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Show Iathleen Kathleen ( Norris Says : England Sends Us Her Clnldren Children ChildrenSell ( Bell Sell Syndfe'1te-WNU Syndfe'1te Syndfe1te WNU syndlcite-WNU syndlcite ' - - Service I 1 c 'Z Z 'Zn ' n I I \ , ' ' \ \J J \ : - - t ' t j kn kni knt i I ILa t La e 1 17 /7 7 / 7e J7 J7That That they are trusting us with the r chrldren at tl tlu u time a sure proof proofof of the theconf conf dente and andaffection affection that naturally ertsts betueen ii iie e two great co ntries By KATHLEEN NORRISI NORRIST NORRIS NORRISDT T IS a real joy toy and satls sates satlsfactlOn satesfaction satisfaction I DT IT factlOn faction to the hearts of ofAmencan ofAmerican ofAmerican Amencan American women to know knowthat knowthat knowthat that we are to have as our ourguests ourguests ourguests guests this year several thou thousand thousand thousand sand little refugees from war- war wartorn wartorn war-torn war torn - torn EnglandThat EnglandThat England EnglandThat That they are trusting trustll1g us usWIth uswith uswith WIth their children at thistime thIs thIstIme thistime tIme is sure proof of the con confidence confidence fidence and affection that nat naturally naturally naturally urally exists between the two twogreat twogreat twogreat great countries countnes Even those thoseof thoseof thoseof of us who have been most mostposlhve mostpositive mostpositive poslhve positive against agamst any plan of ofmtervenhon ofintervention ofintervention mtervenhon intervention in 111 this or any anyother anyother anyother other foreign forelgn combat are areeager areeager areeager eager to extend a welcome to tothe tothe tothe the small girls and boys who whoare whoare whoare are to be sent away for foraw1ule forawhile forawhile aw1ule awhile to safety safetySo So they will come troop ng over overthey overthey overthey they will file down from the ships a alIttle alittle ahttle lIttle scared and more than a 1 tlle ttle tllehomesick ttlehomesick tilehomesick homesick they w will l be absorbed mto into mtothousands intothousands intothousands thousands of at homes And for a few fewdays fewdays fewdays days all will be harmony mterest interest mteresteagerness interesteagerness interesteagerness eagerness to make them feel com corn comtortable cornPortable cornfortable tortable Portable and happyFor happyFor happy happyFor For a few days Then the real realtest realtest realtest test will come for both visitors and andvIsIted andvisited andvisited vIsIted And we must all hope that thatwhen thatwhen thatwhen when this test comes we w U 11 ll not fallAgam failAgain fail fall failAgain Again Agam . America 4.mcrca 4mcrca , Sets RumpleThIS ExampleThus Evample Rumple Example EvampleThis This Thus is perhaps the first time 1Il in 1Ilthe inthe inthe the h story of the world that one onenatIOn onenation onenation natIOn has thus extended hospital ty tyto tyto tyto to the cb Idren ldren of at another Amer ca cais cais cais is often first in sett ng some exam exampIe example exampie pIe ple that the whole world presently presentlyfollo presentlyfolio presentlyfolio follo folio vs And surely she has never neverorlgmated neveroriginated neveroriginated orlgmated originated a more ImpOl impoitant tmpoitant tant one onethan onethan onethan than th s It If it succeeds we will willhave willhave willhave have knitted kmtted our hearts to those of ofEngland ofEngland ofEngland England forever Trade treat es as esfranchises asfranchises esfranchises franchises ta taxes es these are cold coldblooded coldblooded coldblooded blooded necessities necessllles between nat ons onsand onsand onsand and misunderstand ngs and b tter tterness ] tterness ter terness ness may easily upset them Butwhen But Butv.hen Butwhen v.hen vhen when . we say to their tl1elr ch IdrenCome IdrenCome Idren IdrenCome Come to us tor for satety safety and k ndness ndnessand ndnessand ndnessand and good t mes and fnendsh friendsh p we wedo wedo wedo do something somethmg that goes tar far h gher gherthan gherthan gherthan than any bus ness agreement goes goeswe goeswe goeswe we begin begm a ne v type of mternatlonal international mternatlonalexchange internationalexchange internationalexchange exchange that nmy m'lY mlY may ' be the openll1g opening openingol openll1gof openingof of a better dayIt dayIf day dayIf If It it had been the fashion $ in m n Eu Europe Europe Europe rope during the past 600 or 800 800years 800years 800years years to exchange ch Idren ldten when whenchildren whenchildren whenchildren children were in m danger how dlf dif dlfterent different ditferent terent ferent might be the history of the theworldi theworld theworldl worldi world ] For we have to rememberthat remember