WHAT THIS CHRISTMAS BRINGS TO A BELGIAN HOME
What This Christmas Brings to a Belgian Home THERE are millions of saddened homes in Europe this Christmas time. Grim-visagcd war has smothered the Christ spirit of "peace on earth, good will to...
...In the story of the baby shoes that are seen hanging at the head of the cot there is deep pathos...
...This picture shows a desperately wounded Belgian soldier in a field hospital...
...And the soldier may never return...
...If the letter and the tiny gift ever reach mother and child it will be only to find them homeless and destitute...
...There will be no Christmas cheer in his little home...
...In tender words he penned the message stating that he was enclosing a pair of shoes for their three-year old baby with the money he had earned as a scout in King Albert's army...
...The letter was addressed to his wife, from whom he had been separated since the destruction of Termonde, their home...
...Grim-visagcd war has smothered the Christ spirit of "peace on earth, good will to men" and has murdered the happiness of the people...
...With a letter, they were found in the soldier's pocket...
Vol. 6 • December 1914 • No. 46
