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Show Subject Being Given Special Study by Educational Associations As-sociations in United States. ! WOMEN SENT TO STUDY Touring England and France j to Learn Conditions and J Plan for Future Work. LONDON, Nov. 30 . The war's effect upon the children of the belligerent countries is now being studied on this side by Miss Fanniebelle Curtis, director di-rector of kindergartens of New York I City and Mary Moore Orr, identified with various educational associations of New York. These two women were sent to France and England by the Committee of the Conservation of the Children or Amorica during the war. ' "We have just come from France," Miss Orr said to the Associated Press correspondent, "where we have spent a few weeks visiting some of the colonies col-onies of refugee children established by the Franco-American committee for the protection of the children of the frontier and whore we saw other admirable ad-mirable welfare work "We are how touring England and are seeing day and night nurseries for the children of munition workers, and studying with a great deal of interest, reports of plans for educational reconstruction recon-struction work after the war. "Our plan is to return to America by way of France, where we shall visit Evian, the great refugee station, and other sections where similar welfare work is carried on. "To the Froebel society of which Lady Betty Balfour, is chairman, Miss Curtis has extended the greetings, sympathy and offer of ' co-operation from the International Kindergarten union, whose membership is 20,000. Every courtesy has been extended to us and many opportunities for viewing view-ing work of many kinds placed in our way." L00 |