rememberthat rememberthat that the alignment ahgnment of warring warrmg forces forceshas forceshas forceshas has been different in an all the wars warsFor \ warsFor ars arsFor For example 20 years ago French Frenchcl FrenchcI cI cl Idren might veil vell yell have been sent sentmto sentinto sentinto mto into Italy or Spam Spain for France and andItaly andItaly andItaly Italy were on the same side Ide then thenRuss thenRuss thenRuss Russ a m ght well have welcomed welcomedEngl welcomedEngl welcomedEngi Engl sh children tor for Russia was one oneof oneof oneof of : England rngland sallies salliesSo s alliesSo allies alliesSo So that th s is a very solemn and andsIgn andsign andsign sIgn flcant ficant thing thmg that we aie ale are doii dOl door ! g gWe gWe gWe We are saying saymg to Englai Englal Englar d we be beot beof beof ot of one blood thou and I We are aresaving aresaving aresaving saving her the keenest pang that thather thather thather her danger knows the tear fear for herch her herch hereb ch eb Idren and we are proving provll1g tha that thateven thateven t teven even though we are not with her m in mwar inwar inwar war what we can do tor for her with without without without out war we are eager to do doCreate doCreates doCreates Create Creates ! > Domestic Domeshc ProblemBut ProblemBut Problem ProblemBut But the taking takmg ofa of a strange child childi'lto childh childinto i'lto ilto h ' ito any home is a serious thing thll1g It If Itthat Ifthat Ifthat that child is a small baby it means meansthat meansthat meansthat that one woman s t me I is is ! > > given com corn completely cornpletehy cornpletely pletely pletehy over to the baby If It the chIld chIldis childis childis is older-and older and older - and the ages of these chll chin chlldren chindren children dren supposedly will range from trom 6 6to 6to 9to to 16 then the problem is mfinltely infinitely mfinltelycomplicated infinitelycomplicated infinitelycomplicated complicated Inst"ad Instad Instead Inst " ad of ot straigt stralg stralgtV ! t- t - tahead t-ahead t ahead - . ahead nursery service with bottles CHILD CIlILD REFUGEES REFUGEESCl REFUGEESCI England Frogland CI Id ld l1 ldrefugees l1refugees refugees sent senl from Irom Eng Frog land to Amer ca co for lor safely solely safety offer thIS thIScounfry thiscountry thiscountry counfry country IIe de t/ t II d te / e greatest greatesl opportunity opporWm/y opporWm y opportirnoty / tnhistory In Inhstory inhistory hstory history , to fa promote InternallOnal international InternallOnalInendslup internationalIreendslup internationalfriendship Inendslup Ireendslup h.atl hatl katl kat/leen kat leen . / leen teen Vorris Norns Norris ( warnstl warns warnsII warnsteat IIat teat II at it t is u terribly ternbly important mportanl tlof flat flatthese tl of ofIhese atthese unusuallyk unu.suallyI Ihese these children receive unu.sually unusually unusuallyrid . I k . ndand ridand nd rid andconsulerate andconsiderate and considerate consulerate treatmenf treatment treatmenfThey treatmentThey treatmentThey They are Iung lung I I ting ung in a foreign lorelgn land landamong landamong landamong among totalstranrers totalstrangers total strangers stranrers , : with dlfferent different dlfferentcustoms differentCustoms differentcustoms customs customslIter - ffter -lIter lIter allshe all she points powlS out outIhey outthey outthey Ihey they are only children ch dren with w/fh w fh wfhchd withchit / children chil chd chit . , drena dren s temperament ill III IIII1U1nners illmanners I1U1nners manners I1U1nnersand mannersand mannersand and homes ckness cl.ness clness cLnesa cLnesaand cknessand . and cribs and vegetable soups the thefoster thefoster thefoster foster mother may in m some cases casesha caseshate casesha\e casesha e ha\ ha hae hate \ e to deal with temperament , , , wIth wIthlack withlack withlack lack of training traming with W1th perhaps a atotal atotal atotal total ignorance of politeness pohteness and andmanners andmanners andmanners manners with homesickness and andstrangeness andstrangeness andstrangeness strangeness and unhappiness unhappmess unhappinessAll unhappmessAll All these children won t come from fromthe fromthe fromthe the better homes We have many manyof manyof manyof of those fortunate bab es as already alreadythe alreadythe alreadythe the ones who could come over w th tha tha tha a goodnurse good nurse in m charge and are arerapturously arerapturously arerapturously rapturously absorbed by rich grand grandmothers grandmothers grandmothers mothers and friends Most of the thechildren thechildren thechildren children who are coming commg will be behave behave behave have much as our eur own American AmericanchIldren Americanchildren