Starved Children of Vienna The coast of Kent has received sundry invaders throughout ite history, but never so pathetic a company as landed at Folkestone recently. Some 500 Viennese children, ranging from three to 15 years of age, were brought from Flushing by-the Dutch steamer Oranje Nassau for shelter and comfort in England and for protection against those insidious enemies of under-fed youth, anemia, rickets, and valvular trouble.
On raching Folkestone they lsang. or tried to sing, "God save managing the words quite well, as they have English mothers. Next they slipped into that popular romance, the Lorelei.
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A special train of 15 saloons was waiting to carry the party to Sandwich, which lies next door to Stonar Camp, part of the erstwhile "mystery port? of Richborough, where they were to remain for 18 days under observation before distribution to the various receiving centres. They were naturally excited and their eyes sparkled, but there was an uncanny silence among them, and none of the shrill exuberance which accompanies the Jordinary schoo] treat. They have tasted of the waters of affliction.
A few were comparatively well-visaged, but the majority are peaky and fine-drawn, and there is nob a decently-nourished body among them (a "Morning Post" correspondent wrote). Many had no hats or caps; in most cases the boots were of the flimsiest, incapable of a week's rough wear, and yet we were assured that these Were "Good—yes, good boots for Austria." They carried all their worldly belongings in their hands and on their backs in over-strained kit-sacks. Three girls, true daughters of music-loving Vienna, hugged their violin cases,
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