Show yra 1 P-i P J The Thc Childrens Children's I Sacrifice b w II EN we e the days a s 's of our childhood and the V Y joys that lint came to us S from a n father we vc 11 aie e in inclined inclined in- in to the war winch which is to deprive deprive- the babes of France Q and Belgium of th these se associations When hen we consider the future and the emptiness of th the ch childhood to come CoUle if Germany is permitted to saddle war on the World forever forc look this we c upon war wm as a n duty duly Life in itself is fleeting and deeds alone can live hive forever forc The Tile present was once the future an and 1 soon will willbe I lIe be the Civilization C cannot progress with one age p working against allot another iler hm The babes of today like hike their mothers and th their ir fathers must make their sacr sacrifices sacrifice t war l may ay cease Sad adis as is their lot it would be infinitely infinitely in- in for t them h to reach finitely more embarrassing m maturity 4 to o reali c i that their parents had hall passed on to them a n nasty nash task unfinished Children love hove their parents above c all else until they reach till the point where the they become tin tilt protection from whose fold thc they have jut just t passed These babes of France and Belgium who vill will reach t the he age of understanding under under- standing in a n few years eals will soon oon know the loss war ha has brought them In Jn a few fe- years more the they will reach w Or that m c of wisdom where the deeds of their fathers will w live w with t It them hero forever Memories of fathers who met I their duties squarely will trill be treasured b by them thom as a n livI liv- liv I ing lug testimonial of parental love hove The father who makes his bis children carry his own gets scanty consideration in this world lie lives hies until death overtakes him and then he dies His deeds cannot live Ii for he has none that will be a source of bf comfort to th the children or the world ho he has left be he- hind It is the same in this war far and the tile fathers rs who whorlie die ilie on the field w will vill ll not be lost to to their children They vill be hu loved the more for the fi fight ht the they made in behalf I I of their children and their childrens children's 8 children I War nr holy or unholy is cruel ernel and demands f p of the tile 3 age The babes of the tile soldiers of our allies p cannot i escape I ape lape the sacrifices 5 that German lust for power has demanded of the tile world But as the they grow to man- man lood and womanhood the they are going to thank God that their fathers father and the thc men Inca of ot the time went forth to meet ih savage and did not leave lea the task half done These babes habes in the years ear to come would no more leave their chil children to the final struggle with Plus than they would glory in cowardice w which ich passed the task on to them Y We c in the United States have hac not felt the stin sting and sorrow sorra of f these broken family units We V c are arc building u uI I out our organization with the tho jc view of c causing as few fc hardships for the babies a possible With Yit h our 11 I allies it is different They Wl wore were r forced into quick lJ lH action ac- ac tion and tile the fathers with the younger men hurried burned away awny to repulse the monster of Pru They will vill not nut return but as us their babies bah cs pa pass s from froth childhood d we know know- that they will vill see ee their loss a nf as it is n is-a a sacrifice The deeds of those fathers will m live with them forever inthe In Inthe I the meantime we WC arc are pleated pleased to see ee our own o people leople endeavoring en on- c to do llo something to make tile the sacrifice of the thie fatherless children in Frn France and Belgium easier to bear I |