Show STARVED TOTS CARED FOR f OR BY RED CROSS CROSSI I Story of Tragedy and Pathos in Struggle of Child Life Ufe in the the War Arena t A cablegram received at the headquarters headquarters headquarters head head- quarters of the American Red fled Cross in Washington brought another human In- In Interest interest terest erest story of tragedy and pathos inthe Inthe in inthe the child chUd life Ufe of the French and Belgian Belgian Belgian Bel Bel- gian war areas Six Sis hundred and fifty underfed children children chil dren worn travel after three days In a n closed train coming from Belgian provInces provinces Inces says the tho cablegram crossed the he frontier last night and reached reache at dawn The morning blare of French Trench trumpets met the children chIldre who some too young to know their age had traveled motherless and unac unaccompanIed unac unac- companied They poured into the street street crying trying Vive la France and Vive l la lq Belgique shaking hands with every bystander Trumpeters like six PIed Pled Pipers o ol Hamelin led the dancing shouting throng to fo the casino casino all all except a feW fe sick children who were carried in 1 American Red fled Cross ambulances Atthe At Atthe Atthe the the casino all aU r received food flagS Sags were distributed and songs were sung Welcoming words were spoken by the tM mayor Even the small children knew the he words of and th the Marseillaise but some of them were so tired that they slept fight right through the music Next came baths examination by by byan byan an American R Red d Cross doctor and then hen lunch and sleep Tomorrow these thesa children start for the he the American Red Cross will hous thousands thousands' of them them some some orphans othi oui ers era or needing better nourishment than was possible unde under the German rule from which which they hey had come One little girl in the throng barking at Evlan clutched four franq pieces pieces' in a pudgy a-pudgy fist What are you going to do 1 with them 7 she was asked asked Buy B y paper to write to mamma was wa I th the reply Another cablegram received at n Re Red RedCross Cross headquarters says that in i a. a speech to o the last tr of les tho the mayor of Brian called par titular attention to their gratitude to the he American Red Cross Cros for the splendid did work it Is doing in hospital cure care re of o of sick children The speech was Instant ly y responded to with shouts of LAmer ique que vive nos noa allies |