A LETTER TO CHILDREN.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 319, 2 November 1915, Page 4

A LETTER TO CHILDREN.

ABOUT BELGIAN BABIES,

The Belgian Refugee Food 21 St. James’ Street, S.W.

To the children of Great Britain, and Irolaal and the Dominion of New Zealand, —

Dear Children,—Will you help us? You all know, of course, the sad history of the people of Belgium; how the Germans have taken their country and how large numbers of the Belgian families- have been obliged to leave, ■ some coming to England others gffiing I; to Holland and France. In many cases j. only the mother and children have lisfl, »amd the father and big brothers have | stayed 1 behind to fight with their brave King and help to drive the Germains 'out of the- land. Many of the'childrens • who have come to England are quite little ones.- There are a large number of babies, dear small babies, and it i& ■for them we are asking your help—the help of the happy children of these ! Islands.

j A short time ago we received a letter from the master of a school at j West Taierr, New Zealand, sending £l' 1 10/ which the pupils of his school bad! j collected for the Belgians, and they especially wanted ft to be spent for the Belgian children. We had troubled for some time thinking of all the Belgian: babies wo knew in England, because in order for them to grow up strong men and women it was necessary that they should have plenty of milk to drink, good fresh milk, and we knew that their parents had no money to spend on milk. So when the money came from the New Zealand children It seemed just the thfng we wanted. Not enough of course, but we felt sure iat once that the children of England, of Scotland, Wales and Ireland would like to join their cousins of New Zea-

• land in helping the babies of Belgium. Think what it means, you fortunate • children who have your homes, your good food and so much happiness, .think what it means to be driven out of your heme, to be obliged' to go away !to a country where all are strangers, j think how sad for little children —dear 'little babies—who ought to have com'fortabie homes and nice warm food not ,to have enough milk, the only fco<l 'they can take. I am sure that many of you would be glad to give some |of your own big cirpfuls. But that is not what we want. What we ask you to do is to give us- some of your pennies, give them for the Belgian babies instead of spending them on yourselves. If you can put away one penny every week, and bring them or send them to us at the beginning of each month. Ask your friends also to help us. Ask your teachers to collect in the schools and send us- a nice sum to add to that which the little New Zealanders have sent us, so that to air the little Belgian, babies, whose mothers come to us we can give good supplies of fresh milk.