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Show HOMELESS FBilEB CIMN GIUiED M Woman V c r k e r Among Them Te'is of Conditions o Brought About by War. How iIhiiimmiIs or' .'liliireu of nil apes Live ;--n rc-.-iifl ;t nd ! r 1 1 1 in Paris homeless, hungry ami frightened from the frontiers nt pcteiuui, E-ac'e ;md AI-and AI-and how thcv h;te t-.-.-n ted. clothed, fci-iinnicj a n; f.0 i f., for hy I lie pranco-Aiiicrir.in pranco-Aiiicrir.in ('..jjinill ;-e lor t ho 'l nt ( : iili of t)i" c 'iiiiri'-cii o!' ll.f Fiouticr. w:m urni'Iii-c;illy urni'Iii-c;illy ml, Us' ni-lit at In,- Hotel Finn by J O'-e i )i Lind'-n Smith nf Boston, who Jifis jus', rinrncd fi-nm Kiimpe. Mr. ; nd .V rs. Sit it h. u I id arc Pctnr-ii' Pctnr-ii' tir.'Dii2iviit ihr country tor the iiid l lii"' union mm if children, have lia'l th1 opportunity recently ul visiting the war rront n 1 studying the actual conditions condi-tions atnniif: the rjiij.lrea whu:'e homes li-i'p hfpri dc-vaMaled. Conditions thai ;i re almost unheliev-ahlo unheliev-ahlo to persons who livf In the United S'Ptes exist amons the fmntirr children, Mrs. Smith paid. Vany of them re compelled com-pelled to live in cullers as be Ft tht-v con, 1'Ke wild rhiWIren. often rfusins to talk, ami rnanv ol" them are nervous wrecks 1 eeause of the t erribie ex periences r hey have phshocI through. Theso children are In a. most pitiable stale when found by t l ie asnria t h..n mem hers. The children are pothered in pmall groups hy ihe Franco-Anirrira n association, associa-tion, which Mrs. Smith represents, and taken to cha I can x near Paris and In southern France. These places have been donated by the owners. They will lie fed. clothed and educated until the end of the war. when efforts will be made hy the. association to rind homes for them among their m, w sea it e red relat ires. More t han 2nnn children have already been card for by the association, .Mrs. bin it h said. Only one of t hose has died since taken under the care of the relief workers. The organization is now seeking suh-pcriptions suh-pcriptions to carry on the work during the present var. None of the money, it in at:'. ted. will be used for t he running expenses ex-penses of the oianization, but will be used in f'lrect aid for the children. The expenses for the upkeep of the movement aro borne by those interested in it. The lecture last niprht was driven under the auspices of the local committee of Fatherless ("hildren of France. During her stay here Mis. Smith was entertained hv Mr. and M rs. .lames YVl Movie and Miss Kate iVHIIarns. |