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Show GRAY SAMARITANS RESCUING CHILDREN The Voting Women s Cbrlstlun Associations Asso-ciations of the United Slates are keenly interested In tie movement for (he iu- ilvf or the :i,r00.()00 starving cblldieii of Europe because n group of their members, the Polish Cray Samatltsns, have been In charge of distributing food to children In Poland They have been serving under the American Relief ad ministration nnd have conducted food kitchens nnd distributing stntlons In all parts of Poland outside Warsaw. In all the relief work being done In Europe, thnt of the Polish Grays has been unique because all the girls, though sent from America, nere either barn In Poland or are of Polish pnren tage. When the need for social service serv-ice In their country became acute many girls of Polish desient nnswered tha call of the Young Women's Chris tlan Association for overseas service and enlisted In the preliminary training train-ing course that was given In several cities of the United States l-'rom this group thirty girls were chosen nnd sent to Poland where, alnra 1018, they have been caring for the children of the country. The distribution of clotlnm has taken them Into all porta Poland, They are now spenotng tneir entlr lime In arranging for the feeding "t children this winter. Groups of ttietu travel to strategic centers In nutlylnp districts where they set up distributing stations, receive supplies, ptepaie .meals, arrnuge for liupnrtlnl dlstilbu Inn nnd train helpers to continue Hip wmk -when they ore sent on to thv licit town. |