The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-03-15
FUND FOR CHILDREN OF
EUROPE HAS BEEN RAISED.
Literary Digest Announces That Thlr-
ty.three Million Dollars Is
On Hand.

With grateful hearts we give thanks
to Almighty God for wonderful out |
pouring Of love and generosity by the
American people.
Three and a half million innocent
children, helpless waits Of the war,
were starving, and cold, and stricken
with disease. They cried out across
the sea, Save us or we persh!" And
the triyt-three million dollars needed
to save these little ones from death
has now been raised.
When, about four mouths ago, The
Literary Digest published an appeal
through the length and breadth Of the
Nation in the editorial, "The Slaughter
Of the Innocents," the great heart of |
America was stirred, as our our hearts
had been stirred. Millions of fathers
and mothers were moved with deep
an dtender yearning and quick i'm
pulse to succor these innocent sucer-
ers. Millions of happy children, also,
felt the eager thrill Of sympathy and
desire to help. Like an impelling Wis
ion, real and tragic, we could see those
millions of tiny arms, bare and thin
and trembling, stretched out to US in
pain and want; we could see the sad
little eyes searching our souls; we
could hear their weak voices crying
for food and comfort. We were told
that the huge sum Of money asked for
could not be raised at this time But
knew that the American people, In
their great-hearted love for children,
could not now be deaf, as they had
never in the past been deaf, to real
cry of sucering from little ones whose
desperate need was laid on their
hearts as sacred trust. And now,
with a wonderful feeling Of exaltation,
we are able to say, 1t is done! and the
millions of our fellow countrymen
who have contributed to this fund will
, share in the thrill of joy at the glad
, tidings.
And now a new vision greets the
eyes of Americans; Three and half
= millions of pairs of little arms are
stretched out to us across the sea, not
, in piteous pleading, but in the pas
sionate gratitude of childhood. Three
n and a half million pairs of eyes are
n searching our souls, not with the
= haunting gaze Of suffering and death,
). but brimming over with Joy and love
and Thanksgiving. Three and a half
million childish voices are coming to
!, us OH the winds from the East, and
v they are not piercing our ears with
n bitter cries of pain and want, but are
! sweet with laughter and the happy
h shouts of little ones whose suffering
l. has been turned into JOY And YET
+ more. In three and a half million
10 young hearts nave been planted d ioFe
h of the American Flag and an under
If standing of what it means that shall
l. live through the years and grow into
J. a strong bond of fellowship and peace
20 The vast sum of money has beer
10 given with unfelgned Joy and eager
ness. Thousands have written to III
with real gratitude for the opportuni
ty and privilege of buying for them
selves that precious and priceless
IT, thingfi, the life of little child. AM
by many letters and kilograms from or
CARNATIONS and state and city com
IL mittccs have testified that the effor
I'D expended in carrying out this cam
rs paign has been a blessing to Ameri