Americanchildren chIldren would if It they were suddenly suddenlytransplanted suddenlytransplanted suddenlytransplanted transplanted from New York or Bos Boston Boston Boston ton or any other American city and andsuddenly andsuddenly andsuddenly suddenly transported to England EnglandErnest EnglandErnest EnglandErnest Ernest Thompson Seton once gave gaveIn gavein gavein In one of h s books boobs the jungle s ruleIt ruleif rule ruleif if It it at s strange it s hostile and andchlldren andchildren andchildren chlldren children still stili reta n many of the n nstIncts nstincts nstincts stIncts of at the JungleIn jungleIn jungle jungleIn In handling handlmg these guests we must mustuse mustuse mustuse use infinite mfimte patience and tact and andan andan andan an entirely cnlIrely unreasonable amount of 01 ofkmdness 01kindness olkindness kmdness kindness They mustn musts t be d SCI sct SCIpI sctpl scipi pI pl ned or subjected to rules e\er e er ever eeras everas everas \ as much as our own ch Idren are areNo areNo areNo No woman who wants to shelter one oneshould oneshould ontshould should undertake it unless she IS ISwill iswill iswill will ng to regard the expel expet ment merit mentwIth meritwith meniwith wIth the utmost senousness seriousness senousnessKeep seriousnessKeep seriousnessKeep Keep Ann Arrivals als TogetherMy TogetherMy Together TogetherMy My o 0 vn hope is that America Americarather Americarather Americarather rather than scattering scattermg the sma small smallEnglish smallEnglish ) } EnglIsh arrivals will keep many of ofthem ofthem ofthem them together In something somethmg as 1 1 I koa ke he kea hea a great board ng rig school as poss ble ble111 blewill blewill \\111 111 will \ \ find good h 1 I earted carted English vomen vomenwho vomenwho vomenwho who will understand them and acl act aclas actas aclas as nurses cooks guard ans teach teachers teachers teachers ers tor for them Ihem That would seem to tome tome tome me a far truer hobp hosp ho p tality tallty than the theseem theseem theseem seem ngly k ndl er one of glVlIlg giving glVlIlgthem givingthem givingthem them to ind md end vidual foster mothers In Inscattered inscattered inscattered scattered home homes homesThere ! > ; > There must be in m our various vanous Clt cit Cltles citoes cities les oes many empty bu Idmgs Idll1gs ldmgs that could couldeasily couldeasily couldeasily easily be fitted with cots and lock lockers lockers lockers ers and refectory tables and andequ andequ andequ equ pped very simply to meet theneeds the theneeds theneeds needs of at small children There TherL Then . arc are arccertamly arecertainly arecertainly certamly certainly in m all our communit commumt es as esexperienced asexperienced esexperienced experienced mothers doctors d et etspecIalists etspecialists elspecialists specIalists to keep an eye on the theVisitors thevisitors thevisitors Visitors and be sure that they have haveplenty haveplenty haveplenty plenty of ot cuts outs de pleasures and ex excurSlOns excursions excursions excursionsHandle curSlOns cursions curSlOnsHandle cursionsHandle Handle \ Hitb ttrth Itb l\I l I \ MASS Mess l < ! > s CfficlencyWL EfficiencyWi Efficiency Cfficlency EfficiencyWe Wi We WL . should make this an u der dertakll1g dertaking dertaking takll1g taking entirely separate from the theordmary theordinary theordinary ordmary ordinary 1 I ne of ot our charities chanties and andsympath andsympath andsympath sympath es and handle it with ma mass massefficiency masefficiency , sefficiency s ! efficiency and with the proper pub pubhClty pubhefty publieity hClty hefty to prevent the diflfculties ditTculties c tr cultles thaI that thaIwill thatwill thaiwill will be inevitable if It the Smiths SmIth " and andthe andthe andthe the Bakers and the J Johnsons ohnsons all are arepermItted arepermitted arepermitted permItted to stretch out welcommg welcoming welcommghands welcominghands welcominghands hands to small Londoners who with withm within within m in three weeks weelcs will have every everymember everymember member of ot the household in m a state stateot stateof stateof ot of complete bewilderment and dls dos doscomfort dlscomfort discomfort discomfortThese comfort comfortThese These little war scared folk foJk are area area area a sacred sacrcd responsibility we want wantIhem wantthem wantthem Ihem them always to remember the tile r rAmencan rAmerican rAmerican Amencan American visit as a tlm ttm time(0f time0f ( o of ! happl happt happlness happtness happiness ness and affection we want them to togo togo togo go back baek as so many separate am ambas ambassadors ambas&adors ambasadors bas bassadors & adors of at friendship between oneereat one onegreat onegreat great country and another |