The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-10-05


NIB@S> no one openly win object on the ground
W,N8 III that the subject ucks allurement
INW@~ Nj This is France, but 1t makes no
ny difference because It happens to be
INN France The matter Of babies would
Il " II be as interesting in any other country
where the conditions surrounding child
life were as they are here France Is trying to save
the babies ana American women With the help OF
women of some other countries are pioneering
aIong the way Of salvation.
once upon time an English novelist, now too
little read, wrote a book called: "Put Yourself in
His Place" There was character in the book,
Dr. Amboyne who was forever putting himself In
fhsl other fellows place, so that he might get
proper and unsefsh viewpoint. SO when one
comes to France he must put himself in the
Frenchman's place and judge things "human-ke.'
am framing this letter in the heart Of the devas-
tated region, | am sitting on the doorstep Of
wooden barracks In which there are 20 young wom-
In members Of an American committee, known fire.
quently the Anne Morgan committee. All OF
these girls are trying to do something to help not
only the stricken peasants Of this land but, with
foresight, attempting to help the future genera
lions.
on the other side Of the barracks are the ruins
OF "a once fine chateau, Scattered over reaching
plains are the sites Of once prosperous villages.
ON the right look at the fire and shcll-blasted
mains of u noble forest whose underground mazes
must not be trod even today lest you kick the
pluugrr Of au unrEploded shell or the trigger Of
q hand grenade and thus secure n passport TO
country from which you cunt get back. The set
ting of this scene liz an inspiration for work The
girls work hard
Before leaving the United States I read stories
Of u decreasing birth rate In France ] took the
reports to mean literally what they said. The
other dizzy IN the chamber of deputies q member
v,g .farI, gf partufu ryiaiiuv rOUIItiDug trylpp
to One soul NJ Frenchmcu, and closed his speech
win U.. GImmly Tugic words; And IN the
ua.nr.uc France Is being depopuacd,"
such words Ha these sturt a man TO thinking md
urg. h.m ,u an attempt to hnd ont The truth
Hence ,u lurt the visit TO Ani2yleChatcuu which
D. one Of tr center, of the activities of the Amer
lc4n committee of which Mrs. A. NJ. Dixie is the
president aud Miss Anne Morgan the yIceprcsdent
Everybody knows how women iu America work
% save babies, to instruct mothers and to send
FOOD books circulating through what generally
nay Doe called the threading communities. First
lor tine babies ON me- Steamer coming from Amer
ea ] asked "a French woman If Il were true that
France had such p luw Birth rate that In time the
country would become drgupulatcd Her answer
was. "The birth ra'c ~ hgn enough 10 keep the
population Of France stationary at least The
trouble IS that the children dlc because OF the NIB
eencp of certain afeguarding means and because
OF the reluctance of some OF the mothers TO adopt
new Methods
Later / asked ono Of the leaders IN the work
which the American committee is doing about this
matter She said: ar The lives OF The children
car bee saved France has babies enough TO keep its
population growing Public health service Of The
right kind Is what Is needed. The death rate
among the children can be decreased greatIy and
fhe geason Of fear be made 10 pass
Laon, or part OF II, stands on "A mighty mn in
the heart Of the cmbatled territory Of France but
tile American committee there reduced the yearly
death rate among the children from 81 IN the thou
sand "a "a 10 ne thousand THIS proves something
and one does not need further demonstration be-
cause Luon Is typical