Transcriber’s Note

Changes made are noted at the [end of the book.]

A “LITTLE BEES” DINING-ROOM FOR SUB-NORMAL CHILDREN

WOMEN OF BELGIUM
TURNING TRAGEDY TO TRIUMPH

By

CHARLOTTE KELLOGG

With an Introduction By

HERBERT C. HOOVER

Chairman of The Commission for Relief in Belgium

SIXTH EDITION

FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY

NEW YORK AND LONDON

1917

Copyright, 1917, by

FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY

[Printed in the United States of America]

Published in April, 1917

Copyright Under the Articles of the Copyright Convention
of the Pan-American Republics of the
United States, August 11, 1910.

[CONTENTS]

CHAPTER PAGE
Introduction[vii]
I.The Leaders[1]
II.The “Soupes”[11]
III.The Cradles on the Meuse[27]
IV.“The Little Bees”[33]
V.Mrs. Whitlock’s Visit[49]
VI.The Bathtub[55]
VII.The Bread in the Hand[61]
VIII.One Woman[71]
IX.The City of the Cardinal[83]
X.The Teachers[93]
XI.Gabrielle’s Baby[105]
XII.The “Drop of Milk”[111]
XIII.Layettes[117]
XIV.The Skating-Rink at Liége[123]
XV.A Zeppelin[134]
XVI.New Uses of a Hippodrome[137]
XVII.The Antwerp Music-Hall[149]
XVIII.Lace[158]
XIX.A Toy Factory[167]
XX.Another Toy Factory[174]
XXI.The Mutilés[179]
XXII.The Little Package[186]
XXIII.The Green Box[190]
XXIV.The “Mother of Belgium”[204]
XXV.“Out”[208]
XXVI.Farewell[209]