New Britain herald., 1923-11-01
MALL PRESIDENT
 SPEAKS ON FRANCE
Mrs. Kelley Addresses Members
 and Guests of Auxiliary

Mrs. Frank E. Kelley. Of New York,
 president of the American McAll as
 sociation, addressed meeting of
 members and guests of the New Brit
 ain McAH Auxiliary last evening at
 the home of Mrs. C. l.. Mitchell. 54
 Russell street. Mrs. Kelley has just
 returned from France, where she has
 spent some months in studying the
 reeds of the wards of the McAll Mis- sion. the undernourished children, the
 natives of remote parts ot France to
 which spiritual enlightenment has not
 come, and others who are, in need of
 such practical help as that furnished
 by the Mission Of which the New
 Britain auxiliary is such an active Tart.
 The meeting Was attended by many
 St the men O. the city interested in
 aiding the children of France, and to them especially Mrs. Mitchell extend cd q warm welcome. With delightful sincerity and simplicity she told Of the work to be done this winter and she charmed all by the warmth Of her cordiality. For the McAlt ''watch- word' for the year she suggested the words Of a noted clergyman. Take Jesus !n Earnest"
 Mrs. Robert Parsons. treasurer, read her report of receipts and dis lursement.S for the past year, show ing the practica. aid this organiza- ton has been To the children of Trance especially in the boxes it has sent and the financial aid its mem- bcrs have given,
 Mr>. kelley Talked an France.
 An intimate picture of the French children in the various McAll homes and halls Was given by Mrs. Kelley, au especially interesting reference be- ing 10 thr joining Of the word "Fram" ny fh,sr small bonefciarics of An.~t.a1~. Thr. Is Fran" at each of th, }aodtion houses Of the Mission, consisting ot playground or passage to the sea or river where they bathc, the word being d combi- i nation Of the first two letters of the i. word France" and the first two of l the word Amerca..-Fram.
 The speaker brought out forciby the love Of this country being in- stilled into the hearts of these chil- 1 dren by the unsclfish devotion of l Americans to the cause of helping them by furnishing them with boxes | ot warm clothing and chocolate, send Ing such boxes into regions where ! such comforts are almost unknown. l She told Of the invention Of one Of the leaders of the McAll there where | by thousands of disabled soldiers, ! having lost both hands. are enabled 1 10 manipulate the artificial hands they i TOW have by q device worked by tho i foot.
 DcprcCates r. S. Isolation.
 Mrs, Kelley told Of standing be- . side the memorial to Edith Cavcl, ihc . martyred nurse, and being impressed . hy the inscription upon it expressing the sentiment that patriotism is not | enough, She eNtolled true love of ( tountry. true national pride, but she lisplayed deep emotion in urging that a patriotism which forEets tho suffer- ing Of the world and which boasted i, oompaisantly Of eountry's isolation vas not the greatest ideal i'm the world, With the memory Of tho suf- tcring and the papablc needs Of those youthful victims of the war so vividly before her, Mrs. Kelley said there was need Of something more, something finer. whether it he a league or na- tons, d world court or some other form Of national brotherhood. This vision she contrastcd with the words of the public men who have visited Euronc in the last months and who. after s few weeks visit. are pre- pared to formulate a righteously cor ret pOlirs for this country.