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THE LAKE SHORE NEWS, FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1921 sssssss ,500.000 CHILDREN FACING STARVATION The most spontaneous as well as the it consolidation of effort In the Istory of American relief and charltn. le organisations has grown out of the ister which threatens 3,600,000 iropean children this winter. To the sadquarters of every agency that dis- uses American mercy overseas haa >me one steady cry for months past; ie children, most helpless and blame? »ss sufferers In the track of war, will jrlah by the thousands before next larvest unless America saves them! When Dr. Livingston Farrand, chair- mn of the Central Committee of the imerlcan Red Gross, returned from a ?cent trip abroad, hit report throbbed ,-lth the need of the children. From ie feeding-atatloni of the American teller Administration throughout east- ern and central Europe came letters, cables, pleas of every sort The Pro- testant churches sent Investigators (Into after-war conditions and every >l»ort breathed the Impending tragedy )f starving and diseased children. [Protestant, Catholic and Jewish, the [child life of Europe Is threatened with [heartrending misery. The European Relief Council, with [Herbert Hoover as chairman and the whole power of American charitable [thought and effort behind It, has been [formed. It consists of Edgar Rick- lard, representing the American Relief [Administration;. Dr. Livingston For- [rand, representing the American Red [Cross; Felix Warburg, representing (the Jewish Joint Distribution Commit* tee; Wilbur K. Thomas, representing the American Friends' Service Com- |mlttee; James A. Flaherty, represent- ling the Knights of Columbus; Dr. C. IV. Hibbard, representing the toung (Men's Christian Association; Miss Sarah 8. Lyon, representing the toung Women's Christian Association; Dr. (Arthur Brown, representing the Fed- leral Council of Churches. It Is the purpose of the Council to (raise $33,000,000, In an appeal center- ing at the Christmas holidays, to the end that the situation regarding child life may be met. In every town and (community of the nation, It Is hoped, [local committees, representing all the 1 co-operating agencies will be formed Ito secure the vitally necessary funds, Of the amount sought, $28,000,000 will be used for basic food. For every one of these American dollars the local I governments and communities aided 'will furnish :two dollars, In the form of transportation, labor, guards, cleri- cal help, cash contributions and such food supplies n» «re locally obtainable. I No children receive the free, food ex- cept after medical tests showing them to be seriously under-nourished. The remaining $10,000,000 of the fund is [just as urgently needed for medical [service to the children. The European Relief Council will do [much more than effect economies In {the raising of the childsavlng fund. it will, with the Inspecting forces of eight great agencies, keep a constant eye on the administration of America's merciful gift, in order that there shall be no wastage and no tendency toward pauperization. Dr. Miller, Osteopath, specialist in |stomach and nervous disorders. North [Shore Hotel. Phone Bvanston 6424.â€" â€"Adv. LTG17-tfc Worth Sawing. RICKETS DID THIS, Architects from all parts of the country will be invited to submit de- signs and plans for the $15.000.000 Indiana War Memorial building, which will house National headquar- ters of the American Legion. A fund of $100,000 was granted by the Indiana legislature for prizes and expenses of the contest. The National Institution of Architecture will determine the winner of the first prize of $50,000. The features of this girl portray th« tinest type of. Polish childhood that, now lies engulfed In hunger and dis- ease and all their attendant miseries. Relief already administered by Amer- ica has preserved her beauty and freshness, albeit her eyes betray the suffering she has seen, but literally millions in her own and adjacent coun- tries still have no one to look to but America as another winter of horror closes In upon them. To the end that their prayer may not go unanswered eight leading American relief organiza- tions have banded together In a