The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-21
>CHILDREN'S ARK
ARRIVES HOME
0oO Russian Children Re-
turned to Families
by Red Cross
Rg0GNITI0NS TARDY
MANY Can Hardly Believe
That Healthy and Happy
Riddles Are Their Own
ny WILLIAM @. cAYcE.

SAN FRANCloSO' Scpt. gu
N,Sotv pcr cent of the 500 Russian
hoys and girls of the Petrograd
cbildren's colony, who were taken
nrac,irally around the world In an
sfiort TO reach home by the Ameri-
can Red Cross, have been safely
returned to their parents.
The remaining few whose 1ela =
lives could not be located are be-
lng cared for by the society OF
lawns Of Petrograd In n good board
az school. according to DR.. Herbert
NJ Coulter. who had charge of the
"ltt" which took the children from
vlfbWostok to Riga and who ar
rived here recently.
Dr, Coulter brought an interest
ing account Of the reunion of some
on the youngsters with their par
ents. In several cases parents did
not recognize their own children.
The trip from Vladivostok to
Riga and petrograd was accom-
prshed in three months, with stops
made at san Francisco. New York
and Brest, where supplies were TAX
en- on.
when in Brest," said DR.. Coulter,
I'VE took on enough supplies for six
months. because we did not know
where we were going to land next.
From Brest we headed for the
Baltic sea via the Kiel canal. The
Baltic free states were very friend
" 10 us, but did not want so many
Russians to land on their shores.
"Upon our arrival in Petrograd
We secured the use OF the Halia
ssnitarium, which was built by the
car shortly before the war for
treamcnt of tubercular patients but
We. never used. with this as a
hkJquarters we were able to dis
tr9rte the children In an orderly
mhner and in groups all were dis
posed Of" said DR.. Coulted.
"How some OF those grateful par
ents welcomed their long lost
children was certainly more than
touching" said the doctor. I'm
many cases whore / delivered the
children in Reval to their parents
In person they did not even recog-
nize them. This is easily explained,
for the half-starved children of two
years ago were quite a contrast to
the well fed and two years older
children returned to them. In
many cases mothers and fathers
had given their children up as lost
or dead, as they did not know they
had fallen into the hands of the
Red Cross.
Mother Swons at Reunion.
"One case ! shall never forget was
that of a mother who refused TO
take her seventeen year old son
back until she had been fully con
Nnced that he was her real flesh
and glood.
Another touching case was that
Of a mother who tainted when the
saw her daughter. 1t was two hours
before the mother was revived to
sign the papers for the return OF
her daughter" DR.. Coulter said.
Because Americans were not as
sured Of getting out OF Russia once
they put foot on Russian soil, the
children were taken to the middle
Of the bridge at Petrograd and there
turned over to the society of union
towns, who saw to 1t that they were
properly delivered to their homes,
The greater percentage Of 1.-THE
y hildren who were aboard the"ark'
came from the better families OF
the professional class. and there
were also one or two titled mem
oers In the party, according to the
doctor
We have had several letters from
NJ society OF towns and they say
w soviet government is giving
mem the best food 1t can under tho
circumstances. There issevery rea
son to believe they are being well
'aken care o. said DR.. Coulter.