is to
be provided, II should be done when
the--weather Is inclemsnt and the
5Odies Of the tiny sufferers protect
sd-from the rigors Of biting winds
md icy mornings.
When children are starving and
SskipK in pitifUl tones for bread,
the European Relief Council believes
IN sending shipment after shipment
Of hour, sugar, condens milk, peas
and beans to be distributed broad
cast to the needy. 1t is a notable
hct that in the first stage of fam
ne the human animals eat the
farS = their cattle and thus IN
str7lsf1s the production Of milk In
ne sscond stage they consume the
e1tsIe- themselves. Years are re-
eTarss 10 restore the herds.
Cattle Required.
: The cniIdren Of the white races
are dependent upon the cattle for
fheiT very survival. Thus famine
bears. hardest upon the children.
Long after even bread becomes avail
able. milk and fats are still scanty.
In all countries OF Europe today
The bread is less appe tiZiug than in
f94A and Is still war bread in some
districts, notably Austria Yet due
70 the. supplies shipped by the Eu-
ROpean Relief Council, white bread
= served 20 the destitute child pop
distiou along with cocoa, rice and
beans and conde ensed milk.
Every Catholic clergyman in
washfn gton received the following
letter from the Archdiocese Of Bal
Hmore:
Reverend Dear Father: We are
asked to help in feeding the starv-
ing children Of Eastern and Central
Europe A committee has been or
CANNED, with Hon Herbert Hoover
As chairman, to raise a fund ot
S33.AeO. 600 with which to alleviate
the suffering Of at least 3,51o,00
Cardinal Gibbons, before he wa!
taken ILL., was very much interested
in this charity and had a collection
taken up in the churches OF tbs
archdiocese. Since then it has beer
learned that greater funds ar,
necessary. as the wants Of the suf
Eering little ones continue to b
most distressing. 1 urge you, there
fore, to try to interest your congre-
cation in this appeal and encourage
hem to make generous contribu-
tons.
-His Eminence warmly approve.
Of our efforts to bring more com
fort to the suffering children ir
whose name this appeal is made.
Faithfully yours in Christ,
~CSigned) o. B. CORRIGAN.
Bishop of Macra, v G."
y Rev. P. c. Gavan. pastor of the
Sacred Heart Church. announced
thzr- he would give his active sup
porI to the relief movement and
would cave collections taken up in
his church