Joint appeal In behalf of Europe's suffering children. They are the American Re- lief Administration, the American Red Cross, the American Friends' Relief Committee (Quakers), the Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, the Federal Churches of Christ In America, thp Knights of Columbus, theY. _. C.A ^Cnlghts of-ColWHftu*. tlv and the Y. W. C. A. F. W. Galbraith, Jr., national com- mander of the American Legion, has ordered the Kansas department of that organization to make a thor- ough investigation of the recent out- rage at Great Bend, Kan., in which two organizers of the Non-Partisari league were tarred and feathered. Although the mob of residents of that vicinity 4ac4uded^a number of ex service men, there was no organized support from Legion posts, according to press correspondents. Colonel A gain of forty-four posts of the American Legion and ninety-three units of its Women's auxiliary was made during the week ending March 12. Missouri -department of the Legion led with five posts chartered and Massachusetts and Kansas re- ported twelve and eeven new units, respectively, of the auxiliary. There are now 10,272 Legion posts and 2,- 292 units of the Women's auxiliary. Before this five-year-old Vienna gtrr was operated upon In the American Convalescent Home her leg was even more horribly deformed from rickets and she was In constant Instead of In- termittent pain. Now at least her leg Is straight again, and by degrees she Is relearnlng to walk. Rickets is the aftermath of under-nutrltlon, and It Is to cut dQwn the harrowing prevalence of such disease as this among the chil- dren of Europe that eight American re- lief organisations are making a Joint appeal under the name of the European Relief Council far funds to succor the millions that face a winter of horror. They are the American Relief Adminis- tration, the American Red Cross, the American Friends' Service Committee (Quakers), the Jewish Joint Dtstrlbu tlon committee, the Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America, tin- and the Y. W. r. A. Candy and Ice Cream for Parties and Larks, Quality and Service at William P. Parks iimiiMiimimniiiiiHnmumuinmHiiHmmmiiiumimmmimimmiiimHumtnimiM Wm. P. Parks W""â„¢" "Everything Sweet to Eat 99 Ridge and Lake Aves. WILMETTE TELEPHONE WILMETTE 1450 «* EXPRESSING, MOVING TAXI SERVICE " * * * ^WILMETTE EXPRESS CO. ^ffGSSral Avenue Phone Wilmette 40 Galbraith ordered all Legion posts to refrain from interference with #tl political activities of the Non-partisan League several months ago. The California department of the American Legion has received copies of a resolution adopted by the Cen- tral Labor Council, San Bernardino, Cal., recommending adequate appro- priations for the bureaus caring for disabled veterans, appropriations to build and maintain necessary hos- pitals and passage of the Rogers- Capper bill to consolidate the govern- ment bureaus dealing with the affairs of ex-service men, as indorsed b3rtbe Legion. T^7 ~~ _____ â€"- p&IWD SPLENDID BARGAINS lit "FOR SAâ€"B* ADSJ J. J. LANDSCAPE GARDENER * and NURSER YMAN Rock Garden*, Detaining Walls, Stepping Stone Walks, Pools and Bird] Baths Tulip, Narcissus, Ghndiola and other bulbs Large Tree* LAKE AVE., Post Office Box 81 GROaSSIPOINT Tel. Wilmette 2309 V ,-a- .;;: •«il«" NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on Tuesday, the nineteenth day of April next, at the Village Hall in the first precinct; at the Village Hall in the second precinct; at the Fire Station, No. 829 W. Railroad Avenue, in the third precinct; at the Free Public Library, north east corner of Wilmette and Park Avenues, in the fourth pre- cinct; at the Blaisdell Barber Shop, No. 505 Fourth Street, in the fifth precinct; in the Village of Wilmette, nv the County of Cook and State of Illinois, an election wdl be held for the following Village Officers, viz.: s. ONE VILLAGE PRESIDENT ONE VILLAGE TREASURER __ THREE VILLAGE TRUSTEES TWO DIRECTORS OF THE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY which election will be opened at 7:00 o'clock in the morn- ing, and will continue open until 5:00 o'clock in the after- noon of the same day. Wilmette. Illinois, the Eighteenth day of March, A. D. 1021. EARLE.ORNER, Village Clerk. _£