Transcriber’s Note Changes made are noted at the end of the book. [Illustration: 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_ [Illustration] 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 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FACING PAGE A “LITTLE BEES” DINING-ROOM FOR SUB-NORMAL CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ READY FOR THE CHILDREN 36 A “Little Bees” cantine for sub-normal children. A MEAL FOR YOUNG MOTHERS 112 ONE CORNER OF THE BRUSSELS HIPPODROME, NOW A CENTRAL CLOTHING SUPPLY STATION 144 THE ANTWERP MUSIC-HALL, NOW A SEWING-ROOM 152 Here hundreds of women are being saved by being furnished the opportunity to work two weeks in each month, on an average wage of sixty cents a week. THE SUPPLEMENTARY MEAL THE RELIEF COMMITTEE IS NOW TRYING TO GIVE TO 1,250,000 SCHOOL CHILDREN 160