WAR'S MARK ON THE ENEMY'S CHILDREN
A TRAGIC HERITAGE. Now York, 'January 7. • The' New ,York '""World's''. Vienna correspondent states that the authorities hare published "a seneational • report regarding . the suffering in Vienna during ,the war. .Tho. report points out (hat a largo., number of. people have lost upwards of .88 liounds ih weight during the "war. Even aiiioug the wealthy the average loss i 5,25 pounds.' During a year 5(1,000 children were examined, and only '1637 ■ were found" to be healthy. The majority of 1 the' children liavo not grown during ilip war, with, the result that the future mothers and fathers will coil; sist"'of : ' stlintcd adolescents and prema-! turoly' old choldren. The industrial districts are now filled with undersized, oldlooking youngsters who are'never young. 1 Their wizened looks are due largely to all-night vigils outside the meat markets; where-tlwjy ..waited in all .weathers, in insufficient' .clothing. ~-Aus.-NJS. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 91, 11 January 1919, Page 7
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151WAR'S MARK ON THE ENEMY'S CHILDREN Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 91, 11 January 1919, Page 7
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